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Nearly 20 injured as Geetanjali Bussuffers brake-fail near Gandhi Ghat Jetty

Vikram AdityaSheekha News Service

Port Blair, June 10: One bus ofGeetanjali Travels today metwith an accident near GandhiGhat Jetty of Middle Andamanleaving nearly 20 people in-jured. According to reports theGeetanjali Bus started from

Strong wavessweep away Rangat woman

at Little AndamanSarthak Kanjilal& Ganesh SarkarSheekha News Service

Port Blair, June 10: A womanof Rangat, Kaushalya Nagaris believed to be dead after a

holiday to Little Andamanended in disaster when shewas swept into the sea atKalapathar Beach.

The woman namelySolomina Toppo, who went in

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New Angle in UP Tikry attempt to Murder Case

Vic t im suspects at tacker’shand in UP Tikry Murder Case

Sarthak KanjilalSheekha News Service

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Port Blair, June 10: This couldbe a new angle in UP TikryMurder Case in which a ladyof UP Tikry, Mrs. Ramini Deviwas murdered on 13 April,2016.

The victim of recentattempt to murder case of

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SFT donates Englishlearning CDs, Dictionaries

to Seva NiketanPort Blair, June 10: As perthe instruct ions of MrBhabesh Majumder,Sudhangshubala FoundationTrust, West Bengal, theteam members of the Trusthave handed over two Ox-ford Dictionaries and twoCDs of learning how tospeak in English to the li-brary of Seva Niketan,Dairy Farm for the inmatesof the orphanage. Any suchother orphanages which

have libraries for the welfareof the inmates can also ob-tain Dictionaries and CDsfrom the office of the Foun-dation office at Haddo, saidMr Majumder. Financiallyweek students of class Xthand XIIth can also obtainavail such dictionaries andCDs which costs 625/- eachfrom the trust subject to cer-tification of their financialposition by the Principals oftheir respective schools.

LPG consumersasked to submit Aadhar detailsPort Blair, June 10: TheSales Officer, LPG, IndianOil Corporation Limited, hasasked all LPG consumers tosubmit Aadhar numbers tothe LPG distributors. Con-sumers who don’t haveAadhar may approach theDirectorate of Civil Suppliesand Consumer Affairs toobtain Aadhar Cards and nobookings for customers whodon’t submit Aadhar num-bers or written submission of

‘Non-possession of Aadhar’to the distributors will be en-tertained with immediate ef-fect. Aadhar number/Cardmay be shown along with theGas Book for availing refills.LPG consumers can submita copy of Aadhar Card alongwith the Consumer number inperson or by SMS to9476033197 in the format(Con No- Adhaar No:- Mo-bile No) on or before 30th ofJune 2016.

ORO urges Police tolaunch online FIR registration

Port Blair, June 10: Our RightsOrganization (ORO) has urgedthe Andaman and Nicobar Po-lice to launch online com-plaint/FIR registration throughwebsites and to facilitate theprocess same in all Police Sta-tions of these islands for thebenefit of the remote popula-tion. In a letter to the Inspec-tor General of Police, OROChairman, Mr Saravanan said

that many accidents in remoteparts of these islands go unre-ported to the Police and launchof online complaint / FIR reg-istration will benefit people asthey will be able to register theircomplaints from any part ofthese islands. Moreover, suchinitiative by the Andaman andNicobar Police will also reducecrime significantly in these is-lands.

Met forecastra ins at few places

Port Blair, June 10: The IndianMeteorological Department,Kolkata has forecast rain orthundershower at a few placesover ANI for next 3 days.Under the influence of strongSouthwest monsoon current,Southwesterly wind speed be-tween 35 and 45 kmph andgenerally rough seas likelyalong and off Andaman &Nicobar coasts. Fishermen

have been advised to be cau-tious while venturing into thesea.

Lowered Local cau-tionary signal (LCS) NumberIII at Port Blair Port. The gen-eral public have been advisedto take precautionary measuresand contact the State ControlRoom, District Control Roomand Emergency Operation Cen-tres in case of any emergency.

Congress insistent ona ll-par ty meet on Mullaperiyar Dam

THIRUVANTHPURAM:Congress Kerala state unittoday maintained that an all-party meet should be calledto discuss the matter on theMullaperiyar dam issue, aday after Kerala Chief Min-ister, Pinarayi Vijayan re-jected the opposition UDF'sdemand to convene an all-party meeting.

KPCC President VM Sudheeran said the ChiefMinister was still continuingto take a stand that wouldharm the interest of the stateon the issue of the dam,

which is a bone of conten-tion between Kerala andTamil Nadu.

"The new issue isthat CM has deviated fromthe essence of the resolutionspassed by the state assem-bly on the matter," he said,referring to Vijayan's remarkthat there was no need foran all-party meeting as therewas no new development onthe matter.

Sudheeran in astatement here said an all-party meeting has be con-vened to make Kerala's stand

clear on the subject.Vijayan had yester-

day stated that there was nochange in Kerala's stand thata new dam was the need ofthe hour. But that cannot beachieved without the supportfrom Tamil Nadu and theCentre's consent.

While Tamil Nadubelieved the dam was strong,Kerala's argument was thatthe century-old dam was in adilapidated state and weak, hesaid."Both Tamil Nadu and theSupreme Court have notagreed to our argument. Thatis why we want an Interna-tionally acclaimed panel of ex-perts to study the dam'sstrength," he had said.

UDF had sought anall-party meeting to discussthe Mullaperiyar issue in viewof the 'confusion' over theCM's remarks over the safetyof the dam during his recentNew Delhi visit.

Govt. Officials visit the rainaffected families of Middle Andaman

TrinathSheekha News Service

Harinagar, June 10: Theheavy rain on the night of4th June caused flooding inmany houses and wide-spread damages in Jaipurand other villages ofHarinagar Gram Panchayat,Middle Andaman. Manyhouses also came under se-rious land sliding threat.

Following report ofRevenue author ity

(Patwar i) today Shr i  Kumar, Assistant Commis-sioner, Rangat and Shr iGobinda, Tehsilder Rangat/Mayabunder personally vis-ited all those serious sites tounderstand the gravity ofthe threat  and  damages.

Assistant Commis-sioner and Tehsilder urgedall those victim families toraise the issue before theconcern Zila Parishad mem-ber, Pradhan and

Adhyaksha for getting sup-port from their fund to raisewalls and etc.

The Assistant Com-missioner and Tehsilder verypolitely convinced the victimfamilies that they will also talkwith all the agencies to takean urgent initiatives to solvethe land sliding by raising re-taining walls, they stated allthe construction funds avail-able to PRI for such pur-poses.

They said that theyare always with the peoplefor their betterment and help.They assured that the matterwill be solved as early as pos-sible in cooperation with PRI& APWD.

Villagers and victimfamilies expressed their hap-piness to the Assistant Com-missioner and Tehsilder forcoming on the site.

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Car crashes intoCulver t at Ja ipur; Tw o injured

TrinathSheekha News Service

Billyground, June 10: Twopeople suffered minor inju-ries as the car in which theywere travelling hit a culvertwall at Jaipur 3 km away fromBillyground this morning.

According to reports,a car Bearing Reg. No. AN01

K9520 was coming fromDglipur and as the Carreached Jaipur area 3 KMaway from Billyground dueto the negligence of the Driver,Mr Tarak Saha the carsmashed the culvert.

As per reports, therewere five people includingthe Driver of the Car. Theowner of the Car Mr. Subol

Toppo, aged 36 years andSenha Lata Topp W/ o SubolToppo, aged 33 years re-ceived minor injury and theirtwo little kids Smriti andPapdi survived miraculouslywithout any injuries.

Acco rding to re-ports, a case of negligencedriving has been registeredagainst the driver of the car.

Nearly 20...

Mayabunder at around 4.40am for Port Blair but aftercrossing Gandhi Ghat Jettythe bus met with a danger-ous accident at around 8.10am.

As per report theBus went off the road whilegiving way to a STS bus, com-

ing from opposite direction.Unconfirmed report says thatthe driver had already told allthe passengers just five min-utes back that the bus hassuffered a brake fail.

Reports say that onepassenger suffered serious in-juries in both legs while the

conductor suffered injury inone leg.

People presentnearby and those who werecrossing later helped all pas-sengers to come out of thebus. The Police Team laterreached the spot. Further in-juries are on.

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SC, govt can' t agreeon HC judge selection norms

NEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt and the governmenthaven't been able to findcommon ground on a proposalby the latter for wider con-sultations on the selection ofhigh court judges, among vari-ous other issues.

The government hadsuggested in the revisedmemorandum of procedure(MoP) that a high court chiefjustice consult all judges of

the court along with the ad-vocate general of the stateand the attorney general be-fore recommending names.

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Wonder if Obamas w illshift to India , says Shiv Sena

MUMBAI: In a sarcastic takeon Prime Minister NarendraModi's bonhomie with BarackObama, his party's key allyShiv Sena today wondered ifthe US President will shift toIndia when his term gets over.The Sena also slammed the USfor pursuing a "dual policy"towards India and Pakistan.

"US President hasbecome a good friend of PMModi. Their relationship is sodeep that we wonder if theObama family will shift toSurat, Rajkot, Porbandar,Manali, Mahabaleshwar orDelhi post his retirement. No

other Indian PM would havegot so much love from anAmerican President in thepast," the Sena said in an edi-torial in party mouthpiece'Saamana.' Obama's presi-dency is set to end on Janu-ary 20, 2017.

The Sena said thatModi thanking America forstanding by India in its timesof need is only an example ofhis courteous nature.

"But, it is the sameAmerica, which has notstopped its policy of helpingPakistan financially or provid-ing them with arms and am-

munition. On one hand,America helps India fight ter-rorism and on the other, sellsF-16 fighter jets to the terror-ist nation. This policy ofAmerica is dangerous," it said.

Noting that it was truethat America has warned Paki-stan to take action against theperpetrators of terror atPathankot IAF base, Senasought to know who will takeaction against the terrorists.

"America enters acountry where its enemy (ap-parently referring to Osama BinLaden) is hiding and guns himdown, but for India, it onlygives warnings. This duplicityneeds to be understood," theSena said.

Treating Pathankot at-tack on par with 26/11, Obamain a clear message asked Paki-stan to punish the perpetratorsand vowed to stand with Indiaagainst terror threats emanat-ing from Pakistan-based groupslike JeM, LeT and D-company.

SC directs Bar Council to keepadvocate-on-record out of its verification drive

NEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt on Friday directed the BarCouncil of India to keep topcourts' advocate-on-record(AOR) out of its verifica-tion drive to examine certificatesand credentials of around 17lakh lawyers across the coun-try.

A lawyer can be regis-tered as an advocate-on-recordif he or she qualifies the exami-nation conducted by the Su-preme Court. As per rules, nolawyer other than an advocate-on-record is entitled to file anappearance or act for a litigantin the apex court. The BCI haslaunched the verification driveamidst the allegation that thereare many people practising lawin courts across the countrywithout having a valid law de-gree.

Appearing before a

bench of Justices P C Ghose andAmitava Roy, senior advocateAmrendra Sharan, appearing forthe association said that AORshould not be forced to submittheir certificate before the BCIlike other lawyers as they wereregistered only after cracking theexams conducted by the Su-preme Court itself.

He told the bench thatdesignated senior advocatesand AOR were earlier exemptedfrom verification process but thecouncil amended the rule ille-gally in December last year andbrought AOR in the category ofcommon lawyer by doing awaywith the exemption.

Prima facie satisfiedwith Sharan's plea, the benchagreed to examine whether theamendment brought by the BCIwas in conformity with the lawor not. Meanwhile, it directed

the council to exempt AOR fromits verification drive.

The council had lastyear framed rules to undertakeverification process to weed outfake advocates among 17 lakhlawyers practising in the coun-try. The process involves verifi-cation of all the academic certifi-cates of advocates and they wereasked to submit their certificatesto the BCI and state bar coun-cils.

Emphasising the needfor verification of lawyers' certifi-cate, BCI chairman Manan KumarMishra had said that over 30%lawyers have fake degrees. BCICertificate and Place of Practice(Verification) Rules 2015 makesit mandatory for all lawyers to re-register in a new format wherethey have to compulsorily sub-mit all their certificates startingclass X board results.

Bombay high court dismissesPurohit’s bail plea, asks him to move trial court

MUMBAI: The Bombay highcourt on Thursday dismissed anappeal filed by Lt Col ShrikantPurohit , one of the main ac-cused in the 2008 Malegaonblast case, against the trialcourt's order refusing him bail.

A division bench,headed by Justice Naresh Patil,asked Purohit to approach thetrial court with a fresh bail plea.The trial court should hear it ex-peditiously, if possible within sixweeks, the bench said.

The judges also askedthe lower court to consider thesupplementary chargesheetfiled by National InvestigationAgency where it has dropped

the charges under stringentMaharashtra Control of Orga-nized Crime Act (MCOCA).

The "new material" inthe supplementary chargesheetshould be taken into account bythe trial court while hearing thebail plea, the HC said.

Purohit had arguedthat he was in jail for more thanseven years and as NIA hadconcluded the investigation, heshould be set free on bail.

The trial court hasconsistently refused bail toPurohit since 2010. His last bailplea was rejected in October lastyear, following which he movedthe High Court.

Among other things,Purohit's appeal claimed that thetrial court should have appreci-ated the fact that he has "an out-standing meritorious record andthat he risked his life to fightagainst terrorism across thecountry."He had been framed, itsaid.On May 13, NIA filed asupplementary chargesheet giv-ing a clean chit to six accused,including Sadhvi Pragya SinghThakur. It also said MaharashtraControl of Organised Crime Actwas not applicable in the case.

Six people were killed ina blast at Malegaon, a Muslim-major ity town in northMaharashtra, in September 2008.

80-year-old man starts Rs 4lakh Monthly Income Scheme for poor

KOLKATA: An 80-plus-year-old man cement dealer inChapra has opened a Rs 4 lakhMonthly Income Scheme (MIS)for as many as 200 poor peoplewho come to his shop beggingfor alms.ikhil Saha used to givethem small change everyday for6 years and after his wife's sug-gestion, he started giving thema consolidated amount at theend of the week.Soon, the oc-togenarian started mainting aledger book and started givingall the 200 people who came tohim, Rs 10 at the end of the

month.Still, Saha soon startedto worry and wondered whatwould happen to the poorpeople - who now rely on him- when he dies.

That 's when hedecidde to start an MIS forthem. He also wants to set upa committee consisting thatwill manage the funds and dis-tr ibute money to the 200people after his death.

To make it easy toidentify them, Saha has alsomade photo IDs for all 200people.

IP/494/16

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My Nokia phone bearing SIMno 9474206449 issued in thename of AMITAB HALDERs/o Amulya halder r/o R KGram lost at Diglipur bazar.Finder please call9932493418.

AFFIDAVIT

I Shri Pran Krishna das, S/o Narayan Das, R/o Madhupurvillage , under Diglipur Tehsil in North Andaman do herebysolemnly and sincerely affirm and declare the following:-            That  as  per  my  Islander  card  and  FIC  my  correct  andactual name is recorded as PRAN KRISHNA DAS. But bybonafide mistake my name is recorded in my land record asPREM KRISHNA DAS instead of PRAN KRISHNA DAS.            That  ,  PRAN  KRISHNA  DAS  and  PREM  KRISHNADAS is a same and one person.        This affidavit is executed by me for rectification my namein the land record.            The above  declaration  is  true  and correct  to  the  best ofmy knowledge and belief.

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P P Thankachansends legal notice to Jomon

PuthenpurakkalTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM:UDF convenor P PThankachan has sent legalnotice seeking Rs 1 crore toactivist Jomon Puthenpurakal,who raised allegation that thesenior Congress leader wasinvolved in the controversialJisha murder case.

In a press statement,Thankachan said that therewasn't an iota of truth in thestatement of Puthenpurakkaland it was meant to tarnishhis image through social me-dia.

He askedPuthenpurakkal to retract hisstatement. Thankachan saidthat Puthenpurakkal will haveto face civil and cr iminalcases, if he failed to retractstatement and issue an apol-ogy.

Last month,Puthenpurakkal had submitteda petition to chief minister

Pinarayi Vijayan alleging thata senior Congress leader wasinvolved in the murder ofJisha. He, however, did notname Thankachan in the pe-tition. Later, Thankachan'sname surfaced in social me-dia. Puthenpurakkal had al-leged that Jisha's mother wasa domestic help at the Con-gress leader's house for 20years, which was denied byThankachan. Jisha's motherRajeshwari too denied the al-legation of Puthenpurakkalas baseless.

Meanwhile, Jisha'sfather Pappu has filed a pe-ti t ion to chief ministerPinarayi Vijayan seeking ac-tion against the police offi-cials who initially inquiredthe case.

Dalit law studentsJisha was murdered at herhouse in April 28. Police isyet to find the culprit.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjeereadies plan to enter Left bastion of Tripura

KOLKATA: With West Bengalfirmly in her grip, MamataBanerjee's Trinamool Congresswill now go the whole hog to tryand wrest Tripura from the rul-ing Communist party. At present,it is taking every possible effortto displace the Opposition Con-gress as the main alternative. Ap-parently, Didi's party is now plan-ning to go national, at least inher sole aim of making the Leftirrelevant in national politics.

Even though,Trinamool Congress succeededin opening its account in northeast states like Tripura andManipur, her targets have beenthe states where communists stillhave considerable presence.

With her attempts toforay into Tripura, one of the twored bastions in the country, TMCleaders are not ruling out possi-bility of making efforts to makean inroad into Kerala.

Speaking to ET, TMC'snational vice president MukulRoy said, "We are determined tooust the CPM government from

Tripura in 2018 assembly election.Our party supremo would be ad-dressing a couple of public meet-ings in the state on June 14th and15th." Meanwhile, Mamata'spointsman, Roy has managed tohave six defections from the Con-gress, the principal Oppositionin Tripura, to the TrinamoolCongress.Explaining Trinamool'spolitical expansion to the North-East, Roy said, "In Tripura, soilis ready. There is enough anti-incumbency and people do notnow see Congress as an alterna-tive. So, people are now lookingup to Mamata Banerjee andTrimaool would soon grow there.2018 assembly election is crucialfor us. And we are sure to gaingrounds in Tripura. Our leaderpromised to people that shewould make CPM irrelevant innational politics and it will hap-pen soon."

Tripura has 60 seats ofwhich 50 are with CPM's ManikSarkar, the chief minister of thestate while Congress won in 10seats. Sarkar is now continuing

with his fifth consecutive term.A couple of days back, six ofthe 10 Congress MLAs de-fected to Trinamool Con-gress.

S i g n i f i c a n t l y,Trinamool Congress per-formed well in the ManipurAssembly Election in 2012,grabbing 7 seats. Speakingabout party's position inManipur, Roy said that TMCdid well in Manipur in lastelection and it would makethings better in the north-east-ern state.

The green partyfrom Bengal tried to make in-road in Kerala too. Banerjeebefore election said that shewould travel to the southernstate and expose the CPM-Congress who had an alliancein Bengal and were fightingeach other in Kerala. However,Mamata's plans for Kerala didnot take off this time. "We willenter Kerala soon. But now weare focusing on Tripura now,"added Rory.

Centre to invest Rs 75,000crore to augment road infrastructure in UP

NEW DELHI: The Centre will in-vest about Rs 75,000 crore in aug-menting highway infrastructurein Uttar Pradesh over the nexttwo years.

"Ministry of road trans-port and highways through Na-tional Highways Authority ofIndia and State Public WorksDepartment shall invest approxi-mately an amount of Rs 74,794crore in the state in next twoyears," road transport and high-ways ministry said in a statement.

There are 60 nationalhighways with a total length of8,483km in Uttar Pradesh, out ofwhich 4,529km are with NHAI and3,143km with the state PWD;

while no objection certificate isawaited for 10 highways totalling811km.Eight major projects worthRs 6,218 crore having a length of865km were completed in thestate in the last two years."Thirtyone major projects are ongoingwith a total length of 2,156km withtotal project cost (TPC) of Rs19,436 crore. Twenty four majorprojects were awarded during2014-15 and 2015-16, with a totallength of 1,293km and TPC of Rs16,949 crore," the statement said.

It said 15 projects arelikely to be awarded in the next12 months with a length of 840kmwith TPC of Rs 6,790 crore.

Besides 1,400km of na-

tional highways are underDPR (detailed project report)stage and civil constructionwork is likely to be awarded inthe next two years for aboutRs 14,000 crore.

"Under CRF (centralroad fund) and schemes a to-tal number of 79 Projects havebeen sanctioned amounting toRs 3,035 crore during 2015-16and 2016-17 ... Thirty five na-tional highways with 2,591kmlength have been approvedin-principle. MORTH shall in-vest an amount of about Rs25,910 crore to develop thesenational highways," the state-ment said.

PM Modi re turnshome after 5-nat ion tour

NEW DELHI: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi returned home onFriday after a five-nation tourwhose highlight was his meetingwith US President Barack Obamaand address to US Congress inWashington.

During his six-day tour,Modi also visited Afghanistan,

Qatar, Switzerland and Mexicowith an aim to bolster ties.

He returned home earlyFriday morning from Mexicowhich was the last stop of histrip.Before leaving for home,Modi had tweeted, "Thank youMexico. A new era in India-Mexico ties has begun and this

relationship is going to ben-efit our people and the entireworld.""Five days, five countries! Af-ter a productive visit toMexico, the last leg of his jour-ney, PM departs for Delhi,"External Affairs Ministryspokesman Vikas Swarup hadtweeted.

Besides addressinga joint sitting of the US Con-gress, Modi received the back-ing of two key Nuclear Sup-pliers Group members - Swit-zerland and Mexico - for its bidto secure the membership ofthe 48-nation bloc.

He also held wide-ranging talks with PresidentObama at the White Housefollowing which the USrecognised India as a "majordefence partner".

Swedish General tohead UN mission to monitor

India, Pak ceasefire lineUNITED NATIONS: A high-ranking Swedish military offi-cial will be the new head of theUnited Nations mission taskedwith monitoring the ceasefireline between India and Pakistanin J&K.

Major General PerGustaf Lodin, 59, also a logis-tics expert, was appointed byUN secretary general Ban Ki-moon as the ChiefMilitary Observer and Head ofMission for the United NationsMilitary Observer Group(UNMOGIP) in India and Paki-stan, the UN said.

Maj Gen Lodin suc-ceeds Major General DelaliJohnson Sakyi of Ghana, whocompletes his two-year assign-ment as Chief Military Observerand Head of Mission for theUNMOGIP on July 2.

India has maintainedthat UNMOGIP has outlived itsutility and is irrelevant after theSimla Agreement and the con-sequent establishment of theLine of Control (LoC).

With a military careerin the Swedish Army beginning

in 1978, Major General Lodinmost recently held the positionof Director of Procurementand Logistics for the SwedishArmed Forces.

Previous to this, hewas the Deputy Director of theNational Armaments for Swe-den and Deputy Chief of Staffat the Swedish Armed Forces.

According to the Se-curity Council mandate givenin Resolution 307 of 1971,UNMOGIP observes and re-ports on ceasefire violationsalong and across the Line ofControl and the workingboundary between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighboursin Jammu and Kashmir, as wellas reports developments thatcould lead to ceasefireviolations.As of March 31 thisyear, UNMOGIP has 44 mili-tary observers, 25 internationalcivilian personnel and 47 localcivilian staff.The observer group is financedby the United Nations regularbudget and appropriations forbiennium 2014 — 2015 are19.64 million dollars.

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Bombay high court verdict onwomen’s entry in Haji Ali on June 28

MUMBAI: The Bombayhigh court on Thursday saidit would pronounce on June28 its verdict on a petitionfiled by a women's groupchallenging ban on entry ofwomen inside the sanctumsanctorum of Haji Ali dargahin the city.

A division bench ofjustices VM Kanade andRevati Mohite-Dhere askedthe petitioner and trust offi-cials to submit orders, if any,passed by the SupremeCourt and the Bombay highcourt in similar places, in-cluding Sabrimala andShanisingnapur temples,where entry of woman hadbeen banned.

The bench said itwould study the cases andpass an order accordingly.

The court has re-served its judgment on theplea filed by two women,Zakia Soman and NoorjehanNiaz, challenging the ban onwomen's entry in the sanc-tum sanctorum of the dargah.The PIL states that genderjustice is inherent in Quranand the decision contra-venes the Hadith, whichproves that there is no pro-hibition on women visitinggraves.

The Maharashtragovernment has told thecourt that women should bebarred from entering the in-

ner sanctorum of Haji Alidargah only if it is so en-shrined in the Quran.

The ban on women'sentry cannot be justified if itis on the basis of an expert'sinterpretation of the Quran,the then Maharashtra advo-cate general Shrihari Aneyhad argued. On whether thecourt can interfere in the cus-toms and traditions of a reli-gion, Aney had said, "If thereligion (Islam) is going to fallif women are allowed entry,then the ban should prevailover fundamental rights."

The dargah trust haddefended its stand saying thatit is referred in Quran that al-lowing women close proxim-ity to the dargah of a malesaint is a grievous sin.

Advocate ShoaibMemon had said, "Womenare not allowed insidemosques in Saudi Arabia.They are given a separateplace to pray. We (trust) havenot barred women. It is sim-ply regulated for their safety.The trust not only administersthe Dargah but also managesthe affairs of religion."

Gulbarg Case: Sentencing of24 convicts scheduled for Monday

AHMEDABAD: The spe-cial SIT court hearing the2002 Gulbarg Society mas-sacre is expected on Mon-day to fix the date for pro-nouncing the quantum of pun-ishment for 24 convicted inconnection with the killing of69 people including formerCongress MP Ehsan Jafri.

After arguments onthe quantum of sentencecame to an end with the fi-nal submission by prosecu-tion today, the special SITcourt Judge P B Desai ad-journed the hearing to June13, when he is expected tofix the date for handing outthe quantum ofpunishment.During argu-ments, special public pros-ecutor and SIT counsel R CKodekar submitted variousGovernment Resolutions re-garding the compensation tobe given to the survivors andrelatives of vict ims ofGulbarg.However, the courtwas not fully convinced withthe submissions and said thatthere exists no straightjacket formula to decideabout the compensation insuch cases.

"Compensation towhom ? on what basis? towhat extent ? It's not assimple as you are demand-ing. How long we will dragthis case ?" asked the judge.

Demanding harsherpunishment, Kodekar toldthe court that the case fallsin the category of "rarest ofrare" and the quantum ofpunishment should serve asa message to the society thatsuch acts will not be toler-ated.

Earlier on Monday,prosecution had soughtdeath penalty for all the 24people convicted for thegruesome killings. The de-fence lawyers had howeversought lenient punishmentfor the guilty.

Today, the prosecu-tion was given a chance tocounter arguments put up bythe defence counsel.

To emphasise hisview about giving stricterpunishment, Kodekar toldthe court that those involvedin the ghastly act of killingthe residents of Gulbergwere either known to themor their neighbours, not ter-

rorists."There is difference

between a terrorist act and anact of murder by theneighbours. Yakub Memon,Afzal Guru and Kasab wereeither terrorists or supportersof an alien country's notions.In this case, I can say that'Bhai ne bhai ko mara'(brother killed his brother).They were friends andneighbours of the victims,"said Kodekar.

Though the court hadalready ruled out the con-spiracy angle in its earlierjudgement, Kodekar main-tained that the convicts haddecided to kill the minoritycommunity residents ofGulbarg "from the very firstmoment".

"Witnesses said thatthe mob were chanting twoslogans "Jai Shri Ram and"Kill Muslims". They sur-rounded the society from allsides. It shows that they havealready made up their mindsto kill Muslims" submittedKodekar, who urged the courtto award punishment of lifeuntil death, if not the capitalpunishment, to the convicts.

Monsoon to hit Goatomorrow, fishermen advised

not to venture out in seaPANAJI: The India Meteo-rological Department hasforecast heavy rains in Goaon Saturday as the monsoonis expected to reach thecoastal state.

"The conditions arefavourable for advancing ofthe monsoon. As per ourforecast, it will set over Goatomorrow (June 11)," Direc-tor of Goa MeteorologicalCentre VK Mini said onFriday.The weather bulletinhas issued forecast thatheavy rainfall is very likely

to occur at isolated placesover Goa on Friday, Saturdayand Sunday.

The MeT haswarned fishermen againstventuring out in the sea.

"Winds will be west-erly to south-westerly at aspeed of 45-50 km per hour.Sea will be rough with west-erly to south-westerlywaves.

"Fishermen are ad-vised not to go out in the seaduring the next 24 hours," theweatherman said.

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a holiday with his husband anddaughter at Hut Bay, was vis-iting rock cave at KalapatharBeach with her family, whenstrong waves washed her intothe water at around 03:30 pmyesterday.

Her husband anddaughter anyhow managed to

survive the strong waves butMrs Solomina Toppocouldn’t.

It is learnt that oninformation a team of Policeand Fire Brigade reached thespot and presently the searchoperation for the woman ison, sources said.

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SC, govt can't ...The aim behind this was saidto be greater transparency inpicking judges for the superiorjudiciary.

But this and other sug-gestions didn't find favour withthe apex court collegium,which returned the revisedMoP on May 27, as first re-ported by ET, suggestingchanges. The apex court hascited the 1993 judgment thatled to the collegium system,which involves just the toprung of the judiciary in the pro-cess.

ET has reviewed thereply that was sent back bythe Supreme Court chief jus-tice that's in tabular form andrecords the collegium's objec-tions to the various sugges-tions. The SC had upheldthe primacy of the collegiumsystem last year when it struckdown an amendment estab-lishing the National JudicialAppointments Commission ,which would give the execu-

tive a greater role in select-ing judges. Meanwhile, itwas reported last week thatthe government had turneddown the SC collegium's rec-ommendation of a person aschief justice a high court.

The government'sproposal on high court judgeshad its genesis in a practiceadopted by a HC chief jus-tice who was recently el-evated to SC, people famil-iar with the matter said. Thejudge used to consult otherjudges before recommendingnames for elevation, seekingtwo names each from themto create a wider pool ofcandidates.

The names werethen shortlisted by the HCcollegium comprising thechief justice and the next twosenior-most high courtjudges before recommenda-tions were sent to the Su-preme Court and the govern-ment.

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Victim suspects...same area, Kamna Tiwaristrongly believe that her at-tacker has some links withearlier murder case of thearea.

Talking to AndamanSheekha exclusively KamnaTiwari today said that she hasidentified the attacker andbased on her identification theattacker has now been ar-rested.

She told AndamanSheekha that she rememberof seeing the attacker thricein her area, twice in SippighatBus stand and once with theson of the Meera Devi, theprime accused of the RaminiDevi Murder case.

She said that the vic-tim did not say even a singleword while attacking her for

no reasons.She said that the at-

tacker was sitting on a bikewhen she crossed him, on alonely road to UP Tikry,which doesn’t have streetlight.

According to herthe attacker all of a suddencame from back and at-tacked him with a rod, butshe managed to kick himdown and run for her life.

Later when shereached near her house, run-ning all the way, her mothercame for the rescue.

She strongly be-lieves that the attacker is notalone. “He must be having agood backing I believe and Ifeel that we are not safe,”she added.

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