0 Railways chugs to north as Bansal will get control of ministry

Railway Minister

Railways chugs up north after almost 28 years as Chandigarh Mega pixel Pawan Kumar Bansal was presented with within the ministry within the UPA reshuffle that arrived to impact on Sunday.

Together with the railways, its northern border also got what the law states ministry with Rajya Sabha Mega pixel Ashwani Kumar, who originates from Gurdaspur in Punjab, being elevated from the minister of condition to Union minister of law and justice within the update.

The data and broadcasting ministry also remained using the northern region as Ludhiana Mega pixel Manish Tewari changed Ambika Soni, additionally a Rajya Sabha Mega pixel from Punjab, as minister of condition for information and broadcasting. Tewari continues to be because of the portfolio by having an independent charge.

However it was Bansal who introduced probably the most cheers as it is for that first in almost 30 years the crucial ministry continues to be free of the eastern dominance and is available towards the north.

Balance-sough-after ministry has mostly been ruled by political figures in the eastern areas and leaders, including ABA Ghani Khan Chaudhary, Lalu Prasad and Mamata Banerjee.

Swaran Singh from Punjab was the very first politician in the north to obtain the railways in 1964 after which back in 1984 former Haryana chief Minister Bansi Lal was handed the coveted portfolio.

Bansal, 64, signifies Chandigarh parliamentary constituency. "It is a tougher portfolio. I'll concentrate on many issues, including hygiene, clean food and punctuality of trains that have been not taken proper care of previously," stated Bansal.

"My focal points are always to produce a hassle-free, safe and sound system of railways and also to keep trains the most well-liked mode of network," added Bansal.

This news from the elevation of Rajya Sabha Mega pixel Ashwani Kumar, 60, in the minister of condition for parliamentary matters to law minister seemed to be well-received in the area.

For that 47-year-old AICC representative Manish Tewari, his lengthy association of 31 years using the party finally compensated off on Sunday because he changed Ambika Soni.

Tewari, that has also offered because the leader from the Youth Congress, had lost the 2004 LS elections but made his effective debut within the 2009 parliamentary elections from Ludhiana.

"I'll attempt to consolidate the projects released by my predecessor and initiate fresh ones," stated Tewari over phone from Delhi.

The portfolio of Kumari Selja, Congress leader from Haryana, was transformed from housing, urban poverty alleviation and culture to social justice and empowerment.

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0 Home Ministry rejects Kasab's whim plea, transmits recommendation to Leader

Ajmal Kasab

Union Home Ministry on Tuesday suggested the rejection from the whim petition of Pakistani terrorist and 26/11 lone survivor Ajmal Kasab. Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam has welcomed the expansion, saying "Leader needs to study the recommendations of MHA. It's an optimistic phase within the situation. It is a good development." K Unnikrishnan, NSG martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father, stated, "I'm happy that people didn't get it wrong. I'm certain that Leader will require a choice soon.”

A high Home Ministry official stated Kasab's whim petition continues to be ignored because he was involved with a grave crime and fighting war against India that brought to killing 166 people, including people from other countries. The 25-year-old Pakistani and nine other fellow Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had arrived in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 by ocean from Karachi coupled with gone on the shooting spree at various places, undertaking the nation's worst terror attack. While Kasab was taken alive, other terrorists were wiped out by security forces.

Kasab's whim petition was delivered to the house Ministry through the Maharashtra government recently after rejecting the plea. A short official release stated, "The house Ministry only has processed Kasab's whim petition and posted it to Leader for decision".

After nearly a four-year-lengthy legal fight, on August 29, the Top Court had confirmed the dying penalty granted towards the LET operative through the trial court and then upheld through the Bombay High Court. Maintaining Kasab's conviction, the apex Court had stated he wiped out without "the smallest twinge of conscience".

The Pakistani gunman is presently lodged within the explosive device-proof as well as an egg-formed cell in the high-security Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. Following the Home Ministry's recommendation, it's now left to Leader Pranab Mukherjee to consider your final decision on Kasab's whim plea. You will find greater than a dozen whim applications pending prior to the Leader for ultimate decision including Parliament attack situation convict Afzal Guru.

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0 Pak worried about Saudi Arabia-India's growing anti-terror cooperation?

Lashkar-e-Taiba

Fasih Mohammad , a suspected senior functionary of the banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, boarded the India-bound Jet Airways flight 9W 567 at King Fahd Airport in Dammam along with his Indian escorts minutes before the take-off. All through the three hour flight, his escorts - mostly from the Delhi Police - kept a hawk's eye on him. Fasih was whisked away by the Delhi Police Special Cell officials minutes after the plane touched down at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.

And, with that, Fasih became the third terror suspect to be deported back to India from Saudi Arabia this year. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia had, in similar manner, sent back A Rayees - a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative - to Mumbai where team officials from Kerala awaited him. Rayees is now being questioned by the Kerala Police. He is wanted in a 2009 case, in which a large quantity of ammonium nitrate was seized.

Earlier, in June 2012, Saudi Arabia handed over Abu Jundal - a 26/11 master mind to India overriding Pakistan's objections. Jundal or Zabiuddin Ansari had taught Hindi to the ten terrorist - including Mohammad Ajmal Kasab - who carried out the attack in Mumbai in 2008. Besides this, Jundal had also passed on instructions to the terrorist during the attack from the Karachi control room.

To prevent India from getting to Jundal, Pakistan had claimed that Jundal was a Pakistani citizen and wanted in Pakistan. However, overriding Pakistan's objections, Saudi Arabia had handed over Jundal.

Describing the cooperation the between Saudi Arabia and India as robust and firmly grounded on the understanding that terrorism will have to be fought jointly, a senior security official said that "Saudi Arabia understands our concerns and has helped us get to three suspects."

Fayaz Kagzi, a suspected LeT terrorist who was spotted in Saudi Arabia, has escaped to Pakistan. The series of the deportations from Saudi Arabia, counter-terror experts feel, sends a clear message to Pakistan and terror groups harboured in Pakistan, that it is no longer safe to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.

"It was common practice, that Pakistan-based terrorist would disperse to neighbouring countries to deflect pressure and give Pakistan a level of deniability. The growing understanding and cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia may no longer make that possible," a senior official associated with counter- terrorism told NDTV.

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0 BJP, JD (U) gets ready for all Lok Sabha seats in Bihar

BJP

Keeping options open just in case from the last-minute break-up, both BJP and also the JD (U) in Bihar have begun planning to contest all 40 Lok Sabha seats individually.

"While talking about our future programmed in Bihar, I'd informed the nation's executive committee at its Surajkund meeting lately that taking in to the account all options, the condition BJP is planning to contest all 40 seats in next parliamentary elections," BJP's condition leader C P Thakur told TOI here on Tuesday.

"One ought to always be ready for any scenario," he stated. However, he unconditionally refused any possibility of break-in the BJP-JD (U) alliance in Bihar only at that Juncture. "Our alliance using the JD (U) is intact," he stated.

When requested when the alliance is intact in Bihar why the BJP is planning for those 40 seats, Thakur stated, "The preparation is essential also since the two parties may exchange a couple of seats right before the elections."

However, a senior BJP leader, who did not desire to be recognized, accepted to TOI the party was planning for the 40 seats bearing in mind all of the options, even from the JD(U) determining to sever ties using the saffron party.

The JD (U) national representative, Shivanand Tiwari, however, wasn't surprised about Thakur's statement.

"If Thakur has stated the BJP is planning for those 40 seats, the JD (U), too, is making its formulations to contest all seats. There's no problem inside it. Political parties make such formulations bearing in mind any scenario."

He stated the JD (U)'s preparation was due to the fact "the party doesn't desire to be caught not aware just in case our ally decides to sever ties around.”

Tiwari stated, "In politics, it is usually smart to be ready for those seats. Nobody knows what's available."

He, too, eliminated any chance of break-in the alliance. "At the moment, there's no tension, no irritant with a problem between us which can lead to break-in the alliance," Tiwari stated.

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