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Home Contact Us Dateline New Delhi, Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Gurgaon clash: Opposition walks out of Parliament

New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh has convened a high-level meeting in the capital to take stock of the situation arising out of Tuesday's fresh violent clash in Gurgaon between the Haryana Police and striking workers of the Manesar-based Honda Scooters and Motorcycle Ltd manufacturing plant. With angry members of the Left and the BJP staging a walkout from the Lok Sabha in protest against Home Minister Shivraj Patil's statement on the incident and law enforcement authorities resorting to water canon bursts on the agitating workers on Tuesday, the Prime Minister's meeting assumes significance. Patil will be briefing the Prime Minister on the latest developments. Mr.Patil's said that according to the information received from the Haryana state government, 92 workers had been injured, of whom 45 had been dischargedafter treatment. He also said that 35 policemen had been injured and two vehicles had been burnt. But his information that the state Government had ordered a magisterial enquiry plunged the house into chaos with Left leaders protesting that this was not acceptable. Patil tried to assuage their feelings by promising to convey their demand for a judicial enquiry to the state government. But this did not satisfy the Left members and they walked out of house protesting noisely. Leader of Opposition L.K.Advani told Patil that he could have made the statement on Monday evening or on Wednesday morning after collecting all the information. He said the statement was merely based on what the state governnment or the police had said, and this was not acceptable. "Instead of saying that the views of the members for a judicial inquiry would be conveyed to the Haryana government, the Home Minister should have done that before coming to the house with a statement," Advani said before leading other BJP members out of Parliament.

Gurgaon tense, but under control (Go To Top)
by Pankaj Yadav

Gurgaon: After nearly two days of high intensity drama between the police and workers of the Honda Motorcycles and Scooter India Private Limited (HMSI), situation in Gurgaon continued to be tense, but under control. Nearly 30 employees of the company were still admitted in the Civil Hospital, recuperating from their injuries suffered in what is being described as the "worst ever" lathi-charge by Haryana police. Most of them had head injuries. Onlookers, among whom some didn't appear to be Honda workers, hurled stones at the police, even as the latter were seen chasing them in streets and by-lanes near the Civil Hospital. Top district officials, including Deputy Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal, SSP Yogendra Nehra, and IGP Deepa Mehta, were present at the Hospital premises, along with several hundred policemen, throughout the day, confabulating among themselves how to bring the volatile situation under control. Hordes of media men, both national and international, also spent the whole day sweating and running for shots and sound-bytes. It was also quite a tough day for the police to handle the miscreants, especially after their (police's) "brutal" action over the striking workers. According to police sources, the tense situation continued for the second day today because some miscreants, who didn't belong to Honda company and were possibly incited by some local politicians belonging to opposition parties, sneaked in to further intensify the violence with the aim of cornering the Congress government in the state.

15 dead after consuming spurious liquor in Bikaner (Go To Top)

Bikaner: At least 15 people have died in Rajasthan's Bikaner district after allegedly consuming illicit liquor. Though the state government has ordered the closure of all country liquor shops and since then June 28, the commodity has been available through illegal channels. "It is all because of methyl alcohol poisoning. People who make alcohol in the hamlet mix both ethyl and methyl alcohol. But the ratio of methyl alcohol is much higher which affects the vision and causes dizziness. I will not able to tell the exact number of patients in the hospital, as all of us are busy with their treatment. However, we are getting many patients," said P.D Tanwar, a doctor in Bikaner's PBM Hospital. Around 40 patients were rushed to the PBM hospital, while 15 were taken to the Rajkiya Hospital in Kolayat Tehsil. "He bought liquor from some child and after consuming that liquor he started puking and could not see properly," said Asha, the relative one of the patients. According to reports, 15 people have died till date. Police have arrested 37 people linked with the selling of spurious liquor.

Heavy rains hit Maharashtra, 54 killed (Go To Top)

Mumbai: At least 54 people have been killed in Raigarh district of Maharashtra following heavy rains which caused floods and landslides badly affecting rail, road and air services and leaving people in lurch. The incessant rains have left the life of country's financial capital Mumbai out of gear as the city roads are full of water and traffic jams can be seen everywhere. The heavy rains led to suspension of long distance and suburban train services used by commuters returning home from offices. According to the meteorological department, the weather is expected to worsen in next 48 hours. Stormy winds with a speed of 45 kms to 60 kms per hour is likely to hit the area. Civil authorities have started rescue operations but the bad weather is proving to be a big hurdle in providing quick relief to the affected people. Raigarh Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Vhatkar said that Jui village of the district had been worst affected as many houses have been swept away due to the incessant rains. Many trains under Western Railway have been cancelled as the water level on railway tracks between Ambarnath and Badlapur was over eight inches while the water level between Thane and Kalyan and Dombivali was between four to eight inches.

More patients from Afghanistan, Pakistan come to India (Go To Top)

New Delhi: Twelve -year old Afghan girl Minaz hailing from Herat in Afghanistan came to India last month, not as a tourist, but for a different reason. She had two surgeries outside India to get rid of infection in her lung, but the problem lingered ,making her weaker day by day. Senior Cardiologist Dr.James Thomas, who conducted the surgery on her at Batra Hospital in Delhi, says Minaz is doing well now. Part of her infected lung had to be removed. "Another 53-year-old Afghan woman came to us for replacement of heart valves. We did it," he said. " More patients from Afghanistan and Pakistan are coming to India for treatment" Dr.Thomas told ANI in an exclusive interview. Dr. Thomas had also performed a cardiac-related surgery on a relative of Afghan President Karzai. He said that a camp for heart patients is being planned at the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul in September as there is a growing demand for treatment of cardiac patients. This will cut down the cost of the treatment substantially. " The hospital doesn't have specialised unit for heart patients," observed Dr.Thomas, and added that " a heart patients camp could only be the solution now." "Another patient from Pakistan is coming this month for valve replacement", he said.

West Bengal tea workers call off 15-day strike (Go To Top)
by Ajitha Menon

Kolkata: The impasse between tea garden owners of West Bengal and 300,000 striking workers finally came to an end today with the latter getting their demand for revised wages met. At the end of a marathon meeting on Monday at the Writers' Building, in Kolkata " the third since Saturday, West Bengal Minister for Labour, Mohammed Amin announced an understanding had been reached between tea estate workers and owners. He said the strike, which started from July 11, would be lifted on Tuesday. The West Bengal Government acted as the mediator between the workers and tea estate owners. Amin further said that a new wage package had been worked out for the workers comprising a three-year structured increase in daily wages. There will be an increase of Rs 2.50 in the existing daily wage of Rs 45 in the first year, a further increase of another Rs 2.50 in the next year, and in the third year there will be another increase of Rs 3. The new contract will come into retrospective effect from April 1, 2005. "We are happy that the tripartite meeting has been a success and the contract will be signed now. I congratulate the three lakh tea garden workers, who conducted a peaceful and united protest to have their demands met, on their success. The tripartite contract has been possible because of their struggle. The trade unions have called off the strike. The gardens will go to work from tomorrow," said Amin "The main part of the contract is that the wages of the workers would increase by Rs 2.50 per day totaling an increase of Rs 65 per month in the first year and in the forthcoming year, it will again increase by Rs 65 per month, that is a total of Rs 130..." he added. Tea estate workers of 300 regular and 1200 small tea gardens in West Bengal went on a wage-revision on the orders of two umbrella organizations, the 'Coordination Committee of Plantation Workers' and the 'Defence Committee for Plantation Workers Right'. The 15-day strike caused losses to the tune of nearly Rs 180 crore.

Trishul successfully test fired (Go To Top)

Chandipur: India today successfully test fired the short-range surface to air missile, Trishul from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Orissa. Indigenously developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher at about 1156 IST, and was targetted at a parabarrel dropped from a helicopter. Defence officials said that the missile, powered by a two-stage solid propellant system, successfully achieved the target range of nine kilometres, adding that the range might be enhanced in subsequent trials. A part of Indias Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), the missile has the capability for multiple roles for the Army, Navy and the Airforce and is able to engage targets like aircraft and helicopters by using its radar command-to line of sight guidance. Trishuls naval version also has a sensitive radar-altimeter and height lock-loop control on board to engage in sea skimming role against moving targets.

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