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[1] From: <jitu11in@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Jun 16, 2006 Subject: news in tomorrow's indian express on dead phones of bkc exchange Hi friends, I am thankful to Indian express for taking note of my complain regarding dead telephones at ‘Bandra Kurla complex exchange’. The said news is schedule to be published in tomorrow’s that is 17th june publication. Also they have given assurance of doing story in next few days on cable theft news that I had reported in the month of February. Regards, Jitendra gupta ----------------- [2] From: Manoj Gupta <mkg75_2004@yahoo.co.in> Date: Fri Jun 16, 2006 Subject: Attention Please!!! Minister is persecuting Dr. Venugopal & AIIMS students Manoj GuptaDear Firends, A minister is trying to remove top heart surgen on India, Dr. Venugopal, from AIIMS because he is not punishing students for opposing reservation. We are yet to win and Govt. has started suprresing this movement. Please oppose this unitly by writing to President of India and others. Otherwise next target will be IIT Kanpur. Belive me, your emails are read and have imapct. My email is embedded below with all email addresses your ready reference. Regards Manoj Bangalore PS:Some links to important eye-opening news of last few days on reservation. If you have not read them, please spare some time and go through. ----- Original Message ----- From: MKG To: presidentofindia@rb.nic.in Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 Subject: Please save AIIMS To, Hon. President of India CC, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, GOI Mrs. Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister Of State for Health & Family Welfare, GOI Mr. Prasanna Hota, Secretary (Health), GOI Dr. R. K. Srivastava, Director General of Health Services Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson UPA Mr. L. K. Advani, Leader of Oppositions & prominent Editors/Journalists of India Dear Sir, I request you to please stop Dr. Ramadoss from politicizing AIIMS. Please don't allow politicians to divide top brains of India on the basis of caste, religion and politics. As per newspaper reports Dr. Ramadoss wants to remove Padma Bhushan Dr P. Venugopal, who is among the best heart surgeons of the world, because he didn't follow his instructions to punish AIIMS students for participating in Youth-For-Equality movement. (Ref: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php? newsid=69423) This is another instance which has proved that institutes like AIIMS, IITs & IIMs should be out of clutches of politicians who have no talent to understand such institutes??™ contribution and want to make their Directors puppet like they have made Vice Chancellors of most of universities of India. It is very unfortunate that Dr. Ramadoss, who has no contribution in medical science as Doctor as well as in public service, wants to override Dr Venugopal because he has won an election!!! Winning election is a greater qualification & talent!!! I request you to please save AIIMS other similar institutes from these politicians. PLEASE, don??™t allow them to pursue their personal agenda. Thanks & Regards Manoj Kumar Gupta Bangalore __ Some important news on Reservation The Chairman of the National Scheduled Caste Commission, Suraj Bhan, feels that premier scientific research centres like Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) should be opened up for reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. "There is no reservation for scientists. We have now demanded that there should be total quota for all categories, without any exception," Bhan says. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/fresh-quota-call-reserve-space-for-scientists/12477-\ 3. html Quota II: Punjab OKs free power for SCs, poor or rich it doesn??™t matter http://www.indianexpress.com/story/6004.html Not just IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, over 100 more institutes, public and private, in 27% OBC quota net: from Pune??™s Symbiosis to TIFR, Manipal to BITS. Arjun Singh??™s latest Bill proposal also asks UGC to fix fees as per quotas, even threatens punitive action http://indianexpress.com/story/5752.html IIT-Kanpur & IIM-Bangalore Faculty opposes caste based reservation http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1632544.cms After Premji, Murthy says NO to reservation http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php? newsid=68971 Meira says SC quota must rise to 16.23 per cent IF HRD Minister Arjun Singh can do it, why not Meira Kumar? The social justice and empowerment minister wants an increase in quota levels for scheduled castes, commensurate with their population. On Sunday, Kumar said a proposal to raise reservations for SCs from the existing 15 per cent to 16.23 per cent was being "favourably" considered by her ministry. The government had last revised the quota level for SCs in 1970 in light of the 1961 census. Kumar believes it is time for another revision, especially since 68 additional castes have been notified as SCs. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1718336,0015002500000000.htm Now, Muslims demand quota in politics, jobs Muslim groups on Sunday demanded reservations for the community in politics and jobs on the basis of population. A resolution to this effect was passed at the Maharashtra Muslim Convention, hosted jointly by the All India Ulema Council and Mumbai Aman Committee, at the Anjuman-e-Islam near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718074,000600010004.htm People ought not to confuse reservation with Afermative Action (AA). When people here talk about AA carried out by companies like IBM in the U. S., they are unfortunately unaware that AA is not mandatory there. It is totally voluntary. AA does not mean job reservation http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20060616003502700.htm Arun Shourie questions very notion of quotas in new book Those who are making the new India by their innovations, hard work and by striving for excellence must speak up. They must organise. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200606111140.htm TOI EDITORIAL: Caste vs Class The time is ripe for a rethink on the OBC category and the policy of equating caste with class. Several proposals have been thrown up in the last few weeks on how to fine-tune the reservation policy and ensure that it reaches those who really need it. Hopefully, the government is listening. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1644616.cms HindustanTimes. com ?» Editorial ?» On very shifty ground The danger in pursuing such divisive politics is that very soon there may be no more sections in the education and job pie to carve up and serve. It is one thing to want to aid the underprivileged. It is quite another to keep expanding the composition of the underprivileged, where the term ???backward??™ is just a euphemism for assured employment. Ms Kumar??™s ???vision??™ helps neither social justice nor empowers any section of society. It only perpetuates and democratises disabilities. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718920,0012.htm ET: Quotas: A futile exercise : MANOJ PANT http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1526545.cms ET: Don't shoot the doctor: NARENDAR PANI http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1537592.cms ET: Making a mess of quotas: T T RAM MOHAN http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1600527.cms After OBC quota, it's annual budget for SC/STs New Delhi, June 14: A meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) on Dalit Affairs on Wednesday recommended earmarking of 22.5 per cent of the annual budget for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under the special component plan. http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php? newsid=69361 Quota demand from yet another quarter REPRESENTATIVES OF religious and linguistic minorities??™ groups have demanded reservation for their community in government educational institutions and jobs. Speaking before the National Commission for Religious And Linguistic Minorities at Yojna Bhawan on Thursday, some of the members suggested that the SC ceiling on reservation of 50 per cent should be done away with. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1721204,0015002500000005.htm Dr Ramadoss plays the boss, pushes AIIMS chief to brink Crisis: Saying institute autonomy at stake, Dr Venugopal threatens to quit; he may face action, says meddling minister http://www.indianexpress.com/story/6562.html ----------------------- [3] From: Logically Genius <gurudatta_raut-socialengineer@yahoo.co.in> Date: Fri Jun 16, 2006 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Protest against States ignorance of Malnutrition cases in Mumbai on 15th June , at Churchgate Station why cant the same laws be used to punish politicians for ignoring thousands of dieing farmers ? Training Initiative <training@ichrl.org> wrote: Press Release/ 15th June 2006 State ignores cases of malnutrition in Mumbai Join protests at Churchgate ---------------------- [4] From: Logically Genius <gurudatta_raut-socialengineer@yahoo.co.in> Date: Fri Jun 16, 2006 Subject: Re: Fake interview of P Chidambaram by Karan Thapar on quota issue..... Its amazing how Karan missed the points of Creamy Layer And Scholarships to the Below poverty students. D S Gill <D.S.Gill@IHRO.IN> wrote: Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 Subject: [indianthinkers] P Chidambaram gets angry in an interview with Karan Thapar on quota issue..... --------------- [5] From: Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Jun 16, 2006 Subject: Great Vaccine Coverup: And you think vaccines are safe & scientific? Deadly Immunity Robert F. Kennedy Jr. investigates the government cover-up of a mercury/autism scandal 2005 11 18 By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | rollingstone.com Read at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mahajanapada http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indiadebates http://www.whale.to/vaccine/kennedy.html --------------------- [6] From: MIKEGHOUSE@aol.com Date: Fri Jun 16, 2006 Subject: WMC Expresses relief at the safety of Krishna Temple. PRESS RELEASE World Muslim Congress expresses relief at the safety of Krishna Temple. Dallas, Texas : Thursday, June 15, 2006. The World Muslim Congress expresses relief upon hearing that the Krishna temple is safe in Lahore. We pray that the news from Rediff. com is true. We thank God for the good news that the Krishna Temple is safe in Lahore We thank the Hindu Community for remaining Calm during this crisis. We thank the support expressed by the Pakistani Community to restore the temple. We thank the Muslim community across the world, US and India for condemning it. We thank the innate nature in humans to respect other people's property. We thank the Government of Pakistan in allocating Rs. 13.8 Million for repair of the Temples We thank the Government of Pakistan for allocating funds to re-store the Sikh Temple at Nankana Saheb. The World Muslim Congress aims to give voice to the silent majority of Muslims, those who believe in leading a good life by contributing their time, effort and energy towards shaping a just society. A society where helping families, building bridges between communities, and foster love, justice and peace would be the norm. Through the revolution in travel and communication the world has indeed become a global community. Every one is a neighbor to every one else, we aspire to nurture the concept of good neighborliness in the world. Our advisory board will be represented by individuals from every faith. It is time for us to be equal citizens of one world, our home. This is a major paradigm shift in how the religious organizations would be conducting their business in the coming years. Insha Allah, the organization will officially come into full operation on Tuesday, July 4th, 2006. Mike Ghouse World Muslim Congress _www.WorldMuslimCongress.com_ (http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/) (August release) Krishna temple is safe: Pakistan _http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/15temple.htm? q=np&file=.htm_ (http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/15temple.htm? q=np&file=.htm) June 15, 2006 23:37 IST Pakistan on Thursday denied media reports that the only _Krishna temple in Lahore has been razed_ (http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/13temple.htm) and said the temple is safe. A structure was demolished to make way for the construction of a commercial complex, but there was no temple there, a foreign office statement said. 'The only Krishna temple that exists in Lahore is safe and the temple referred to in a section of the press is an abandoned property being used partly for residential and commercial purposes since the time of the independence according to a clarification of Evacuee Trust Property Board of Pakistan,' a Foreign Office statement said. 'The media report is factually incorrect. In fact, the Krishna temple is situated on Ravi Road, Lahore, whereas the property under reference is in Rang Mahal, Lahore. Both the locations are several kilometers apart,' it said. However, there is a temple in Wachhowali Bazar in Lahore, which is about 300 feet away from the property under reference. That temple too is intact, the foreign office said. Contrary to the alleged demolition, the Evacuee Trust Property Board has made considerable improvements in a number of temples including the Krishna temple, at the cost of Rs 13.8 million during the last three years, it said. Report in a Pakistani newspaper that the only Krishna temple in Lahore has been demolished for construction of a commercial complex sparked off a strong reaction by the Sangh Parivar, including the Bharatiya Janata party, and the Indian government sought a clarification from Pakistan on the issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ _ India_ (http://www.irna.ir/en/news/menu-235/key-5816/) -_Pak_ (http://www.irna.ir/en/news/menu-235/key-11312/) -_Temple Demolition_ (http://www.irna.ir/en/news/menu-235/key-65612/) The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) on Wednesday deplored the demolition of a Hindu temple in Lahore which was in the custody of the Evacuee Property Trust Board, a government body. In a statement, it called upon the Pakistan Government to respect minority rights and international law, which include religious freedom of the minorities and respect of their places of worship. The AIMMM demands that the Government of Pakistan stop the construction proposed on the site and instruct the board to rebuild the temple unless a representative body of the Pakistani Hindu community offers to take up the reconstruction. The AIMMM also calls upon the Government of India to invoke Nehru- Liaquat Agreement, 1950 and take up the case with the Government of Pakistan. ------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE June 13, 2006. Muslims condemn the demolition of Hindu Temple in Lahore Dallas, Texas - The World Muslim Congress condemns the demolition of Hindu Temple in Lahore and urges the Government of Pakistan to restore the temple. Muslims follow Islam, a monotheistic religion but not a monolithic religion. Muslims who have deeply imbibed the teaching of Islam condemn the act of demolition of the temple in Pakistan. We do appreciate that several opposition members of the National Assembly of Pakistan from the Pakistan Peoples Party, and Pakistan Muslim League reportedly objected and moved a motion against the demolition, saying such an act could have a bearing on Pakistan's relations with neighboring countries. We urge the people and the Federal government of Pakistan to join us in not only in condemnation but in restoration. Allah through the holy Qur???‚¬?„?an says: "O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things) - al-Hujurat 49:13 "Prophet Mohammad emphasized Good deed is one that makes life better for others, as planting a tree would provide shade and fruit for all in the future The second Caliph Umar set an example of respecting the sanctity of places of worship when he conquered Jerusalem. At the time of the evening prayer the Bishop of the Church of holy sepulcher offered him a nice place to pray in the church but he refused, saying that he fears that generations after him may try to take over and convert the church to a Mosque. So he prayed out side the church. The old truism is a valuable lesson and a golden rule preached by all religions "treat others as you wanted to be treated". It is not about religion in the narrow sectarian terms, it is about respecting other people's right to have their own place of worship as Islam enjoins and is an important article of the Geneva Conventions. We urge every one who considers humanity a family to denounce such acts no matter where they take place. Contact: Mike M. Ghouse - _MikeGhouse@gmail.com_ (mailto:MikeGhouse@gmail.com ) - |
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