Cow slaughter triggers violent protests in Himachal

• Cow slaughter triggers violent protests in Himachal

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  Shimla
  • Violent protests erupted Friday in villages of Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district over the slaughtering of a cow, police said. A mosque and a few shops that were open were attacked.

  • 'More than 4,000 people from various villages gathered at Nerwa (in Chopal tehsil of Shimla district) this (Friday) morning to lodge their protest over the cow slaughtered by a member of a minority community in a village Thursday,' Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma told IANS. Nerwa is 120 km from Shimla.

    The protesters later turned violent and damaged a madrasa at Kothar village near Nerwa, breaking its windowpanes and setting furniture on fire. A mosque at Nerwa was also attacked and a motorcycle set afire.

    The shops were closed as a mark of protest and the mob also attacked and damaged some shops that were open.

  • State BJP spokesman Ashok Kapatia condemned the rioting and demanded action against the people responsible for the violence. Leader of the opposition Vidya Stokes too condemned the incident.

  • 'Abdul was arrested last (Thursday) evening. He killed the cow in a fit of rage as it was not giving milk for more than three years. Early (Friday) morning, five others who were involved in the incident were arrested. They all belonged to a Gujjar family,' Sharma said.

    Meanwhile, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other Hindu organisations have called for a 'bandh' (shutdown) in Shimla from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

    This has been for the first time that violence against a minority community occurred since the state came into being.

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Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S. - NYTimes.com

• Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S. - NYTimes.com

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  • By MARTIN FACKLER
  • TOKYO
  • They were Tokyo’s worst-kept diplomatic secrets: clandestine cold war era agreements with Washington that obligated Japan to shoulder the costs of United States bases and allow nuclear-armed American ships to sail into Japanese ports.
  
  • Bunroku Yoshino admitted lying about military treaties.
  • The new administration in Tokyo, whose election last summer ended a half-century of nearly unbroken control by the Liberal Democrats, wants to expose the treaties as a showcase of its determination to sweep aside the nation’s secretive, bureaucrat-dominated postwar order. Last fall, the foreign minister appointed a team of scholars to scour Japanese diplomatic archives for evidence of the treaties. Its findings are due this month.

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Why Pranab should read Singh's 1991 speech - dnaindia.com

• Why Pranab should read Singh's 1991 speech - dnaindia.com

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  • R Jagannathan
  
  • Manmohan said: “We have been at the edge of a precipice since December, 1990, and more so since April, 1991… Due to the combination of unfavourable internal and external factors, the inflationary pressures on the price level have increased very substantially since mid-1990. The people of India have to face double-digit inflation which hurts most the poorer sections of our society.” This time around, Pranab can take these sentences verbatim and change the dates. We have seen double-digit inflation last year, and will probably see it again this year.
  • Talking about public sector investments, Manmohan said: “The public sector has not been managed in a manner so as to generate large investible surpluses.” Pranab can take this line, but he will not blame the UPA’s bankrupt policies for it.Air India is sick. The oil companies are living on doles of government bonds. Telecom is booming, but public sector BSNL and MTNL are in decline. And this is not an exhaustive list.

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• महाजाल पर सुरेश चिपलूनकर (Suresh Chiplunkar): महाशिवरात्रि के पावन पर्व से मेरे ब्लॉग पर एक प्रयोग… ... Donation Paypal Code for Blogs

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  • अतः महाशिवरात्रि के पावन दिन से मैं अपने ब्लॉग पर “पे-पाल” का “डोनेट” बटन लगा रहा हूं, (देखें साइड बार) ताकि कोई सज्जन राष्ट्रवादी/हिन्दुत्ववादी विचारधारा के पोषण-प्रचार-प्रसार के लिये कोई आर्थिक सहयोग करना चाहते हों, तो वे अपने क्रेडिट कार्ड के जरिये “पे-पाल” के खाते में इच्छित राशि डाल सकते हैं। जिन बन्धुओं के पास “पे-पाल” खाता और क्रेडिट कार्ड नहीं है, उनके लिये “स्टेट बैंक ऑफ़ इंडिया” का एक “सेविंग अकाउंट” नम्बर "030046820585" दिया जा रहा है (साइड बार भी देखें), भारत के किसी भी कोने में रहने वाले व्यक्ति इस खाते में सीधे नकद राशि या चेक डाल सकते हैं। यह एक इंटरनेट बैंकिंग खाता है, और इस खाते शुरु करने हेतु मैंने इसमें 5000 रुपये की प्रारम्भिक राशि डाली है। इस खाते में आने वाली सहयोग राशि से निम्न कार्यों के संपादन-संचालन में मदद मिलेगी-
    
    1) लायब्रेरियों की सदस्यता, तथा सशुल्क पुस्तकों को डाउनलोड करना इत्यादि
    
    2) ब्लॉग पर विगत तीन वर्ष से लिखित सामग्री को पुस्तक का रूप देना
    
    3) उस पुस्तक को सामान्यजन तक निःशुल्क उपलब्ध करवाने हेतु लगने वाला धन
    
    4) महत्वपूर्ण राष्ट्रवादी लेखकों की पुस्तकों, शोधग्रन्थों आदि को खरीदने के लिये।
    
    5) कुछ महत्वपूर्ण सीडी, डीवीडी खरीदने एवं वेबसाईटों के रजिस्ट्रेशन अथवा पेड-डाउनलोड हेतु
    
    6) कार्यकर्ता सम्मेलनों और समविचारी लोगों से मिलने के लिये यात्रा करने आदि में…
    
    7) इंटरनेट, टाइपिंग इत्यादि का खर्च। यदि प्रयोग सफ़ल रहा और भविष्य में सम्भव हुआ तो इस जनजागरण कार्य के लिये अलग से एक कम्प्यूटर अथवा लेपटॉप खरीदकर एक टाइपिस्ट नियुक्त करना…
    
    8) ज़ाहिर है कि इससे ब्लॉग अथवा ब्लॉग्स पर अधिक गुणवत्तापूर्ण सामग्री प्रदान की जा सकेगी…
    
    इस प्रकार के अनेक कार्य होते हैं जिसमें निश्चित रूप से धन की आवश्यकता होती है। तात्पर्य यह कि विचारधारा को तो आगे बढ़ाना ही है, राष्ट्रवाद का प्रचार तो करना ही है, सेकुलरिज़्म और वामपंथ के दोगलेपन को उजागर तो करना ही है… यह काम तो ब्लॉग के माध्यम से सतत जारी है ही, लेकिन अब उसे और भी ज़मीनी स्तर तक उतारने का वक्त आ गया है जिसमें आर्थिक संसाधन आड़े नहीं आना चाहिये।

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Shadow Warrior: mafia or kkkangress -- that is the question

• Shadow Warrior: mafia or kkkangress -- that is the question

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