Singur land for industry : WB Govt
Hunt for new project in SINGUR
Kolkata/Singur, 22 October : The Singur land leased out for the Nano project will be used only for industry, the West Bengal state government said today.
“The nature of the land has been changed for setting up industry. So, in future, the state government will use the Singur land for setting up industry and increasing employment opportunities. For this, the government is taking specific steps,” a statement said.WB Industries secretary Sabyasachi Sen said “one big project” need not necessarily come up there. “There could be small or medium-scale enterprises, light engineering units, industrial parks or food processing parks that generate employment. Or, we may think of bringing projects that haven’t got land elsewhere.’’He added that “as of now, we haven’t got any concrete proposal”.
First, the Tatas will have to inform the government whether they will vacate the land or hold on to it, Sen said. “We will ask them about their plans, probably in November. They are in the process of shifting machinery and have sought police help.”
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Bangladesh EC questions Jamaat constitution
Dhaka, 22 October : The Bangladesh Election Commission has found some articles of Jamaat-e-Islami's new constitution questionable, an EC official said on Wednesday.
"If the party fails to give an explanation, it may need to move to amend the constitution further," EC joint secretary Nurul Islam Khan told Bengal News.
The EC committee, tasked with scrutiny of the parties' applications for registration, has sought clarification on the articles from the party.Khan, head of the EC's scrutiny committee, said: "There are some wordings in the constitution which we would like further clarification on."
He said there would be no problem for Jamaat to register if it could give a proper explanation. Other officials of the scrutiny committee said they believed the spirit of the Jamaat constitution denied the sovereignty of parliament as before. It contains a clause that is against the principle of democratic rule in the country, they said.
Jamaat's law affairs secretary Jasim Uddin Sarkar told reporters, after a meeting with EC officials, that the party's central committee would discuss these matters and meet again with the scrutiny committee. Jamaat's assistant secretary general M Kamaruzzaman had said on 20 October, when the party submitted its registration papers, that necessary changes were made in line with the new RPO to the party's constitution recognising the constitution of the country, the liberation war and its sovereignty !The party has also changed its name for registration, to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami instead of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh !!
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Maoist blast medical van, kills Doc, 2 others
What kind of Maoism is it ? Asked people
Belpahari, 22 October : A blast by suspected Maoists today killed a doctor, a newly wed nurse and the driver of their red-cross bearing car in Belpahari Chowkishal jungles — the first attack in Bengal in which none of the victims was from the CPM or the security forces.
This is also the first instance of a woman being killed in the state in an explosion blamed on the so called Maoists. West Midnapore superintendent of police Rajesh Kumar Singh told Bengal News, “The Tata Sumo has a red cross painted on it and is well known in the area. The car had been coming here for the past four years and is known as daktar babu’s car. Our investigation has revealed that the hired Tata Sumo crossed three of the crude mines. The fourth mine exploded, It appears to be handiwork of the Maoists from Jharkhand.”
Doctor Dhaniram Mandi, 46, who was on contract with the public health centre in Belpahari town, died on the spot, as did 22-year-old nurse Bharati Majhi and Pranay Mishir, 46, the driver and owner of the Tata Sumo.
Bhushan Mahato, a labourer from Labani village sipping tea at a stall about 1km from the site, said: “I heard a loud bang and pedalled furiously on my cycle towards the spot. From a distance, I saw the remains of the car from which smoke was billowing. Mangled bodies were lying far away from it and a portion of a pink sari (of the nurse’s uniform) was hanging from a tree. I was scared and cycled back to tell a CPM leader, who informed the BDO.”
Villagers near the Chowkishal jungles said a few minutes after the blast, two Hindi-speaking youths, their faces coated with dust, came on a bike to Simulpal and asked the way to Belpahari town. “We were so frightened that we pointed towards Belpahari and ran,” a villager said.
A teacher from Belpahari school asked " What kind of Maoist attack is this ? I don't belive any real Maoist could do it. Maoist are not so coward. We have to condemned this heinous attack."
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Painter Paritosh Sen passes away
Kolkata, 22 October : Famous artist Paritosh Sen died at a hospital today as one of the pioneers of modern Indian art, passed away around 7pm at B M Birla Heart Research Centre in Kolkata on Wednesday.The 89 year old artist, famous for his caricatures, was suffering from a heart ailment for the past two months.He is survived by his wife.A memorial service will be held at the Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra at Keyatala, off Southern Avenue, at 10am tomorrow.
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Bangladesh Ultra-left commander killed in gunfight
Kushtia, 23 Octobre : An ultra-left party operative was killed in a gunfight between his associates and the police in Kushtia on Wednesday.The deceased was Majid, commander of Gana Mukti Fauz. The police conducted a raid on Alampur Baliapara in sadar upazila.
The ultra-left men fired on police, who fired back, killing Majid on the spot. His associates got away. The police recovered a gun and six bullets from the spot. Majid was wanted in 24 cases, said the police.
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Protests against Baul monument removal
Continue all across the Bangladesh
Dhaka / Sylhet / Noakhali / Barisal / Rajshahi, 23 October : Political and socio-cultural organisations continued holding protests on Thursday asking the military-controlled interim government to reinstall the baul sculptures which were removed from the airport crossing in the past week in the face of protests by Muslim bigots.
Charan Sangskritik Kendra formed a human chain in front of the National Museum in the afternoon demanding reinstallation of the baul sculptures and trial of the people responsible for the removal of the baul monument and a ban on politics based on religion.The cultural activists also demanded that the airport crossing should be renamed as Lalan Square and Article 12 of the constitution should be reinstated to stop use of religion in politics.Bangladesh Juba Union, Bangladesh Chhatra Union and Khelaghar Asar formed a human chain in front of the Communist Party office at Purana Paltan demanding reinstallation of the baul sculptures and its renaming as Lalan Square.
Juba Union president Kafi Ratan, Chhatra Union president Khan Asaduzzaman Masum and general secretary Manabendra Dev addressed the programme. Bangladesh Nari Mukti Sangsad in statement demanded reinstallation of the sculptures in the place and condemned the threat of Muslim bigots of pulling down all sculptures.
In Sylhet cultural activists would hold a session of baul songs this afternoon in protest at the removal of the sculptures and their reinstallation. The Sylhet mayor, Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran, will inaugurate the programme in the city.
The Noakhali unit of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front formed a human chain on the Town Hall premises where it condemned the removal of the sculptures.
In Barisal Udichi, Samannay Parishad, a local cultural organisation, Conscious Citizens Committee of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Left Front formed separate human chains in the divisional city throughout the day.
In Rajshahi, 17 teachers of Fine Arts Department of Rajshahi University issued a statement protesting demolition of the statues. They demanded punishment of the bigots who were behind demolition of the sculpture. Teachers and students of various departments and other organisations also protested removal of the statues.
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Tripura police eye on Internet and mobile services
Agartala, 24 October : Tripura police have initiated a slew of measures to monitor electronic communication system, including Internet and private mobile services in the state in the wake of serial blasts in Agartala on 1st October.The Internet can be accessed only after producing photo-affixed identity cards to owners and employees of cyber cafes across the town and state.
Similar instructions have been sent to all private mobile service providers directing them not to issue SIM cards without foolproof identity checks, including addresses and photographs of the applicants.Over the past decade, there has been mushrooming of cyber cafes across the state. In Agartala, 61 cyber cafes draw several Internet surfers, specially youths, while in the rest of the state there are hundred more such cafes.The owners of all the cyber cafes have been directed by police to comply with the operational guidelines."
In the wake of the blasts in Agartala on 1stOctober, we have issued a general circular to all cyber cafe owners, asking them not to allow anyone Internet access without properly checking his/her identity card. They have been directed to maintain an authentic register with names, addresses and phone numbers of Internet users," the superintendent of police, (West), K.V. Sreejesh, said.
The SP said that the cyber cafe owners had also been asked to maintain the entire "cyber log activity" record for at least six months.Similar instructions have been issued to all private mobile service providers like Airtel, Aircell, Reliance and Vodafone."In the course of investigation into the Agartala blasts, we have found that mobiles were used in a big way to engineer the blasts and selling SIMs without proper verification of identities has become a flourishing business." He added the BSNL had also been requested to be strict while issuing mobile SIMs so that terrorist elements and their collaborators cannot take advantage of loopholes in rules and regulations.
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