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BJP President Gadkari faints during public rally in Delhi

April 21, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): The scorching heat of Delhi proved too much for the Bharatiya Janata Party President, Nitin Gadkari, on Wednesday, as he fainted during a protest march organised against price rise in the country.

Gadkari was leading the BJP march, headed towards Jantar Mantar at Parliament Street from Ramlila Maidan, when he fainted.

However, Gadkari resumed his march after a short while.

“Gadkari ji’s health is now okay,” said Vijay Jolly, President of BJP’s Delhi Unit, to mediapersons.

Meanwhile, in the morning, life was thrown out of gear for office-goers, as huge crowds of BJP supporters were approaching the Ramlila Maidan, the venue for the public rally.

Long traffic snarls made it quite difficult for people to commute at many places across the capital, as hundreds of thousands of BJP supporters converged for the public rally.

The rally,which has been organized to showcase the public anger against the steeply rising prices of commodities, drew BJP supporters from across the country. (ANI)

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Farmers protest against hike in petrol and diesel prices

March 6, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers from northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana converged in the national capital to stage a mass protest rally against the UPA Government’s policies on Friday.

This rally by farmers vented their ire at the steep rises in the prices of fuel and fertilizers and demanded that the federal government should give them adequate rates for their farm produce.

Farmers from the northern states of Haryana and Punjab owning allegiance to the Bharatiya Kisan Union commenced their rally from the Ramalila Grounds in the national capital and culminated it at Jantar Mantar in the national capital.

Later, the police personnel stopped them near Patel Chowk from proceeding ahead. The protestors then staged a sit-in protest on the road, leading to traffic jams to jams.

“We are taking out this rally because the farmers are upset with the federal government”s plans and policies. By reducing the prices of wheat and hiking the prices of fertilisers and diesel, the government has burdened us heavily and this protest is in regard to the same,” said Sewa Singh Arya, General Secretary, Bharatiya Kisan Union, Haryana.

“We want that the hiked rates of fuels and fertilisers should be rolled back and we should get profitable prices for our produce so that the consumer and the producers are both satisfied.

“Today, the main problem is that the farmers and consumers are both unhappy because the vegetables are bought at very low prices in the market from us and the intermediaries earn a hefty amount by selling it at much higher prices to the consumer,” added Sewa Singh.

It may be recalled that the UPA government had announced an increase of only rupees 20 (45 cents) per quintal for wheat for the 2010-11 season.

However, the farmers contended that the amount spent on producing the commodity is much more and the farmers want that the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat (per quintal) should be fixed at 2436 rupees.

They also demanded for loan waivers for farmers with less than 10 acres of cultivation land and also to provide government jobs for marginal farmers who do not have sufficient agricultural piece of land.

“Our farming expenditure has increased manifold. So much so that we may be forced to leave the profession of agriculture. We will then just produce for ourselves. There is such a heavy burden of loans on us and that is why we, the farmers are forced to compelled to resort to committing suicides,” observed Kuldeep Singh, a farmer from Punjab. (ANI)

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Hundreds partake in Delhi Queer Pride 2009

June 28, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Hundreds of queer people, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders along with their friends and family members on Sunday took out a march from Barakhamba road, to Jantar Mantar near Connaught Place as part of Delhi Queer Pride 09.

The procession reverberated the air with music and dance while the protestors were shouting slogans like “377 hi,hi”, “377 Bharat Chodo” “Jeenedo Hame Jeene do”(please allow us to live).

The march was organised to express solidarity with all the marginalized groups, which are increasing in the present day Indian society.

Participants demanded that the discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender should end and repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Speaking to ANI Jaya Tiwari co-ordinator of NAZ Foundation, which fighting for the rights of all these sections said the Indian society should accept the decision of its adult boys and girls, the adults can think and decide on their own.

“The Government should modify the Section 377. The gays or lesbians are not criminals, they also should get equal importance like any other in the society,” Jaya said.

Members of NAZ Foundation, Human Right Activists and other support groups also participated in the event.

Demonstrators also lit candles as mark of solidarity towards their demands.

The queer was organised to raise the voice against violence and discrimination faced by transgender, lesbians, gays, forced marriages of lesbians, atrocities against gays and hijaras, and the law which prevents couple of the same gender from adopting a child and from owning properties. Protestors also demanded basic human rights and right to expression for LGBTs.

400 years ago the “queer” meant odd or unusual. 100 years ago the word was used as an insult for anyone who was different from society’s norm and sexually “correct” behaviour. It was used to demean and marginalize people. Today, people across the world have reclaimed that word to empower, celebrate and unite people of diverse gender and sexuality. By Shreeraj Gudi (ANI)

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Tibetans in India condemn Chinese death sentence for riots

April 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dharamshala/New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): Tibetans refugees living in India came out strongly against death sentences awarded to two Tibetans for their alleged role in the spate of riots that rocked Lhasa in 2008.

To express their solidarity with the convicted fellow Tibetans, the office bearers of the Students for Free Tibet (SFT) addressed a press conference here on Wednesday.

Members of the SFT have submitted a petition urging the Chinese Government to stop the execution and also the ill treatment being meted out to the Tibetan prisoners in Lhasa.

At the press conference, Tenzin Cheoying, President, SFT read out the contents of the petition.

“We appeal to your esteem office to give urgent attention to the cases of Lobsang Gyalsten and Loyak – sentenced to death, Tenzin Phuntsok and Kangtsuk – sentenced to death with two year suspension and Dawa Sangpo sentenced to life imprisonment given by Lhasa People’s Intermediate Court on April 8,” said Tenzin Cheoying.

“We do not believe that these trials were conducted according to the international judicial standards. We the Minister of Justice Wu Aiying to review all four death sentences with immediate effect and allow these cases to be impartially investigated with further trials to be conducted openly and with due regard to international legal standards,” added Tenzin Cheoying.

Further, he said that the recent verdict passed by Lhasa People’s Intermediate Court is a blatant attempt to stop the Tibetans from speaking against the Chinese’s regime.

He also appealed to the Chinese Minister of Justice to provide the names and whereabouts of thousands of Tibetans still detained for their suspected role in the last year’s event.

“We also demand that all cases related to the events of March and April 2008 are suspended until a full and independent enquiry into events around these states is held. And a full list of names and whereabouts of the 1200 and more Tibetans still detained in relations to the last year’s event,” added Tenzin Cheoying.

He mentioned that through this petition, the Tibetans in-exile want to implore upon the Chinese Government to stop the execution. He also appealed to the international community to put pressure on China.

Meanwhile, Tibetans residing in New Delhi also staged a peaceful protest rally.

Carrying Tibetan flags and shouting ‘Free Tibet’ slogans, the protesters marched through the streets to condemn the death sentence pronounced by the Chinese administration.

“We have staged this peaceful protest at Janta Mantar because four Tibetans were given death sentence in China. The Chinese Government passed down four death sentences, one life imprisonment. Two was immediate death sentence and two death sentences in within two years time,” said Kunchok, member, Tibetan Youth Congress, New Delhi.

Earlier, China’s official Xinhua news agency had confirmed that two Tibetans have been sentenced to death for their role in riots in Tibet’s regional capital of Lhasa last year.

They were found guilty of ‘igniting fatal fires’ during the riots. (ANI)

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Dikshit meets Sikh leaders, seeks support for Congress

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday met a delegation of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) led by its president Sardar Paramjit Singh Sarna and appealed to them to support the Congress.

The meeting assumes importance as various Sikh organisations held a protest at Jantar Mantar here against the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

‘India’s rapid economic growth and the corporate performance is [due to] the man who single handedly dealt with the country’s economy and pushed India on the economic prosperity,’ Dikshit told the delegation, referring to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Delhi Education and Transport minister Arvinder Singh Lovely and other prominent Sikh leaders also attended the meeting, an official statement said.

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Shiromani Akali Dal announces cash award for shoe-throwing journo

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Praising Delhi journalist Jarnail Singh for his ‘courage and bravery’ in hurling a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram during a press conference, Sikh political party Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday announced a cash reward of Rs.200,000 for him.

‘Decisions are not taken by throwing shoes but this incident has showed our pain and suffering. Bhagat Singh had also thrown a bomb in the assembly. We have thus announced a reward of Rs.200,000 for his courage and bravery,’ Avtar Singh Hit, national general secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal, told IANS.

Jarnail Singh hurled a shoe at Chidambaram, at a press conference here, over his response to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The president of the Delhi unit of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Manjit Singh also supported Jarnail Singh’s act.

‘I fully support the journalist. What he has done represents the feelings of all the Sikhs of the country, and not only Sikhs it represents the feelings of all the law abiding citizens of the country,’ Manjit Singh told IANS.

‘Three months ago in Punjab, Rahul Gandhi had promised to not give tickets to Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler but they were given tickets, and CBI also gave a clean chit to them. We are waiting for the court’s judgement and our struggle will continue,’ he said.

Meanwhile, leaders of various Sikh organisation Tuesday held a sit-in at Jantar Mantar here to protest the CBI’s clean chit to Tytler in a case relating to the 1984 massacre of Sikhs.

Around 4,000-5,000 people participated in the dharna. The protesters first offered ‘ardas’ or prayer at the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib at noon after which they proceeded towards Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s house. They were, however, stopped near Jantar Mantar.

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100 hours to celebrate astronomy year in Jantar Mantar

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Jantar Mantar, the 18th century observatory in the heart of the capital, was crowded with young students Saturday as they got together to learn the use of astronomical instruments and celebrate 2009 as the international year of astronomy.

Aiming to create interest in astronomy as a fundamental science in daily life, the Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) has been conducting ’100 Hours of Astronomy’ at the Jantar Mantar since Thursday.

The celebration, which will culminate Sunday, saw school students being taught how to use astronomical instruments like sun dials and telescopes.

Shourya Aggarwal, a Class 7 student, said: ‘I am a part of the SPACE club at my school where we learn how to use a sun dial, a telescope and a lot more. The classes are very interactive and enjoyable. I wait every week for my astronomy class.

‘I am enjoying the celebrations here since we have got a chance to learn how to use instruments that are more than 300 years old,’ he added.

In fact many astronomical instruments are still popular by their Indian names – samrat yantra (to measure time using sun’s shadow), jai prakash yantra (to trace the earth’s equator), mishra yantra, and ram yantra.

And the students learnt to use these.

‘I am a part of the astronomy club in my school and I find it very interesting. We are a group of 46 students and we do activities like ‘solar hunt’ in the club. Today, we have learnt to calculate time by following the position of the sun’s shadows using the samrat yantra,’ Shrishti, a Class 9 student, said.

According to C.B. Devgan, president of SPACE, there is no better way to celebrate the astronomy year than by initiating activities that aim to kindle interest towards the subject in youngsters.

‘The international year of astronomy is celebrated with the joint efforts of the UN and Indian astronomy unit. Many international projects are happening around the world and this five-day long event is a part of these projects.

‘Here, we have set up SPACE clubs in different schools around Delhi to develop student interest in astronomy,’ Devgan told IANS.

Nearly 500 students have been coming for the celebrations at Jantar Mantar every day, he added.

The Jantar Mantar observatory was built in the 18th century by the king of Jaipur, Jai Singh II, who was an astronomy enthusiast.

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