Society requires more people like Bal Apte : Mohan ji Bhagvat

Society requires more people like Bal Apte : Mohan ji Bhagvat

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Mumbai, 29 July : “Looking at the global circumstances, the society needs more people like Bal Apte, who live the ideals in real life”, said Sarsanghchalak Mohanji Bhagvat at the condolence meeting of Pro.Bal Apte here. “He was our personal philosopher guide friend, whose discipline, philosophy & principles impressed upon the ‘Karyakartas’ (social workers) like us” he further added.

The Condolence meeting held at Poddar College near Matunga here at evening on Sunday by the followers of late Pro.Bal Apte was attented by large gathering of the senior social & political workers and senior advocates & judges of Mumbai High Court. RSS sah-sarKaryavah (Jt. Gen Secretary) H. Dattatreyaji, former Loksabha speaker Manohar Joshi, ABVP National president Prof. Milind Marathe, BJP’s General Secretary (Org.) Ram Lal, RSS Konkan Prant Sanghachalak Bapusaheb Mokashi, AAWI president Adv. Rajiv Patil, Balasaheb’s nephew senior advocate Ram Apte and BJP Mumbai president Raj K Purohit were on stage.

Sarsanghchalak Mohan ji Bhagvat elaborated the qualities of Bal Apte in his speech. “When I started work as a ‘Pracharak’ (RSS Fulltimer), before I could meet him, I only heard about his fearful discipline & principles and was initially not daring to go before him”, remembered Bhagvat. “Although after meeting him, one could sense the golden heart behind his strong disciplinary nature. He was very straight forward & fearless speaker. He had daring to tell the truth to anybody he came across, he had earned that right thru his principled life.”

“After meeting him, we could sense his guardian nature. We had no afraid to accept our wrongs before him than others because of this guardian nature. Any human can develop his personality by hard work but the people like Bal Apte have some heavenly qualities which enhance their personality,” said Bhagvat while paying his tributes to Prof Apte. “When a person achieves heights, he tends to cut-off from the common people. But Bal Apte was an exception. Living simple life when you can afford anything is a very hard task now-a-days and Balasaheb has put forward an exceptional example of the same. To live like this, you must do great ‘Tapasya’,” Bhagvat added.

Bhagvat added further, “Its very difficult to have a great heart with the God-gifted creativity, the rear combination of which Prof. Apte had. Although we have lost the great soul, we can follow his footsteps in our life to achieve our national goal.” Bhagvat also remembered how Apte declined to become a minister in Morarji bhai Desai led Janata Govt post-emergency and chose to work for the organisation of ABVP. He became a Rajyasabha member only after the organisation decided about it.

Bhagvat called upon the workers to keep fresh Apte’s memories thru the hard work to achieve national goals, as “this would be the only tributes we can pay to the departed soul”. Balasaheb Apte never thought about his personal name & fame, but devoted his entire life to a great cause of nation building. He never thought about achievements – personal or organisational – but always remained resolute about the work-culture, as he believed that that’s the only thing which will build the nation, Bhagvat added. He reminded the gathering that “our work starts where the people like Balasaheb rest as we have to take the cause further.”

स्वामी लक्ष्मणानंद सरस्वती जी के हत्यारों के खिलाफ नए सिरे से जांच के लिए स्वामी लक्ष्मणानंद सरस्वती श्रद्धांजलि समिति द्वारा मांग कर राजभवन के सामने धरना

भुवनेश्वर, v.s.k :

समाज सुधारक स्वामी लक्ष्मणानंद सरस्वती जी के हत्यारों के खिलाफ नए सिरे से जांच के लिए स्वामी लक्ष्मणानंद सरस्वती श्रद्धांजलि समिति द्वारा मांग कर राजभवन के सामने धरना दिया गया है। समिति के राज्य संपादक डॉ लक्ष्मीकान्त दास के अध्यक्षता में आयोजित इस सभा में वक्ताओं ने कहा कि 2008 अगस्त 23 तारीख के दिन कंधमाल के जलेसपटा आश्रम में स्वामी लक्ष्मणानंद एवं उनके चार सहयोगियों की हत्या की गई। सरकार द्वारा कुछ लोगों को गिरफ्तार भी किया गया। लेकिन मुख्य आरोपी एवं षडयंत्रकारियों को पकड़ने के लिए सरकार द्वारा कोई कदम नहींउठाया गया। इसी कारण समिति की तरफ से 22 तारीख से एक सप्ताह तक सभी जिला महकमा में धरना देने के साथ साथ जिलाधीशों के जरिए राज्यपाल को स्मारक पत्र दिया गया है। गणधरना के अंतिम दिवस पर प्रो.डॉ रत्नाकर चइनी एवं स्वामी प्राणरूपा नंद सरस्वती के नेतृत्व में धरना के बाद राज्यपाल को एक ज्ञापन दिया गया है। जस्टिस शरत चन्द्र महापात्र के निधन के बाद जांच कमीशन के नए जांच अधिकारी की नियुक्ति की भी मांग की गई है।

काश्मीर सुरक्षा मंच ओडिशा की तरफ से एक विशाल धरना का आयोजन किया गया

भुवनेश्वर, v.S.k.:

काश्मीर सुरक्षा मंच ओडिशा की तरफ से एक विशाल धरना का आयोजन किया गया। जम्मू काश्मीर समस्या एवं इसके समाधान के लिए भारत सरकार द्वारा दिलीप पदगांवकर के नेतृत्व में एक तीन सदस्यीय कमेटी को वहां भेजा गया था। इस कमेटी द्वारा दिए गए विवरण सभी को आश्चर्यचकित कर दिया है। इस कमेटी द्वारा जम्मू काश्मीर से भारतीय सेना को वापस लाने, सुरक्षा वाहिनी के विशेष अधिकार को खत्म करने, आतंकवादियों से बातचीत करने, नियंत्रण रेखा पर ढिलाई देने जैसे प्रसंग उठाया गया है। पूरे देश में इस रिपोर्ट का विरोध किया जा रहा है। इसी आधार पर भुवनेश्वर में भी आज काश्मीर सुरक्षा मंच ओडिशा द्वारा राजभवन के सामने धरना प्रदर्शन किया गया है। मंच के आवाहक डॉ जतीन महान्ति के नेतृत्व में एक प्रतिनिधि दल राजभवन जाकर राष्ट्रपति के उद्देश्य में एक स्मारक पत्र प्रदान किया। सुकान्त पाणीग्राही के संयोजन में आयोजित इस गणधरना में अशोक कुमार साहू ने काश्मीर समस्या पर विस्तार से चर्चा की।

THE MASS RALLY ON 27TH JULY IN FRONT OF RAJBHAVAN, BHUBANESWAR BY KASMIR SURAKSHYA MANCHA,ODISHA

THE MASS RALLY ON 27^TH JULY IN FRONT OF RAJBHAVAN, BHUBANESWAR

BY KASMIR SURAKSHYA MANCHA,ODISHA

Bhubaneswar(Visakeo)-The Home Ministry of Govt. of India had constituted a three member committee under the Chairmanship of Senior Journalist Sri Dillip Padgaonkar,

On 13^th October,2010 to find out a solution to Jammu & Kashmir problem. The committee submitted its report on 12^th October, 2011. After sitting over the report for a

Period of Seven months, the home ministry released it on 24^th May, 2012. This report has not taken care of the ground realities of the state and so it is not acceptable to the people of India. If the recommendations of the committee are implemented, the Kashmir problem will be more complicated and it will endanger the unity and integrity of the nation as the report has given more priority to the demands of extremists. A nationwide protest is going to be launched against the Dillip Padgaonkar report. In this connection, a mass rally will be conducted in front of the RAJBHAVAN by Kashmir Surakshya Mancha, Odisha, which has been stated by its convenor Dr.Jatin Mohanty.

Further it is to be stated that the Mancha is going to start its program of movement for the above purpose in all district centres from 23^rd July to 27^th July.

Update on ground situation

Update on ground situation

In his first interaction with media persons, the Corps Commander of 15th Corps, Lt. Gen. Om Prakash has been forthright in stating that despite considerable improvement in security scenario of the valley, sporadic events of militants striking at isolated targets have taken place at three or four places in recent past. In particular, he said that the broad-day attack in Pampore that took the toll of an army jawan is of serious nature.
According to knowledgeable sources, the ground situation is that infiltration from LoC has come down considerably not because of Pakistan containing it but owing to the Army stepping up surveillance and taking rapid and firm action whenever and wherever infiltration bid is made. The strategy of pinning down a posse of nearly 800 well-trained and well armed Pakistani terrorists to their side of the LoC and denying them any chance of infiltration is causing deep frustration to their handlers in Islamabad. The result is that external terrorists hitherto enjoying a free day in Kashmir are suddenly finding their ranks shrinking and new recruitment becoming elusive. Recently security forces intercepted mobile telephone messages from the terrorist commanders in Poonch-Rajouri sector making fervent plea to the underground commanders of militant organization in the valley to send them reinforcement as their messages to handlers in PoK and Islamabad did not yield them any positive results. Pakistani handlers of militants in Kashmir pressurize them to undertake some bizarre activity that would convey the message across Kashmir that militancy is on its way back in the valley and the establishment would not be allowed to maintain the security grid. For quiet some time, reports are coming in that recruitment to the rank and file of militant cadres within Kashmir is also drying up. Kashmiri youth are evincing lesser and lesser interest in the fighting and making Kashmir a hostage to the oppressive covetousness of Pakistan.
While we may try to wish that these sporadic incidents of violence in the valley are mere expression of desperation on the part of beleaguered militants, the Corps Commander has rightly said that there could be some nefarious designs with the militants to conduct fidayeen type attacks on army formations. The fidayeen literally mean voluntary suicides, some of whom we have seen in the course of armed insurgency in Kashmir. It is one of the tactics in which a bomber ready to take his own his life blows up a targeted object causing large scale deaths and destruction. Undoubtedly, behind the recent acts of violence in different places in Kashmir valley is the desperation of the militants of having been pinned down by security forces to their hideouts. At the same time, what makes this handful of underground terrorists more desperate and, therefore, more violent, is that they are no more receiving support from the local population especially the youth. It is also true that their external handlers want them to be activated and indulge in large scale violence in the valley so that an impression is created that Kashmir insurgency is of indigenous nature and Pakistani gun wielders have nothing to do with it. This would vindicate Pakistan's long standing policy of denial.
There could be one more reason for sporadic strikes by the militants. They are aware that the Army and the State Government do not see eye to eye on the issue of withdrawal of AFSPA. By causing attacks intermittently, the handlers of militants expect the army to re-assert its stand that militancy has only come down but not finished and thereby exacerbate divergence between the Army and the State Government. The Corps Commander dealt with this question with superb statesmanship. He said the subject was not within his jurisdiction but in the jurisdiction of the Defence Ministry. More importantly, political consensus is also essential to come to grips with the issue of withdrawal of special powers.
Corps Commander's views show that the army is keeping itself fully abreast of the ground situation and anticipates what could be the future course of action of the enemy and what precautionary measures are necessary to be in place to meet any exigency. It is a matter of relief that the army is not going to lower the guard in any case and is fully prepared to meet the situation as it unfolds. The level of normalcy that has been reached has to be maintained and improved. Since most of the allegations against the army of violating human rights have been formally disproved and rubbished, and in some cases the authorities have taken the severest action against defaulters when they were brought to book, the cumulative effect is that hatred and animus against the army whipped up by inimical elements have considerably come down. This is a very healthy sign and the army deserves to be given three chairs for maintaining the highest standard of discipline and sense of duty. What the people of the State need to understand far all times is that the Indian Army is their own army, a force closely integrated into the social fabric of the nation.

Odisha: Probe begins into Chadak Mela lathicharge case

Revenue Divisional Commissioner (central division) Arabinda Padhee has arrived in Odisha's Balasore district on a three-day visit to probe into the lathi charge incident at Chandaneswar Chadak Mela that had left over 40 devotees injured three months ago.

He visited the spot and interacted with the people, officials and cops on Wednesday. After offering prayers at Chandaneswar Shiva temple, he visited different places where the devotees were charged with batons by the violent police. He too interacted with the locals and took a stock of the situation.

Sources said police had resorted to lathi charge on devotees, who had gathered to participate in Chadak mela, a famous festival of the northern Balasore and neighbouring West Bengal, following a scuffle between them and the cops on April 12. People's representatives and scribes also were not spared.

The devotees also had retaliated hurting over a dozen cops including two DSPs. A police van was set ablaze. While the devotees claimed the police beat them mercilessly after the ceremonial mud (a mixture of mud and sandalwood paste) thrown at other devotees fell on them, the cops said the devotees first attacked when they were averting a molestation bid on a girl following a complaint by her parents.

Earlier, the district police in a face saving attempt had placed six cops under suspension holding them responsible for the incident. The locals also had observed 12-hour Bhogarai bandh demanding judicial inquiry into the incident.

The RDC said after field visits he interacted with the members of the temple managing committee, sevayats, members from the civil society groups, local MLA, Sarapanchs, PS members, Zilla Parisad member, local

magistrate, collector Akhila Bihari Ota and SP Rajesh Kumar to know the details about the incident. “The local residents handed over their written grievances and some

demands. We are examining whether they can be implemented,” Padhee said besides adding that the deposition of witnesses who have submitted their affidavits for the probe would be held on Thursday.

The probe report, which was to be submitted within 60 days of the incident, has been delayed over a month. While the residents here expect an impartial probe, the RDC said he would submit his report to the Government soon.

http://newindianexpress.com/states/orissa/article564537.ece

Wrestler-actor Dara Singh passes away

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Former wrestling champion and actor Dara Singh died at his home here Thursday morning following a brief illness, doctors treating him said. He was 84.

"Dara Singh passed away peacefully at 7.30 a.m. this (Thursday) morning," said Ram Narain, COO, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where the actor was being treated before he was shifted to his Juhu home late Wednesday.

"Angel now gone to shine like a star up above," the actor's son, Vindu Dara Singh, texted after his father's death.

Dara Singh had been undergoing dialysis at the hospital.

It was his family's wish that he should be home in the last stages of his life, a hospital official had said Wednesday.

He is survived by his wife and six children - three sons and three daughters. One of his sons, Vindu Dara Singh, is a known name in showbiz.

The veteran actor was rushed to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital Saturday by his family members following a cardiac problem. He had been in a critical condition since then. Two days later, he was put on dialysis after his kidneys stopped functioning.

Dara Singh, who had won the title of "Rustam-e-Hind" for his wrestling prowess, appeared in various films and TV serials.

He is best known for his portrayal of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's "Ramayan" and in B.R. Chopra's "Mahabharat".

He had appeared in films like "Watan Se Door", "Daada", "Rustom-E-Baghdad", "Sher Dil", "Sikandar E Azam", "Raaka", "Mera Naam Joker" and "Dharam Karam". He was last seen in the 2007 release "Jab We Met".

http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/top-story/79983-wrestler-actor-dara-singh-dead-.html

भगवान जगन्नाथ ही सृष्टि के आधार

भगवान जगन्नाथ हैं परम ब्रह्मंा परमेश्वर : महंत दधी

भुवनेश्वर : स्थानीय बाया बाबा मठ परिसर में श्री जगन्नाथ परिषद द्वारा आयोजित 52 वें प्रवचन तथा भजन समारोह में कुराल मंदिर के मठाधीश महंत दधी बामन दास ने कहा कि भगवान जगन्नाथ ही सृष्टि के आधार हैं।

भगवान जगन्नाथ को परम ब्रह्मंा परमेश्वर बताते हुए उन्होंने कहा कि जगन्नाथ से ही सारी सृष्टि का आरंभ हुआ है और उन्ही में सृष्टि का विलय होने वाला है। महन्त श्री ने कहा कि पुरी में भगवान अपने स्वरुप में विद्यमान हैं और समग्र मानव जाति का मार्ग दर्शन कर रहे हैं। अपने प्रवचन में महन्त जी ने कहा कि पुरी धाम जैसा तीर्थ पूरे विश्व में दुर्लभ है। यहां खुद जगत के स्वामी विद्यमान हैं उनकी प्रतिमा ही सर्वधर्म समन्वय का प्रतीक है। इस सालाना प्रवचन कार्यक्रम के अंतर्गत भजन समारोह का भी आयोजन किया गया जिसमें गीत-गोविन्द से लेकर अनेक भजन उपस्थापित किए गये। नन्हे कलाकार प्रत्युष कर द्वारा सुमधुर कंठ से गाए गये गित गोविन्द ने सभी का दिल मोह लिया। गीत-गोविन्द भगवान जगन्नाथ को सर्वाधिक पसंद भजन है। इसे कवि जयदेव ने लिखा था और जनश्रृती है कि एक पद को पुरा करने में जब कवि जयदेव असफल रहे थे तो खुद भगवान जगन्नाथ ने उन्ही का रुप धारण कर पद पुरा किया था।

BJP Mahila Morcha to gherao Naveen Nivas on July 14

The State unit of the BJP Mahila Morcha at its extended Executive meeting here on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik being in charge of the Women and Child Welfare and Home Ministry, owning moral responsibility for the death of seven kids due to wall collapse of an Anganwadi centre at Suansia village in Nayagarh district.

Holding the Chief Minister directly responsible for the tragic death of seven children and his utter failure to maintain law and order, particularly the growing crimes against women, the one-day executive also resolved to gherao Naveen Nivas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on July 14 to demand his resignation.

जम्मू-कश्मीर पर वार्ताकारों की रिपोर्ट का निषेध

जम्मू-कश्मीर पर वार्ताकारों की रिपोर्ट का निषेध

Source: VSK- MUMBAI Date: 7/11/2012 3:49:46 PM

ठाणे, 11 जुलाई 2012 : जम्मू-कश्मीर के लिए केंद्र सरकार द्वारा गठित वार्ताकारों की त्रिसदस्यीय समितीने हाल ही में सरकार को सौंपा हुआ रिपोर्ट भारत की अखंडता और एकात्मता को नष्ट करनेवाला है| देश के हित में सरकार ने इस रिपोर्ट को पूर्णतः नकारना चाहिये, ऐसी मांग ठाणे जिल्हावासियों की ओर से विश्‍व संवाद केंद्र द्वारा गत सोमवार, ९ जुलाई को जिलाधिकारी को सौंपे गये एक निवेदन में की है| जिलावासियोंद्वारा साक्षांकित इस निवेदन में इस वार्ताकार समिती का निषेध भी किया गया है|
जिलाधिकारी के गैरमौजूदगी में निवासी जिलाधिकारी मनोज गोहाड ने यह निवेदन स्वीकृत किया| जम्मू- कश्मीर भारत का एक अविभाज्य प्रदेश है| एक ही देश में किसी एक प्रदेश के लिए अलग व्यवहार अयोग्य एवं अलगाववादी भावना को बढावा देना है| किसी भी देश में ‘दो विधान, दो निशान और दो प्रधान’ यह घातक सूत्री फुटिरता को बढावा ही देती है| वार्ताकारों की इस रिपोर्ट से जम्मू- कश्मीर में फुटिरता और भी बढेगी, यह भावना भी इस निवेदन में व्यक्त की गयी है|
यह निवेदन देने के लिये गए प्रतिनिधी मंडल में विश्‍व संवाद केंद्र के प्रांत कार्यवाह मोहन ढवळीकर जी, वारकरी संप्रदाय के प्रमुख एकनाथ जी सदगीर, टीजेएसबी प्रतिष्ठान के संचालक रमाकांत अग्रवाल जी,
भारतीय जनता पार्टी के नेता पूर्व विधायक संजय केळकर जी, श्री गणेश मंदिर संस्थान के अध्यक्ष अच्चुत कर्‍हाडकर जी, सी.ए. असोसिएशन के संजीव ब्रह्मे जी, ज्येष्ठ पत्रकार श्रीकांत नेर्लेकर एवं मिलिन्द भागवत जी, विश्‍व हिंदू परिषद के उमेश अण्णा शेट्टी जी, ठाणे महानगर पालिका के गट नेता संजय वाघुले जी, राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के डॉ. विवेक वडके जी, सुरेश कल्लोकर जी, अजय जोशी जी, महेश जोशी जी, के.आर. जाधव जी सह मुंबई, बदलापुर, कल्याण, भिवंडी, नई मुंबई, वाडा आदि शहरों के मान्यवर सहभागी थे|
जम्मू-कश्मीर वार्ताकारों की इस रिपोर्ट के खिलाफ विश्‍व संवाद केंद्र के भारत भर की शाखाओं द्वारा जगह जगह पर सरकार को निवेदन सौंपे जा रहे हैं| ठाणे जिले में इस संदर्भ में इस केंद्र द्वारा शीघ्र ही एक जनजागरण अभियान भी शुरू किया जाने वाला है|

RSS Karnataka strongly rejected TOI’s report; claimed report as baseless and false

BANGALORE, JULY 11, 2012 : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Karnataka has strongly rejected the report published in Tuesday's Times of India, Bangalore Edition and claimed that the report is totally baseless and false.

Times of India, Bangalore carried a report (in Page 4, Dated July 10, 2012), entitled “RSS advised BJP leadership on election-cast formula” , which stated that RSS from its national headquarters, Dr Hedgewar Bhavan of Nagpur, had given the caste formula to BJP to win elections, which made BJP national leadership firm up its decision to replace Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda.

RSS State General Secretary (Pranth Karyavah) Sri N Tippeswamy wrote a letter to the Editor of The Times of India Bangalore, today and said the report is completely false and baseless. “RSS had not interfered in any internal matters or decision making mechanism of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and never advised BJP to take any decision on leadership change or caste based formulae to win any election. We would like to clarify further that neither Hedgewar Bhavan (National Headquarters at Nagpur) nor Keshavakrupa (State Headquarters at Bangalore) hold any meetings on any internal matter of BJP”, Tippeswamy said.
The report on TOI says the source of the report as “an RSS leader” but his name and designation was unspecified. Tippeswamy asked the editor of TOI to publish his name in open along with his designation in RSS.

Reacting to Tippeswamy’s letter, Nahid Atualla, Political Editor of Times of India Bangalore agreed to publish the clarification by RSS, in its 11 july's edition.

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China's arming Pakistan makes it a 'second class enemy': Ratan Tata

China's arming Pakistan makes it a 'second class enemy': Ratan Tata

Source: VSK- ANDHRA PRADESH Date: 7/10/2012 2:11:32 PM

NEW DELHI, JULY 10, 2012 : China's assisting and arming Pakistan has made "it a second class enemy", but its economic strength overpowering India is not a real concern, according to Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata.

"China has of course been assisting and arming Pakistan, which is like a red flag to India and that already makes it a second class enemy," Tata said in an interview telecast on
Bloomberg UTV.

Describing India-China relationship as "not adversarial, but it is not the best", Tata, however, added, "you know China has never done anything adversarial to India, and India, I think, has been more concerned about China's economic strength overpowering India, which we really don't see."

When asked if he is worried about China, he said: "No, I am not worried. I wish we could find a way to be allies with China." Exuding confidence about India, Tata said: "I really do believe, deep down inside, that...the Indian tiger has not been unleashed."

He, however, said: "I would prefer to use China as a very strong ally, to forge a relationship with China which would be a sustaining one and I think it could be done."

Explaining the complex nature of relationship between the two countries, he said: "I think there is a concern on part of India that China is trying to dominate the region (Asia) and there is an equal concern on the part of China that India is trying to dominate the region."

Commenting on China as a car market, Tata said: "It is a very difficult country to sell cars from outside. JLR, which we have now acquired, is setting up a plant in China because China wants those cars but not Tata Motors."

He said the Tata group would be looking to source automobile parts from China, which has made lot of progress in in the sector. "If you look at what China has done in the automotive area in a short period of time, they have produced cars which in fact exceeds what India did in the same period of time," Tata said.

"We will now be sourcing sub-assemblies from China, for Indian cars. We will buy things like automatic transmission, things which India doesn't yet produce...at prices that are unbelievable which will help us," he added.

On global economic scenario, Tata said it is "a little grim".

According to him, Europe and the UK will face a "hard recovery" and it is going to take "a lot of efforts, a lot of sacrifice, a lot of pain". However, the US is going to recover faster than the Europe and "part of it going to be the innovativeness, that is embedded in the US in the sense of entrepreneurship," he said.

Tata said there are opportunities in Asia, Africa and some parts of Latin America. "Asian countries may be finding more trade between themselves that they did before," he added. "So you got a shift of industrial activity, economic growth moving to these so called South-South areas," Tata said. (Source : Times of India )

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BJP sweeps UP civic polls

BJP sweeps UP civic polls

Source: VSK-CHENNAI Date: 7/10/2012 2:05:18 PM

NEW DELHI, JULY 10, 2012 : After its sweep in Delhi's municipal election, BJP maintained its dominance in the urban local bodies by cornering nine out of 12 mayoral posts in UP.

BJP swept UP municipal corporation elections and even improved its tally over 2007 by one seat. Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party help BJP in sweeping the elections as they abstained from the polls and only supported candidates. This saw independent candidates winning in Allahabad, Ghaziabad and Bareilly.

For Congress, the only other principal party to have contested, civic elections were just an extension of its defeat in the assembly polls. In many cities, local parties like Peace Party gave competition to BJP finishing a close second.

BJP's Dinesh Sharma won the prestigious mayoral seat in Lucknow for the second consecutive time by defeating Congress's Neeraj Bora by a huge margin of more than 1 lakh votes. In Bareilly, SP backed IS Tomar defeated BJP's Gulshan Anand.

BJP's Bina Agrawal defeated Peace Party candidate in Moradabad while Shankuntala Bharti defeated Rajia Khan, an independent, in Aligarh. Similarly, Kiran Raj Bookseller won in Jhansi by defeating Nirmala, an independent, and Satya Pandey defeated Congress's Sujit Karim in Gorakhpur.

BJP candidates had taken an early lead over their rivals for Varanasi, Kanpur, Agra and Meerut municipal corporations while its candidates were defeated by independents in Allahabad and Ghaziabad. Saharanpur, which was recently upgraded as a municipal corporation, will go to polls later. The commission has not announced any results yet for the nagar parishads and nagar panchayats.

BJP was quick to term its victory as a verdict against the UPA government's policies. "People of UP have given a clear verdict against policies of Congress and its allies in the local body elections. They are fed up with the corruption, lawlessness and price rise," BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. "Congress, SP and BSP have been wiped out in the elections and BJP has won maximum seats in the civic elections," he said.

Taking a dig at Congress, Naqvi said: "the party could not even win any seat in Amethi and Rae Bareli. This is a clear indication...Congress lost all the three seats they had won earlier.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/up-civic-polls-bjp-terms-sweep-as-verdict-against-centre/articleshow/14761184.cms

PM should reject Pachauri panel report on Ram Sethu. Else, country-wide agitation : VK Malhotra

PM should reject Pachauri panel report on Ram Sethu. Else, country-wide agitation : VK Malhotra

Source: VSK-CHENNAI Date: 7/10/2012 2:00:30 PM

NEW DELHI, JULY 10, 2012 : Senior BJP leader VK Malhotra on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reject RK Pachauri Committee's report suggesting that an alternate route aimed to protect Ram Sethu, also called Adams Bridge, was not an acceptable option and not in public interest.

In a statement, the Opposition Leader in Delhi Assembly also warned of a countrywide agitation on the issue if the government failed to protect the Ram Sethu. He said Ram Sethu is an invaluable national heritage and it should be protected at any cost.

The RK Pachauri committee, the report of which was submitted in Supreme Court recently, has suggested that an alternative route, other than cutting through the mythological Ram Sethu, for the controversial Sethusamudram project is not economically and ecologically feasible.

The Union Cabinet is yet to consider and take a decision on the report, the government informed the Supreme Court.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_pm-should-reject-pachauri-panel-report-on-ram-sethu-bjp_1712932

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Gujarat woman milking millions in dairy den

Gujarat woman milking millions in dairy den

Source: VSK- ANDHRA PRADESH Date: 7/9/2012 3:31:51 PM

VADODARA, JULY 9, 2012 : Ramilaben Govindbhai Patel hasn't been to college. But at 43, she earns what some CEOs take home. Nothing fancy here. She milks cows every day and supplies milk to a dairy co-operative. She milked Rs 1.10 crore - Rs 1,10,17,675 - net profit in 2011-12, to be precise!

At Pentarpura village in Sabarkantha district, Ramilaben's dairy farm churns out 5.55 lakh litres of milk per annum. What had started as a backyard business in 2000 is now a full-fledged family business. She is an outstanding success story of the change the White Revolution has brought about in Amul capital.

Twelve years ago, Ramilaben registered herself as a primary milk producer at Pentarpura's dudh mandali (village level milk society) and took a bank loan for five cross-bred cows. Today, she runs 'Jai Ranchod Dudh Utpadan Kendra', which is a five-acre home to 280 cattle where 40 workers get employment, even though the farm has four automatic milking machines.

She and her husband Govindbhai visited Israel last year to finalise plans to set up a calf-rearing farm alongside a fully computerized 'tabela'.

"Our farm has 24-hour water, cooling system, fodder chaffing machines and other things but we now want to adopt Israeli technology where rotary units will milk cows automatically and also indicate the fat content," says Ramilaben. The modernization will cost Rs 1 crore.

Ramilaben is an inspiration to other women in Gujarat who are the backbone of the dairy industry. Out of the total 16,117 milk societies, 2,124 are run by women. Of the 31.8 lakh members in 15 district unions, 8.2 lakh are women.

"A quarter of our total members are women but their contribution to the productivity of the dairy sector is much more," says R S Sodhi, managing director of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets the brand Amul. (Source : Times of India)

PHOTO : SUPER MILKMAID : Ramilaben made a net profit of Rs 1.10 crore in 2011-12.

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RSS Protest rejecting Interlocutors' Report

RSS Protest rejecting Interlocutors' Report

Source: VSK- CHENNAI Date: 7/9/2012 11:48:13 AM

CHENNAI, JULY 9, 2012 : An impressive protest public meeting was held to protest against these Interlocutors report which is a conspiracy to sever Jammu-Kashmir from India in Chennai on 6th July 2012. Around 500 people comprising of men and women from all walks of life attended to show their solidarity for saving Kashmir. Meeting started with a song of Bharathiyar. Sri Durai Shankar, Chennai City President of RSS presided over the gathering and highlighted the purpose for which the meeting was held.

Sri Veerabaghu, Editor of Vijayabharatham highlighted the concessions extended to Jammu-Kashmir which are not applicable to the rest of the country. Smt Vanathi Srinivasan, State BJP Secretary (Women Wing) elaborately explained the genesis of the problem and held Jawaharlal Nehru swaurely responsible for the whole mis-management of the issue. She also threw light on Article 370 which is not in accordance with our national interest.

Sri Prakash, Chennai Saha Vibhag Karyavah narrated the inspiring sacrifices made by Swayamsevaks in protecting Kashmir and various services rendered to the Army personnel. He also mentioned how efforts are being made by RSS to bring together nationalist Muslims under the banner of ‘Muslim Rashtriya Manch’ which held an impressive rally in New Delhi in December 2011 in which 10000 Muslims participated. These Muslims demanded removal of Article 370 and to annex ‘Pak Occupied Kashmir’ with India.

Sri Nambi Narayanan, State Secretary of Swadeshi Jagran Manch dealt at length the conspiracy and the anti-national attitude of the committee members who submitted the interlocutors report. Some of the recommendations of the Committee namely to give permanent status to Article 370 and coining the word ‘Pak Occupied Kashmir’ as ‘Pak Administered Kashmir’, appointment of Governor to be made by the President only out of the recommendations of three names of the State Government etc. in the report is a view of separatist and it paves the way for separatist tendencies.

Sri RBVS Manian, VHP State Vice President highlighted on the emotional and spiritual binding of the people of Bharat with Kashmir. He quoted various puranas and the role of Adi Sankara to substantiate the emotional binding that exists. Because of this emotional binding lakhs of devotees attend the Amarnath Yatra every year despite threats from terrorists.

Sri Ramagopalan, Founder Hindu Munnani cautioned the public about some Muslim elements that are functioning in Chennai also on similar lines that is existing in Kashmir.

Sri M N Sundar, Akhila Bharatha Grahak Panchayat State Organiser sung a song on Kashmir which was repeated by the gathering with full spirit.

http://rsschennai.blogspot.in/2012/07/rss-protest-rejecting-interlocutors.html

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Vision in Action - Cleaning drive by Swayamsevaks at Pathanamthitta Govt. general Hospital

Vision in Action - Cleaning drive by Swayamsevaks at Pathanamthitta Govt. general Hospital

Source: HAINDAVA KERALAM Date: 7/6/2012 2:15:39 PM

KOCHI, JULY 6, 2012 : RSS, Pathanamthitta taluk swayamsevak's had taken up the drive of cleaning of district general hospital Pathanamthitta.As planned on 1st July 2012, over 150 volunteers of various part of Pathanamthitta taluk had assembled in the morning at the hospital premise.

There was a brief inaugural session presided by Sangh jilla karyvahak Adv. Narendranath and Pathanamthitta DYSP Sri. Raghuvaran Nair had lighted the lamp.
Ten groups were formed to clean a huge sumps, Over head tanks, medical wards and open space around the hospital.

Among the other areas planned for cleaning was abandoned godown in the old hospital premises, area which was filled with food packets probably dumped many weeks was also cleared.

This Sewa activity was covered by leading dailies and media. Many patients in the hospital had come forwarded to express their gratitude to swayamsewaks for the noble service.

At the end of the program Jilla Sewa Pramukh K.Venu had briefly spoken appreciating the effort of swayamsewaks and asked them to take the efforts to Shakha level. Sangh district and taluk leaders including Prashanth, Vijayan and Ajayan were guiding the volunteers throughout the program.

BJP welcomes disheartened Hindus from Congress and CPM

BJP welcomes disheartened Hindus from Congress and CPM

Source: HAINDAVA KERALAM Date: 7/6/2012 2:37:03 PM

KOCHI, JULY 6, 2012 : According to reports, the Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming to garner those Hindu party members who have been disheartened with the Congress and CPM parties. The party is stated to have issued directives to its workers to capitalize the current scenario existing in the state and bring the dejected people closer to the BJP. The party has reiterated that the denial of rights being faced by the Hindu society and marginalisation is because of the insensitive attitude of the Congress and CPM alone.

“With the Congress Party looking for ways to split the Hindu society and the Communist party trying to challenge its very existence, the ultimate aim has been to destroy the Hindu society. Right from 1957, every political decision taken, even financial policy chartered has all been framed, taking into consideration, the sole aim of minority appeasement and segregation of the majority community,” stated the party.

The BJP has alleged that the Hindu community of Kerala has gone backward in areas of finance, education, health and landed property from 1957. “The stand taken by both parties that has come to power in Kerala is inhuman. They have resorted to all means to make members of the majority community become menials of those who belong to the minority community. Such is the discriminative political moves they have made so far!” said BJP in a statement.
“The ground workers of both Congress and Communist party are totally opposed to the minority appeasement tactics resorted to by party bigwigs. Even as a stand of no compromise is taken, care should be taken to take into consideration, the feelings of party-workers. Friendly and gentle interactions should be encouraged. This attitude will undoubtedly draw people from the other party towards the BJP,” the party announced.

The BJP state unit, on its part, is conducting numerous meetings at district levels. Many discussions related to political developments and further plan of action will be discussed at these meetings. The BJP has also issued strict directions: when the Marxist party is being opposed vehemently, caution should be taken so that Congress does not benefit in any way from the same. The BJP has always been in the forefront of the tirade against CPM. However, it is always the Congress that has reaped its benefits.

With the realization of this bitter truth, as BJP started questioning the Congress, they retaliated with a weird statement that BJP has paired with the CPM for selfish motives. However, the party has amply clarified that its ideologies stand starkly in contrast with the CPM and that the Congress party is nothing but an arch rival.

Temple Robberies and Subsequent Murders: A Growing Trend in Kerala

Temple Robberies and Subsequent Murders: A Growing Trend in Kerala

Source: HAINDAVA KERALAM Date: 7/6/2012 3:12:37 PM

KOCHI, JULY 6, 2012 : Kerala may be God’s Own Country, but unfortunately some of the divinities are definitely not safe in the state. Bringing to light two such incidents, which are unfortunately, a faction of what actually takes place or stands reported.

A recent happening has been the gruesome murder of the caretaker of Kalluppaara Bhagavthy Temple, Gopalakrishna Kaimal. He was found murdered in a pond in the temple premises. The miscreants, after the deed, escaped with Gold dome . The horrendous deed was committed after tying up another person Chandrashekharan, who was along with Kaimal. The episode is supposed to have taken place in the wee hours of the morning.

Chandrashekharan was discovered in a gagged state, with cloth stuffed into his mouth. Police personnel from Keezhvaaypur and forensic experts made a detail study of the crime scene. The golden dome which was stolen was made of an amalgam, which includes iridium.

The next reported incident of temple robbery is from Sreekrishna Swamy Temple of Mavelikkara. This time, ornaments of the deity, worth lakhs were stolen. The Sreekovil, along with the north end gate was discovered in an wide open state.

The deity was decked with a gold crown of 5 sovereigns and waist chain of 3 sovereigns, which the thugs made their escape with. Needless to say, by divine grace or by miracle, the gold flute and other offerings made of gold, which was concealed in a cover, remained unspotted by the miscreants. It has always been a practice to lock the Sreekovil with the traditional intricate lock, which however was not done on that fateful day. The watchmen, who were supposed to be on duty were conspicuously missing from their duty spot.

Investigations are on to confirm if both cases of temple robbery are linked in any way. A protest meet and hartal was called for by Hindu Aikya Vedi in Mavelikkara town on Wednesday.

PHOTOS :
Top- Kalluppaara Bhagavthy Temple,
Below- Sree Krishnaswami Temple, Mavelikkara.

Temple treasure: Evaluation of Vault A contents begins

Temple treasure: Evaluation of Vault A contents begins

Source: HAINDAVA KERALAM Date: 7/6/2012 3:25:29 PM

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 6, 2012 :Vault A, first of the six secret cellars of the Sri Padmanabha Swamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram holding amazing treasures worth over Rs 100,000 crore, was opened on Thursday morning for evaluation and documentation of the invaluable artifacts, ornaments and other items kept in it.

An expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court for the evaluation and documentation of the six secret chambers in the temple has prepared detailed guidelines for the examination of Vault A. This vault is said to be holding 90 percent of the treasures which gave the Sri Padmanabha temple the status of the richest Hindu shrine in the world.

Vault A is holding a minimum of 300 pitchers made of solid gold, 2,500 Sarapoli Malas (gold chains studded with several diamonds and rubies), several stone-crowns and other items collected there over the centuries. According to the temple records, invaluable articles that had been given to the temple as offerings since Fourteenth Century are kept in this vault.

The cellar was opened once last year with the help of the Fire Force. Examinations were held after filling it with oxygen from outside to avoid accidents in the cellar. The vault is accessed after opening two doors – one made of metal and the other wooden – and removing a rock plate covering the entrance.

Preliminary assumption of the expert committee is that a minimum of four to six months would be required to document and evaluate the articles kept in Vault A. The decision to open the vault was taken by a joint meeting of the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee and the supervisory panel last week.

A committee the apex court had appointed earlier had estimated in July-August, 2011 that the six chambers in the shrine could be holding precious articles worth over Rs 100,000 crore. Vault A is also holding gold in several forms like nuggets and coins.

The vault was opened on Thursday as the scientific assessment of items in vaults C and D was over. Evaluation of the articles in Vault C was completed a month ago while that of Vault D was completed on Monday. Vault D used to be opened five times a year to take out items required for Poojas on auspicious occasions.

On Thursday morning, the Advocates Commission appointed by the Thiruvananthapuram District Court opened Vault A for the expert committee to start evaluation. The committee shifted the contents of the cellar to the specially arranged evaluation room within the temple. The items would be returned to the cellar in steel boxes after documentation and evaluation.

The committee is videographing and photographing each and every item that is being subjected to scientific evaluation and documentation. The installation of equipments imported from Germany for the examination and evaluation of diamonds and other precious stones was completed at the evaluation room by last Sunday.

Historians expect the evaluation of the articles in Vault A to bring up amazing information that could throw light on the history of Travancore whose princes had dedicated the entire assets of the kingdom to Sri Padmanabha, the main deity of the temple. The invaluable items would be shifted to Vault C after strengthening it to ensure foolproof security.

Janam' office opened in Thiruvananthapuram

Janam' office opened in Thiruvananthapuram

Source: HAINDAVA KERALAM Date: 7/6/2012 3:40:53 PM

THIRUANANTHAPURAM, JULY 6, 2012 :Long awaited dream of Nationalists in Kerala Janam TV is now a hand distance away.For Keralites who are fed up with Anti Hindu propaganda medias is getting ready to welcome 'Janam'.
Recently opened, 5000 sq ft office-cum- studio will execute the pre launch preparations of the channel, including production work.

PHOTO- Janam's office-cum- studio.

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CNN-IBN, IBN7 - Criminally Communal Channels

CNN-IBN, IBN7 - Criminally Communal Channels

Source: VSK- INDRAPRASTHA Date: 7/7/2012 3:15:34 PM

NEW DELHI, JULY 7, 2012 : There is something about our media celebs that makes them hate anything remotely connected with Hinduism or the Hindu religion. Any symbol related to Hinduism or their spiritual leaders or Gurus is an insult to the intelligence of these elites. Of the many media outlets that frequently ridicule Hinduism, CNN-IBN and its sidekick IBN7 are channels that are undisputed leaders. Not so long ago CNN-IBN’s Sagarika Ghose ran a fraudulent live show about Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and his campaign against corruption. It was a case enough to ‘Sack Sagarika’. But just as in politics, nepotism prevails in the media too and she continues merrily on the channel, frequently spouting venom against Hindus, subtly on TV or more brazenly on Twitter. When the damage is done and she faces a backlash her typical response is to play victim. Here are some recent transactions by CNN-IBN’s Managing Director, Rajdeep Sardesai:

The tweet on the left was in response to many demanding coverage of the anniversary of Emergency on June 25, 2012. Now, what exactly does Emergency have to do with Babri? But unless a historic event of significance is not equated with some supposed ant-Hindu news Rajdeep’s equation is not complete. In reality, Emergency is a shame on the nation, destruction of democracy and is comparable with the tin-pot dictators of Pakistan, perhaps with Saddam Hussain, Pinochet or Idi Amin. Emergency was not an offence against any particular community. All communities paid a price. In contrast the Babri incident is one of many communal incidents in the country. If history is perspective, then Babri should be compared to Somnath and not to the Emergency. But such is the communal agenda of CNN-IBN.

On June 25 #Emergency75 trended all day on Twitter. So Rajdeep wants to know if tweeters will trend #Babri92 on December 6. While he actually doesn’t suggest it, it’s almost as if Babri happened as revenge for Emergency. It’s alarming that those who pass off as editors in media outlets cannot distinguish between a national tragedy and a communal incident. The number of people killed or permanently disabled during Emergency will neither be known nor be ever revealed because our current media would prefer another Emergency. They would like a censorship of all voices in the social media and would delight in peddling only the voice of the Congress and their ruling allies. The Justice Shah Commission report on the Emergency was buried and lost till recently a writer (Era Sezhiyan) put the pieces together in a book.

Here’s another tweet from the same evening. Once again Rajdeep drags Babri and Gujarat 2002 to balance Emergency and the 1984 “Riots”. Mind you, he and others in the media continue to refer to 1984 as “riots” and Gujarat 2002 as “pogrom”. Most will disagree with 1984 being termed “riots”. That was a systematic killing of ONLY Sikhs in retaliation. It wasn’t a conflict in which both Sikhs and others were killing each other. Only Sikhs were being killed by Congress cadres. Still, what’s the connection? Unless the BJP’s so-called sins are called into the debate it is unfair to talk about Emergency. All the events Rajdeep talks about happened much after Emergency and aren’t connected in anyway. This is the media’s idea of “balanced” crap!

In another tweet Rajdeep laments being called a “pseudo-secular”. Why? Because he did a programme on 1984 on its 25th Anniversary and about Gujarat/Godhra on its 10th Anniversary. This is where Rajdeep comes across and establishes himself as an outright LIAR. And I do call him a LIAR. For long the media had buried 1984. It is only when the media was churning out lies about Gujarat 2002 that people wondered why a similar campaign wasn’t there for 1984. What the liar Rajdeep forgets is that from the day Gujarat riots started he, in whichever channel he was, has carried out a relentless campaign almost every day against the perpetrators and particularly Narendra Modi.The anti-Gujarat shows weren't on anniversaries - those were every week, every month, every year and still continue. Such were the extent of lies that media even reported as if February 2002 had 30 days and not 28. The stories are all in the open now and probably there is as much guilt that Rajdeep feels as other media crooks for stories about Gujarat.

If Narendra Modi were a Muslim I seriously doubt any of these channels would have mentioned Gujarat beyond 2002 or 2003. If Narendra Modi were a Congressman then Gujarat2002 would have been buried by the media as they did 1984. If Narendra Modi were a Congressman he would have been awarded a Bharat Ratna, streets would be named after him, airports named after him, govt schemes would be named after him. And would you see the media protesting? Make a wild guess! This is the communal nature of Rajdeep, Sagarika and all other bimbos in our mainstream media. Hate Hindus, magnify any Hindu crime and suppress the crimes of their paymasters, particularly Congress. Of course, when challenged about being anti-Hindu Rajdeep will claim he is a proud Hindu! Why? Because he eats beef! That’s his measure.

Now, while there have been frequent accusations of CNN-IBN and IBN7 being anti-Hindu and communal here is proof if you ever needed it. The latest catch in the 26/11 is someone called Abu Jindal. Umm… no one seems sure about his real name! He is also called Abu Jundal, Abu Hamza and new names might crop up soon. On every channel and newspaper there is only one picture of his – the one with the same expression and the same check-shirt. Wait, all except IBN7. An observant tweeter (@AwakeIndian) sent me this TV grab from the channel.

Out of nowhere you have Abu Whatever seen wearing a Saffron Kurta. IBN7 dressed him up him in ‘Saffron’ and that colour is symbolic with Hindus. The mischief behind altering a commonly circulated image is not lost on people. Of course, the journalistic-bimbo would disagree and suggest that isn’t Saffron but ‘Orange’. AwakeIndian also points to the saffron shirt the anchor is wearing but I wouldn’t read much into that. What exactly is the motive behind photo-shopping the image of a suspected terrorist?

This can be a good case for a criminal act under section 153A of the IPC – Creating communal disharmony, insulting the religious sentiments of a community and so on. The managing editor of IBN7, Ashutosh, is also often accused of his anti-Hindu stance. Such acts only confirm the agenda of the CNN-IBN group as a whole. So Rajdeep, Sagarika and Ashutosh and their team can flush their ‘secular’ credentials down the drain and stop any pretensions. Their tweets, their images, their misguided sense of ‘balance’ have been frequently exposed. In the case of SriSri, Sagarika claimed it was a “bug” and a genuine “mistake”. Nobody buys that anymore. As with that episode I have to repeat: It’s neither an error nor a mistake, it’s just wilful deception. The sly, subtle and deceptive anti-Hindu campaign will continue on their channels.

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