LakshaDweep Times 02-May-2006 - IntraLAK

Thought for the day-Ability is of littleaccount withoutopportunity.DailyVol. * XXI. No. 87 * KAVARATTI * TUESDAY * 02 MAY, 2006. Price Rs. 2.Guest of the Day: Dr. Hussain Ali, Medical Officer, M.V.Bharat Seema, the guest of the second days match for the YorkshareInter Club Soccer-2006 introducing the players and officials on01.05.2006.Patil to visit Doda toassess situationNew Delhi : The UnionHome Minister, Mr.Shivraj Patil is visiting theDoda region of Jammu andKashmir today to make anon the spot assessment ofthe situation after thekilling of 32 persons fromthe minority communityby the terrorists. TheCentre has asked the stategovernment to take a freshlook at the security for theminorities. After a highlevel meeting in NewDelhi, the Union HomeSecretary, Mr.V.K.Duggalsaid the gunning downof people of a particularcommunity was clearlyaimed at derailing thepeace process. TheLashkar-e-Taiba militantsshot dead 19 people,including a nine-year-oldgirl, after herding them outof their homes in Kulhundvillage of Doda district.The militants also killed 13others from a village in theadjoining Udhampurdistrict. It is suspected thattwo people were stillbeing held by the militants.The Prime Minister,Dr.Manmohan Singh whilecondemning the incident,said, the people of Kashmirhave rejected the terroristsrepeatedly. The state ChiefMinister, Mr.Ghulam NabiAzad said that thoseresponsible for the dastardlyact will be crushed with aheavy hand. Meanwhile, theNational Conference andthe Panthers Party havecalled a bandh in Jammutoday to protest the killings.Nine others wereinjured in the indiscriminatefire. Eight of the woundedhave been airlifted toJammu in Army choppersand admitted to a hospital.Mahajansuffers acuterespiratorydistressNew Delhi : Senior BJP leaderPramod Mahajan, who wasshot by his brother on22nd April, has developedan acute respiratory distress,necessitating advancedmechanical ventilation andposing an immediate causeof concern.In a medical bulletin,the Hinduja Hospitalsaid that Mahajan continuedto be critical and was onmultiple organ support inthe form of mechanicalventilation, vasopressortherapy and continuousrenal replacement therapy(dialysis).Hospital Director(Administration) DrAnupam Verma said that- NapoleonMahajan was showingsigns of evolving an acuterespiratory distress syndrome(ARDS).He said that it wasa known and fearedcomplications in patientswith extensive multipletrauma, massive bloodtransfusion and systemicsepsis.Verma said that itwas a worrying developmentnecessiatingadvanced mechanicalventilation and posing animmediate cause ofconcern.However,headded, that Mahajan wasbeing closely monitoreddoctors, and team ofsurgeons and interventionsivists.Indo-Pak talksNew Delhi : The two dayIndo-Pak talks on confidencebuilding measuresacross the Line ofControl(LoC) in Jammuand Kashmir begins inNew Delhi today. DilipSinha, Joint Secretary inthe Ministry of ExternalAffairs will lead the Indianside, while the sevenmember Pakistani delegationwill be headed bySyed Ibne Abbas, DG(South Asia). The talkswill cover the arrangementsto be made for the(Con. page 2. col. 1)

THE LAKSHADWEEP TIMES 02 MAY, 2006 Page 2(from page 1 )truck service on theSrinagar-Muzaffarabadroute and the bus servicebetween Poonch andRawalkot besides theopening of two meetingpoints on the LOC.HurriyatConferenceNew Delhi : A six-memberdelegation of the moderatefaction of the HurriyatConference wouldmeet Prime MinisterManmohan Singh tomorrowto carry forward thedialogue process with theCentre to resolve theKashmir issue. The sixexecutiveincludingmembersChairmanMirwaiz Moulvi UmerFarooq, would be leavingfor Delhi to hold thesecond round of dialogue.Mirwaiz told reporters thatthe decision to this effectwas taken at a jointmeeting of the executivecouncil, working committeeand general council ofthe separatist amalgam atthe party headquarters inSrinagar.Mob attack inGujaratNew Delhi : In Gujarat,fresh violence reported inthe curfew boundNavapura area inVadodara last night. Iratemob attacked Navapurapolice out-post andmiscreants stabbed threepersons forcing the policeto open fire. The violencewas triggered by thedemolition of a religiousplace in the Fatehpura areawhen the civic authoritieswere clearing encroachments.According to sources,at least four people werekilled, two of them in policefiring, while more than 50sustained injuries as policeresorted to firing at severalplaces after lathicharge andteargas shells failed todisperse the mobs. Incidentsof violence were alsoreported from Ektanagar,Chipwada, BharwadMohallah and Mehboobpuraareas. The miscreants set onfire about half-a-dozenvehicles.GujaratHomeMinister Amit Sahaappealed the people tomaintain peace and communalharmony. The Centre hasasked the Gujarat Governmentto take strong actionagainst the miscreants.AssemblyelectionsNew Delhi : In West Bengal,the fourth phase of pollingfor the Assembly electionsand the third phase ofpolling in Kerala will be heldtomorrow. Campaigning forthese ended last evening. InWest Bengal 57 constituenciesin Murshidabad,Birbhum and Burdwandistricts will go to the polls.Security along the borderwith Jharkhand and theinternational border withBangladesh has beentightened to prevent untowardincidents. In Kerala,polling for fifteen constituenciesin Kannur andKasargode districts will beheld tomorrow. The mainelection issue has been developmentparticularlythe agrarian crisis.Cremationwould be heldtodayNew Delhi : The modesthome of slain engineerK Suryanarayana atMalkajgiri in Hyderabadwas drowned in a sea ofsorrow as his body wasflown in even as hiswidow Manjula layunconscious in a hospitalafter attempting suicide.As the coffin,draped in the Indian tricolour,was lowered from theambulance and taken intothe house, the familymembers cried inconsolably.Officials of theAfghan telecom company"Roshan" and stateofficials accompanied thecoffin. The AndhraPradesh InformationMinister Mohammed AliShabbir said the cremationwould be held today withfull state honours.Nine peoplekilledNew Delhi : In Uttaranchal,at least nine people werekilled and several workerstrapped when a boiler of apaper mill exploded in afactory. The incidentoccurred at Kashipurindustrial town in UdhamSingh Nagar district. Ninebodies have been recoveredand rescue operationsare in full swing. ChiefMinister N D Tiwari has ordereda magisterial inquiryinto the incident and askedthefactory owners toprovide adequate compensationto the victims.Inquiry into AirIndia bombingsNew Delhi : Canada's newConservative governmenthas announced a publicinquiry into the 1985 AirIndia bombings.Prime MinisterStephen Harper made thestatement in the House ofCommons after his governmentconsulted with thefamilies of the victims.Former Supreme CourtJustice John Major willhead the "thorough andcompassionate investigation,"which is to beginimmediately. The bombingof Air India Flight 182Kanishka on June 23, 1985,killed all on board theMontreal-London flight.Same day two baggagehandlerswere killed by abomb at Tokyo's Naritaairport.443rd BirthAnniversaryNew Delhi : The 443rd birthanniversary of the FifthSikh Guru Arjun Dev isbeing celebrated withdevotion, dedication andreligious fervour indifferent parts of thecountry. He was born onthis day as the son of Guru(Con. page 3 col. 1 )

THE LAKSHADWEEP TIMES 02 MAY, 2006, Page 3(from page 2)Ram Das at Goindval nearAmritsar. His majorcontribution was the compilationof the present SikhGuru Granth Sahib with hisown major contribution.Alternative FuelNew Delhi : In a major stepto boost the search foralternative fuel, thePlanning Commission hasapproved a demonstrationproject of over 1,200 crorerupees for the cultivationof Jatropha. The RuralDevelopment Ministrywhich has been identifiedas the nodal Ministry forthe National Mission onBio-diesel will soon seekthe approval of the Cabinetto kick start the project.Kuwait NightsNew Delhi : A five-dayKuwait cultural festival -Kuwait Nights - began inDelhi last night. On displayin the photo exhibition is anancient map of Kuwaitshowing the borderbetween Ottoman ruledIraq and Kuwait in the 17thcentury. The festival alsooffers treat to visitors withKuwaiti cuisine, ----music,video shows and a bookexhibition containing arange of old books onKuwait.Weather Report(Dept. of S&T)02-05-2006TemperatureRain W D Max. Mini.Nil NW-320 0 34.2 0 C 27.6 0 CWind Speed Humidity09knots 67%India beatsNew Zealand3-0, meetsDenmark inquartersNew Delhi : India blankedNew Zealand 3-0 toset up a quarterfinalclash with formidableDenmark in the ThomasCup badminton tournamentin Sendai, Japan.Anup Sridhar andArvind Bhatt toyed withtheir opponents whileNikhil Kanetkar overcamea dropped game towin the last singles.In the firstsingles, Anup hardlyfaced any challenge fromJohn Moody as the Kiwishuttler hardly provedany match and wentdown in straight games.Anup took 13minutes to win the firstgame and another 11 inthe second for a facile21-15, 21-9 win thatfetched the lead for India.Arvind maintainedthe tempo in thesecond singles and oncehe settled into hisrhythm, there was nolooking back for theIndian who needed just23 minutes to quell thechallenge from HenryTam whom he beat21-17, 21-5 to make it2-0 for India.It looked like acakewalk for India withNikhil Kanetkar winningthe first game againstCraig Cooper. But theKiwi was not ready tosurrender and he won thesecond game to drawparity.However, thatwas only delaying the inevitableas Nikhil raisedhis level to win the thirdgame to complete a 21-13, 18-21, 21-10 victorythat came in about 40minutes and India wasthrough to the quarterfinalsin a comprehensive fashion.Results: India beatNew Zealand (Anup Sridharbeat John Moody 21-15,21-9; Arvind Bhatt beat TamHenry 21-17, 21-5; NikhilKanetkar beat Craig Cooper21-13, 18-21, 21-10)LAND OF THE ALMIGHTYLife is not a bed of roses,The world is a mixture of good and evil,Both honesty and dishonesty prevail,A world without sorrow is impossibleAs hot ice and sky lotus.We ought to go beyond the oppositesAnd remain with equanimity,When the path is full of thorns,We can’t remove them all,It’s better to use foot wear.By being honest in the society,We may not have a thornless sojournInternal integrity is to be sownTo make our progress trouble free,Integrity paves the right path.Here is the other side of life,Integrity is discerned in Lakshadweep,Which is far from the bustle of city life,And away from the bustle of city life,The people frolic with abundant Nature.In every walk of life they are simple,In their simplicity lies the sweetness of lifeNot in the grip of stress and strain,They derive eternal bliss in this Isle,And live to their heart’s content.This Isle is free from crimeAnd the clutches of poison1ous creaturesA haven of peace and serenity.My heart leaps with resounding joyWhile striding across this God’s world.V. Subburaj, Principal, i/c, KVK.