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- INS Chakra to be commissioned into Indian Navy today
- Is Darbhanga becoming another Terrorism hub ?
- Rapist sentenced with 7 year rigorous Imprisonment
- ITBP sets up its command in Bihar
- Who is Hafiz Muhammad Saeed ?
- US announces 10 Million Dollars on Hafiz Saeed
- Piyush Sompura to design the Angkor Wat in Bihar
- Bihar likely to execute schemes of West Bengal
| INS Chakra to be commissioned into Indian Navy today Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:18 PM PDT
With its inclusion, India will become the sixth nation in the World having nuclear-powered submarines that can remain underwater for several months unlike diesel-powered submarines that have to surface at regular intervals.Other nations with nuclear-powered submarines are US, Russia, France, Britain and China. “It will be deadly hunter-killer of enemy submarines and warships, as also provide effective protection to a fleet at sea. It can also provide cover to the nuclear-armed INS Arihant if required. With a dived speed of 30-35 knots, INS Chakra will be able to outrun any current Pakistani or Chinese submarine,” said a source. The 8,140-tonne INS Chakra, however, is not armed with long-range nuclear missiles, like the Russian SS-N-21 cruise missiles with an over 2,500-km range due to international non-proliferation treaties like the Missile Technology Control Regime. The submarine would operate with the Indian Navy for 10 years and provide India’s sea warfare a thumping capability – not just as an attack and weapons platform, but would also serve as a laboratory for researchers to study the technology of nuclear submarine warfare. Defence Minister A.K. Antony will commission the Akula II class Nerpa that has been renamed as INS Chakra. Antony will fly from New Delhi to attend the function with navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma at the Ship Building Complex here. India had operated a Soviet Charlie class nuclear submarine from 1988 but this was later returned.
India’s indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant is also expected to start operational patrols soon, officials said. “Arihant is at an advanced stage and will be joining soon – maybe in months,” an official in know of the development told IANS here. That would mean that India will have two nuclear submarines guarding its long maritime boundaries. INS Chakra has a maximum speed of 30 knots and can operate at a maximum depth of 600 meters. With a crew of 73, it can remain underwater for over three months at a time. The vessel is armed with four 533mm and four 650mm torpedo tubes. India and Russian signed a deal worth over $900 million for leasing the submarine which was expected to be inducted in 2010. But the delivery was delayed after an accident in 2008, in which 20 sailors died after the vessel’s fire-suppression systems were accidentally triggered during sea trials, releasing toxic gases. Indian Navy crews have already been trained for operating the submarine. |
| Is Darbhanga becoming another Terrorism hub ? Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT Darbhanga has been the crown of Mithilanachal, the most prominent cultural abode of Bihar. Best known as the City of Ponds, Darbhanga appears in many chapters of Glorious Indian History. The philanthropy of King of Darbhanga has been well known in all times. Recently a blot in the fame of Darbhanga has appeared which links it to various terrorist activities ocurring in the Country. It may be a coincidence, but 12 of the 13 people arrested recently for links with terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) are from Darbhanga in Bihar. Asadullah Rehman alias Dilkash, Kafeel Ahmed, Talha Abdali alias Israr, Mohammed Tarique Anjuman, Haroon Rashid Naik, Naqi Ahmed Vasi Ahmed Sheikh, Nadeem Akhtar Ashfaque Sheikh, Mohammed Qatil Siddiqui, Gohar Aziz Khumani, Mohammed Adil, Mohammed Irshad, Gayur Ahmed Jamali and Aftab Alam alias Farooq — all were caught in the past six months from various places in India for alleged involvement in a string of bomb attacks. Of the 13, six are in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, four in a Bangalore prison and three in Mumbai. Barring Mohammed Adil, a Pakistani from Karachi, the rest are from Darbhanga. Why Darbhanga? Different experts give different reasons. Mumbai Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Rakesh Maria said it was the elusive member of IM, Ahmed Siddi Bappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, who chose the Bihar district to indoctrinate young men. Former Intelligence Bureau chief Ajit Doval has another theory. “IM members target densely populated Muslim areas. With help from conservative people, they brainwash others,” Doval told IANS. “Darbhanga has been targeted as a part of their new module since 2001 when SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) was banned.” The radical SIMI was the forerunner of IM, which has been blamed for a string of terror attacks across India. Arun Bhagat, formerly of the Research and Analysis Wing, said a terrorist group works like a queen bee. “After a systematic geographical search of a particular Muslim- dominated area, outfits like IM start a nucleus, recruiting new members. That is the reason so many are from Darbhanga,” Bhagat told IANS. Darbhanga, situated 132 km from Patna, has a population of 3.2 million according to the 2001 census. As per the 1991 census, its Muslim population is 555,429. New Delhi-based expert on terrorism Ajai Sahni said it did not necessarily mean that the IM was targeting only Darbhanga to look for new members. “Once a member belonging to another state is caught, the next module might come to light,” said Sahni. Activists of Indian Mujahideen, which has declared war on the Indian state, have indeed been operating in various parts of India. These include Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Uttar Pradesh. The Indian government outlawed the Indian Mujahideen in June 2010. The US has designated it a Foreign Terrorist Organisation. |
| Rapist sentenced with 7 year rigorous Imprisonment Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:51 AM PDT Delhi High Court has upheld the seven years rigorous imprisonment given to a priest who had repeatedly raped a 16-year-old girl, that too in a Temple. “A rapist not only causes physical injuries but more indelibly leaves a scar on the most cherished possession of a woman — her dignity, honour, reputation and not the least her chastity,” Justice M.L. Mehta said. “It is a serious blow to her supreme honour and offends her self-esteem and dignity. It degrades and humiliates the victim and where the victim is a helpless innocent child or a minor, it leaves behind a traumatic experience,” the judge said last week. The court observed that this particular “heinous offence was committed by a priest who is regarded as trustworthy and a respected person of the society”. Justice Mehta’s observation followed a plea from Prem Dass, a priest at a Shiva temple, challenging a 2010 trial court order, stating that the conviction was bad in law. The high court has maintained the earlier order against Prem Dass, who raped the school-going girl for almost three years. “Disregarding morality and consequences of his act, he committed such a barbaric offence upon a young girl repeatedly,” the judge said. “In my considered opinion, the prosecution has brought home the guilt of the appellant beyond reasonable doubt.” In July 23, 2007, the girl, then 16, told police that she was first raped by the priest in May 2004 after she fell ill there. He raped her several times after blackmailing her. She said the priest threatened to “defame” her if she disclosed the crime to anyone. |
| ITBP sets up its command in Bihar Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:19 AM PDT Indo Tibetan Border Police has opened its base near Patna in order to increase its presence in this region. It is headed by a DIG ranked officer. The base command will be located at near Deedarganj on the outskirts of Patna. Two other units in Katihar and Ranchi are likely to come up soon. The land acquisition for the same has been done. The command Infrastructure will be developed in due course at the 72 Acres land acquired for this purpose. |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:08 AM PDT
He is quoted saying, “There cannot be any peace while India remains intact. Cut them, cut them so much that they kneel before you and ask for mercy.“ Here we present a short Biography of Hafiz Saeed. He was born in Sargodha Punjab on March 10, 1950 to a conservative Pakistani Punjabi family. He is married to a lady known as Maimoona. His family had lost 36 of its members when migrating from Shimla toLahore during the Partition of India
During the tenure of Gen. Zia-ul-Haq he was appointed to the Council on Islamic Ideology, and he later served as an Islamic Studies teacher at the University of Engineering and Technology (Lahore), Pakistan. He was sent to Saudi Arabia in the early 1980s by the university for higher studies where he met Saudi Sheikhs who were taking part in the Afghan jihad. They inspired him to join his colleague, Professor Zafar Iqbal, in taking an active role supporting the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. There he met some youth who later became his companions. In 1987 Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, along with Abdullah Azzam, founded Markaz Dawa-Wal-Irshad, a group with roots in the Jamait Ahl-e-Hadis This organization spawned the jihadist group Lashkar-e-Taiba in 1990, with the help of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence officers. Lashkar’s primary target is the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He holds two masters degrees from the University of Punjab and a specialization in Islamic Studies & Arabic Language from King Saud University. On October 12, 2009, the Lahore High Court quashed all cases against Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and set him free. The court also notified that Jama’at-ud-Da’wah is not a banned organization and can work freely in Pakistan. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, one of two judges hearing the case, observed “In the name of terrorism we cannot brutalise the law.” |
| US announces 10 Million Dollars on Hafiz Saeed Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:55 AM PDT United States has announced an award of up to $10 million for information leading to arrest and conviction of Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 26/11 attacks on Mumbai and $2 million for Hafiz Adbul Rahman Makki, under its Rewards for Justice programme. In her talks Monday, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman had conveyed to Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai the US’ decision on two terrorists. “India welcomes the US notification under the Rewards for Justice Programme,” ministry of external affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here. “The foreign secretary expressed India’s sincere appreciation for the additional US step to target Hafiz Mohammad Sayeed and Abdul Rahman Makki as well as the LeT,” Akbaruddin said here Tuesday. The US announcement “reflects the commitment of India and the US to bring perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice and continuing efforts to combat terrorism,” Akbaruddin added. “It also sends a strong signal to LeT as also its members and patrons that the international community remains united in combating terrorism,” the spokesperson said. The American announcement of the reward for capture or information leading to Saeed’s capture came from US Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who conveyed the same to Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai Monday. The US also announced a $3 million bounty on Saeed’s brother Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki. Saeed, known in India for its virulent anti-India rhetoric and patronized by a section of the powerful military-dominated Pakistani establishment, has sharpened his tirade in recent months. India has been consistently pressing Pakistan to prosecute Saeed for his key role in the 26/11 terror carnage, but Pakistan has tender to shelter behind legal subterfuge, saying there is no evidence against him. During the talks between Mathai and Sherman, the two sides sought to step up collaboration in dealing with terrorism emanating from India’s neighborhood. “The two sides agree that all terrorist organizations, including LeT, should be defeated and have called for elimination of terrorist safe havens and infrastructure inside Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Akbaruddin said. The talks between Mathai and Sherman have set the stage for the strategic dialogue between External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington June where terrorism and AfPak issues are expected to figure prominently. |
| Piyush Sompura to design the Angkor Wat in Bihar Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:40 PM PDT
The proposed temple at Ismailpur Village, Hajipur district, 20 km from Patna, will be named 'Virat Angkor Wat Ram Mandir' and it will house the idols of Radha-Krishna, Shiva-Parvati, Ganesh, Surya, Vishnu and the 'Dashavataram', the ten incarnations of Vishnu. It will be 900 ft long, 360 ft wide and 270 ft tall. The current budget is Rs150 crore. The proposed Viraat Angkor Wat would also have the tallest ‘shikhar’ (spire) in the world. It will take upto five years to construct the temple and another five years to give the final finishing touches to it. Our thrust is to recreate the Angkor Wat temple on a sprawling 30 acres of land surrounded by greenery," Acharya Kishore Kunal, a retired IPS officer and the man behind the mega project told IANS. According to him, the five-storied and 222-feet tall temple will be the tallest structure of its kind in the world.
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| Bihar likely to execute schemes of West Bengal Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:31 PM PDT Bihar Government has decided to implement few schemes already under place in West Bengal which includes incentives for poor, health insurance and small businesses. Schemes of West Bengal government regarding workers in construction, tram and shipping sectors as also rickshaw-pullers today recieved praise from Bihar government which said it would like to implement them too. “We also appreciate the Shop and Estabalishment rules in West Bengal and would like to follow them in our state,” Bihar Labour minister Janardan Singh told reporters here after a discussion with his West Bengal counterpart Purnendu Bose at Writers’ Buildings. He said that Bihar would like to adopt a common stand with West Bengal to take up with the Centre the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna. Under the centrally-sponsored scheme, a BPL family is given Rs 30,000 per year which should be raised to Rs one lakh due to rise in treatment cost and for that matter Bihar would like to seek cooperation from the West Bengal government. Singh said that he also discussed with Bose the Aam Bima Yojna, a 50:50 centre-state schemes, where Bihar government would like the state’s cooperation in demanding full responsibility of the state for implementation |
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