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C.P.Joshi Meets CEOs of Auto Manufacturing Companies Dr. C.P.Joshi Meets CEOs of Automobile Manufacturing Companies & Heads of Testing Agencies Dr. C.P. Joshi, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways has said that road transport is meant to provide mobility to the people and the goods for economic activity, social interaction, educational pursuits and a myriad other activities. Chairing a Meeting with CEOs of Automobile Manufacturing Companies and Heads of Vehicle Testing Agencies here today, he has said that there are two basic elements of road transport: roads and vehicles. Roads are only a mean for movement of the vehicles. The ultimate aim is to have an efficient road transportation system for which the roads exist. His ministry is trying to accord road transport the high priority it deserves. Referring to such a useful meeting, he has said that the idea behind bringing these two together is to apprise the industry ...

Nepali Congress and CPN-UML ask PM to resign With the opposition baying for Baburam Bhattarai's resignation, Nepal's ruling Maoist chief Prachanda on Friday warned that the country will plunge into catastrophe if the Prime Minister quits before resolving the vexed Constitution-drafting issue.  "It is completely wrong on the part of the opposition parties Nepali Congress and CPN-UML to ask the Prime Minister to step down before agreeing on the key issue of the Constitution," Prachanda told the news agency.  "Political consensus is essential among the parties at this moment as there is no representative body in the country after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly," he said.  The 601-member Assembly, which had been extended four times since 2008, was dissolved on May 27 after parties failed to reach consensus on whether to adopt federal structure based on single ethnic identity or multi-ethnic identity.  Bhatta...

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is outraged by reports of a new massacre in Syria and is demanding that the U.N. Security Council take action to stop the violence. She also called for an immediate cease-fire in the area of the massacre so that U.N. monitors can get there. Ms. Clinton said in a statement on Friday that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is deliberately killing innocent civilians as it tries to put down 16 months of unrest and that history will judge the Security Council if it fails to act.“History will judge this council,” she said. “Its members must ask themselves whether continuing to allow the Assad regime to commit unspeakable violence against its own people is the legacy they want to leave.”Although she did not mention them by name, Ms. Clinton’s warning was directed at Russia and China, which have blocked previous U.N. efforts to impose sanctions on Syria. A day earlier, activists' groups said the Syrian troops have ...

Debate begins on Putin contentious law U.S. State Department expressing its concerns over Russia’s NGO and Internet blacklist law amounts to infringement in the country’s internal affairs, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. “Such actions can only be perceived as attempts of rude and unacceptable interference in the work of Russian state authorities and the sovereign legislative process,” Konstantin Dolgov, the ministry’s human rights ombudsman, said in a statement.“Moscow is not always satisfied with certain discussions and decisions by the U.S. Congress, but we’re principally abstaining from interfering with the legislative activity in the United States. We are entitled to expect it to be mutual,” Dolgov said. The law on NGOs, branding politically active non-governmental organizations that use foreign funding “foreign agents,” was passed by the State Duma this week, along with a law introducing a blacklist for internet websi...

ASEAN fails to issue joint statement Foreign ministers at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have failed to issue a joint statement for the first time, due to differences over territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. The ASEAN ministerial meeting was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Monday. On Friday, Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told reporters they have given up adopting a joint statement.During the negotiations, the Philippines called for the statement to include a reference to the recent standoff between Philippine and Chinese vessels over shoals in the South China Sea. The standoff has lasted for more than two months. Cambodia opposed such a reference. The country chaired the meeting and maintains close economic ties with China.Hor Namhong said he cannot accept any country using the joint statement to handle bilateral territorial disputes with China.

Pak SC ask PM to open cases against Prez Zaradari Pakistan’s Supreme Court ask  Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to approach Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, envisage  July 25 deadline triggering a fresh political crisis.Repeat  issue on Yousuf Raza Gilani, costed his job.Gilani was convicted of contempt in April and disqualified Gilani for five years last month after he refused to act on the apex court’s orders to reopen the graft cases. A five-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa directed Ashraf to write to the Swiss authorities without any further consultations on the matter with legal experts or within the government. The apex court had earlier directed the Premier to inform it whether he would contact the Swiss authorities about the graft cases.The bench said it expected the Premier to write to the Swiss authorities and furnish a report on complying with the court’s...

. National Load Shedding Policy – Rs.10,00,000 Crore National Load Shedding Policy – Rs.10,00,000 Crore Instant Advantage (C)July13, 2012     Honorable PM+FM  Dr. Manmoham Singh  South Block  New Delhi – 110011     cc. MoP and FICCI, CII, ASSOCHAM, PHDCCI+     Load Shedding Policy - $200b Instant Capital Gains, Save 50BU of Electricity and 100 million tones of CO2, Largely Avoids Power Cuts, Boosts Economic Progress add 2%+ to GDP growth, can be IMLEMENTED IN TWO MONTHS.      Respected Sir,  I have been writing to PMO for long to introduce Load Shedding Program in Delhi that shall avoid power cuts, save 5BU of power, enough to meet power shortages in Bihar .     National Load Shedding Policy shall SPEED UP implementation on Nationwide Scale.     India already has over 50,000MW of Standby Power registered with MoP. Some of ...

Pakistan Supreme Court to take up a number of identical petitions challenging the Contempt of Court Act 2012 from July 23 and has issued notices in this regard to the federation and attorney general.The stand-off between the parliamentarians and judiciary hot up and the process of democratization of Institutions em battles for their authority,when the state needs people government for their participation. President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday signed the Contempt of Court Bill, 2012, into law after it was passed by the National Assembly and Senate under Section 248(1) of the Constitution exempting all government office holders, including the prime minister and other ministers, from court proceedings under contempt charges. The Contempt of Court Act 2012, however, was challenged in the apex court for being violative of articles 2-A, 4, 5, 25 and 204 of the Constitution. Those who had challenged the Contempt of Court Act 2012 included Muhammad Sidduique Baloch, Mahm...

Will Kalmadai travel to London for games ? The sports minister on Friday shot off a letter to IOA, requesting the sports body not to facilitate the tainted Kalmadi administrator's visit to UK on ethical grounds.   In a letter to Randhir Singh, secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), the ministry argued that since Kalmadi is embroiled in corruption cases, IOA should not support Kalmadi in any way. The sports minister Ajay Maken  said that he will ensure that Kalmadi is not part of the Indian delegation, which is headed for London. "Taking into consideration the serious charges levelled against Kalmadi in the matters relating to conduct of the Commonwealth Games 2010 and that the court is still seized of the matter, the Ministry requests that the IOA, on ethical grounds, should not facilitate or sponsor the visit of Kalmadi to London in any manner inc...

Arunachal Righteous Forum reports on Corruption Mr Tanga Byalang ,a minister in Nabam Tuki Govt. posses zero educational qualification. He became an MLA for the first time in the year 1987 after procuring ticket from Nacho, where he was a vice-president of Anchal block. After formation of the National Front Govt., he joined Janta Dal. He was elected again in the year 1990 and sat in opposition during congress rule. He broke all records of corruptions during his tenure as a Minister, with audacity he dared to sideline all rules and regulations and made a mockery of the constitution. Under the provision of the RTI Act, we have obtained copy of the official documents which are being provided to with Press Release. 1.   IllegalAppointments :       Till now Mr.Tanga Byalang has been Minister for four different departments and has appointed 400 persons unconstitutionally by ignoring all rules & regulations. Many app...

ADR Research on Parliamentarians As the presidential of India is elected by a system of proportional representation, we wanted to see how it proportionally represents voters of our country. We have looked at the the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission of India of 772 out of 776 MPs and 4063 out of 4120 MLAs (a total of 4835 out of 4896) in all the states of India which forms the Electoral College and who will be voting on the Presidential Elections to elect the new President of India. Documents attached: 1. Report on analysis of MPs and MLAs voting for Presidential Elections 2012 - Both in Hindi and English 2. Letter to Presidential Candidates to voluntary disclose criminal, financial, educational and other background details as per Supreme Court's guidelines. 3.Demands of NEW and ADR for Electoral and Political reforms Here are the highlights of the reports:  The following analysis shows th...