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Five sentenced to life in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

      New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced five persons to life imprisonment for burning a man to death during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following the October 30 assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Additional Sessions Judge N P Kaushik sentenced Rajinder Singh, Piyarey Lal, Dharampal, Ranbir Singh and Baru Mal who were part of a mob of around 30-40 people which killed Sardar Baba Singh in the Amar Colony area of Nangloi on November 1, 1984. According to prosecution, Baba Singh was attacked while he and his family were fleeing from his house after coming to know that the Gurudwara in the area had been attacked. The killers poured kerosene oil on Singhs body and then set him on fire. Later on September 7, 1985, his widow filed an affidavit before the Lt Governor of Delhi who forwarded the case to the Special Riot Cell for investigation. The widow submitted in the affidavit that the local police refused to register a case. ''What can we do if your husband has been killed. Your man has killed our mother,'' policemen allegedly told her. After probing the case, the Riot Cell registered an FIR against the five persons at Nangloi police station on July 2, 1996.

Tandon takes over as CEC (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: Election Commissioner BB Tandon today took charge as the country's new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). Information and Broadcasting Secretary Naveen Chawla filled the slot left vacant due to Tandon's elevation and took charge as the Election Commissioner. After taking the charge, Tandon expressed disappointment over the recent remarks on the independent body, saying that the incident was unfortunate. A senior bureaucrat, L V Saptharishi, has alleged Tandon and Election Commissioner N Goapalaswami of being casteist and biased at the time of countermanding of Chhapra Lok Sabha polls in 2004 general Elections. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav had contested from the Chhapra constituency, which went for a repoll later. However Yadav eventually won the repoll. Yadav's comments came after an election observer at the time of general elections, L.V. Saptarishi alleged that Tandon and another Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy deliberately countermanded polling in Yadav's constituency. "The developments over the last one week have been most unfortunate. I have been greatly pained and hurt over these developments since May 7th in which wild and baseless allegations have been made against me and my colleague Shri N.Gopalaswamy. In particular, the scurrilous allegation that we made certain derogatory remarks against a particular community and that we wanted to teach a lesson to a particular leader is most reprehensible. On that very day itself I had denied that allegation as being totally false and baseless," Tandon told newsmen after taking charge here.

AIADMK retains TN by-polls assembly seats (Go To Top)

     Chennai: The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has retained the Kancheepuram and Gummidipoondi constituencies in Tamil Nadu where by-polls were held on Saturday following the death of former AIADMK minister SS Thirunavukkarasu in Kancheepuram in November 2004, and the murder of another former AIADMK minister K Sundarsanam in January. The counting took place amid tight security arrangements for both constituencies. For the first time, the Centre has decided to send central paramilitary forces for security arrangements.The constituencies had also been sealed to keep off outsiders. Both the constituencies witnessed a high-voltage campaign, with the by-polls becoming a kind of prestige issue for the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The bye-elections were also being seen as dress rehearsal for assembly elections due next May. Though there were 20 candidates in the fray in Kancheepuram and 16 in Gummidipoondi, the main fight was between AIADMK nominee Ms Mythili and M Kumar in the temple town and K S Vijayakumar (AIADMK) and P Venkatachalapathy (DMK) in Gummidipoondi.

Design of non-judicial stamp papers changed (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: Taking lessons from the five thousands crore rupees Telgi Stamp scam, the Finance Ministry has changed the design of non-judicial stamp papers to counter the fake stamp menace. The new models will have intricate security features. "As a measure to counter the menace of fake stamp papers, new design of stamps from one rupee to Rs.25,000 has been approved and production and supply of these new stamp papers has started in a phased manner," a Finance Ministry release said. According to the release, Security Printing Press of Hyderabad has started printing stamps upto a denomination of Rs 20, while India Security Press of Nasik is printing denominations of Rs 50, Rs 100 and Rs 500. The stamps in the denomination of Rs.1000 and Rs.5000 are under printing and will be dispatched in the near future in a phased manner. High-value stamps worth Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 25,000 are in the process of design and printing. In a special drive to counter the problem of counterfeit stamps the Finance Ministry has conducted numerous technical sessions in the last one year in which officials from the Central and State Government treasuries and Revenue Departments from all over the country have been trained to identify counterfeit documents. The new stamp papers are being printed on a special paper with security inks and special techniques. Besides, the new stamps will now be state specific -- the names of the states will be printed on the stamps. The stamps will also bear a serial number so that it can be easily tracked. "High value stamps are printed on specific paper with intricate security features and will be very easy to identify by the common public," the release said.

Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda files nomination (Go To Top)

     Rohtak: Haryana Chief Minister and Member of Parliament from Rohtak constituency, Bhupinder Singh Hooda today filed nomination papers as a Congress party candidate from Kiloi assembly constituency for the by-election slated for June 2. Accompanied by Union Minister Kumari Sailja and several ministers of the state cabinet, Hooda submitted three sets of nominations to the Returning Officer Vijay Dahiya. "People wanted that I should represent from Kiloi as a Congress candidate. They have seen the previous government and know better whom to elect for a better future of the area," Hooda told reporters after his submission of nomination papers. Among others who accompanied Hooda included State Transport Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala, Excise and Taxation Minister Venod Sharma, Ministers Phool Chand Mulana and Kartar Devi, Member of Parliament from Hisar, Jai Prakash, and other party leaders. The Kiloi seat fell vacant following resignation of Congress MLA Krishna Hooda, who paved way for the Chief Minister to contest from the constituency. "I told earlier that if Bhupendra Singh Hooda contests from Kiloi constituency I will resign from my post. I need development and I have no lure for power and position," said Krishna Hooda to reporters. By-polls are also due for the Hisar and Tosham constituencies in the sate, which were represented by OP Jindal and Surender Singh respectively, both of whom died in a helicopter crash on March 31 in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district.

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