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| Delhi's US Embassy in action | | Washington for war on flesh trade in India | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, Apr 30:
India is confronted with a serious problem. It is, of course, a threat, emanating from the uninhibited talk of US economic sanctions that this country can face. Why such an extreme step? Answer to this question is not far to seek. India, in fact, has attracted a good deal of attention from the US administration in recent years on the unabated trafficking in children and women.
Even as the working relationship betwen India and America has, as officially explained, entered an encouraging phase, Washington has taken seriously to continuing trafficking in children and women in this country. If appropriate laws are available in India for adequately dealing with and curbing the menace of traficking in children and women, the United Statesw is equipped with a harsh legislation. It is known as US Victims of Traficking & Violence Protection Act.
After the none-to-old meeting the Delhi-based US Ambassador to India had with the Minister for Home Affairs, Shivraj Patil, on the menace of trafficking in children and women, the cat was out of the bag: If... | |
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| AIDS status in Armed Forces is monitored | | No evidence of foreign plot to hit soldiers: Govt. | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, Apr 30:
The Government has ruled out any foreign hand or conspiracy to spread the dreaded diseases such as HIV and AIDS among the members of India's three Services--Army, Air Forece and Navy. The suspicion about 'hidden foreignhand' behind 'hidden moves' in this regard has surfaced at a time when Indian security forces have achieved major successes in their battle against foreign-inspired insurgents and terrorists.
Signifcantly, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has, in recent times, received queries with regard to the undetected role of unidentified foreign agencies while wishing to render ineffective the pro-active troops in different parts of the country, parti... | |
| | | | Govt. yet to implement police report on reallocation of security forces in Kashmir | | | | Jammu, April 30
The police authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have yet
to implement the reports sent by police heads in each
district regarding reallocation of security forces
with the aim of ensuring vacation of
orchards, agricultural land and houses occupied by
them.
The State Government, acting on the direction of Prime
Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, seeking immediate vacation
of orchards and houses occupied by security forces, had
asked senior superintendents of police in each district
to identify places from where the security forces
could be shifted. The police teams had also been
directed to identify places where the security forces
could be reallocated.
A senior pol... | |
| | | | Photo electrol rolls to ensure free polls | | | | Jammu, April 30,
Introducing yet another electoral reform aimed at conducting free and fair polls in Jammu and Kashmir the Election Commission has decided to prepare photo electoral rolls to check impersonation and fake identity during voting.
Work on the ambitious project is already underway and the Commission has asked the Chief Electoral officer to complete the project by May-June 2008 so that in the next Assembly poll, due in October 2008,voters identity is cross checked using photo electoral rolls.
A private company has been entrusted with the job of scanning 25 per cent of the available picture records of the state electorate and the same is likely to get completed by June ... | |
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