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Shiv Sena-BJP alliance confident of victory in Maharashtra assembly polls

September 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Sep 19(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena on Saturday expressed confidence about emerging victorious in the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.

“It is 45 years since Shiv Sena came into being. And this first day of Navaratri happens to be a red-letter day in the history of Shiv Sena that has crusaded for the cause of Samyukta (unified) Maharashtra. Considering all these aspects, I feel it is an auspicious timing (of) declaring the seat arrangement and we are confident of our combine emerging victorious,” said Uddhav Thackeray, Executive President of Shiv Sena party.

Leaders of both the parties confirmed that there was no bargaining for seats between the two allies.

“Today, is the first day of Dussera and we have arrived at the figures of seat sharing. Yes, it is 169 and 119. The 169 in favour of Shiv Sena and 119 for BJP and it will be interesting to note that both the figures end in 9, a lucky number; 169 and 119. And now onwards we will work on joint strategy. There is no clash of interests and now onwards we will devote to the selection of suitable candidates,” said Gopinath Munde, senior BJP leader.

In the 2004 elections, Shiv Sena had contested for 171 seats while BJP had contested for 117 and jointly they had bagged 119 seats in the legislative house of 289 members.

The alliance of Congress and regional National Congress Party (NCP) had emerged victorious in the 2004 polls. (ANI)

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Oz bosses bringing back 1950s style of management

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Sep 10 (ANI): A survey has shown that bosses are cutting costs and dropping the collaborative management style of the early 2000s in favour of the 1950s-style.

Social researcher and leadership expert Avril Henry said that employers are doing everything from cutting out biscuits to banning hot food from the office.

They are also telling employees to snack on fruit outside in a bid to cut cleaning costs and cope with strained budgets, and are also micromanaging and bossing their staff around, rather than engaging with them.

“It sends a signal to employees that ‘I don’t trust you can do the job without being closely supervised’, it equates not seeking input from anybody below senior executive level,” News.com.au quoted Henry as saying.

The South African-born public speaker and author of Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders Today says examples of tight, bossy behaviour began emerging at the end of last year amid the deepening financial crisis.

“In the process of cutting costs we often do things that alienate the employees,” she said.

“You can cut the biscuits and you can tell people ‘we’re not providing tea and coffee, bring in your own’, but we still pay senior executives and CEOs huge bonuses,” she stated.

Henry says the leadership style is putting bosses on a direct collision course with Generation Y.

“Gen Y just go ‘I’m not working for a boss like that’,” she said of the generation born between 1980 and 1995.

“Gen Y will leave a job without another job to go to even in the current environment.

“They will do a job with less money, not necessarily in the same industry they were in, or equating to what they’re qualified to do, to work in environment where they are happy and they feel valued, not only as employees but as human beings,” she said.

Many generation X-ers (born 1965 to 1979), now in management roles, see this as “entitlement mentality”, but Henry thinks it’s a positive backlash to “toxic” workplace conditions.

“I think that (attitude is) what’s going to change workplace culture,” Henry, who is also a trained accountant, said.

“We have too many workplaces which are toxic, by toxic I mean people aren’t valued.

“Every organisation says ‘people are our greatest asset’ – my immediate response to that is then why do most organisations treat their employees like liabilities?” she stated.

“Bosses who cop a pay cut or ask their staff for thrifty suggestions show they’re ‘willing to share the pain’,” she added. (ANI)

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Chinese govt. office “too busy to fuss with” public

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Beijing, Aug. 24 (ANI): A Chinese citizen who filed an online complaint to a government department was told: “Our office is too busy to fuss with you. Come to the office and face us.”

The shocking reply from the city landscaping office in Yingcheng, Hubei province came albeit a new set of regulations binding government departments to promptly respond to Internet complaints.

The reply has left netizens absolutely outraged about the attitude of government department.

“I can’t believe officials talk so naively these days. This is almost uncivilized language. To tell you the truth, I’m pretty disappointed to see this kind of response from Chinese officials,” China Daily quoted Wu Hai, as saying.

“This is such a disgrace for officials in China,” wrote another netizen.

The Yingcheng government’s reply came after a local resident named “Freezing Smile” suggested that local officials should visit a deserted landscaping site left uncared for along a pedestrian street in the city.

It was posted to the Letters to the Mayor section on the official government website.

“Will the Party and local residents be satisfied with such an inactive government institution like our landscape office?” the post said.

Under public pressure Sunday, the government in Yingcheng apologized and promised to punish the officials responsible.

“Leaders of the city’s landscape office have filed a written explanation to the Party and the city government. They apologize to all netizens and have already repaired the pedestrian street that the residents have complained about,” a statement from Yingcheng government said.

Official government websites normally run a section that allows residents to file online complaints that have ranged from reports of pollution to corruption appeals.

Officials are required to reply to each online complaint and may get warned or blacklisted if they fail to do so. (ANI)

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Manmohan Singh meets Japanese PM

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

L’aquila, July 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit at L’Aquila in Italy on Friday.

The two leaders were expected to discuss issues of bilateral and multilateral importance, besides areas where they could cooperate mutually.

Dr. Singh met US President Barack Obama on Thursday and expressed his concern at Pakistan’s lack of progress in investigating those behind the Mumbai attacks, an Indian official said on Friday.

Dr. Singh also discussed militancy in Pakistan and regional security in a series of bilateral meetings and talks with leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Australia on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Italy late on Thursday, officials said.

The G8 consists of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, U.K., U.S., Russia and Canada.

This year’s meeting of the states had a strong focus on Africa.

Leaders of Ethiopia, Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa all joined their G8 counterparts on the third day to discuss food security and farming, pushing a demand for compensation for the ravages of climate change.

Emerging powers such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Mexico are members of the ‘G5′, which joined the second day of the summit on Thursday. Egypt was also invited. (ANI)

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German Chancellor meets Manmohan Singh at G8-G5 summit

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

L’aquila, July 10 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit here on Thursday.

They reportedly discussed bilateral issues and topics pertinent to the summit.

Leaders of the world’s richest nations and major developing powers would have on the table issues like global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking concessions.

U S President Barack Obama would chair the climate discussions, but hopes of agreeing on ambitious emission-reducing goals have faded after China and India rejected demands to halve their emission of greenhouse gases by 2050.

The talks have been broadened to include the heads of new economic powerhouses in recognition that the world’s problems can no longer be dealt with by an elite few.

The fragile state of the global economy dominated the first day of the annual G-8 summit, with the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia acknowledging that were still significant risks to financial stability.

The 17-member Major Economies Forum (MEF), which groups the G-8 plus big developing nations, also looks set to embrace the two Celsius goal on Thursday, but is balking at making further commitments ahead of a decisive U.N. climate conference in December.

Progress has been hampered by the absence of Chinese President Hu Jintao, who withdrew from talks to attend to ethnic clashes in China’s northwest that have killed 156 people and wounded over a thousand.ndian negotiators said developing countries first wanted to see rich nation plans to provide financing to help them cope with ever more floods, heatwaves, storms and rising sea levels.

Broader economic concerns are also high on the agenda, with emerging nations complaining that they are suffering heavily from a crisis that was not of their making.

China, India and Brazil have all questioned whether the world should start seeking a new global reserve currency as an alternative to the dollar. They have said they may raise this on Thursday after having discussed it amongst themselves on July 8.

The debate is highly sensitive in financial markets, which are wary of risks to U.S. asset values, and the issue is unlikely to progress very far in L’Aquila.

However, a breakthrough on trade may be within reach. Diplomats say the G-8 and G-5 should agree to conclude the stalled Doha round of trade talks in 2010. Launched in 2001 to help poor countries prosper, they have stumbled on proposed tariff and subsidy cuts. By Naveen Kapoor (ANI)

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Obama, Manmohan cozy up at G8-G5 summit

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

L’aquila, July 9 (ANI): US president Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozied up to each other at a summit of the G8-G5 groupings at L’Aquila in Italy on Thursday.

Leaders of the world’s richest nations and major developing powers would have on the table raging issues like global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking concessions.

US President Barack Obama would chair the climate discussions, but hopes of agreeing ambitious goals have faded after China and India rejected demands to halve the emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.

The talks come on the second of a three-day Group of Eight summit, with discussions broadened to include the heads of new economic powerhouses in recognition that the world’s problems cannot no longer be dealt with by an elite few.

The fragile state of the global economy dominated the first day of the annual G8 summit, with the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia acknowledging that were still significant risks to financial stability.

The 17-member Major Economies Forum (MEF), which groups the G8 plus big developing nations, also looks set to embrace the two Celsius goal on Thursday, but is balking at further commitments ahead of a decisive U.N. climate conference in December.

Progress could be hampered by the absence of Chinese President Hu Jintao, who withdrew from talks to attend to ethnic clashes in China’s northwest that have killed 156 people and wounded over a thousand.

Indian negotiators said developing countries first wanted to see rich nation plans to provide financing to help them cope with ever more floods, heatwaves, storms and rising sea levels.

Broader economic concerns are also high on the agenda, with emerging nations complaining that they are suffering heavily from a crisis that was not of their making.

The debate is highly sensitive in financial markets, which are wary of risks to U.S. asset values, and the issue is unlikely to progress very far in L’Aquila.

However, a breakthrough on trade may be within reach. Diplomats say the G8 and G5 should agree to conclude the stalled Doha round of trade talks in 2010. Launched in 2001 to help poor countries prosper, they have stumbled on proposed tariff and subsidy cuts. (ANI)

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Leaders of G-5 countries meet in Italy

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

L’Aquila (Italy), July 9 (ANI): Leaders of the Group of Five emerging countries — Brazil, India, China, Mexico and South Africa — met on the sidelines of G-8 Summit on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and South African President Kgalema Motlanthe met in the talian town of L’Aquila.

China was represented by its State Councilor, Dai Bingguo, as President Hu Jintao return home to deal with unrest in western Xinjiang province.

The G-5 leaders discussed the global economy, climate change and world aid.

Earlier, G-8 leaders met in L’Aquila and discussed the State of the global economy, which is struggling to overcome its worst recession. By Naveen Kapoor (ANI)

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Advani asks party leaders to avoid fascination for being in news

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishan Advani on Monday expressed concern at the party leaders developing a habit of becoming news for the sake of drawing media attention.

“The urge (among some party leaders) to see their names in newspapers …to see their face on TV for a few seconds … Sometimes, I feel there are too many spokespersons in our party,” Advani said at a function held to mark the birth anniversary of Jan Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookherjee in the national capital on Monday.

Several senior BJP leaders had spoken to news channels on the reasons for the party’s poll defeat and letters written by some party leaders discussing internal party matters and disagreements were leaked to the media, leaving the party red faced.

Recalling the sacrifices made by Mookherjee, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee to raise BJP to its present state, Advani said the party should take all precautions to avoid mistakes as it negate these sacrifices.”

“Leaders like Mookherjee, Deen Dayal, and Vajpayee have raised this party to this level… we should prevent little mistakes on our part ….”, he said.

Advani said the recent election loss should not dishearten BJP members as the party had faced several “ups and downs” in the past. The party still has 116 Lok Sabha MPs.

The Leader of the Opposition said all had not been lost by the BJP after recent poll debacle. “The party has a bright future,” Advani claimed. (ANI)

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Swine flu ‘unstoppable’, says WHO chief

July 3, 2009 By admin 1 Comment

Mexico City (Mexico), July 3 (ANI): World Health Organization head Margaret Chan has warned a forum in Mexico that the swine flu virus worldwide is now unstoppable.

The WHO says most H1N1 cases are mild, with many people recovering unaided.

As the summit opened, the UK alone was projecting more than 100,000 new cases of H1N1 a day by the end of the summer.

“As we see today, with well over 100 countries reporting cases, once a fully fit pandemic virus emerges, its further international spread is unstoppable,” The BBC quoted Dr. Chan, as saying in her opening remarks.

She stressed that the overwhelming majority of patients experienced mild symptoms and made a full recovery within a week, often in the absence of any form of medical treatment.

The exceptions, she said, were pregnant women and people with underlying health problems, who were at higher risk from complications from the virus and should be monitored if they fell ill.

“For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care,” Dr Chan said.

Turning to the summit venue, the WHO chief added: “Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit.”

Leaders and experts from 50 countries are in Cancun for the two-day meeting to discuss strategies for combating the virus.

It has been more than two months since the initial alert over swine flu. Since then, the H1N1 virus has entered more than 100 countries, infected more than 70,000 people and killed more than 300 worldwide. (ANI)

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Prabhakaran is alive, claims LTTE

May 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Colombo, May 19 (ANI): Rejecting Sri Lankan Government’s claim that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s chief V. Prabhakaran has been killed by the army, LTTE’s International Relations head S. Pathmanathan on Tuesday said Tamil Tigers chief is still alive and healthy.

According to a website TamilNet, Pathmanathan said: “I wish to inform the global Tamil community distressed witnessing the final events of the war that our beloved leader is alive and safe. He will continue to lead the quest for dignity and freedom for the Tamil people.”

He asked the Tamil community to be vigilant and to exercise maximum restraint whilst grieving for the loss of civilian lives in the barbaric conduct of the final chapters of this battle.

Pathmanathan further said that the Tamil freedom struggle is a just cause and will not be quashed by the events of the last 24 hours. Truth and justice will always prevail.

Earlier on Monday, Sri Lanka formally announced the end of war against the LTTE after chief V. Prabhakaran was shot dead while trying to flee in an ambulance from the war zone in northern Sri Lanka.

The three-decade long fight by the LTTE for a separate homeland for Tamils came to end after the death of Tamil Tigers chief.

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse told President Mahinda Rajpakse on Monday in a nationally televised ceremony that Sri Lanka’s war against Tamil Tiger rebels has “ended successfully.”

“We have successfully ended the war,” he told the President, who is his brother and commander-in-chief of the Sri Lankan armed forces.

Sri Lankan military commanders also lined up and shook hands with him before starting closed-door talks.

According to the military, the Tamil Tigers tried to evacuate its leaders early this morning in two vehicles. Army special soldiers of 53 Division intercepted the vehicles moving north and destroyed the convoy after fierce fighting.

The military said it had found 150 bodies of LTTE cadres so far and they are in the process of identifying them.

The news of Prabhakaran’s death also came along with reports of bodies of his son Charles Anthony and three other top leaders-Pottu Amman, Soosai and Nadesan being found. (ANI)

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Communist Party to decide future course of action after election results

May 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) will decide its future course of action regarding formation of a government after election results are out on May 16.

Leaders of CPI (M) and its other allies are to meet after the election results are out.

“As far as CPM is concerned, our position, Left Front’s position and whatever parties who have adjustment with us, their position is absolutely clear. We will decide our future course of action,” said Brinda Karat, a senior leader, CPI (M).

The CPI (M) with the help of its allies is aiming to form a non- BJP and a non-Congress government

“AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa is coming here on May 18. We hope she will be with us. Because she fought elections on basis of non-BJP and non-Congress alliance,” said MK Pandeir, leader of CPI (M),

The CPI (M) was an ally of Congress-led government for more than four years before it decided to part ways due to signing of a civilian nuclear deal with US last year.

The Congress Party has already indicated it is willing to take support of like-minded parties. (ANI)

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Informa India brings global leaders’ series to India for the first time

May 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 15 (ANI/Business Wire India): Informa, the owners of information super-brands including Lloyd’s List, Taylor and Francis and Datamonitor, have announced the first Indian edition of the world’s largest series of leadership events.

Leaders business fora command audiences of 1000s of top corporate executives every year, with speakers most recently including Kofi Annan, CK Prahalad, Philip Kotler, Stephen Covey, Richard Branson and Steve Forbes.

Leaders in India, is the latest edition of what is widely regarded as the world’s largest series of business leadership events, which so far have taken place annually in major international cities including London and Dubai.

Informa, producers of the event, have received a particularly strong response from Indian and international organisations, with GE, JSW, Johnson and Johnson, Birla, Nokia and Abbot amongst many others already having confirmed their delegations to the event.

“India is one of the most dynamic markets of the world, where innovation, business, and technical acumen will continue to grow and thrive for many years to come,” said Trump Jr.. “I look forward to bringing many incredible projects to this market, which is now primed and ready for world class development.”

Donald Trump Jr., has announced ambitious plans for investment in India’s real estate sector, and will elaborate on successfully dealing with the obstacles faced by international companies when entering the Indian market.

Tom Peters, among the most influential management gurus of today, and renowned author of ‘In search of excellence’, will provide practical tools to tackle one of the most pressing issues on every CEO’s mind – ‘how to win the war for talent.’

In spite of a more favorable employer’s market at present, the ‘war for talent’ is expected to remain one of Indian business’ paramount challenges as the country continues to develop rapidly over the coming decades.

On why Informa has decided to bring ‘Leaders’ to India, Abhaey Singh, Managing Director, Informa India, said, “Indians are ideas people – we love inspiration, and Leaders in India will be two days packed with the proverbial tingles down your spine.”

“But more than just that, our country is gradually positioning itself at the fore of the 21st Century knowledge economy. From our legendary IITs and IIMs, to our booming media and information industry; and from complex analyses performed for global firms in our KPO centres, to continual advances in indigenous rocket science – India’s inherent knowledge resources are now being more comprehensively harnessed by and interconnected with Indian and global business. So we think it’s an excellent time to leverage the hugely respected Leaders brand into this very exciting country”, added Singh.

Featuring Indian leaders such as Adi Godrej, Kishore Biyani and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, along with special guest speakers Abhinav Bindra and Shashi Tharoor, the event will also host The “IIBAAs” (Indo-International Business Achievement Awards), which has been instituted to acknowledge exceptional entrepreneurial and innovative talent, effective and responsible leadership and management, and the setting of new standards within Indian and global businesses. (ANI)

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No fissure in LJP, RJD and SP alliance: LJP

May 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): The LJP has rejected reports of any cracks in the Lok Janshakti Party, Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal coalition in UP and Bihar.

“We take exception to news reports carried in the media ascribing motives to absence of Ram Vilas Paswan from the rally held in Rampur on May 11,” LJP Secretary General Abdul Khaliq said.

Khalid said media was speculating too much in LJP chief Paswan’s absence from the Rampur rally, which was prescheduled.

“Ram Vilas Paswan had prior commitments scheduled for the day and the invitation for the rally was received much later. Therefore, it was not possible for him to reschedule commitments already made,” he said.

Leaders of all tree parties will hold a meeting on May 14 to discuss their “future course of action.”

“The leadership of the three constituents would discuss jointly and decide the strategy on the formation of a secular government at the centre after the polling gets over,” Khaliq said.

He added that the three coalition partners would jointly contest assembly polls in Bihar, Jharkhand and UP. (ANI)

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Madhesi leaders ask Prachanda to stop obstructing parliament

May 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kathmandu, May 12 (ANI): Leaders of the Madhesi parties today asked caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist chairman Prachanda to end the obstruction created by his party in the parliament against the formation of a majority government.

Top leaders of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), the Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) and the Sadbhawana Party (SP) met Prachanda and discussed issues related to formation of new government, which has hit an obstacle with the parties failing to reach a consensus.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, the Madhesi leaders said that they asked Prachanda to end the obstruction in the parliament as this would cause more uncertainly over the formation of new a government.

The meeting could not arrive at any concrete conclusion regarding Prachanda’s proposal to the Madhesi parties for support to Maoist-led government.

The three Madhesi parties have revived their alliance called Unified Democratic Madhesi Front and they want the would-be ruling alliance to give clear commitment to implement the past agreements with the Front.

Earlier, leaders of the Maoist party have said that a government with civilian supremacy cannot be formed unless President Ram Baran Yadav’s decision to reinstate Army Chief, General Rookmangud Katawal, who was sacked by the government, is retracted.

Maoist Politburo had reiterated its claim that the government formed without establishing civilian supremacy would be purposeless.

Talking to reporters party spokesperson Dinanath Sharma said, “There is the possibility of forming the new government with civilian supremacy once the president’s intervention into the Constitution and the civilian government’s decision are rectified and the procedure to take action against General Katawal is rectified.”

“Otherwise, it is pointless to form the government that cannot maintain civilian supremacy,” Nepalnews quoted him as saying. (ANI)

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D’Agostino scores brace as Udinese edge lowly Chievo

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Rome – Gaetano D’Agostino’s brace Saturday sealed Udinese’s 2-1 win over hosts Chievo, who remain eight points above the relegation zone before the four teams they lead play respective games on Sunday. D’Agostino converted a spot-kick on 34 minutes after Colombian Mario Yepes floored Fabio Quagliarella and scored the winner in injury time off a cross from Quagliarella.

The hosts from Verona had themselves to blame for two mistakes from midfielder Luca Rigoni, who lost control of the ball in the area on 33 minutes and repeated his blunder shortly before the break.

Chievo kicked off the second half at a fast pace and equalized on 71 minutes through Sergio Pellissier, who in early April scored a memorable hat-trick in a 3-3 draw at Juventus .

The striker headed centrally despite being unmarked on 69 minutes, but two minutes later had the better of the guests’ defence to nod past Samir Handanovic.

The Slovenian goalkeeper rescued Udinese on 77 minutes with a great dive to deflect a smashing shot from Michele Marcolini and was then saved by the bar on a defender’s deflection.

Defender Andrea Mantovani also found Handanovic ready to deflect, while, on the other side of the pitch, Lorenzo Squizzi had trouble blocking an effort from Ghana’s Kwadwo Asamoah.

In the dying seconds, Quagliarella stormed down the right and sent in a great cross for the winning volley from the unchallenged D’Agostino.

Plenty of action is expected later Saturday in Florence as Fiorentina welcome Roma in a crucial match in the search for the fourth available Champions League berth.

Leaders Inter Milan close the weekend late Sunday at Napoli with a 10-point advantage on Juventus and AC Milan. (dpa)

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Shariah cannot be enforced at gunpoint: Pak Tableeghi Jamaat

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr 28 (ANI): Pakistan’s Tableeghi Jamaat has denounced the enforcement of the Sharia at gunpoint, religious extremism, militancy and terrorism.

Leaders of the Jamaat also called for promoting inter-faith harmony, tolerance, human rights, social justice and peace.

They were speaking at the conclusion of a three-day congregation near here, The News reports.

“Shariah cannot be enforced at gunpoint,” declared Haji Abdul Wahab, Amir of the Tableeghi Jamaat, Pakistan.

Had that been the case, Allah Almighty would have sent fierce angels to protect prophets and enforce their faiths, he added.

The scholar cited the example of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), and said the Prophet never used force. Instead he spread the word of God only by peaceful means.

Haji Abdul Wahab also condemned extremism and militancy in the name of Islam.

Maulana Jamshaid, Maulana Mohammad Ahmed and Mualana Fahim also addressed the congregation of tens of thousands of people. (ANI)

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Punjab students to attend global youth leaders conference in July

April 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ludhiana, April 20 (ANI): A group of seven students of Ludhiana are all set to attend an international conference in which 400 students from 100 countries would be participating.

The Global Young Leader conference will discuss issues related to world politics, international relations, law, media, business and global economy.

International issues like terrorism, poverty, economy, AIDS, environment and inter-country disputes would be discussed in the conference.

The group from Punjab comprises five girls and two boys. All of them belong to nearby villages, and are students of Ludhiana’s Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha School.

Aged between 16 to 18, these school children are thrilled about participating in the 18th IYLC, scheduled to be held between July 19 to 24 in the United States.

Guneet Kaur is one of the seven students and a standard XII student. She is enthusiastic to represent India at the Global Young Leaders Conference like her other six group members.

Daughter of a schoolteacher, Guneet resides five miles from Ludhiana in Saholi, a hamlet. She is excited at the very thought of meeting young global leaders.

“I am really excited that I have got the opportunity to meet Barack Obama. It’s a rare chance and I am very excited. I am trying hard to inculcate all those qualities in me, which will be required there. I am studying general knowledge books to have a good understanding about how they work, so that I can learn something from them and show my country with a better insight,” said Guneet Kaur.

“We are making lots of preparations. We make her study lots of general knowledge books, so that she doesn’t forget anything there. She has given speeches at school level and also once had a chance to speak at a national level conference. But we didn’t allow her. Now, God has given us a great opportunity. She will gain more knowledge there,” said Guneet’s grandmother.

The conference is once-in-a-lifetime opportunity which can provide a good international exposure.

“We will get to know how the administration works in the country. We have got a great opportunity and I want to thank our principal for this,” said Gurinder Preet Singh, another student.

“We will get to know about the working of embassies and the UN. We will see how these people work and what makes America so successful. We want to understand their special qualities and learn from them,” said Gurvinder Singh.

“There are few students in the world, who get the chance to learn these type of activities. These students are basically the future leaders of India. Tomorrow, they are going to become administrators or good leaders or hold some other responsible posts. They will apply whatever knowledge gain from the conference,” said Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Principal of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha School.

During the 15-day tour, the participants would be taken to many places including Washington DC, Lincoln Memorial, World Bank and International Human Rights Commission.

The students are waiting anxiously for the wonderful experience to begin. By Karan Kapoor (ANI)

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S. Africa’s Bishop Tutu gets a gift from the Dalai Lama

April 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Pretoria (South Africa), Apr. 19 (ANI) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu received a spiritual leadership award – and a gift from Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama – at Freedom Park in Pretoria on Saturday.
After Tutu was granted the spiritual leadership award by an organisation called Humanity’s Team, it was announced that the Dalai Lama had also sent him a gift.

A representative of the Dalai Lama then draped a white scarf around his shoulders.

“Leaders such as Madiba (Nelson Mandela) spent 27 years in prison and humbly reconcile[d] with the enemy: One would expect them to be bitter. The Dalai Lama has been in exile for 50 years and one will expect that by now he should have been corroded by bitterness – and he is not,” said Tutu when receiving his award.
Tutu, together with former president FW De Klerk, pulled out of a peace conference last month after the South African government refused the Dalai Lama a visa. The conference was cancelled after they pulled out.

On Saturday night, Tutu walked in to receive his award while an electric mix of African opera, pop and rock music was performed.

The audience who braved the cold evening weather gave him a standing ovation. (ANI)

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Protesters call off demonstrations in Thailand

April 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

As combat troops ringed their last stronghold in the city, red-shirted anti-Government protesters called off their demonstrations on Tuesday bringing some semblance of order after days of chaos that plunged Thailand into a major political crisis.

Leaders of the outfits holding the large-scale anti-Government demonstrations asked their fellow protesters to disperse from outside the prime minister’s office, where they have been camping for the last few days demanding the resignation of Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Two people were reportedly killed and more than 120 people were injured in clashes between the soldiers and the protesters on Monday.

Thailand News Agency reported that top opposition leader Veera Musikapong told the Red Shirt activists gathered at Government House to return home and later surrendered to police.

Veera earlier told the protesters that the United Front leadership decided to end the rally for the time being

after learning that members of a so-called third party had mingled in the crowd to create violence intending to deteriorate the situation, the TNA reported.

Troops in combat gear had ringed the Government House, where protesters, vowing allegiance to former Premier Thaksin Shinwantara, had vowed to make a “final stand” to unseat Abhisit.

Veera said the opposition UDD feared that if the troops forced the dispersal of the protesters, they could be hurt.

Other UDD leaders said their move did not signify defeat, or an end to their movement, but was just a temporary stop for their activities.

Bangkok witnessed burning of tyres, commandeering public buses, firing in the fire, tear gas yesterday across pockets in the city, even though a state of emergency had been imposed.

UDD protesters have been demonstrating against the government since March 26, demanding that Abhisit resign unconditionally, the House of Representatives be dissolved and a fresh elections be held.

On Sunday, Abhisit declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas after the protesters forced the postponement of a summit of Asian leaders in the southern coastal city of Pattaya, embarrassing the government.

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Bangladesh faces political storm over ex-PM’s home

April 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

DHAKA, April 12 (Reuters) – Leaders of Bangladesh’s top political parties have warned of tough actions in a dispute over a home of ex-prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, a controversy analysts say may deal a fresh blow to the country’s stability.

The rivals staged protests in the capital Dhaka and other main cities over the weekend, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government said it was determined to get Khaleda out of a sprawling house within the army barracks in the capital.

Khaleda, who leads the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has lived in the house since her general-turned-president husband Ziaur Rahman died in an abortive coup in 1981. The government revoked the lease of the house to her last week, saying she has another leased house in Dhaka.

“This indicates the frivolous and volatile nature of the country’s politics, from which, unfortunately, the major parties have again failed to break out,” Ataur Rahman, a Dhaka University professor and chairman of Bangladesh Political Science Association, said of the dispute.

“They are (fighting) each other on a largely non-political issue at a time when the country badly needs a new democratic structure and a sustainable administration,” he told Reuters on Sunday.

Analysts say such disputes are a distraction when Bangladesh’s government should be concentrating on measures to stem corruption and increase transparency, steps that would help attract much-needed investment and aid to the impoverished South Asian country of more than 140 million people.

Asif Nazrul, a law professor and analyst, said the government and opposition should go to court to resolve the dispute over Khaleda’s residence.

“It could temporarily calm down the situation. But the mistrust created through this incident may manifest in various ways and impact future politics,” he told Reuters on Sunday.

Bangladesh looked set to achieve a degree of stability following a peaceful and credible election in December which ended two years of rule by a military-backed “interim government” that took over amid political violence in January 2007.

Such hopes were soon dented when paramilitary rebels killed nearly 60 of their commanding officers, all drawn from the army, and triggered fears of more unrest.

Hasina, leader of the ruling Awami League, managed to cool the tension by promising to conduct a fair and transparent investigation into the February 25-26 mutiny in the Dhaka headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, whose primary responsibility is to guard the borders.

But now the country faces the possibility of growing protests and rallies related to the house lease issue, and the possiblity they will turn violent or seriously disrupt economic activity, as has happened with Bangladesh street politics in the past, analysts say.

Thousands were already involved in demonstrations over the weekend. (Editing by Jerry Norton)

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