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Asian Voice - Saturday 17th December 2011
In foCus Ajit Singh’s RLD joins UPA
RLD, with five members in the Lok Sabha, was on Monday formally joined the UPA and its chief Ajit Singh has been tipped to be appointed as new civil aviation minister. With RLD joining the ruling coalition, its strength has gone up from 272 to 277 MPs. "Ajit Singh gave a letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi stating that RLD would like to join the alliance and the latter has agreed to this," Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh told reporters.
CBI names Ruias, Khaitans in fresh chargesheet The CBI has filed another chargesheet in the 2G case. This is the third chargesheet filed by the investigating agency in the case. According to reports, the CBI has named five top corporates and two companies in the new chargesheet. Among those named are Ravi Ruia, vicechairman of Essar Group and Anshuman Ruia, director of Essar Group. Promoters of Loop telecom I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan are also named in the chargesheet. Vikas Saraf, CEO, Essar Telecommunication has also been named. The five have been accused of conspiracy, forgery and cheating. The two companies named by CBI in the chargesheet are Essar and Loop Telecom.
Congress MLAs hurl chair in Odisha Assembly The Odisha State Assembly on Monday witnessed shocking behaviour of MLAs where Congress members tried to throw chairs at the Speaker, demanding discussion in question hour on opening of new police station in the state. The Opposition Congress was demanding answer from the chief minister Naveen Patnaik on the issue. Congress leaders were seen wielding chairs as weapons inside the house. Congress was demanding a discussion on the opening up of new police stations in the state. The matter escalated as their demands were not met.
Harvard drops Swamy's courses Harvard University has cancelled Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's summer courses over his controversial article in a Mumbai newspaper advocating destruction of hundreds of Indian mosques and disenfranchisement of non-Hindus in India. After a heated debate, a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted to remove two Summer School courses Economics S-110 and Economics S-1316 - taught by Swamy.
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Chinese court frees 13 Indian diamond traders from jail
A local court in South China’s Shenzhen city last week freed 13 out of 20 Indian diamond traders languishing in Chinese jails for the last two years. The rest will remain in jail for additional terms ranging between one month and six years as the court found them responsible for diamond smuggling. The 22 traders have been languishing in jail in Shenzhen after they were arrested in January 2010
for smuggling the diamonds worth $7.3 million from Hong Kong to China. Of the 22, 14 are from Mumbai and 8 from Surat. The court deported 11 of the detained persons after it found they may not be deeply involved in smuggling of diamonds. Only one of them has been fined a sum of 10 million yuan (Rs 80,00,000). Another person will undergo an additional month in jail because he
has already served one year 11 months out of his two-year sentence. Dinesh Navadia, president of Surat Diamond Association (SDA) said, “The verdict was longawaited by the diamond fraternity in Surat and Mumbai. We are thankful to Chinese authorities.” Vijay Sheth, owner of a leading diamond firm in Hong Kong said, “I closely know all the 22 traders. I am standing right outside
the Shenzhen court and over 70 relatives of the traders are present here. They were all happy when told about the release of 13 traders.” The maximum punishment of six years in jail has been awarded to a merchant, Rajesh Kumar Jain. Two other detainees, Soni Amitkumar Arunkumar and Bavishi Rajukumar Babubhai, have been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay fines.
Hindu statesman Zed honored at Anandpur Sahib Hindu statesman Rajan Zed was honored with a siropa on December 11 in Anandpur Sahib (Punjab, India) in the Sri Kesgarh Sahib complex, which houses one of the five holy Takhts of Sikhism. Siropa (robe of honor) was presented by Giani Tarlochan Singh, Jathedar of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism and is based in USA, was also given a shawl; a large framed picture of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib; a set of books about Sikhism, its scripture, its Gurus, its shrines, etc. Zed was honored sometime back by Nevada (USA) Governor with a certificate for his work in interfaith dialogue, which stated: “For exemplary service in building a dialogue between the various
March 30, 1699, Guru Gobind Singh baptized five Sikhs with amrit and gave them the last name Singh (lion) and then asked them to initiate him. According to Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee website: All the 'Five Takhts' are a fountainhead of inspiration and a centre of enlightenment for the entire Khalsa Panth. Sikhism is fifth largest religion in the world and Sikhs believe in one immortal Being; Ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh; the Guru Granth Sahib; the utterances and teachings of the ten Gurus; and baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
Post, and has been bestowed with “World Interfaith Leader Award”. He is Senior Fellow and Religious Advisor to New Yorkheadquartered Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, Director of Interfaith Relations of Nevada Clergy Association, Spiritual Advisor to National Association of Interchurch & Interfaith Families, etc. Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib is the birthplace of the Khalsa, where on
faiths in Nevada and around the world; for building unity and creating awareness about the diversity of our state; and for sharing those messages on behalf of the state around the world”. Zed has taken up interfaith, religion, Hindu, environment, Roma (Gypsies) and other causes all over the world. He is one of the panelists for “On Faith”, a prestigious interactive conversation on religion produced by The Washington
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