New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) Expressing concern over reported disappearance of people in Kashmir, the United Nations today proposed India to have independent investigations into it and wanted New Delhi to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). "India can invite special rapporteurs for independent investigations," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay told reporters. She said India could invite international observers during elections in Kashmir.
"In the past two decades, hundreds of cases of disappearances have been reported in Kashmir. These cases must be properly investigated in order to bring a sense of closure to the families who for far too long have been awaiting for news," she said.
Pillay met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram here and took up the issue of laws like AFSPA.
"I told the ministers that human rights activities need to be strengthened in India. I raised the concerns of civil society about the way the AFSPA is implemented. I also raised the issue of having a UN's office of human rights here," she said. PTI
Priyanka Gandhi slams Varun for his communal remarks
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 23 (ANI): Priyanka Gandhi on Monday slammed her estranged cousin and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for his communal speech, saying his remarks were against the traditions and principles of the Gandhi family. “Varun’s comments are against the traditions and principles of the Gandhi family, and he has gone against what the Gandhis have lived and died for. It made me very sad to see him saying those things,” Priyanka told reporters here. Priyanka is on a two-day tour of the district to campaign for her mother Sonia Gandhi and her brother Rahul Gandhi, both key leaders of the Congress party.
She advised Varun to read the Bhagvad Gita properly.
Priyanka said she was in Rae Bareli only to campaign for her mother and brother and have no plans to contest elections.
On March 17, the Election Commission filed a criminal case under a non-bailable law against Varun Gandhi for his inflammatory speech against Muslims in Pilibhit.
On March 6, Gandhi had said, “All Hindus should remain on one side and send the rest to Pakistan.”
“They have names such as Karimullah, Mazurullah. If you see them in the night, you would get scared,” he added. (ANI)
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Congress-NCP will contest polls together in Maharashtra: Antony
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): Congress leader and Union Defence Minister A. K. Antony on Monday announced that his party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) would contest the general elections together in Maharashtra.
In a seat-sharing arrangement, the Congress will contest 26 seats while the NCP will try its luck in 22 parliamentary constituencies.
Antony, who is also the Congress in-charge in the state, said both the parties would also explore the possibility of exchange of seats between them in the state.
Meanwhile, the NCP leader and the Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said they would also explore the possibility of extending the existing alliance to other states as well. (ANI)
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Chidambaram hits back at BCCI, BJP
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) In a sharp reaction to the criticism of the Central government over the IPL issue, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today hit back at the BCCI and the BJP, saying that the cricket tournament was a "shrewd combination of sport and business" and there was no need to add politics to it.
A day after the BCCI announced that the second edition of the IPL was being shifted to a foreign country because of security issues in India, Chidambaram told a press conference that while he had no comment on that decision, he had read a number of statements which obliquely criticised the Central government. "These statements require an answer. Some unwarranted comments also deserve a rejoinder," he added.
Taking on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who had described the shifting of the IPL out of India as a "national shame", the Home Minister said that most people in India thought that the Gujarat communal riots of 2002 were a national shame.
To another BJP leader Arjun Jaitley's comments that the decision will send a negative message to the world and that the Congress-ruled states have been non-cooperative towards holding of IPL in India, Chidambaram said, "I know that Mr Jaitley has a penchant for exaggeration, but because he also wears the cap of the president of the DDCA he seems to have gone overboard this time." PTI
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"In the past two decades, hundreds of cases of disappearances have been reported in Kashmir. These cases must be properly investigated in order to bring a sense of closure to the families who for far too long have been awaiting for news," she said.
Pillay met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram here and took up the issue of laws like AFSPA.
"I told the ministers that human rights activities need to be strengthened in India. I raised the concerns of civil society about the way the AFSPA is implemented. I also raised the issue of having a UN's office of human rights here," she said. PTI
Priyanka Gandhi slams Varun for his communal remarks
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 23 (ANI): Priyanka Gandhi on Monday slammed her estranged cousin and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for his communal speech, saying his remarks were against the traditions and principles of the Gandhi family. “Varun’s comments are against the traditions and principles of the Gandhi family, and he has gone against what the Gandhis have lived and died for. It made me very sad to see him saying those things,” Priyanka told reporters here. Priyanka is on a two-day tour of the district to campaign for her mother Sonia Gandhi and her brother Rahul Gandhi, both key leaders of the Congress party.
She advised Varun to read the Bhagvad Gita properly.
Priyanka said she was in Rae Bareli only to campaign for her mother and brother and have no plans to contest elections.
On March 17, the Election Commission filed a criminal case under a non-bailable law against Varun Gandhi for his inflammatory speech against Muslims in Pilibhit.
On March 6, Gandhi had said, “All Hindus should remain on one side and send the rest to Pakistan.”
“They have names such as Karimullah, Mazurullah. If you see them in the night, you would get scared,” he added. (ANI)
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Congress-NCP will contest polls together in Maharashtra: Antony
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): Congress leader and Union Defence Minister A. K. Antony on Monday announced that his party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) would contest the general elections together in Maharashtra.
In a seat-sharing arrangement, the Congress will contest 26 seats while the NCP will try its luck in 22 parliamentary constituencies.
Antony, who is also the Congress in-charge in the state, said both the parties would also explore the possibility of exchange of seats between them in the state.
Meanwhile, the NCP leader and the Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said they would also explore the possibility of extending the existing alliance to other states as well. (ANI)
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Chidambaram hits back at BCCI, BJP
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) In a sharp reaction to the criticism of the Central government over the IPL issue, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today hit back at the BCCI and the BJP, saying that the cricket tournament was a "shrewd combination of sport and business" and there was no need to add politics to it.
A day after the BCCI announced that the second edition of the IPL was being shifted to a foreign country because of security issues in India, Chidambaram told a press conference that while he had no comment on that decision, he had read a number of statements which obliquely criticised the Central government. "These statements require an answer. Some unwarranted comments also deserve a rejoinder," he added.
Taking on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who had described the shifting of the IPL out of India as a "national shame", the Home Minister said that most people in India thought that the Gujarat communal riots of 2002 were a national shame.
To another BJP leader Arjun Jaitley's comments that the decision will send a negative message to the world and that the Congress-ruled states have been non-cooperative towards holding of IPL in India, Chidambaram said, "I know that Mr Jaitley has a penchant for exaggeration, but because he also wears the cap of the president of the DDCA he seems to have gone overboard this time." PTI
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