Ignorance on Office of Profit led to confusion: Speaker

Monday, May 22, 2006, 23:52 [IST]

New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today said lack of knowledge on the issue of office-of-profit had led to confusion in the country and shifted the onus on those accused of holding such offices to prove their innocence.

He also released a book entitled ''Office of Profit'' authored by Secretary General Lok Sabha P D T Achary here.

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Unseasonal rain continues in MP

Monday, May 22, 2006,23:52 [IST]

Bhopal, May 22 (UNI) Unseasonal rain, in the usually-scorching month of May, has weakened the summer's grip over Madhya Pradesh. A weather centre official said an upper air cyclonic circulation over the state's north-eastern part, coupled with moisture-laden winds, was causing the precipitation. Day temperature plummetted by about five notches in most parts of Madhya Pradesh and hovered between 34 and 39 degree Celsius while the minimum was in the 22-26 degree Celsius range. The.....

AP Govt gives Group Insurance to toddy tappers

Monday, May 22, 2006,23:52 [IST]

Hyderabad, May 22 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Government today issued orders introducing Group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme for toddy tappers in the state. The State Cabinet ratified the orders. The salient features of the scheme were that the government would pay Rs two lakh to the legal heir of deceased toddy tappers and Rs 50,000 to the toddy tapper in case of permanent disability. Likewise, Rs 10,000 would be paid to the toddy tapper in case.....

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Medicos agitation gains support from parents

Monday, May 22, 2006,23:52 [IST]

Ahmedabad, May 22 (UNI) Even as anti-reservation agitation in Gujarat entered the eighth day today, the Akhil Gujarat Vali (Guardians) Mahamandal jumping into the fray extending its support. Extending their full support to the medical students' agitation, Mamamandal leaders, Shankarbhai Patel and Priyavadan Shah, alleged the Gujarat Government had failed to fulfil its assurances made 20 years ago. The Mahamandal had spearheaded prolonged anti-reservation agitations in 1981 and 1985, which had caused discomfiture.....

Guj medics urge constitution of panel to resolve quota issue

Monday, May 22, 2006,23:52 [IST]

Gandhinagar, May 22 (UNI) Agitating medical students and junior doctors today handed over a memorandum to Gujarat Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma, urging the Centre to appoint a high-level committee of apolitical experts to find an early solution to the reservation issue. The agitationists urged the Centre to ask the committee to submit its report within 15 days, a spokesperson of the medicos told UNI. Their other demands include asking the Centre to make its stand clear.....

Roy asked to submit report on security arrangements at MLA hostels

Monday, May 22, 2006,23:52 [IST]

Mumbai, May 22 (UNI) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Babasaheb Kupekar and Council Chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh today asked Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy to submit a report, within a week, on security arrangements at all the four MLA hostels here. This assumes significance in the wake of reports that the four alleged terrorists arrested from Aurangabad recently had stayed at an MLA hostel near the State Secretariat early this month. PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, legislature.....