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away with the ornaments. It was around 5 pm in theevening.

The guard’s wife immediately informed the RangpoOP. The police then launched a massive search opera-

tion, which finally resulted in arrest of theduo at Rangpo Bazar the same evening.

The latest information available fromRangpo OP reveals that the accused werereleased this morning after recovering allvaluables from their possession.

This case is similar to many others ofits kind which have taken place inKolkata recently. Dozens of housewiveshave been duped by salesmen pretendingto have the magic potion to make goldclear and shining.

SPARKLING CONWomen dupe another with promises ofgetting the shine back on their gold

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GANGTOK, 29 June: The ChiefMinister, Pawan Chamling, todaymet Dr. Ramdoss, Union Minister forHealth & Family Welfare. During themeeting, the Chief Minister requestedthe Union Minister to expedite hisministry’s clearance as regardsSikkim Manipal Institute of MedicalSciences’ [SMIMS] new academicsession. Incidentally, SMIMS has notbeen able to commence its new aca-

CM requests Union HealthMinister to allow fresh batchto begin session at Manipal

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NOW!FIRST WITH THE NEWS

ED-SPACE

Constitutional crunchhits job quotas

Amid the hullabaloo over job quota for Scheduled Castes in theprivate sector, the biggest irony of Dalit politics lies hidden in thefiles of the Uttar Pradesh Secretariat. It was the Mayawati-led

State Government which examined, and subsequently rejected the proposalfor reservation in private jobs. In the process, it probably became the firstState Government to officially explore the idea and reject it. That Mayawati,a Dalit icon, should preside over such a decision, is significant.

The proposal was mooted by Mayawati when she came to power in2002 with the help of the BJP. Possibly enthused by the Bhopal declara-tion on Dalits, she announced reservation for Dalits and tribals in liquorshops, auctioned by State and PDS outlets allotted by the government. Itwas accompanied by Mayawati calling for Dalit quota in private sector.

Sources said the announcement in mid-2002 was followed by a pro-posal initiated by the Chief Minister’s office. But the subject hit a road-block when it reached the Legal Department.

Principal Secretary, Law, A B Shukla, struck down the idea. Sources saidthat Shukla reportedly noted on the file that it was not “legally possible” todictate to private sector to reserve jobs on caste or other considerations.

One of the arguments was that the constitutional provisions did notgive liberty to interfere in trade and business established on private capitaland based on money and work.

Devastating, dangerous anddeadly. The ugly face ofterrorism has now donned

the mask of womanhood. A spateof recent incidents shows howcomely women could sometimesharbour a dangerous passion forterrorism

The involvement of IshratJahan in the aborted plot to assas-sinate Gujarat Chief MinisterNarendra Modi has revived the de-bate over the involvement ofwomen in terrorist activities.

Sources in the Ministry of HomeAffairs revealed that several militantoutfits comprising women have re-cently sprung up in Jammu and Kash-mir. Terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Moham-med is reportedly operating a campnear Kotli in Pakistan OccupiedKashmir [PoK] for exclusively train-ing women in handling of arms andacting as suicide bombers.

The terrorists are instilling inthem the zeal to fight for religiouscause and motivating them to takepride for entering the deadly worldof terrorism.

Some militant groups like theLashkar-e-Jabbar’s women cadreAnjuman-e-Khwateen, headed byNajma Akhtar, are reportedly train-ing women at their headquarters inPoK. This particular group trainswomen as suicide bombers, minis-try sources said.

They also revealed that womenare equipped with smaller andlighter guns like the Israeli Uzi sub-

Women party to TerrorismJune 15, 2004: Attempt to murder Gujarat CM Narendra ModiIshrat Jahan Sheikh suspected of links with Lashker-e-Toiba. Shemight have helped in reconnaissance and acted as a cover for themilitant outfit.

August 25, 2003: Twin blasts, Mumbai Fehmida Hanif and her15-year-old daughter Farheen acted as covers for operations, hir-ing a three-wheeler and preparing IED.

December 13, 2003: Attack on Parliament, New Delhi NavjotSandhu (named Afsan after marriage) housed militants, boughtammonium nitrate, did reconnaissance checking out the High Com-mission, airport, among other places.

May 21, 1991: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in SriperumbudurSuicide bomber Nalini wore belt with IED amounting to 1 kg ofRDX. For reconnaissance, three women were used, Chandralekha,V Shivalaxmi and S Padma.

MONOPOLISING

THE MEDIA

The general feeling is that yourdaily is pro-SDF. Hence to as-

certain the fact, I am sending thisletter with the request to publish thesame in your paper.

The point is that when two ca-ble TV operators i.e. SCTV andNayuma TV were in operation, themonthly rental and new connectioncharges were very less, say aboutRs. 100. But after SCTV was forcedto withdraw from the race with thehelp of government machinerieslike UD&HD, Police etc, the me-dia has been monopolized becauseit is owned by none other than arelative of the chief minister ofSikkim.

Not only are the charges hikedbeyond the reach of ordinary citi-zens but news items are also con-fined to the activities of SDF. Ithink in a democracy the Articlesconcerning the freedom of speech,right to information etc are en-shrined in the Constitution to guar-antee the fundamental right of thecitizen. If so, why this is happen-ing in Sikkim where the democracywas institutionalised with the help

of a candle light.If government really wants to

institutionalise the democratic setup in Sikkim, fundamental rights ofthe citizen should not be infringedthis way. More cable TV operatorsshould be encouraged in Sikkim sothat your poor or Khali Khutey janta

can have access to right to infor-mation, freedom of speech andother fundamental rights.Ugen Tshering, DevelopmentArea, Gangtok

ENOUGH OF

BUREAUCRACY BASHING

It is sad but true that over a period of time, materialistic gains

have mired your independency ofjournalism. Reporting is an art. Itneeds experience, qualification andhard work, not GOSSIP. Sadly, asyour paper is a daily issue, you haveto fill up the pages with all uncon-firmed reports, put in by your rawreporters, with no checks and bal-ance for confirmation of news.

Public opinion is formed partly

by newspapers. Your responsibilityshould not be to tow the line of thepowers that be, as their opinions arealways clouded and malafide. Un-fortunately, you have decided to goalong with them. A case in point isbeauracratic bashing, which seemsendless. Is this just to make yourpaper more saleable at the cost ofpeople’s career, please the powersthat be and make exciting reading?

]If the success of the recentelections was on development, thenwho were the people to implementthe programmes. Politicians? Thepeople in service are governed bynumber of service rules, and there-fore cannot hit back. Is this fair?How long can you keep on blam-ing them again and again? We peo-ple are fed up. You should bringabout a more healthy approach thanbeing a agent provocature.

Please be fair and responsible.We hope your approach and trendwill change for the better, sinceyou seem to be of the opinion thatpoliticians are the lesser of thetwo evils?DK Pradhan, Retired CivilServant

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The ‘pretty face’ of terrorism

machinegun, and 9MM mauser,instead of heavy machineguns.

Physically, women are moreadept at sporting RPG launchers thanthrowing grenades. Then there areother groups, which are using womento spawn and create next generationof terrorists. These women may notbe terrorist themselves but are com-mitted to nurture families to milita-rist or terrorist causes.

One such wing called Banaat-ul-Islam, headed by Umi Arifa, is tradi-tionally charged with passing on cul-tural norms and expectations of theircommunities to the youth. Thesewomen promote the use of violencefor political ends, encouraging radi-calism and militaristic self-sacrificethat lead to terrorist acts.

Apart from encouraging directinvolvement, women are often usedto provide active logistical support toterrorism. This includes feeding andclothing militants, delivering mes-sages and providing other resources.

Dukhtaran-e-Millat [which re-

flects the ideology of the Lashkar-e-Jabbar in imposing burqa onwomen] is one of the oldest mili-tant organisations to support ‘jihad’in Kashmir. Headed by AsiyaAndrabi, the organisation has nottaken to arms yet. The membersoften act as arms couriers for mili-tants by posing as pregnant womenin burqas, the sources revealed.

Using women for deliveringmoney to terrorist outfits is a ployemployed by the ISI for hoodwinkingIndian intelligence agencies, they said.One such militant outfit, Khwateen-e-Markaz [KeM], active in Anantnag,Jammu and Kashmir, represents thewomen’s’ wing of All Parties HurriyatConference [APHC]. A member,Anjum Zamrud Habib, who claimedto be a socio-human rights activist ofKeM, was specifically sent by APHCchairman Abdul Ghani Bhatt to meetCharge d’affaires of the Pakistan HighCommission Jaleel Abbas Geelani. OnJune 2, 2003, she was caught with Rs3.07 lakh in cash.

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The NGO CultureA reader has spelt out something that must have nagged manya Gangtokians mind every time he/ she saw the cow carryingwhat appears to be a tumour, foraging for food in dustbins inthe upper reaches of the capital. The reader hopes that theanimal husbandry department, some NGO or concerned indi-viduals reach some treatment for the abandoned cow. Now,someone might. What would have been ideal is that the news-paper, instead of reporting on an abandoned animal, sufferingan untreated medical condition, had instead got the chance toreport on how an abandoned, suffering animal was rescued.That did not happen. But this is not just about the cow up atBaluakhani. It is another proof of the absence of a Civil Societyin the State. Abandoned and suffering animals, piles of gar-bage dumped in unnotified areas, defacement of public prop-erty... these are all manifestations of a society that does notcare enough. It is easy to expect efficient NGOs working in thesocial field, but NGOs, by their very definition are Non Govern-mental Organisations. Their patronage does not come fromthe State [the funds might], it comes from the people and whenthe people would rather not care, there will not be NGOs thattake initiative. At best, they will take directions, but there is nopressure on them to improvise. There are several NGOs allover the world doing exemplary work among the underprivi-leged. It is difficult to pinpoint any that stand out in Sikkim. Thisis perhaps because there is no pressure on them to seek outareas that need non-governmental efforts. There are someNGOs that are doing good work, but they are mostly attachedto some national project or the other. What Sikkim could use issome community initiative which identifies areas of thrust be-yond the purview of imported projects which are rarely flexibleenough to accommodate local situations. For that to happen,the society as a whole will have to become more “concerned.”Well-meaning individuals might lead an NGO well, but for theNGO culture to really become effective, the entire society needto get involved. Become more “concerned”.

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I would like to bring attention through your paper about a cow in a verysorry state. Her stomach is hanging on one side and seems to be grow-

ing worse every day. Whenever I come to Gangtok, I see it roaming aroundand eating from the garbage bins, which may be the reason for the pro-truding stomach of hers. Youcan see the cow roamingarouns in Baluwakhani,NH31A [North Sikkim Highway] for the last couple of years. After en-quiring about its owner, it seems the owner has abandoned it and now noone is responsible for the cow.

I hope the Animal Husbandry Department of the government or someNGOs/ individuals has some compassion for the poor animal and doessomething about it [soon], NOW!Karno Tshechu

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GANGTOK, 30 June: The StatePollution Control Board, in re-sponse to NOW’s report on Ambi-ent Air Monitoring System pub-lished on 29 June informs that theAmbient Air Monitoring Machinesare regularly generating data, whichis then being fed to the Central Pol-lution Control Board, Delhi.

CPCB, however, has not ac-corded any approval as yet to use orrelease the data. Scientists are report-edly coming from Delhi to inspectand verify the operation and instal-

lation of the Air Monitoring System.The machines will have to be ap-proved for their working conditionbefore the data can be disseminated.

This verification, inform sources,is neccessitated because several Statesin the northeast have been feedingSPCB data without having even in-stalled the air monitoring machines.To verify the dependability of theSikkim data, expert will be visitingGangtok on August 15, it is learnt.

A proposal to install such ma-chines at Namchi has also beenapproved and the machines havebeen ordered.

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GANGTOK, 30 June: To createmass awareness for people’s partici-pation in management, conservation,regeneration and protection of natu-ral resources, forest environment andwildlife, the State Government hasdecided to celebrate July as theMonth of Tree Planting and RookhBhai Tika Festival in the State.

According a press release is-sued by Principal Chief Conserva-tor of Forest-cum-Secretary, TRSharma, every year Van Mahotsavais celebrated in the first week ofJuly as Tree Planting Festival andthis time, it has been decided to cel-ebrate the entire month of Julyevery year as a “Month of TreePlanting Festival”.

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abscondingDARJEELING, 30 June: A 5 yearold was raped by one Mahesh Rai,in Burnesbeg Tea Estate on thenight of 28 June. 25-year-oldMahesh, who is a resident ofTukvar Tea Estate, near Darjeeling,is absconding. The police are on thehunt for Mahesh and have alsoquestioned his father. The victimhas been admitted to the DarjeelingSadar Hospital. Her condition isstable now.

KARAN SHAH

KALIMPONG, 30 June: Eventhough the municipal election re-sults have been declared, there stillhangs some doubt as to where theIndependent candidates wouldhead for; whether to the rulingparty, the GNLF or the opposition,the People’s Democratic Front.

There are a total of seven Inde-pendent candidates, out whom fourwere backed by the PDF; NordenLama (Ward 7), Pravin Rahapal(Ward 1), Bijoy Sundas (Ward 5)and Maximus Kalikothey (Ward 15).Doubt hangs over the allegiance of

BIRENDRA SHANDILYA

DARJEELING, 30 June: TheGNLF ship here seems to havesailed into troubled waters today inKurseong with the winning inde-pendent candidates deciding not tojoin the GNLF.

With the final equations inKurseong showing 10 for GNLFand 10 for independents, thechances of GNLF forming theboard is not absolutely certain,though horse trading would be thecall of the hour.

The independent candidateshave adopted a more offensivestance this time. Today, the 10 in-dependent candidates held a meet-ing in Kurseong to jointly decidetheir future course of action.

One Ramesh Agarwal who wasnot in the fray but seems to be

spearheading the Independentmovement stated, “In today’s meet-ing all the 10 candidates stronglydecided not to join the GNLF butto try and form a board consistingof independents. We have howevernot yet projected who our Chair-man or Vice Chairman would be.”

Agarwal added that in tomor-row’s meeting this would be de-cided. Sanjeev Chandra Sharma,Independent winner from Ward No.13 stated, “5 years ago I had wonthe Municipal elections as an inde-pendent candidate and had re-mained so. This time also I intendto remain an independent.”

Krishna Limboo, Independentwinner from Ward No. 2, was morevocal, “Deep down I have alwaysbeen a GNLF supporter, but their actsof nepotism and favouritism haveturned me away from them. I have

our brothers.“In our society the women have

a special status and have to play aspecial role in this respect. Andhence it has been decided that thewomen may offer Tika to trees fortheir protection from natural calam-ity and bring peace to family, stateand nation,” informs the Secretaryexplaining the concept behind the“Rookh Bhai Tika” initiative.

The Secretary further claimsthat the main effort behind cel-ebrating these festivals would beto promote awareness, motivation,extension and people’s voluntaryparticipation.

“A mass awareness for manage-ment, conservation, regenerationand protection of natural resources,forest and environment and wild-life shall be the main objective ofthe programme,” Mr. Sharma in-forms through a press release.

decided to remain an independent.”The GNLF camp has decided to

remain quite secretive on their strategies.“In politics one never gives out

ones strategies. In two to three dayswe will be out with it,” said N.B.Khawas, a senior GNLF leader.

Another leader added that theGNLF would be adopting a waitand watch policy. Meanwhile inDarjeeling and Kalimpong thingsare more relaxed in the GNLFcamps, with the GNLF having won25 seats out of 32 and in Kalimpong16 out of 23 seats.

“After our win yesterday, it istime to relax. In the next few dayswe will decide on the new board”said Dawa Pakhrin, President,GNLF Kalimpong Branch Com-mittee. Incidentally in the last threeMunicipal elections all the threeBoards were formed by the GNLF.

Deptt floats “Bhai Tika”for trees to promoteenvironmental issues

KURSEONG THROWS UP AHUNG MUNICIPALITY

JOINT WINNERSDECLARED FOR

CRICKET TOURNEYGANGTOK, 30 June: The crickettournament organised by the Devel-opment Area youth has thrown upjoint-winners. The Alpine CricketClub and Rustic CC, which hadmade to the finals of the tourneywhich saw the participation of 16local teams were declared the jointwinners on 28 June when shortageof time and grounds made it impos-sible to hold the finals. The organ-isers inform that the tournament washeld to “encourage the young gen-eration” and have promised to holdit again next year. It has also thankedthe Sikkim Cricket Associationwhich supported the tournament.

Which way will the independentpendulum swing?

the other independent candidatesespecially Tika Chettri (Ward 16)and Pasang Sherpa (Ward 13).

While Tika Chettri in his state-ment to the press, after his victoryyesterday had said: “This win of mineis dedicated to the (GNLF) party”.

Though the candidate didstraight away show his interest in theGNLF, there were still doubts overhis acceptance by the GNLF becausethey had fielded their own candi-dates in opposition to these inde-pendents in the respective wards.

Speaking on the matter, DawaPakhrin, President, Branch Commit-tee-GNLF said, “None of us havereally decided on the inclusion ofIndependent candidates. The decisiondepends on the central committee”.

According to sources, the ac-ceptance of independent candidatesby the GNLF would act against theparty norms as it cannot be deniedthat votes were divided because ofthe independent candidates, a fac-tor which maybe taken as the causefor the loss of the GNLF candidatesin the relevant wards.

Col D K Pradhan convener ofthe PDF said: “The independentcandidates who have won do notcount in the victory list of theGNLF; moreover if one is to abideby the party rules then they are notto be accepted”.

Though the GNLF managed toform the municipal body with vic-tory of their 16 candidates out of the23 wards, an important factor wasrecorded in this year’s polls. Out ofthe percentage turnout which voted(61.65%), only 35% voted in favourof the GNLF. Hence the remaining65% were in favour of the variousindependent candidates or in simpleterms the opposition.

Analysts say, this is the sign ofa dim future for the ruling party,taking into consideration the resultsin the other two sub-divisions ofDarjeeling and Kurseong.

“If the number of Independentcandidates were a little less, then theresults certainly would have been inour favour. But no-doubt this is asign of the masses demanding achange” said Col Pradhan.

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GANGTOK, 30 June: Ministerfor Commerce & Industry and Tour-ism, RB Subba, accompanied byTourism Commissioner-cum-Sec-retary , AK Srivastava, and GPUpadhyaya, OSD, Sikkim Tourism,called on Mrs. Renuka Choudhary,Union Minister of State for Tour-ism yesterday.

At the meeting, Mr. Subbabriefed the Union Minister on thevarious development and employ-ment oriented schemes in the fieldof tourism being under taken in

Sikkim by the State Government.Mr. Subba also handed over a

DO letter to Mrs. Choudhary in re-gard to certain projects of the stateand requested early action on thesame. The projects related to the de-velopment of an artificial lake atUttarey, development work atPhurchachu, additional funds forconstruction of a ropeway atSamdruptse, arranging funds fromJAICA for software component forAdventure Institute at Chemchey,development of additional facilitiesat Tsomgo, purchase of mountain-eering equipment and inclusion ofSikkim in the Buddhist circuit.

Mrs. Choudhary immediatelyagreed to concede to the last requestand promised to take a favourableview regarding the others.

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GANGTOK, 30 June: ManitaThapa, Chairperson, STDC, alongwith Executive Director PK Dong,D.E. Prakash Chettri, Under Sec-retary [CSS], Raju Dong, inspectedvarious areas including Apica Gar-den, Pakyong, Kartok Monastery,Jhandi Dara, Krishan Tar to assessthe possibility of initiating tourismrelated activities in these areas.

In the first instance, it was foundvery essential to develop a parkingplace along side the road at ApicaGarden, for which the Tourism De-partment will initiate a proposal. Itwas also found that the swimmingpool there was in a bad shape. Thevisiting team agreed that proper in-frastructure needs to be put in placeand also decided to construct a newswimming pool for the girls and chil-dren at the adjacent vacant land. Bet-ter lighting at the park and waterfountains were also discussed to en-hance the appeal of the toruist spot.

At Pakyong, a Welcome Gatebefore the entrance of CommunityCentre will now be included in theproposal alongwith the suggestionto construct a View Point above Ba-zaar School Dara.

On the prospect of developingan artificial lake at Bojay Tar, it wasfound necessary to study the scopeof developing such a lake by wayof rain water harvesting. A proposalin this respect has already been sub-mitted by the Forest Departmentand the same may have to be pur-sued, the team agreed.

Jhandi Dara, at an altitude ofmore than 6000 ft., offers a bird’seye view of various places of

Sikkim and West Bengal. Alreadypopular with trekkers and nature-lovers as the trail follows virginnatural reserves covered with rarevarieties of trees and medicinalplants, the visiting team saw “greatscope” for tourism developmenthere, specially if it was linked withBudang Gari, which has an im-mense historical importance.

The team agreed to promote trek-king activities here by developing ba-sic necessary infrastructure at requiredlocations along the route coupled withproper publicity of its significance.

Karthok Monastery, one of theoldest monasteries in Sikkim, hasalso been proposed for improve-ment. The team felt it necessary togive “top priority” to the construc-tion of a public galley at the mon-astery ground so that the KagyatDance held there could be pro-moted among the devout.

Christian Tar which is situated atDikling has a very picturesque natu-ral landscape with hills at the back-ground and has a great potential ofdeveloping into a village eco resort.The official felt that the area couldbe developed into a resort by involv-ing private entrepreneurs. For this

She showed keen interest wheninformed on the healing properties ofhot springs and on hearing about theorchids, handicrafts including paint-ing, carving and jewelry works inSikkim and suggested that the Statetake help from NIFT, NID etc. for skillimprovement and value addition.

Later in the evening, Mr. Subbacalled on the Union Minister forCommerce & Industries, KamalNath. Vital issues concerning re-starting border trade between Indiaand China through Nathula cameup for discussion. After patientlyhearing the viewpoint of the stateGovernment, the Union Ministerindicated that the process wouldsoon begin and requisite funds forbuilding infrastructure would beprovided by his Ministry. While

Central nod to inclusion of Sikkimin Buddhist tourism circuit

reiterating the provisions containedin the MoU signed with China, hepromised to consider the request ofthe state to set up a check post, cus-tom station and mart at Sherathanginstead of Tsomgo.

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Scouting for Tourist Spots with Manita Thapapurpose, private parties and financialgroups shall be consulted to initiatefurther programme initiatives in thisdirection, the officials assured.

Scope was also discovered forthe promotion of a Tourist Amuse-ment Park at Rorathang along withboating and rafting facilities, theproposal of which is reported tohave already been placed with theMinistry of Tourism for its sanction.

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BAGHDAD: Iraqis and the worldwill get their first glimpse of SaddamHussein since his capture in Decem-ber when he and 11 of his top lieu-tenants are brought to court Thurs-day to face war crimes charges.

Already, there are pretrial nego-tiations over permitting Saddam’sforeign legal team to work in Iraq,whether to televise the proceedingsand whether to reinstate the harsh-est penalty in Iraq’s legal code:hanging by the neck until dead.

Salem Chalabi, director of theIraqi Special Tribunal that will trySaddam, said Thursday’s appear-ance at the tribunal, housed in acourthouse with a prominent clocktower inside Baghdad’s sealed-offGreen Zone, is expected to befilmed for public release.

The pictures would offer thefirst bit of video since Saddam’sDec. 13 capture by U.S. soldiers,when a clip showed the bushy-bearded leader opening his mouthfor a dental examination.

Upon their arraignment, thedozen U.S. military detainees willbe given the status of Iraqi crimi-nal suspects, which gives them theright to attorneys or appointedcounsel, Chalabi said.

The first batch of Saddam’slieutenants to face the tribunal in-clude Ali Hassan al-Majid, alsoknown as “Chemical Ali”; formerVice President Taha YassinRamadan; former deputy Prime

SADDAM TO FACE CHARGES IN IRAQ THURSDAYMinister Tariq Aziz; and two ofSaddam’s half brothers.

The moves to try Saddam are asign of Iraqis taking matters intotheir own hands after U.S. admin-istrators turned over power Mon-day - though some 160,000 U.S.-led foreign troops remain to pro-tect Allawi’s government from arelentless insurgency.

Allawi said he requested thatcoalition forces keep Saddam andother top prisoners in a U.S. lockup“until correction services are fullycapable of pro-viding for theirsafety” and se-cure detention.

Chalabi saidthe trials ofSaddam andother senior fig-ures likely wouldnot begin before2005. Some sus-pects could be in-dicted in the au-tumn but “thesenior ones willnot be indictedfor some time,” CNN quoted him assaying. “Then after that ... the trialswould start maybe in a few monthsfurther down the line.”

“Everyone who lost loved onesto Saddam will want to see this,”said Hamid al-Bayati, Iraq’s newdeputy foreign minister and a leaderof the main Shiite Muslim party.

He noted that Saddam’s victimsare estimated in the hundreds ofthousands or more, which means ahuge segment of the 26 million Ira-qis want to watch him answer forthose crimes.

The crimes against humanityfor which Saddam is expected tobe tried include the 1988 chemicalweapons massacre of Kurds inHalabja, the slaughter of Shiitesduring a 1991 uprising in southernIraq, the 1990 invasion of Kuwaitand the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

“On thestreet, people justwon’t be able tobelieve that theyare seeing this,”Chalabi said.“There has been asuspicion amongIraqis thatSaddam Husseinand other detain-ees are not goingto get tried. Ifpeople see thatthe rule of law isestablished, it

will have a positive impact.”But the trial could contribute to the

upheaval in Iraq by polarizing Saddam’ssupporters and detractors, said WalidMohammed al-Shibibi, a Baghdad at-torney and editor of a legal journal.

Allawi also said his Cabinet is dis-

cussing reinstating Iraq’s death pen-alty, which was suspended by Ameri-can occupation chief L. Paul Bremer.

A team of 20 foreign lawyersappointed by Saddam’s wifeSajidah might not be permitted torepresent him, al-Shibibi said.

The only foreign lawyers per-mitted to defend Iraqis without spe-cial permission are Palestinians andSyrians, he said. Others must seekapproval from the Iraqi Bar Asso-ciation, he said.

The proceedings will rely on amix of Iraqi criminal law, interna-tional regulations such as the Ge-neva Conventions and experiencesof bodies such as the Rwanda warcrimes tribunal. As much as 30 tonsof documents and other evidencemust be culled.

In an April interview with Na-tional Public Radio, Chalabi saidthe evidence includes a 1983 docu-ment describing procedures to befollowed in killing 5,000 membersof the Kurdish Barzani tribe. Hesaid there is also a tape recordingof what sounds like Saddam order-ing those killings.

And then there are the poten-tial witnesses, which could be saidto include almost every Iraqi.

“If I’m asked to testify I would bewilling,” al-Bayati said. “But there areso many others who suffered more.There are more serious eyewitnesses.”

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The door to door survey of identifying the clientless was completedand the TLC centers have already started functioning on war footing. Atotal of 21,000 illiterates are identified and for this 400 TLC centers areopened with equal number of volunteer teacher’s (VTs) entrusted withthis magnanimous job to make them literates and aware of the causes oftheir deprivation and more towards the amelioration of their conditionthrough organization and participation in the process of development.

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Realising the file would havebeen given the desired importanceas it was Mayawati’s proposal, theChief Minister’s Secretariat didnot return the file. The issue diedthere and then.

Mayawati’s call, the first of itskind from a political leader inpower, led to a strong debate and itwas generally feared that it willsend the private sector away froman already struggling UP.

But nothing was heard as thefile was buried in the Secretariatshelves. The Chief Minister never

again spoke on the issue. With thesensitive subject finding a promi-nent mention in the UPA discourseand kicking off a national debate,Mayawati has maintained a silencewhich is baffling. Sonia Gandhi hasarticulated the Congress position byasking for such an caste-based ar-rangement in the private sector.

But the Left Front, a principalproponent of the idea besides theCongress, realises that if Mayawaticould not push through the idea, itmay not be so easy.

As Debabrata Biswas, chief ofAll India Forward Bloc, said: “Res-ervation in private sector will come

at a later stage. What is needed im-mediately is to strengthen the pub-lic sector and create employmentopportunities.”

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demic session as it has not yet beengiven the green signal by the Medi-cal Council of India.

At the afternoon meeting, theCM also asked for the allotment ofMBBS and BDS seats under Centralpool for Sikkim. He urged the UnionMinister for the restoration of fullallotment of 20 seats each for MBBSand BDS for Sikkimese students.

The Chief Minister also put ina request for a grant for a capacitybuilding project on food safety andquality control of drugs. The CMhas placed a request a grant for Rs.1.47 crores to be sanctioned by theUnion Ministry for this project.

Another proposal placed by theCM concerned the up-gradation andstrengthening of emergency facili-ties at the sub-hospital of Singtamnear NH 31A for its trauma-centre

amounting to Rs. 1.5 crores.He also urged the Union Min-

ister to establish a de-addiction cen-tre for Mangan Hospital in northSikkim. The State government hasalready established such centres inthe other three districts of Sikkim.

Also forwarded was a demandfor establishment of an Oncology unitfor Cancer patients here at SikkimManipal Institute for Medical Sci-ences. The Union Minister after go-ing through the demands assured thathis ministry would take positive stepstowards the welfare of Sikkim.

Today, the Chief Minister alsomet PR Khyndea, Union Minister forTribal Welfare and DONER for thesecond time during his present visitto Delhi and reiterated the demandsalready placed with his Ministry.

The Chief Minister is expectedto return to Sikkim tomorrow [1July].

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LOS ANGELES: R&B diva andactress Beyonce and her rap starboyfriend Jay-Z won separateawards and were honored for theirhit song collaboration during Tues-day’s 2004 BET Awards honoringmusicians, actors and athletes.

Beyonce was named best fe-male R&B artist, and Jay-Z won theaward to top male hip-hop artist.They both won for their collabora-tion on the hit “Crazy in Love.”

OutKast won multiple honorsfor video of the year and best group.

Actress Mo’Nique hosted theawards ceremony at the KodakTheatre. A lifetime achievementaward was given to the Isley Broth-

ers and humanitarian honors wereaccepted by Danny Glover.

BEYONCE, JAY-Z BIG WINNERS AT BET AWARDS

LOS ANGELES: A woman charged with stalk-ing Catherine Zeta-Jones has never even killeda goldfish, and has written the actress a letterof apology saying she was infatuated withMichael Douglas, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

Dawnette Knight was arrested in BeverlyHills, California, last month and charged withstalking, making numerous calls and writingthreatening letters to the Oscar-winning star of“Chicago,” who is married to Douglas.

Knight is in custody pending trial but herlawyer Richard Herman told reporters she had

‘INFATUATED’ ZETA-JONES STALKER APOLOGIZESwritten to the actress describingherself as a “confused youngwoman infatuated with MichaelDouglas.”

She apologized for any distressshe had caused, adding “it wouldbe a wonderful good deed if youwould all forgive me.”

Herman said there was neverany chance that Knight would harmZeta-Jones, her two young children,or her husband.

JUDGE SCOLDSCOURTNEY LOVE FORLATE COURT ARRIVAL

NEW YORK: Courtney Loveshowed up five hours late to a NewYork court hearing on a recklessendangerment charge on Monday,drawing a sharp rebuke from thejudge, who warned the dazed-look-ing rocker that she narrowly missedbeing deemed a fugitive.

A visibly annoyed New YorkCriminal Court Judge MelissaJackson admonished the 39-year-old singer that she was about to is-sue a bench warrant for Love’s ar-rest for being tardy.