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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054889382959863533.post-6517079491763242223</id><published>2012-02-20T21:49:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T21:49:30.234-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: MY 496th OPEN MESSAGE TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;---------- Forwarded message ----------&lt;br&gt;From: &lt;b class="gmail_sendername"&gt;Benjamin Merhav&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;a href="mailto:ben.merhav@gmail.com"&gt;ben.merhav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:59 AM&lt;br&gt;Subject: MY 496th OPEN MESSAGE TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL&lt;br&gt;To: &lt;a href="mailto:webmaster@hrweb.org"&gt;webmaster@hrweb.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span 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href="http://webmail.bigpond.com/webedge/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.middleeastmonitor.org.uk%252Fresources%252Fcommentary-and-analysis%252F1895-is-the-british-government-going-to-allow-a-foreign-state-to-threaten-its-citizens&amp;amp;hmac=83a622aa4141862971b389bf16b05e0f" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; OPEN MESSAGE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;TO  ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD  WILL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                                                                 &lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The article below is the latest in a row of conscientious articles on the internet expressing dismay, frustration and anger at the global rulers of our planet. These rulers are the USA transnational corporations, including their bankers, of course. Their imperialist rule is fascist, as it is the terrorist dictatorship of finance capital. It is a repeat on a global scale of the fascist rule by the Hitler regime in the former Nazi Germany. This time the rulers are far more than a global threat. This time they pose a threat of extinction to the entire humanity, and perhaps to all life on our planet. Their global spearhead is the zionist apartheid regime of Israel with its clandestine arm : the zionist Gestapo (of which Mossad is the external branch).&lt;br&gt;       &lt;br&gt;The current global offensives by those global rulers began on the 22nd of November, 1963, with the assassination of President J.F. Kennedy by the zionist Gestapo in Dallas, Texas, USA &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;See &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;my 18th letter to  the Attorney General of Australia &lt;a href="http://5thautobiography.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-eighteenth-open-letter-to-attorney.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://5thautobiography.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-eighteenth-open-letter-to-attorney.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The 48 years failure to investigate this heinous assassination in a proper manner has reinforced - and continues to do so ! - the tyrannical rule of those rulers over our planet. All the past &amp;quot;investigations&amp;quot; have been in reality nothing more than part of the official cover-up of this heinous crime.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;     &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The  only people who committed themselves to investigating the truth had been  the murdered president&amp;#39;s brother, Robert Kennedy, who would be assassinated by the same  culprits/criminals in 1968 (see : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10460" target="_blank"&gt;http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10460&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;   and see also &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thecornerreport.com/index.php?p=1014&amp;amp;more=1&amp;amp;c=1&amp;amp;tb=1&amp;amp;pb=1" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.thecornerreport.com/index.php?p=1014&amp;amp;more=1&amp;amp;c=1&amp;amp;tb=1&amp;amp;pb=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;  and also &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rense.com/politics6/sirhan.htm" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.rense.com/politics6/sirhan.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt; ) ; and then John F. Kennedy Jr. who would be assassinated by the same culprits/criminals in 1999 (see : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/CRASH/JFK_JR/jj.php" target="_blank"&gt;http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/CRASH/JFK_JR/jj.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt; and see also &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://havetoremember.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/the-assassination-of-john-f-kennedy-jr/" target="_blank"&gt;http://havetoremember.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/the-assassination-of-john-f-kennedy-jr/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt; ).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;     &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;However, the necessity to reopen the investigation into the assassinations of the three Kennedys should no longer be confined to the Kennedys&amp;#39; grief and to their quest for justice. Nor should this necessity be confined to the USA alone, as it is now a global need of the entire humanity , and it is urgent too !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/02/we-dont-deserve-another-planet/#more-42292" target="_blank"&gt;http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/02/we-dont-deserve-another-planet/#more-42292&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;     &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h1 style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;&amp;quot;We Don't Deserve Another Planet&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; 						&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;by E.R. Bills / February 20th, 2012&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  			 			 				&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I'm scared. I worry a lot.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I'm afraid for our future. I'm afraid for our species.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I'm afraid &lt;i&gt;of&lt;/i&gt; our species.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Homo Sapiens&lt;/i&gt; corrupt or foul any ecosystem that lies in the path of their economic interests. &lt;i&gt;Homo Sapiens&lt;/i&gt; marginalize and/or exterminate almost every species of fellow inhabitant that it comes into contact with. &lt;i&gt;Homo Sapiens&lt;/i&gt;  are defiling the gasping blue orb they call home, but they presse on  almost entirely heedless of their loathsome wrongheadedness.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You, me and every human being up and down our street, across the nation and throughout the world, &lt;i&gt;en masse&lt;/i&gt;, comprise a sinister planetary menace. It is not our intent; we just can't or won't control ourselves.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fort Worth writer and former resident John Graves once said that  human beings would be finished when they stopped "understanding the old  pull toward green things and living things." But we're already there. We  are monstrously out of sync with the natural world. We no longer even  take part in the most basic facets of our own sustenance.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Technology has replaced survival processes with leisure. Our  livelihoods are based on ancillary subsistence modes which translate  into to petty barter for factory farming and mechanized industrial  slaughter. We live on pre-processed pseudo-nourishment. We reside in  prefabricated shelters bathed in artificial light and filled with  conditioned air. We don't thrive as vital, fully-functional creatures;  we merely exist as detached bystanders.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In our natural state we were never idle or bored or prone to weight  gains due to a sedentary lifestyle. We were constantly involved in the  means of survival, hands-on, acute and in-tune. We didn't need Vegas or  roller coasters or Viagara. Every day was a gamble and every food-source  capture or kill was a victory if not an outright adrenaline rush. In  our present state we struggle to survive business as usual with any  useful, natural instincts intact.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Several seconds before the late August 2011 earthquake near the  National Zoo in DC, flamingos grouped together, upper mammals climbed  trees and lemurs sounded alarm calls. In our early existence, we  probably weren't much different than the spooked animals at the National  Zoo. We probably sensed phenomena like earthquakes at an elemental  level, before they happened, because we were more in touch with our  habitat. Truth be told, we arguably knew more then as preyed-upon  primitives than we know now as reckless louts at the top of the food  chain.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We are a species run amok, obtuse and self-destructive. It's time to  debate Capitalism in a world of limited resources; it's time to have a  referendum on unaccountable Technology. If the swift-shod proliferation  of excessive consumption in the name of ever-increasing profit margins  reduces humanity to a lethal scourge, Capitalism is an evil that can no  longer be tolerated. If the unavoidable byproducts of technology are  human overpopulation, the pollution or contamination of our air, water  and food supplies, biological exploitation and artificial preservation —  all created at the expense of the planet and our fellow species  –Technology is an evil that can no longer be promoted. If Capitalism and  technology cannot be practiced with conscience, then we cannot  conscientiously engage in them.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;These issues warrant debate in the fore of this historical moment  because humankind is toying with the notion of exploring and/or  colonizing other earth-like planets in their galactic vicinity. It's one  thing for us to plunder and savage our own home. It's quite another to  destroy someone else's home.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We must stop averting our eyes. We need to quit ignoring our crimes.  In the grand scheme of things we've become a vicious virus that should  be isolated and confined, allowing our madness to run its course, come  what may.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As bad as things stand on Earth for inhabitants other than Homo  Sapiens, at least Homo Sapiens are contained here. And the fledgling  life-support and propulsion technologies that keep us from exploring  deep-space ensure our quarantine.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;If we perish, our perilous, suicidal propensities should die with us  and not be flung amongst the galaxies to infect or endanger other living  systems. The species &lt;i&gt;Homo Sapiens&lt;/i&gt; had its chance.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;T&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ragically, we're wasting it.&amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" height="64" width="181" align="center"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-right:15" align="right"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-left:15px" align="right"&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;tr&gt;    &lt;td&gt;     &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="center"&gt; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;every reader to  send immediately protest messages to the following email addresses, and with a  copy to my&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; email  address &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:27px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a style="color:rgb(0,0,204)" href="http://webmail2.bigpond.com/webedge/do/mail/message/mailto?to=ben.merhav%40gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;ben.merhav@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:27px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:6px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1. to  the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;Australian  government&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;(email&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;a style="color:rgb(102,255,255)" href="http://webmail2.bigpond.com/webedge/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fr.mcclelland.mp%252F&amp;amp;hmac=9e91caf71605561640fcb1d96807f294" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Julia.Gillard.MP@aph.gov.au;r.mcclelland.mp&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(51,102,255)"&gt;&lt;b&gt;@&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color:rgb(102,255,255)" href="http://webmail2.bigpond.com/webedge/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Faph.gov.au%252F&amp;amp;hmac=54918c29d99bcea92acc18c4eba649b7" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;aph.gov.au&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:6px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;span&gt;) a message along the  following lines :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         &lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;quot;  I protest the  continuous torture of the Australian citizen Benjamin  Merhav by sleep  deprivation and his daughter and son by psychiatric  torture in Melbourne,  Australia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;This torture is   perpetrated against Benjamin Merhav directly by the clandestine arm of  the State  of Israel (the zionist Gestapo), and indirectly by the same  culprit against  Benjamin&amp;#39;s daughter and son.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;I  demand that the  Australian government instruct ASIO to protect these  Australian citizens, and  stop these terrorist crimes by a foreign  government on Australian soil  immediately !&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;) a message  along the following lines :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&amp;quot;I  protest your refusal to investigate Benjamin  Merhav&amp;#39;s complaint  against the Australian government&amp;#39;s approval of ASIO&amp;#39;s  violation of the  rule of law in Australia, regarding the continuous torture in   Melbourne of himself, his daughter and his son , all Australian  citizens, by the  clandestine arm of the State of Israel (the zionist  Gestapo).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;I  demand your immediate intervention to protect these  Australian  citizens, to stop the perpetration of these terrorist crimes In   Australia, and to end these violations of the rule of law by the  Australian  government in Australia.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;3. to the PCHR and  to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;all the Palestinian leaders in  occupied Palestine&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;( email&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a style="color:rgb(0,0,204)" href="http://webmail2.bigpond.com/webedge/do/mail/message/mailto?to=english%40palestine-info.co.uk" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000cc" size="3"&gt;english@palestine-info.co.uk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; ;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         &lt;a style="color:rgb(102,255,255)" href="http://webmail2.bigpond.com/webedge/do/mail/message/mailto?to=pchr%40pchrgaza.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;pchr@pchrgaza.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:6px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;) message along the following&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         &lt;span&gt;lines  :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a style="color:rgb(0,0,204)" href="http://webmail2.bigpond.com/webedge/do/mail/message/mailto?to=pchr%40pchrgaza.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         &lt;span style="font-size:6px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;&amp;quot;I protest the betrayal of Benjamin Merhav by Raji  Sourani to the zionist &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;Gestapo&amp;#39;s torture.I demand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;Sourani&amp;#39;s   replacement on the ICJ and on FIDH with a honest Palestinian patriot  who would  initiate protest action against the torture of Benjamin  Merhav, his daughter,  and his son by the zionist Gestapo in Australia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I  demand that the  Palestinian leaders encourage Palestinians and their  supporters to protest this  ongoing terrorist torture by the zionist  Gestapo, and to demand that it should  stop  immediately.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;=====================&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;                                                                                                                                                                         DISBAND NOW THE ZIONIST APARTHEID REGIME OF ISRAEL !&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;A  JUST SOLUTION TO THE ZIONIST CONFLICT IN PALESTINE  CANNOT BE ACHIEVED  WITHOUT FIRST DISBANDING THE ZIONIST APARTHEID REGIME OF ISRAEL !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:italic;font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;FOLLOWING  THE DISBANDING OF THIS RACIST  REGIME, A DEMOCRATIC, NON-RACIST STATE,  TO WHICH ALL THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES  WOULD BE INVITED TO RETURN,  SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED ON THE ENTIRE AREA OF HISTORIC  PALESTINE !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;THIS  SHOULD BE WRITTEN INTO THE PLATFORM OF THE BDS  MOVEMENT NOW, AS THE  PURPOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT OF THE ZIONIST  APARTHEID REGIME OF  ISRAEL  !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-- &lt;br&gt;Palash Biswas&lt;br&gt;Pl Read:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4054889382959863533-6517079491763242223?l=singurrevolts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/feeds/6517079491763242223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4054889382959863533&amp;postID=6517079491763242223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/6517079491763242223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/6517079491763242223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/2012/02/fwd-my-496th-open-message-to-all-people.html' title='Fwd: MY 496th OPEN MESSAGE TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL'/><author><name>Palash Biswas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07741662018019801640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054889382959863533.post-7125128117760450202</id><published>2012-02-20T10:19:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T10:19:07.870-08:00</updated><title type='text'>अजित सिंह किंग फिशर को संकट से उबारने को तैयार नहीं। बुरे फंसे मुसाफिर।34 पायलटों ने कंपनी छोड़ दी!किंगफिशर की फ्लाइट्स कैंसल होने से किराए बढ़े!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.2762291489634663" style="font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;h1 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;अजित सिंह किंग फिशर को संकट से उबारने को तैयार नहीं। बुरे फंसे मुसाफिर।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;34 पायलटों ने कंपनी छोड़ दी!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर की फ्लाइट्स कैंसल होने से किराए बढ़े!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h1 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:25px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एयर इंडिया को मदद से अमेरिकी एयरलाइंस खफा&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;मुंबई से एक्सकैलिबर स्टीवेंस विश्वास&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;आसमान विदेशी कंपनियों के लिए खुल्ला ठोड़ने का नतीजा सामने आ रहा है। खुले बाजार में विदेशी पूंजी के मुकाबले एअर इंडिया के पंख तो पहले ही टूट चुके हैं, अब किंग फिशर और जेट एअरवेज के पायलट कर्मचारी भी दाने दाने को मोहताज है। इसपर तुर्रा यह कि विदेशी पूंजी संप्रभू भारत सरकार को आंखें दिखाने से बाज नहीं आ रही। ताजा वाकया हालात बयान करता है। यह नियति एविएशन सेक्टर तक सीमाबद्ध है, ऐसा कहना भी मुश्किल है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;रेल मंत्री दिनेश त्रिवेदी ने चेतावनी दी वित्तीय संकट झेल रहे रेलवे को भरपूर धन नहीं दिया गया तो उसका हाल भी &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एयर इंडिया&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; जैसा हो सकता है। न केवल एयर इंडिया एवं &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; अपने सबसे नाजुक समय से गुजर रही हैं बल्कि पूरा सेक्टर ही कमोबेश तंगहाली की स्थिति से गुजर रहा है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; सरकारी हस्तक्षेप ने इस क्षेत्र की जो दशा कर दी है वह दिखाई न पड़े ऐसा होना असंभव है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर और एयर इंडिया की मिलकर 30 फीसदी बाजार हिस्सेदारी है। अगर ये दोनों कंपनियां बंद हो गईं तो बाजार में भीड़ कम होगी। भारत में विमान औसतन 75 फीसदी ही भरते हैं मतलब उनकी 25 फीसदी क्षमता का इस्तेमाल ही नहीं हो पाता। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एयर इंडिया&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; सरकार से उन सभी 27 ड्रीमलाइनर विमानों की आपूर्ति लेने की अनुमति की मांग कर रही है, जिनके लिए उसने पहले ही बोइंग को ऑर्डर दे चुकी है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;सरकारी विमानन कंपनी एयर इंडिया घाटे में आकंठ डूबकर दिवालिया होने की कगार पर आ लगी है और निजी क्षेत्र की एक-दो कंपनियों को छोड़कर सभी एयरलाइंस घाटे से दो-चार हैं।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;जहां वर्ष 2002 में लाखों की तादाद में मुसाफिर थे, वहीं 2010 आते-आते करोड़ों में हो गए। जैसे-जैसे देश का सकल घरेलू उत्पाद आठ से नौ फीसदी हुआ, इस क्षेत्र ने भी कुलांचे भरनी शुरू कर दीं। जबकि बाकी दुनिया में ट्रैफिक ग्रोथ न के बराबर है। हाल तक हमारी विमानन सेवा में लगभग 16 फीसदी की वृद्धि दर थी। लेकिन पिछले कुछ वर्षों से इसे मंदी ने घेर लिया है। पहले एअर इंडिया मुश्किल दौर में फंसा। अब किंगफिशर की हालत खस्ता है।  पिछले दस महीने को देखें, तो लगता है कि अब स्थिति काफी भयावह है। साल 2008 में तो इस क्षेत्र में नए जहाज आ रहे थे, क्षमता बढ़ रही थी और  सब कुछ सामान्य था।  लेकिन पिछले एक साल में इनपुट कॉस्ट बढ़ी हैं। इसकी एक वजह है ईंधन की कीमतों में काफी इजाफा होना।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में डॉलर के मुकाबले रुपया कमजोर हुआ है। इससे कलपुर्जों पर खर्च 15 से 20 फीसदी बढ़ा है। 13 बार तो ब्याज दरों में बढ़ोतरी हुई है। यानी विमान उड़ाने का खर्चा तो बढ़ा, लेकिन आमदनी नहीं बढ़ी। वैसे खराब आर्थिक माहौल में एक कंपनी अपने प्रबंधन व नीतियों के बल पर संकट से उबर आती है। एअर इंडिया ने पिछले तीन महीनों में यही कोशिश की। इसलिए कोई कंपनी अगर बेल-आउट पैकेज की मांग कर रही है, तो सरकार को उसकी क्षमताओं को टटोलना होगा। जब सरकार पेट्रोल के दाम बढ़ाकर यह कहती है कि मुक्त अर्थव्यवस्था के साथ हमें चलना ही होगा, तो फिर प्राइवेट कंपनी को बेल-आउट पैकेज देने का क्या मतलब?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;विजय माल्या का कहना है कि मौजूदा दौर कारोबार के लिहाज से सबसे बुरा दौर माना जा सकता है। मौजूदा समय में सभी एयरलाइन कंपनियों को बड़े पैमाने पर नुकसान हो रहा है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;माल्या ने एविएशन सेक्टर में विदेशी निवेश की वकालत की है। एविएशन सेक्टर में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय एयरलाइंस के घरेलू एयरलाइन में हिस्सेदारी खरीदने को सही बताया है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एयर इंडिया के लिए एक और खराब खबर है। एक्जिम बैंक यानी एक्सपोर्ट इंपोर्ट बैंक के एयर इंडिया को बैंक गारंटी देने पर अमेरिकी एयरलाइंस ने आपत्ति जताई है। अमेरिकी एयरलाइन इंडस्ट्री ने इसके लिए एक्जिम बैंक पर मुकदमा कर दिया है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;सरकारी क्षेत्र की इस विमानन कंपनी में लगातार पूंजी डाली गई है और अब वह जल्द से जल्द बोइंग से 27 &amp;#39;ड्रीमलाइनर&amp;#39; विमानों की खरीद के सौदे को पूरा करना चाहती है। इस स्थिति ने क्षेत्र के अन्य कारोबारियों को दिवालिया होने के कगार पर पहुंचा दिया है। इसके बावजूद इनमें से कुछ हाथ खड़े करने को तैयार नहीं हैं। किंगफिशर की उड़ानें आए दिन रद्द हो रही हैं और उसके पायलट एक के बाद एक कंपनी का साथ छोड़ रहे हैं लेकिन इसके बावजूद कंपनी एक और हिस्सेदार खोजने तक (शायद सरकारी मदद से) &amp;#39;अंतरिम सहायता राशि&amp;#39; जुटाने में कामयाब रही है। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एक्जिम बैंक ने एयर इंडिया को 30 बोइंग विमान खरीदने के लिए 340 करोड़ डॉलर की बैंक गारंटी दी है। इंडस्ट्री की दलील है कि एयर इंडिया को कर्ज देने से अमेरिकी एयरलाइंस पर बुरा असर पड़ेगा। क्योंकि एयर इंडिया ये बोइंग विमान भारत अमेरिकी रूट पर ऑपरेट करेगी और अमेरिकी एयरलाइंस का कारोबार प्रभावित होगी।अदालत में पेश हलफनामे में कहा गया 'इस गारंटी से एयर इंडिया को अमेरिका-भारत के बाजार में अपनी अतिरिक्त क्षमता पेश करने का मौका मिला और डेल्टा जैसी प्रतिस्पर्धी कंपनियों को दौड़ से बाहर करने का मौका मिला। एयर इंडिया को मिली रिण गारंटी के कारण ही डेल्टा को अक्तूबर 2008 में न्यूयार्क से मुंबई की उड़ान बंद करनी पड़ी।'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर अपनी 64 में से सिर्फ 16 विमानों का ही संचालन कर रही है और शनिवार से अब तक 100 से अधिक उड़ानें रद्द कर चुकी है। कोलकाता स्टेशन लगभग पूरी तरह बंद हो चुका है। इसके साथ काठमांडू, ढाका, कोलम्बो, बैंकॉक की अंतरराष्ट्रीय उड़ानें भी प्रभावित हुई हैं।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;कम्पनी ने कहा कि खाते जब्त किए जाने से कम्पनी संचालन के लिए भुगतान कर पाने में असफल हो गई। कम्पनी ने कहा कि खातों को खुलवाने के लिए वह विभाग से बात कर रही है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;संकटग्रस्त किंगफिशर एयरलाइन्स के प्रवर्तक विजय माल्या ने सोमवार को कहा कि वह कंपनी बंद नहीं करेंगे। निजी क्षेत्र की विमानन कंपनी द्वारा बड़ी संख्या में उड़ानें रद्द करने और फिर पायलटों के इस्तीफे के बाद पैदा हुए संकट के बीच अपनी प्रथम सार्वजनिक प्रतिक्रिया में माल्या ने कहा कि इसे बंद करना विकल्प नहीं है। ऐसा नहीं होगा। सरकार नहीं चाहती कि ऐसा हो। यह राष्ट्र हित में नहीं है।उन्होंने साफ किया कि किंगफिशर एयरलाइन्स ने सरकार से कभी भी संकट से उबारने के पैकेज की मांग नहीं की। उन्होंने कहा कि जितने लंबे समय तक हमें मदद मिलती है, हम इसे क्यों छोड़ें। मदद बेलआउट नहीं है। हमने बैंकों को और कार्यशील पूंजी उपलब्ध कराने के प्रस्ताव पर विचार करने को कहा है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;विमानन कंपनी किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस के प्रवर्तक विजय माल्या को भले ही विदेशी धन के दम पर अपनी एयरलाइन को संकट से उबारने का भरोसा हुआ हो, लेकिन वास्तविकता यह है कि विदेशी संस्थागत निवेशक (एफआईआई) इस एयरलाइस से अपनी पूंजी निकाल रहे हैं। एयरलाइन में एफआईआई हिस्सेदारी सितंबर में समाप्त हुई दूसरी तिमाही में 2.11 फीसदी थी जो दिसंबर तिमाही में घट कर 0.50 फीसदी रह गए जबकि समान अवधि में जेट एयरवेज में एफआईआई हिस्सेदारी में इजाफा हुआ। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;बजट से पहले सरकार इस मामले को तरजीह नहीं दे रही है और एअर इंडिया, जेट एअरवेज, किंग फिशर जैसी घरेलू कंपनियों के पायलट​ ​ कर्मचारी  भूखों मरने के करीब है। किसान आत्महत्या करते हैं, तो शायद कृषि संकट से ज्यादा किसानों की बदकिस्मती को कोसा जाता है। पर सबसे ज्यादा ग्लेमरस नौकरियों में लगे आसमान के परिंदों के पंख कने के इस अफसाने में खलनायक कौन है?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;मंदी की मार से जूझ रही जेट और किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस के स्टॉफ को दो माह से वेतन के लाले पड़े हुए हैं। खबर है कि मंदी से हलकान हो चुकी ये दोनों एयरलाइंस अपने 18000 कर्मचारियों को पिछले दो माह से वेतन का भुगतान नहीं कर रही है।देश में जहां लोग किंगफिशर की तड़ातड़ रद्द हो रही उड़ानों से परेशान हैं। वहीं, उड्डयन मंत्री अजीत सिंह आईबीएन7 संवाददाता के सवाल पर तिलमिला उठे। आईबीएन संवाददाता ने अजीत सिंह से सवाल किया कि यात्रियों को तुरंत फायदा देने के लिए मंत्रालय की ओर से कोई कदम उठाया जाएगा? इस सवाल का जवाब देने से ही इनकार कर दिया। उल्टा सवाल को ही बकवास कह दिया।मंत्री जी ने संवाददाता से ही पूछा कि उनके आधिकारिक घर के सामने कल को बस की हड़ताल हो जाए तो क्या ऐसे में संवाददाता की कार लोगों की मदद के लिए वो भेज देंगे? नाराज मंत्री जी ने पत्रकार को वहां से चले जाने को कहा।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर की हालत खराब है और स्वाभाविक रूप से बैंक इस बात को लेकर चिंतित हैं कि उसके गैर निष्पादित परिसंपत्ति बन जाने पर वह उसकी प्रोविजनिंग कैसे करेंगे। एयर इंडिया के मामले में भी बैंक कर्ज को शेयरों में बदलने के इच्छुक नहीं थे। यह राहत पैकेज विमानन क्षेत्र तथा बैंकिंग क्षेत्र को जो क्षति पहुंचाएगा वह कोई मजाक नहीं है। घाटे में चल रही दोनों विमानन कंपनियों के पास बदलाव की कोई ठोस योजना नहीं है। वित्तीय सहायता एयर इंडिया को कम किराए वाली उस अदूरदर्शी योजना पर टिके रहने का अवसर देगी जिसकी बदौलत वह अपनी बाजार हिस्सेदारी को बचाए रखना चाहती है। समयबद्घ सेवाएं मुहैया न करा पाना, कर्मचारियों का रूखा व्यवहार और विमानों के साफ-सुथरा न होने की स्थिति में इस सरकारी विमानन कंपनी ने यात्रियों को अपने साथ जोड़े रखने के लिए किराए में भारी कमी की है। इन हालात में समूचा विमानन उद्योग घाटे की स्थिति में पहुंच गया है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; केंद्रीय नागरिक उड्डयन मंत्री अजीत सिंह ने विमानन कम्पनी के प्रबंधन को भी दोषी ठहराते हुए कहा कि उन्होंने कई महीनों से अपने कर्मचारियों को वेतन नहीं दिए। कर्मचारी कोलकाता में हड़ताल पर चले गए। जिससे उड़ानें प्रभावित हो गईं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एविएशन मंत्री अजीत सिंह का कहना है कि किंगफिशर को किसी तरह की माली मदद नहीं दी जा सकती है.हालांकि कंपनी का कहना है कि जल्द ही सारी उड़ाने सामान्य हो जाएंगी&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; साथ ही कंपनी के एक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने बैंकों से समझौता होने की भी बात कही है कि बैंक और कर्ज देने के लिए राजी हो गए हैं&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;लेकिन कर्ज और लगातार घाटे में सर से पैर तक डूब चुकी किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस के लिए अपने पैरों पर फिर से खड़ा पाना किसी चमत्कार से कम नहीं है, वहीं मंगलवार को डीजीसीए ने कंपनी के सीईओ और वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों को सम्मन भेजकर बुलाया है और बेहिसाब उड़ानों के रद्द किए जाने के बारे में सफाई मांगी है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;कंपनी को किसी तरह की वित्तीय सहायता की संभावना से इनकार करते हुए नागर विमानन मंत्री अजित सिंह ने कहा कि सरकार ने हाल ही में उनके बैंक खातों पर रोक लगाई थी। उन्होंने कहा कि हमारी पहली चिंता यह है कि यात्रियों की सुरक्षा के साथ कोई समझौता नहीं किया जाना चाहिए और फिर हम देखेंगे कि वे क्या जवाब देते हैं। डीजीसीए मामले की जांच कर रहा है। आज निरस्त हुई उड़ानों में मुंबई से 14, कोलकाता से 7 और दिल्ली से 6 उड़ानें शामिल हैं।आर्थिक संकट के कारण निजी एयरलाइंस किंगफिशर की सेवाएं बुरी तरह प्रभावित हुई हैं। इसका खामियाजा यात्रियों को भुगतना पड़ रहा है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;मदद लेने के संदर्भ में माल्या ने विमानन कंपनियों को विमान ईंधन का सीधा आयात करने के सरकार के निर्णय और घरेलू विमानन कंपनियों में विदेशी विमानन कंपनियों को हिस्सेदारी खरीदने की अनुमति देने की ओर इशारा किया।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;माल्या ने दावा किया कि बेलआउट (संकट से बाहर निकालने) का संपूर्ण मुद्दा मीडिया द्वारा रचा गया मुद्दा है। किंगफिशर की उड़ानें रद्द होने के बारे में पूछे जाने पर यूबी समूह के प्रमुख ने कहा कि बकाया कर की अदायगी नहीं किए जाने को लेकर आयकर अधिकारियों द्वारा कंपनी के बैंक खातों पर यकायक रोक लगा दी गई। मैं इस बात से इनकार नहीं करता कि हमारे ऊपर कर बकाया है हमने इसकी अदायगी के लिए समय मांगा है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; किंगफिशर पर आयकर विभाग का वित्त वर्ष 2010-11 के लिए 53.82 करोड़ रुपये और वित्त वर्ष 2011-12 के लिए 100 करोड़ रुपये बकाया है। कुल 153.82 करोड़ रुपये की बकाया रकम में से विभाग दिसंबर 2011 तक 21.04 करोड़ रुपये की वसूली कर चुका है। किंगफिशर ने प्रतिबद्घता पत्र दायर कर कहा है कि वह चालू वित्त वर्ष के अंत तक बकाया 130 करोड़ रुपये का भुगतान कर देगी।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;दिसंबर 2011 में सेवा कर विभाग ने कंपनी के बैंक खातों पर रोक लगा दी थी लेकिन किंगफिशर द्वार बकाये का आंशिक भुगतान किए जाने के बाद खाते मुक्त कर दिए गए थे। ऋण के बोझ तले दबी विमानन कंपनी ने जनवरी के अंत तक 27 करोड़ रुपये का कर चुकाया है जबकि उस पर सेवा कर विभाग का 70 करोड़ रुपये बकाया है। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;कंपनी ने कहा कि खाते मुक्त होने के बाद उसके लिए कर्मियों को वेतन भुगतान और खड़े विमानों का परिचालन तुरंत बहाल किया जाएगा। पिछले साल नवंबर के बाद यह दूसरा मौका है, जब कंपनी ने नियामक को बिना बताए कई उड़ानें रद्द की हैं।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;माल्या ने कहा कि किंगफिशर की वित्तीय तंगी विमानन उद्योग की मौजूदा स्थिति की झलक है। हमें प्रतिदिन भुगतान करना होता है। ये भुगतान कल पुर्जों, सीमा शुल्क, ईंधन बकाए, हवाईअड्डा शुल्क बकाए के लिए किए जाते हैं, इसलिए बैंक खाता चालू रखना महत्वपूर्ण है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;उन्होंने कहा कि हमारे खातों पर से रोक हटाई जानी चाहिए ताकि हम सामान्य ढंग से परिचालन जारी रख सकें। हमारे खातों में पैसा है और यह पैसा आ रहा है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर की उड़ानें रद्द होने का फायदा उठाते हुए प्रमुख विमानन कंपनियों ने पिछले कुछ दिनों में कई व्यस्त रूटों पर अपने किराए 45 प्रतिशत तक बढ़ा दिए हैं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;सबसे व्यस्त दिल्ली-मुंबई रूट पर एक तरफ का किराया औसतन करीब 4,500 रुपये से 5,000 रुपये रहता है, लेकिन विमानन कंपनियां इस रूट पर 6,555 रुपये से 7,305 रुपये के दायरे में किराया वसूल रही हैं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;इसी तरह दिल्ली-बेंगलूर रूट पर एक तरफ का किराया औसतन 6,000-7,500 रुपये से बढ़ाकर 12,000 से 14,000 रुपये तक कर दिया गया है। वहीं दिल्ली-कोलकाता रूट पर किराया 5,000 रुपये से बढ़ाकर 6,500 रुपये कर दिया गया है। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;ट्रैवल एजेंट्स ने भी इस बात की तस्दीक की। उन्होंने कहा कि कुछ व्यस्ततम रूटों पर किंगफिशर द्वारा बड़ी संख्या में उड़ानें रद्द किए जाने की वजह से ऐसा हुआ है। बेंगलुरु-दिल्ली रूट पर किराया करीब दोगुना कर दिया गया है। दिल्ली स्थित एक ट्रैवल एजेंट ने नाम न बताने की शर्त पर कहा कि किंगफिशर के विमान में टिकट बुक करने वाले यात्रियों को प्रत्येक टिकट पर 2,000 से 3,000 रुपये तक का अतिरिक्त भुगतान करना पड़ रहा है, क्योंकि उन्हें आखिरी क्षण अपनी टिकटें दोबारा बुक करानी पड़ रही हैं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;इस बीच&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में कच्चा तेल सोमवार को आठ महीने के उच्चतम स्तर 121 डॉलर प्रति बैरल से ऊपर निकल गया। ईरान के फ्रांस, ब्रिटेन को आपूर्ति रोकने और यूनान के बेल आउट पैकेज पर जल्द फैसला आने की उम्मीद से तेल में तेजी आई। चीन में ब्याज दरों में नरमी का असर भी क्रूड की कीमतों पर देखा गया।उड्डयन मंत्रालय ने यह जानते हुए भी कोई ठोस कदम उठाने से इंकार किया कि तेल की बढ़ती कीमतों के साथ-साथ करों की अतिरिक्त मार के कारण विमानन उद्योग गंभीर संकट का सामना कर रहा है। भारतीय &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;विमानन उद्योग&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; को 2011 में विरोधाभासी स्थितियों का सामना करना पड़ा। एक ओर जहां घरेलू हवाई यातायात बढ़ा वहीं यह उद्योग ईंधन की उंची लागत और कड़ी प्रतिस्पर्धा का मुकाबला करते हुए सरकारी मदद के लिये गुहार लगाता रहा।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;सूत्रों के मुताबिक, विमानन कंपनी ने कंसोर्टियम से 200-300 करोड़ रुपये कार्यशील पूंजी के तौर पर उपलब्ध कराने का अनुरोध किया है और अगले कुछ दिनों में व्यक्तिगत तौर पर बैंकों द्वारा इस पर निर्णय किए जाने की संभावना है।भारतीय स्टेट बैंक की अगुवाई वाला बैंकों का समूह नकदी संकट से जूझ रही विमानन कंपनी किंगफिशर एयरलाइन्स को रोजमर्रा के कारोबार के लिए पूंजी उपलब्ध कराने के अनुरोध पर जल्द निर्णय करेगा।किंगफिशर एयरलाइन्स ने शनिवार को एक बयान जारी कर कहा था कि बैंकों के कंसोर्टियम के साथ हमारी एक अच्छी बैठक हुई और उन्होंने हमारे अनुरोध को सैद्धांतिक तौर पर स्वीकार कर लिया है। एसबीआई कैपिटल मार्केटस और स्वतंत्र सलाहकारों द्वारा तैयार संभाव्य अध्ययन के आधार पर कंपनी ने कंसोर्टियम से यह अनुरोध किया था।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस की सोमवार को 30 से अधिक उड़ानें रद्द की गईं। इसमें बैंकॉक, सिंगापुर, काठमांडू और ढाका के लिए उड़ानें शामिल हैं। इससे देशभर में विभिन्न हवाई अड्डों पर सैकड़ों यात्रियों को मुश्किलों का सामना करना पड़ा। कंपनी ने रविवार को अपनी एक तिहाई उड़ानें रद्द की थीं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;डीजीसीए के चीफ भारत भूषण ने कहा है कि उन्हें बड़ी संख्या में उड़ानें रद्द करने की रिपोर्ट मिली है। उन्होंने कहा कि किंगफिशर को अपनी फ्लाइट्स की कटौती के बारे में पूर्व सूचना देनी चाहिए थी पर ऐसा नहीं किया गया जो कि नियमों का उल्लंघन है। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एविएशन मिनिस्टर अजित सिंह ने कहा, &amp;#39;नहीं, सरकार किसी तरह का पैकेज नहीं देने जा रही। सरकार बैंकों के पास जाकर उधार देने को नहीं कह सकती।&amp;#39; उन्होंने कहा, &amp;#39;जहां तक किंगफिशर या किसी अन्य निजी एयरलाइन का संबंध है, उन्हें बैंकों के पास अपनी कारोबारी योजना पेश करनी होगी और अगर वे (बैंक) उससे संतुष्ट होते हैं और अगर यह रिजर्व बैंक के दिशानिर्देशों के दायरे में है तब वे उधार देंगे।&amp;#39; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;उल्लेखनीय है कि किंगफिशर के सीईओ संजय अग्रवाल और कंपनी के शीर्ष अधिकारियों को डीजीसीए ने समन जारी कर उन्हें कल उपस्थित होने और उड़ानें रद्द करने की वजह बताने को कहा है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; नकदी के संकट से जूझ रही विमानन कंपनी किंगफिशर एयरलाइन्स की बड़ी संख्या में उड़ानें रद्द होने के बाद उसके 34 पायलटों ने कंपनी छोड़ दी और बड़ी संख्या में कर्मचारियों को नोटिस थमाया गया है। वहीं सरकार ने कंपनी को किसी तरह का पैकेज देने से इनकार किया। उद्योग सूत्रों ने कहा कि पिछले साल अक्टूबर से अब तक इस्तीफा देने वाले पायलटों की कुल संख्या करीब 80 पर पहुंच गई है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; कंगाली के कगार पर पहुंच चुके किंगफिशर की हालत फिलहाल सुधरती नहीं दिख रही है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; सोमवार को भी 20 से ज्यादा उड़ाने रद्द हो गई&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; जिससे किंगफिशर में यात्रा करने वाले मुसाफिरों में अफरातफरी मची रही&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;संकटग्रस्त विमानन कंपनी किंगफिशर एयरलाइन्स ने व्यापक स्तर पर उड़ान सेवाएं बाधित होने का ठीकरा एक तरह से आयकर विभाग के सिर फोड़ते हुए कहा कि उनके द्वारा कंपनी के बैंक खातों पर रोक लगाए जाने से भुगतान बुरी तरह प्रभावित हुआ जिससे उड़ानें रद्द करनी पड़ीं।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;कंपनी के एक प्रवक्ता ने एक बयान में कहा कि हमारी नियमित उड़ानों में कटौती की मुख्य वजह आयकर विभाग द्वारा अचानक हमारे बैंक खातों पर रोक लगाया जाना है। इससे परिचालन भुगतान की हमारी क्षमता बुरी तरह प्रभावित हुई।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;उन्होंने कहा कि एक बार बैंक खातों पर से रोक हटते ही कर्मचारियों के वेतन का भुगतान किया जा सकता है और हवाईअड्डों पर खड़े विमानों को सेवाओं में लगाया जा सकता है। प्रवक्ता ने कहा कि भुगतान योजना पर सहमत होने और बैंक खातों पर रोक जल्द से जल्द हटाई जाए, इसके लिए कंपनी आयकर अधिकारियों के साथ बातचीत कर रही है। हम उनसे अपील कर रहे हैं कि यात्रा कर रहे लोगों को असुविधा किसी के हित में नहीं है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;फिलहाल देश के तमाम एयरपोर्ट पर किंगफिशर में टिकट बुक कर चुके मुसाफिर भारी मुसीबत और परेशानी से गुज़र रहे हैं&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;ग़ौरतलब है कि मौजूद वित्त वर्ष के तीसरी तिमाही में किंगफिशर का घाटा 75 फीसदी बढ़कर 444 करोड़ रूपए पहुंच गया है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;पिछले वर्ष भी इसी तिमाही में कंपनी को कुल 254 करोड़ रूपए का घाटा उठाना पड़ा था.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;इसी दौरान कंपनी की आय में काफी कमी देखी गई जो 5 फीसदी घटकर 1547 करोड़ तक सिमट गई&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;विजय माल्या की एयरलाइंस किंगफिशर भारी मुसीबत में है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; लगातार तीसरे दिन भी अलग अलग शहरों से दर्जनों उड़ाने रद्द हो चुकी है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; कर्ज और घाटे ने किंगफिशर की विमानों को ज़मीन पर ला खड़ा किया है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;वेतन नहीं दिए जाने के कारण जहां कोलकाता की तमाम उड़ानें लगातार रद्द हो रही है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; बैंगलोर और मुंबई में एयरपोर्ट चार्जेज न चुका पाने के चलते एयरपोर्ट अथॉरिटी ने नकेल कस दिया है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; वहीं किंगफिशर को हवाई ईधन सप्लाई करने वाली कंपनी एचपीसीएल और बीपीसीएल ने उधार एटीएफ देने से मना करने के साथ साथ अपना बकाया वसूलने के लिए कानूनी रास्ता अख्यितार कर चुकी है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;मंगलवार को डीजीसीए ने यात्रियों के प्रति लापरवाही के चलते कंपनी के सीईओ को तलब किया है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ताज़ा खबर है कि मंगलवार को 30 से ज्यादा उड़ानें रद्द की गई हैं&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;लागत को कम करने के लिए कंपनी ने पिछली तिमाही में अपनी उड़ानों में कटौती की लेकिन इसके बावजूद भी कंपनी के खर्च में 7 फीसदी की बढ़ोत्तरी के साथ 2125 करोड़ पहुंच गई&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;साथ ही दूसरे मदों में कुल 80 करोड़ रूपए खर्च करने पड़े&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;इतनी बड़ी संख्या में फ्लाइट कैंसल या डिले होने पर डीजीसीए सभी सेंटरों से सूचनाएं जुटा रहा है। इनके आधार पर तय होगा कि एयरलाइन के खिलाफ कार्रवाई की जाए या नहीं। भारत भूषण ने कहा कि किंगफिशर ने फ्लाइट कैंसल करने से पहले हमें नहीं बताया। इतनी बड़ी संख्या में उड़ानें प्रभावित होने की सूचनाएं सही हैं तो यह नियमों के खिलाफ है। किंगफिशर की फ्लाइटें कैंसल होने से प्रभावित पैसेंजरों को एडजस्ट करने के लिए हमने दूसरी एयरलाइंस को मेसेज भेज दिए हैं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर के प्रवक्ता ने कल फ्लाइट्स कैंसल होने के बारे में कहा था कि फ्लाइट शेड्यूल छोटा किया गया है लेकिन किसी स्टेशन को बंद नहीं किया गया है। यह स्थिति अगले चार दिन तक रहेगी। उन्होंने फ्लाइट कैंसल करने की वजहों में पक्षियों के कारण विमान खराब होना भी बताया। सूत्रों के मुताबिक, दूसरे और तीसरे दर्जे के शहरों में फ्लाइटें मार्च के आखिर तक प्रभावित रहेंगी।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;फिलहाल किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस पर करीब 7 हज़ार करोड़ रूपए का कर्ज है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; जानकारों का कहना है कि किंगफिशर के पास इससे उबरने को कोई रास्ता नहीं है, क्योंकि बैंक भी अब और कर्ज देने में आनाकानी कर रहे हैं&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एविएशन एक्पर्ट हर्षवर्धन भी यह मानते हैं कि किंगफिशर की राह मुश्किल है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;किंगफिशर का घाटा कच्चे तेलों के बढ़ते दामों और डालर के मुकाबले रूपए में आई कमज़ोरी की वजह से भी काफी बढ़ गया है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; इस बाबत उसने वाणिज्य मंत्रालय को पत्र लिखकर सीधे विदेशों से हवाई ईंधन आयात करने की अनुमति भी मांगी थी, लेकिन सरकार ने किंगफिशर को फिलहाल कोई भी राहत देने से साफ मना कर दिया है&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; ।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;बंबई स्टॉक एक्सचेंज (बीएसई) के आंकड़ों के अनुसार किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस और स्पाइसजेट ने अक्टूबर-दिसंबर तिमाही के दौरान पूर्ववर्ती तिमाही (जुलाई-सितंबर) की तुलना में एफआईआई हिस्सेदारी में गिरावट दर्ज की। हालांकि यात्रियों की संख्या के संदर्भ में देश की सबसे बड़ी विमानन कंपनी जेट एयरवेज में एफआईआई हिस्सेदारी सितंबर तिमाही के 4.67 फीसदी से बढ़ कर दिसंबर तिमाही में 5.42 फीसदी पर पहुंच गई। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;सन समूह द्वारा प्रवर्तित स्पाइसजेट के मामले में, इस निवेश हिस्सेदारी में गिरावट कंपनी में प्रवर्तक हिस्सेदारी में वृद्घि की वजह से आई है। कंपनी में एफआईआई हिस्सेदारी दूसरी तिमाही के 6.17 फीसदी से घट कर दिसंबर तिमाही में 3.81 फीसदी रह गई। समान अवधि के दौरान कंपनी में प्रवर्तक हिस्सेदारी 38.60 फीसदी से बढ़ कर दिसंबर तिमाही में 43.59 फीसदी हो गई।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;भारत में विमान यात्रियों की संख्या में वृद्घि दुनिया में सर्वाधिक होने के बावजूद इस क्षेत्र को पिछले साल नुकसान और कर्ज से जूझना पड़ा। तीन सूचीबद्घ भारतीय विमानन कंपनियों जेट एयरवेज, किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस और स्पाइसजेट को वित्त वर्ष 2011 की पहली छमाही में सामूहिक नुकसान 1,878 करोड़ रुपये तक पहुंच गया था। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;चालू वित्त वर्ष की तीसरी तिमाही में जेट ने 101 करोड़ रुपये का नुकसान दर्ज किया। अन्य दो सूचीबद्घ कंपनियों ने अभी तक तीसरी तिमाही के परिणाम की घोषणा नहीं की है। कच्चे तेल की ऊंची लागत और रुपये में कमजोरी की वजह से बढ़ती लागत इन कंपनियों के नुकसान की प्रमुख वजह है। जेट ईंधन की लागत विमान ईंधन तेल (एटीएफ) पर अधिक करों और अधिक हवाई अड्डा शुल्क की वजह से बढ़ी है। भारत में विमान ईंधन पर औसतन कर 24 फीसदी है जो दुनिया में बांग्लादेश (27 फीसदी) के बाद दूसरा सबसे अधिक है और इससे परिचालन लागत में 50 फीसदी भागीदारी ईंधन की है। विमानन तेल की कीमतें पिछले साल 40 फीसदी तक बढ़ीं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;इन तीनों सूचीबद्घ विमानन कंपनियों में किंगफिशर का वित्तीय प्रदर्शन काफी खराब रहा है और यह एयरलाइन मुनाफे के स्वाद से वंचित रही है। विश्लेषकों का कहना है कि किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस की समस्याएं स्पष्ट हैं और निवेशक इससे दूरी बना रहे हैं।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h1 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:21px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&amp;#39;प्रफुल्ल पटेल ने रिश्तेदारों के लगाया था बड़ा प्लेन&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;एयर इंडिया की फाइलों में दर्ज टिप्पणी के मुताबिक कंपनी ने अप्रैल 2010 में तत्कालीन एविएशन मिनिस्टर प्रफुल्ल पटेल के परिवार के सदस्यों को संभवत: सीटें मुहैया कराने के लिए बेंगलुरु-मालदीव उड़ान के दौरान बड़ा प्लेन लगाया था। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;इसके पहले दावा किया गया था कि बेंगलुरू-माले उड़ान आईसी 965 में बिजनेस क्लास की सात सीटें पहले ही बुक हो गई थीं। एयर इंडिया ने पटेल की बेटी अवनी के ससुराल के सात लोगों को सीटें मुहैया कराने के लिए बड़ा विमान ए320 विमान लगाया, जिसमें बिजनेस क्लास की 20 सीटें होती हैं। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;केंद्रीय सूचना आयोग के निर्देश पर किए गए खुलासे के अनुसार 25 अपैल 2010 की बेंगलुरु-माले फ्लाइट संख्या आईसी 965 और 28 अप्रैल की माले-बेंगलुरु फ्लाइट संख्या आईसी 966 की यात्रियों की सूची में देशपांडे परिवार के सदस्यों का नाम शामिल है। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;सूची के अनुसार यात्रियों में कांग्रेस नेता आर.वी. देशपांडे, राधा देशपांडे, प्रसाद देशपांडे, मेघना देशपांडे और मास्टर ध्रुव के अलावा अवनी तथा उनके पति प्रशांत देशपांडे शामिल थे। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;सार्वजनिक की गई सूचना के अनुसार टिप्पणी में कहा गया है कि 25 अपैल 2010 की बेंगलुरु-माले फ्लाइट और 28 अप्रैल की माले-बेंगलुरु फ्लाइट के दौरान छोटे विमान एयरबस ए319 के स्थान पर बड़े विमान ए320 लगाने के बारे में मुंबई मुख्यालय से ईमेल के जरिए निर्देश दिया गया था।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-- &lt;br&gt;Palash Biswas&lt;br&gt;Pl Read:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4054889382959863533-7125128117760450202?l=singurrevolts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/feeds/7125128117760450202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4054889382959863533&amp;postID=7125128117760450202' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/7125128117760450202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/7125128117760450202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/2012/02/34.html' title='अजित सिंह किंग फिशर को संकट से उबारने को तैयार नहीं। बुरे फंसे मुसाफिर।34 पायलटों ने कंपनी छोड़ दी!किंगफिशर की फ्लाइट्स कैंसल होने से किराए बढ़े!'/><author><name>Palash Biswas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07741662018019801640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054889382959863533.post-4455156557121895841</id><published>2012-02-20T10:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T10:05:30.653-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [bangla-vision] U.S. Sends Drones over Syria as Fighting Spreads</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;---------- Forwarded message ----------&lt;br&gt;From: &lt;b class="gmail_sendername"&gt;Romi Elnagar&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;a href="mailto:bluesapphire48@yahoo.com"&gt;bluesapphire48@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:00 PM&lt;br&gt;Subject: [bangla-vision] U.S. Sends Drones over Syria as Fighting Spreads&lt;br&gt;To: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;           &lt;div style&gt; &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;div&gt;   &lt;div&gt;       &lt;div&gt;                     &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/syri-f20.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/syri-f20.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2&gt;US sends drones over Syria as fighting spreads&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h5&gt;By Alex Lantier &lt;br&gt;20 February 2012&lt;/h5&gt; &lt;div&gt;US  military officials confirmed Saturday that US drones are flying over  Syria, as fighting spreads inside the country and US officials discuss  military or "humanitarian" intervention to topple Syrian President  Bashar al Assad.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The drone flights, which flagrantly violate  Syrian air space, include a "good number" of both military and US  intelligence drones, according to US defense officials. These officials  said the drones' mission is to obtain "intercepts of Syrian government  and military communications in an effort to 'make the case for a  widespread international response.'"&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The Israeli daily &lt;em&gt;Ha'aretz&lt;/em&gt; also reported Saturday that  Syrian forces had captured 40 Turkish intelligence operatives working  with the "opposition" inside Syria. It said the Turkish operatives  confessed to working with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to  train the US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), and claimed that Mossad  operatives were working with Al Qaeda operatives in Jordan planning  operations in Syria.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;This echoes testimony Thursday before the US  Senate Armed Services Committee by US Director of National Intelligence  James Clapper. He said that recent bombings in Damascus and Aleppo "had  all the earmarks of an al Qaeda-like attack. So we believe that al  Qaeda in Iraq is extending its reach into Syria."&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;As in last  year's war in Libya, Washington is seizing on violence between the Assad  regime and US-backed opposition forces—which are organizing protests  and killings inside Syria—to justify military intervention.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Significantly,  the US relied extensively on former Al Qaeda fighters of the Libyan  Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) to topple Libyan Colonel Muammar Gaddafi,  and it appears a similar relationship is being established in Syria.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Yesterday  gunmen in the city of Idlib killed a senior state prosecutor, Idlib  Attorney General Nidal Ghazal, as well as Judge Mohammed Ziyadeh and  their driver in an ambush. On Saturday gunmen also killed Jamal al-Bish,  a member of the city council of Aleppo—Syria's largest city, which has  seen no significant protests against Assad.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The killings follow a  series of assassinations of Syrian officials, including the February 11  killing of Brigadier General Issa al-Khouli and last month's shooting  of the head of the Idlib branch of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent,  Abdulrazak Jbero.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;According to Syrian state news agency SANA,  fighting near the city of Hama yesterday left two Syrian policemen,  three "opposition" fighters, and four civilians dead. Military  engineering units in the city also dismantled four bombs planted on  railways and the Hama-Khattab road.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Even reports by the US-backed  Syrian "opposition" and in the US media suggest that the Free Syrian  Army and similar forces have little support outside of a few cities such  as Deraa, Homs, and Hama. Aided and supplied by Turkey, European  powers, and the United States, they are instead using terrorist actions  to undermine the Assad regime and facilitate foreign military  intervention.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;US media report quite openly that Washington's FSA  proxies are preparing bombs for use against Syrian forces. According to a  February 15 article, &lt;em&gt;Time&lt;/em&gt; reporter Rania Abouzeid visited an  FSA safe house in Syria, where she saw defectors from the Syrian army  assembling Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) manufactured from yellow  granular explosives. She noted that this "crop of IEDs isn't the first  to be aimed against loyalist forces in the area," interviewing a Syrian  army conscript who defected to the FSA out of fear after being hit by an  FSA car bomb.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Saturday's protest march in Mezze—a middle-class  neighborhood of the capital, Damascus, which has remained largely loyal  to Assad—gathered only "hundreds and hundreds" of people, according to  the &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt;. The protest was called against the deaths  of three protesters allegedly killed by security forces. The Syrian  Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a British-based group that  reportedly enjoys Saudi and Qatari funding, said Syrian security forces  opened fire on the protest, killing one.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The SOHR added, "If the  rallies have reached Damascus and are big enough, we will no longer need  an armed revolution." Such comments only underscore that the Syrian  opposition is resorting to terrorist acts, which it cynically calls  "revolution," because it lacks popular support.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;This only  underscores that the task of fighting the Assad regime falls to the  Syrian working class, which alone can overthrow it on a progressive  basis, while fighting against the imperialist forces that are now trying  to conquer Syria.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The cynical pose of concern struck by the  Western governments and media was exemplified by British Foreign  Secretary William Hague, who said he was "worried that Syria is going to  slide into civil war." At the same time as officials from NATO  countries express concerns about civil war in Syria, they are actively  fanning the flames of the conflict.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Two Republican US Senators,  John McCain and Lindsey Graham, called for arming Syrian "rebels"  yesterday in Kabul, where they had stopped for talks with the Afghan  puppet regime of President Hamid Karzai on their way to discussions with  the Egyptian military junta in Cairo.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;McCain said, "I believe  there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United  States involvement… So I am not only not opposed, but I am in favor of  weapons being obtained by the opposition." He suggested that Washington  would not need to send weapons directly to the opposition, but could  work through "Third World countries."&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Graham made clear that US  moves against Syria are part of a broad regional confrontation by the  United States against Iran: "Breaking Syria apart from Iran could be as  important to containing a nuclear Iran as sanctions. If the Syrian  regime is replaced with another form of government that doesn't tie its  future to the Iranians, the world is a better place."&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Graham said  that the Cairo-based Arab League could be a "conduit" for US influence  in Syria. It appears that Washington may again use its close relations  with the Egyptian military junta in the services of counterrevolution in  the Middle East.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt; wrote that the  Senators' detailed remarks on arming pro-US Syrian forces "signal that  these were themes that they would address when they arrived in Cairo,  their next stop." The United States gives $1.3 billion per year in  subsidies to the Egyptian army junta. Over the past year, the junta used  these resources both to support NATO-backed rebels in Libya and to  suppress the revolutionary struggles of the Egyptian working class.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The Egyptian government withdrew its ambassador to Syria yesterday, prompting Damascus to withdraw its ambassador to Egypt.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;In  a further sign of an escalating risk of wider war over the ongoing  US-led intervention in Syria, an Iranian destroyer and an escorting  supply ship docked yesterday at the Syrian port of Tartus after steaming  through the Suez Canal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;                 &lt;div style="color:#fff;min-height:0"&gt;__._,_.___&lt;/div&gt;                      &lt;div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:10px;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;padding-top:15px"&gt;       &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-- &lt;br&gt;Palash Biswas&lt;br&gt;Pl Read:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4054889382959863533-4455156557121895841?l=singurrevolts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/feeds/4455156557121895841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4054889382959863533&amp;postID=4455156557121895841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/4455156557121895841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/4455156557121895841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/2012/02/fwd-bangla-vision-us-sends-drones-over.html' title='Fwd: [bangla-vision] U.S. Sends Drones over Syria as Fighting Spreads'/><author><name>Palash Biswas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07741662018019801640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054889382959863533.post-2404649170940018562</id><published>2012-02-20T10:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T10:04:16.754-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Protest Rally by Indian Youth (DUSU) and SFT-India to condemn the human rights violation in Tibet</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;---------- Forwarded message ----------&lt;br&gt;From: &lt;b class="gmail_sendername"&gt;SFT Delhi&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;a href="mailto:sftdelhi@gmail.com"&gt;sftdelhi@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:35 PM&lt;br&gt; Subject: Protest Rally by Indian Youth (DUSU) and SFT-India to condemn the human rights violation in Tibet&lt;br&gt;To: Spalgon Kanji &amp;lt;&lt;a href="mailto:spalo.kanji@gmail.com"&gt;spalo.kanji@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt;Dear Sir/Madam,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt;This is to inform you that tomorrow &lt;b&gt;'Delhi University Students Union (DUSU)' &lt;/b&gt;in coordinationwith &lt;b&gt;Students for a Free Tibet –India &lt;/b&gt;will hold a strong protest action at Delhi University North Campus to highlight the Self-immolation Issue in Tibet and Chinese military crackdown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial"&gt;So far more than two dozen Tibetans in Tibet have torched their bodies and a dozen others died under the Chinese open fire calling for freedom in Tibet and return of the Dalai Lama from exile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial"&gt;Most recent self-immolation case happened yesterday, an 18 year old teenaged Tibetan, Named Nangdrol set himself on fire in Amdo Ngaba, the nerve centre of almost all the Tibetan self-immolations in the recent months&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt;Date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;background-image:initial"&gt;: Tuesday, 21st Feb 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;span style="background-image:initial"&gt;Time: 11am to 12 noon&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="background-image:initial"&gt;Organised by: Delhi University Students Union and Students for a Free Tibet-India&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="background-image:initial"&gt;Venue: March will start from (Delhi University North Campus) Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station to Arts faculty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt;Press Contact:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt;Dorjee Tseten (National Director of Students for a Free Tibet-India): 9911521009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"&gt;Priya (Delhi University Student and SFT-Delhi Chapter leader): 9958866153&lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;Regards,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SFT Delhi,&lt;br&gt;C/O Students for a Free Tibet,&lt;br&gt;12/14 Chushi Gangdruk Complex,&lt;br&gt;Majnu-Ka-Tila, &lt;br&gt;Delhi - 110054&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sftdelhi" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"&gt;www.facebook.com/sftdelhi&lt;/a&gt;  | &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/sftdelhi" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"&gt;www.twitter.com/sftdelhi&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://www.sftdelhi.wordpress.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"&gt;www.sftdelhi.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.sftindia.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"&gt;www.sftindia.org&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"&gt;www.studentsforafreetibet.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-- &lt;br&gt;Palash Biswas&lt;br&gt;Pl Read:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4054889382959863533-2404649170940018562?l=singurrevolts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/feeds/2404649170940018562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4054889382959863533&amp;postID=2404649170940018562' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/2404649170940018562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/2404649170940018562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/2012/02/fwd-protest-rally-by-indian-youth-dusu.html' title='Fwd: Protest Rally by Indian Youth (DUSU) and SFT-India to condemn the human rights violation in Tibet'/><author><name>Palash Biswas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07741662018019801640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054889382959863533.post-4659404209566626225</id><published>2012-02-20T10:03:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T10:03:43.641-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Today's Exclusives - Killing of Kerala seafarers in cold blood, the colonials strike again! (Part 3)</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;---------- Forwarded message ----------&lt;br&gt;From: &lt;b class="gmail_sendername"&gt;Moneylife&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;a href="mailto:noreply@moneylife.in"&gt;noreply@moneylife.in&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:53 PM&lt;br&gt; Subject: Today&amp;#39;s Exclusives - Killing of Kerala seafarers in cold blood, the colonials strike again! (Part 3)&lt;br&gt;To: &lt;a href="mailto:palashbiswaskl@gmail.com"&gt;palashbiswaskl@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;              &lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; 	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDUU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;View this message in your browser&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDUE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;View this message in your mobile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; 	     &lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; 	 &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="800"&gt; 	&lt;tbody&gt; 		&lt;tr&gt; 			&lt;td&gt; 				&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="664"&gt; 					&lt;tbody&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;div align="center"&gt; 									&lt;img alt="" height="66" width="665"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td&gt; 												&lt;div align="right"&gt; 													20 February 2012&lt;/div&gt; 											&lt;/td&gt; 										&lt;/tr&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td&gt; 												&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="605"&gt; 													&lt;tbody&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;Moneylife Exclusive&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																	&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt; Killing of Kerala seafarers in cold blood—the colonials strike again! (Part 3)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																	&lt;strong&gt;Veeresh Malik&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																	&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;Thanks to the government&amp;#39;s attitude towards the whole episode, there appears to be a huge cover-up underway when by right the two captains of Enrica Lexie along with the six armed mercenaries and the watch-keeping officer, who happened to be an Indian national chief officer, should have been hauled away for obstructing justice and attempting to flee the scene of a crime as well as destroying evidence. Shame on us as a country for watching on while the colonials strike again&amp;quot;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 													&lt;/tbody&gt; 												&lt;/table&gt; 											&lt;/td&gt; 										&lt;/tr&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td align="center"&gt; 												 &lt;/td&gt; 										&lt;/tr&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="605"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td scope="col"&gt; 												&lt;div align="left"&gt; 													&lt;span&gt;Other ML Exclusives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 											&lt;/td&gt; 										&lt;/tr&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td&gt; 												&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="605"&gt; 													&lt;tbody&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDVU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Air India finally admits that it gave bigger plane to Praful Patel&amp;#39;s family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDVU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;The loss-making public carrier widened its losses by running with less seats while accommodating the minister&amp;#39;s family, which was termed as &amp;#39;impropriety and favouritism in aborting the flight on the behest of an influential person or persons in violation of the rules&amp;#39; by the CIC...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDVE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Market in 8th week; its 50:50&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDVE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Will the market rally for the 8th week? Toss a coin...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDV01QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Anti-graft lessons for Anna from Hong Kong - Part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDV01QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Till the early seventies of the previous century, Hong Kong was much like India, a cesspool of graft and bribery, probably one of the most corrupt cities in the world. Hong Kong today has been transformed into one of the cleanest places in the world...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDVk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Exponential rise sees the Nifty hitting the Wolfe Wave Pattern target&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDVk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;A bearish candle in the next couple of days would also signal that the Nifty is ripe for at least a small correction as we have seen a stupendous rise for the 7th week in a row. it would be prudent to book profits because &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s better to be safe than sorry&amp;quot; in the short-term...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;.....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDWU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Chinese Roll Over&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDWU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;The great thing about the state-controlled lenders is that they do what they are told. In this case they have been told not to try and collect the loans, just roll them over. If there is no panic and no one actually tries to collect the loans, then there is no reason to believe that their value has declined...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;.....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDWE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Andhra minister shifts exam centre for son&amp;#39;s wedding reception!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcDWE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;This is not the first time, Dharmana Prasada Rao, minister for roads and buildings in Andhra Pradesh, has intimidated people from Srikakulam district, and yet there is no action...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;.....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAUU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Bajaj Allianz Women Critical Illness Plan – Does gender-specific cover help?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAUU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;While the concept is appealing, most of what is covered is also available in a regular critical illness product. The new product is neither inexpensive nor does it offer lifelong renewal...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;.....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt; 																	&lt;tbody&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAUE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;Truth is dangerous and hence it is silenced&amp;quot;: The Journalist and the Jihadi –The Murder of Daniel Pearl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																		&lt;tr&gt; 																			&lt;td&gt; 																				&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																					&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAUE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;The movie compares and contrasts Pearl&amp;#39;s life with that of one of the terrorist, Omar Sheikh, also the mastermind for his killing. Where Pearl sought to bring people together through his work, Sheikh took a path that led to religious extremism...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  																			&lt;/td&gt; 																		&lt;/tr&gt; 																	&lt;/tbody&gt; 																&lt;/table&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;span&gt;.....................................................................................................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td height="18"&gt; 																&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																	&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Personal finance today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAQQEUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;- &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAU01QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;IBA for strict norms on education loans under management quota&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAQQEUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;- &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Public sector banks cut home loan rates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAQQEUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;- &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAVU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Indian Bank introduces account portability facility&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 													&lt;/tbody&gt; 													&lt;tbody&gt; 													&lt;/tbody&gt; 												&lt;/table&gt; 											&lt;/td&gt; 										&lt;/tr&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="605"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td&gt; 												At a Glance&lt;/td&gt; 										&lt;/tr&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td&gt; 												&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="605"&gt; 													&lt;tbody&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td width="60"&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAVE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" title="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;Oil ministry orders probe into Petronet LNG&amp;#39;s Qatar contract &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAV01QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" title="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;SC ruling on 2G will affect other sectors: Telecom minister &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAVk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" title="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;DGCA summons Kingfisher officials; govt say no bailout &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAWU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" title="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;Italian naval guards to be produced before local magistrate &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcAWE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" title="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;Oil jumps to 9-month high after Iran cuts supply to Britain, France &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 													&lt;/tbody&gt; 												&lt;/table&gt; 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															&lt;td height="20"&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAQsBUU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;- &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcBUU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Essar Oil reports revenues of Rs13,897 crore for Q3 FY11-12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td height="20"&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAQECUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;- &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcBUE1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;CRISIL&amp;#39;s annual net profit at Rs186.51 crore in FY11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td height="20"&gt; 																&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAQECUk1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;- &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAcBU01QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" target="_blank"&gt;GIPL develops smart phone based surveillance, tracking system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 													&lt;/tbody&gt; 												&lt;/table&gt; 											&lt;/td&gt; 										&lt;/tr&gt; 									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								 &lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="657"&gt; 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									&lt;/tbody&gt; 								&lt;/table&gt; 							&lt;/td&gt; 						&lt;/tr&gt; 						&lt;tr&gt; 							&lt;td&gt; 								&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"&gt; 									&lt;tbody&gt; 										&lt;tr&gt; 											&lt;td&gt; 												&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="605"&gt; 													&lt;tbody&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																 &lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 															&lt;td&gt; 																&lt;div align="left"&gt; 																	&lt;a href="http://m3server.mailserv.in/moneylife/lt.php?id=Lk4BAAABWU1QCwZdSQcEB1sCWxhJBVoERFEEDUNOVUoNXnBSXlcIXUxbWQk%3D" title="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Killing of Indian seafarers in cold blood off Kerala—the case of the St Anthony and Enrica Lexie (Part 2)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  															&lt;/td&gt; 														&lt;/tr&gt; 														&lt;tr&gt; 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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4054889382959863533-4659404209566626225?l=singurrevolts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/feeds/4659404209566626225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4054889382959863533&amp;postID=4659404209566626225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/4659404209566626225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/4659404209566626225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/2012/02/fwd-todays-exclusives-killing-of-kerala.html' title='Fwd: Today&apos;s Exclusives - Killing of Kerala seafarers in cold blood, the colonials strike again! (Part 3)'/><author><name>Palash Biswas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07741662018019801640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054889382959863533.post-835115192678227301</id><published>2012-02-20T08:03:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T08:03:23.658-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The madness of queen Mamata!নিন্দায় বিশ্বাস করি না, ‘জবাব’ মমতার!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.1904392084106803" style="font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The madness of queen Mamata!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;নিন্দায় বিশ্বাস করি না, 'জবাব' মমতার!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Indian Holocaust My Father`s Life and Time - EIGHT Hundred FIVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Palash Biswas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://indianholocaustmyfatherslifeandtime.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,153);background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://indianholocaustmyfatherslifeandtime.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://indianholocaustmyfatherslifeandtime.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,153);background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://indianholocaustmyfatherslifeandtime.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,153);background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://basantipurtimes.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,153);background-color:rgb(246,246,246);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://basantipurtimes.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;h2 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.co.in/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;ct2=in%2F0_0_s_6_0_t&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF2PzlS3NgGIZSMNMdtyuR8hcSCxg&amp;amp;did=a173120afefda5fc&amp;amp;sig2=rQPB_EvJeYZWMh4EamYoDQ&amp;amp;cid=8797804253190&amp;amp;ei=XmlCT-ieIobTrQfEcw&amp;amp;rt=MORE_COVERAGE&amp;amp;vm=STANDARD&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Fkolkatas-park-street-rape-case-10-big-facts-177930"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(85,26,139);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Kolkata&amp;#39;s Park Street rape case: 10 big facts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(119,119,119);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;NDTV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; - ‎6 hours ago‎&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has been caught in a controversy of her own making in West Bengal over a rape that left Kolkata cold. 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&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.google.co.in/news/more?hl=en&amp;amp;gl=in&amp;amp;q=mamata+banerjee&amp;amp;gs_sm=1&amp;amp;gs_upl=22062l23529l0l26474l6l6l0l2l2l0l181l517l0.3l3l0&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;ncl=dAmHOCkHozupDaM5xbPO5H2EOipMM&amp;amp;ei=y2hCT7XIEM7NrQftiOi-Bw&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=news_result&amp;amp;ct=more-results&amp;amp;resnum=3&amp;amp;ved=0CDcQqgIwAg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.co.in/news/story?gl=in&amp;amp;pz=1&amp;amp;cf=all&amp;amp;ned=in&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;q=mamata+banerjee&amp;amp;ncl=dAmHOCkHozupDaM5xbPO5H2EOipMM&amp;amp;rfilter=4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,136,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;All related videos »&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Livemint opines so!We dare not consider the arguement at all! But the whimsical administrative style of Mamata has made things worse than earlier, it must be admitted. She is the head of the Government! How she denies the responsiblity in every matter whatsoever? Let it be childrens` death, farmers`s suicide, economic Crisis and simply day to day law and order problem. More amazing is the attitude of Bengali Intelligentsia which defends everything Mamata says! The media and intelligentsia do not Favour Mamata as it seems. This illogical defence of erring Chief Minister would make the Most populist CM most Unpopular very soon. The Brigade Rally last day showcases the wall writing and it may not be covered up with any Blue Paint! The ParcK Circus Rape case turns very ridiculous at the cost of the Victim as well as an efficient IAS officer DAMAYANTI Sen. Who acted like a Tigress to prove Mamata wrong and is said to be Delhi Bound very soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bnaerjee is meeting top police officials in Kolkata to discuss Park Street rape case. Mamata had earlier claimed that the incident was a &amp;quot;fabricated story&amp;quot; intended to malign her government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, Feb 20 is meeting the top police officials to discuss the Park Street rape case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Mamata is meeting City Police Commissioner Damayanti Sen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The opposition party, CPM had cristicised Mamata over her comments on the rape case. She had earlier dismissed the case calling it a fabricated story intended to harm her government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Meanwhile the Left, Congress have demanded an apology from Mamata. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;On Feb 5, 2012, the 37-year-old woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint after five men offered her lift outside a night club at Park Street.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="596"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(173,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;ধর্ষণ-কাণ্ড: মহাকরণে মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর সঙ্গে জরুরি বৈঠক&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;পার্ক স্ট্রিটে ধর্ষণ কাণ্ডের বিষয় নিয়ে মহাকরণে মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর সঙ্গে পুলিশ কর্তাদের বৈঠক। সেখানে উপস্থিত ছিলেন পুলিশ কমিশনার রঞ্জিত কুমার পচনন্দা, বিশেষ কমিশনার শিবাজি ঘোষ, যুগ্ম কমিশনার (সদর) জাভেদ শামিম ও যুগ্ম কমিশনার (অপরাধ) দময়ন্তী সেন। মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর সঙ্গে বৈঠক শেষে সাংবাদিকদের মুখোমুখি হলেন কলকাতা পুলিশের যুগ্ম কমিশনার (সদর) জাভেদ শামিম ও গোয়েন্দা প্রধান দময়ন্তী সেন। জাভেদ শামিম জানান, সাম্প্রতিক একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ঘটনার প্রেক্ষিতে মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর সাক্ষাৎ চেয়েছিলেন তাঁরা, পুলিশ কমিশনার রঞ্জিতকুমার পচনন্দার মাধ্যমে। মুখ্যমন্ত্রী সময় দেওয়ায় তাঁর সঙ্গে জরুরি বৈঠকে বসেন কলকাতা পুলিশের উচ্চ পদস্থ কর্তারা। সেখানে পার্ক স্ট্রিটের ঘটনাটি নিয়ে বিস্তারিত আলোচনা হয়। এর পরেই যুগ্ম কমিশনার জানান, কলকাতা পুলিশ তার ঐতিহ্য মেনেই একটি 'টিম' হিসেবে কাজ করে। কোনও ব্যক্তির ভূমিকা বা কোনও গোষ্ঠীকে বড় করে দেখানোর ব্যাপার নেই এবং এখানে একা কেউ কোনও সিদ্ধান্ত নেন না। তদন্ত নিয়ে মুখ্যমন্ত্রী কোনও মন্তব্য করেননি বলে জানিয়েছেন যুগ্ম কমিশনার। এর পরেই সামনে আসেন দময়ন্তী সেন। কার্যত পার্ক স্ট্রিটের ওই ঘটনা নতুন দিকে মোড় নেওয়ার পর সংবাদমাধ্যমের ভূমিকায় বিরক্তি প্রকাশ করেন তিনি। পার্ক স্ট্রিটে ধর্ষণ কাণ্ডের কিনারা করতে তাঁর 'সদর্থক' ভূমিকা নিয়ে সংবাদমাধ্যমে প্রকাশিত খবরের পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে গোয়েন্দাপ্রধান স্পষ্টত জানিয়ে দেন, ব্যক্তিগত ভাবে তিনি কিছু করেননি। কলকাতা পুলিশের কর্মী হিসেবে কাজ করেছেন। তদন্ত এখনও শেষ হয়নি। কাজেই সংবাদমাধ্যমে এই ধরনের সংবাদে তদন্ত ব্যহত হচ্ছে। মূলত এই বিষয়েই কথা বলতে তাঁরা মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর সঙ্গে দেখা করতে চেয়েছিলেন বলে জানিয়েছেন গোয়েন্দাপ্রধান। দময়ন্তী সেন আরও বলেন, ''আমি এক জন পেশাদার পুলিশ কর্মী, সেখানে ব্যক্তির কোনও ভূমিকা নেই। ভাল বা মন্দ সবটাই 'টিম'-এর কৃতিত্ব। আমরা একযোগে কাজ করে থাকি।'' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20sironam.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.anandabazar.com/20sironam.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Police cracked the case after they studied the CCTV footage of the parking lot of the hotel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;On Sunday, the Kolkata police arrested the 3 accused, who were involved in the case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Explaining her story, the victim said that her family supported her to come with out the truth. &amp;quot;To bring out the story I had to speak a thousand times, but I didn&amp;#39;t care as long as the truth came out. I was so defenseless. But today I see the support for me. We need to talk about it. We must talk about this, it&amp;#39;s important. There are a lot of animals out there,&amp;quot; she said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;And added, &amp;quot;I never wanted to go to the police or talk about it. I wanted to bury it in my heart. But my daughters, my family explained to me. I am so angry. I am not ashamed, I am angry that they can do this and get away with this. But I am glad they now know they can&amp;#39;t.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday to demand financial package for the state. Mamata has been demanding a package from the Centre claiming she inherited a treasury which was in shambles from the previous left-ruled government. The National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) matter may also be discussed. This meeting comes barely days after the Trinamool Congress chief wrote to the Prime Minister opposing the anti-terror body, claiming it would undermine the federal structure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Mamata had opposed the NCTC claiming that it usurped the powers of states.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;NCTC is Home Minister P Chidambaram&amp;#39;s pet project, and comes into effect from the beginning of the next month. However, with the allies not willing, the government may have to go for further consultations, especially as Parliament meets for the Budget session in March, and the UPA would surely want to avoid a Lokpal-like impasse on the floor of the House.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Taking on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for describing the Park Street car rape as &amp;#39;contrived,&amp;#39; Leader of the Opposition Surya Kanta Mishra today said such statements were intended to scuttle the process of law from taking its own course. &amp;#39;&amp;#39;The chief minister is making such statements so that the law cannot take its own course,&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Mishra told newsmen. Even as investigation into the case was on, Banerjee had said on February 16 that the incident was fabricated and intended to malign her government. During a press conference on the same day, city Police Commissioner R K Pachnanda had said that there were inconsistencies in the victim&amp;#39;s statement. A team of investigators, led by Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Damayanti Sen, was, however, able to crack the case, arresting on Saturday night three youths who had reportedly confessed to the crime. &amp;#39;&amp;#39;After the chief minister&amp;#39;s statement, the commissioner also washed his hands of the matter and spoke in line with the chief minister. If such statements are made, it will hamper the process of law that begins after a crime is committed,&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Mishra said. He claimed that no officer employed with the government, who has some self respect, wanted to remain in the state after the new government took over. The government had not been able to provide security to the victim and her two children, Mishra said. &amp;#39;&amp;#39;I think as a woman, the chief minister should have found out from the victim either herself or through a representative what actually happened,&amp;#39;&amp;#39; he said. Meanwhile, the South Kolkata District Congress organised a procession around Park Street protesting against the incident and the general deterioration of law and order in the city. Led by Congress councillor Mala Roy, the processionists demanded an apology from the chief minister for describing the incident as &amp;#39;fabricated,&amp;#39; and resignation of the police commissioner for making statements about the victim even before the probe was completed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;However, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;a Kolkata Police woman officer,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Damayanti-Sen"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Damayanti Sen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; credited in the media with solving a case of an Anglo-Indian woman&amp;#39;s gangrape early this month, on Monday scotched talks of a division within the police ranks and shared the honours with her team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&amp;quot;Several newspapers have been reporting that I have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;been working on the case as an individual, going against my organisation. This is absolutely false. I have been successful only because of my team. This is not my individual success,&amp;quot; said joint commissioner of police (Crime) Damayanti Sen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Three suspects were arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping the 37-year-old in a moving car on February 6.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sen, with joint commissioner of police (Headquarters) Jawed Shamim, rushed to the state secretariat Writers&amp;#39; Buildings on Monday to &amp;quot;clarify&amp;quot; her position to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&amp;quot;The investigation is still on and we are yet to arrest more accused persons. But more than the probe, my personal life has become important for the media which I feel very disturbed about. I wanted to clarify this to the CM (Banerjee). So I came here, met her and clarified,&amp;quot; Sen said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;A newspaper, while crediting her with solving the case, had described how she juggled between being a wife, a mother and an adept police officer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sen, who joined the Indian Police Service in 1996 and became the first woman officer to head the detective department of Kolkata Police, said she was &amp;quot;extremely disturbed&amp;quot; by media reports about her personal life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&amp;quot;I have been working with my organisation since long and all my decisions have been collective. The case has nothing to do with me as an individual,&amp;quot; said Sen, referring to reports on differences within police ranks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;She also said that media reports were hampering investigation into the case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;A controversy arose after police chief RK Pachnanda, while briefing the media on Thursday on the complaint of the rape victim, termed the entire issue as a campaign to malign police and the government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Hours before Pachnanda&amp;#39;s media meet, Banerjee described the matter as &amp;quot;cooked up&amp;quot; and said it was an attempt to malign the government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sen, who earlier claimed that there were some &amp;quot;technical discrepancies&amp;quot; in the victim&amp;#39;s allegation, Friday said: &amp;quot;Something must have occurred in the early hours of Feb 6 and police are thoroughly investigating all aspects.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;On Saturday, after police arrested three people in the case, Sen replied in the affirmative when asked whether the victim had been &amp;quot;raped&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Some newspapers and television channels claimed that Sen worked almost without a break for three days, with assistance from Shamim, to solve the case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Shamim also said there was no groupism in police. &amp;quot;Let me tell you there is no such groupism. Kolkata Police work like a family and the decisions are taken collectively,&amp;quot;  he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,29,29);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The victim, a mother of two, had complained that she was raped at gunpoint on February 6 inside a moving car. She lodged the complaint on February 9.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; The state, already feeling the pangs of an exodus of senior government officials, is set to receive another blow with joint commissioner of police (crime) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Damayanti-Sen"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Damayanti Sen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; applying to go on a central government deputation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Swati-Sengupta.cms"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Swati Sengupta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; reports for Times of India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sen, who has been lauded for leading the team that cracked the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Park-Street-car-rape-case"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Park Street car rape case&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; with unmatched aplomb, has already applied for a position. She now joins the club of joint commissioner (headquarters) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Jawed-Shamim"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Jawed Shamim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;and Special IG and DIG (Midnapore Range) Vineet Goyal, who are waiting to go on a central deputation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Shamim and Sen have been with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kolkata-Police"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Kolkata Police&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;for many years now. Shamim, an IPS officer of the 1995 batch, was deputy commissioner (detective department ) before he took over as the Joint CP (headquarters). Sen, an officer of the 1996 batch, was deputy commissioner of the north division before she took over as the DC (DD). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The exact reason why Damayanti Sen, Jawed Shamim and Vineet Goyal have applied for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/central-deputation"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;central deputation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; is not known. But officers do apply for such posts from time to time and IPS officers before the rank of IG have to compulsorily go on central deputation. If they are not released by the state, then the state government needs to write to the Central government informing the authorities about it. It is however, relatively uncommon for officers in such key and challenging positions to apply for central posts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;What is particularly interesting is the fact that the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Mamata-Banerjee"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Mamata Banerjee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; government has sent a strong message across that there is acute shortage of officers and hence the state is not keen on allowing any officer to leave the state. Not only that, the state government has especially requested the Union home ministry to release two IPS officers from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/West-Bengal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;West Bengal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; - Rajesh Kumar Yadav and Suman Bala Sahoo - from central deputation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;After receiving the applications, the Centre has sent letters to the state government asking for its opinion on the matter and asked the applications to be routed to them through the state government. DGP Naparajit Mukherjee is expected to give his opinion on the matter soon. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/The-Situation"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The situation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; is rather volatile in light of the Park Street rape case where Sen stood by the victim even as many others, including the chief minister, were suspicious about the complainant&amp;#39;s statement. Whether the chief minister will allow Sen and the other officers to leave the state with all these factors taken together remains anyone&amp;#39;s guess.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Sen-applies-for-central-deputation/articleshow/11957468.cms"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Sen-applies-for-central-deputation/articleshow/11957468.cms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Views | The madness of queen Mamata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Under her Chief Ministership, West Bengal is beginning to resemble a Wonderland of some deranged Alice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;h3 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sandipan Deb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;If the people of West Bengal wanted change after 34 years of Left Front reign, they've certainly got it. The question is: Is this the change they wanted? Or even imagined in their wildest dreams?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5LYZfbbb8tmS7mEVqiGCpKBllrT2i9w5_pa0v4QrX1mF0C3cNpaO61ox4j61Eahc1sd7DEXjdaA0I21Kmlzp66H9qtF970ZX9HaQ_8E3CORPo1ey50" width="400px;" height="267px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The latest in the series of scandals that has been stalking Mamata Banerjee ever since she became chief minister is the alleged rape of a 37-year-old woman at gunpoint late at night in a moving car. Banerjee's first reaction was to say that it was all a Left Front plot to malign her government (in fact, almost everything bad that has happened during her rule has been a Left plot, according to her. More of that later.) Her transport minister, Madan Mitra, went even further. "She has two children and so far as I know she is separated from her husband," he told a TV channel, referring to the alleged rape victim. "What was she doing at a night club so late in the night?" This shameful remark should have been enough for him to get sacked, but nothing of the sort has happened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;If it was not tragic, one could find some irony in the fact that in 1993, Banerjee had staged a dharna in front of the chief minister's chamber in Writers' Building, the seat of the state government, with a hearing and speech-impaired girl, who had been raped and was pregnant. She was violently thrown out, and vowed never to enter Writers' Building again, as long as the Left was in power. She kept her promise, returning only when she became chief minister, 18 years later.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Does Mamata remember? One does not know, because her behaviour as CM has ranged from sheer paranoia to the undoubtedly bizarre. At the Kolkata Book Fair, recently, quite out of the blue, she compared books to wives ("gharer bou"), saying that neither should be lent out since they will be used before they are returned.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Harried by news of newborns dying in state hospitals—the number has crossed 50 in the last eight months—she came up with two priceless responses. One, that the baby death reports were rumours. And two—and this sounds so downright demented that I find it hard to believe she actually said this—that the babies were conceived during the Left Front rule.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;When farmers commit suicide, Mamata Banerjee is clear that one, it's not due to indebtedness, and two, even if there is any economic reason behind the suicides, Left Front policies are to blame. She has always blamed the Maoists for derailing the Gyaneshwari Express in 2010, leading to 149 deaths. But on Sunday, she suddenly decided that it was the CPI(M) which had been responsible, just to discredit her—she was then Union railways minister.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The Left Front, in its three-and-a-half decades of misrule, ruined West Bengal's economy, ran an extortion Raj all over the state, and ruthlessly used cadre violence to intimidate political opposition. It will be years before the state can shake off the effects of the Front's incredibly callous misrule. But blaming the Left for everything from mass murder to poor weather is not going to help.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The state needs investments. A video of Banerjee addressing industrialists and potential investors has become widely popular on YouTube and generated more belly-laughs than any three-hour Seinfeld marathon. She hunts down industrialists in the audience: "Mr Agarwal? Where is Mr Agarwal?" Mr Agarwal stands up, grinning obsequiously, embarrassed beyond words. "So, is your project happening?" Mr Agarwal, all thirty-two teeth on pathetic display, nods. "Good, good," says the chief minister. "Are my friends from Japan here?" Camera focuses on an unfortunate Japanese diplomat, face trying to register disbelief, politeness and a silent prayer for the earth to open up beneath his feet, all at the same time. "Will you invest?" in a hectoring tone. Yes, yes, the poor Nipponese nods vigorously. I'd give a thousand bucks to know the thoughts going on in the man's head at that point. "My friends from China, where are they?" she squints into the audience. The friends from China have been smart, they've given the occasion a miss.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Meanwhile, Rabindrasangeet plays at traffic lights. All schools were closed for two days—yes, not one, but two—to celebrate Tagore's death anniversary. The innocent water tanks in Kolkata's upper-middle-class Salt Lake—bus stops are named after the tanks, which have been used by residents for the last 40 years as landmarks to guide visitors—have all been rechristened: they are now Rabindranath tank, Khudiram Bose tank, Uttam Kumar tank, and so on. And last week, scaling some new height of pure unhinged-ness, Banerjee decreed that Kolkata's flyovers, park railings and official buildings should all be painted blue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;AFP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; reports: "Party insiders said blue was the favourite colour of the chief minister…and was also suggested in a new slogan for her government…'The sky is the limit'…Some police stations in Kolkata's suburbs, painted red since the days of the British Raj, have already received a fresh blue coat, while traffic signals, street signs and even streetside tree trunks are also in line for a makeover…City authorities are also planning to give tax breaks to private property owners who volunteer to embrace the new colour code... public vehicles including the city's fleet of 35,000 yellow taxis would also be part of the new colour scheme. 'We have plans to get private buses and taxis in the city painted in blue with a white border,' Mr (Madan) Mitra, (West Bengal transport minister) said." Yes, that's the same man who thinks women who have had a bad marriage and two children should not be visiting night clubs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Does the word "phantasmagoric" come to mind? Any budding magic realist author looking for some subversive inspiration should immediately move to Kolkata. It's all happening there!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.livemint.com/2012/02/20135703/Views--The-madness-of-queen-M.html?h=A1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.livemint.com/2012/02/20135703/Views--The-madness-of-queen-M.html?h=A1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;CPM the opposition on Sunday managed to do something that CPM the party in power could not do in decades. It left everyone guessing the strength of the crowd the party managed to pull at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Brigade-grounds"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Brigade grounds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;. While party leaders on the dais kept criticizing the chief minister and her government, those seated in front of them and the sea of people behind them kept playing the number game. None could zero in on the exact figure, but &amp;quot;close to 10 lakh&amp;quot; seemed to be the final consensus.Times of India Reports:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Even former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee could not suppress his excitement with the response the rally received on Sunday. &amp;quot;There have been numerous rallies at the Brigade while we were in power. But this one has surpassed them all,&amp;quot; he exclaimed. Bhattacharjee&amp;#39;s reaction could be corroborated by the fact that CPM&amp;#39;s Brigade rally - the first since April 22, 1977, when not in power - drew more people than those in recent years when government buses were deployed to ferry its supporters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;No wonder then, when senior leaders were almost mobbed, they soaked in the adulation with smiles and the traditional fisted salute. The turnout even prompted all speakers - party general secretary &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Prakash-Karat"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Prakash Karat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;, state secretary Biman Bose, Bhattacharjee and opposition leader Surjya Kanta Mishra - to stress in unison that it was impossible to wipe out the red flag from Bengal, despite the recent poll reverses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;If the scene on the Parade grounds was that of exultation, the same cannot be said for the central Kolkata roads. The meeting, which was managed with clock-work precision from 1:20 to 3pm, left the commuters red-faced. All major arterial roads leading to the Brigade remained clogged for hours till the anointed start of the meeting, to recede for a while and then remain inaccessible to normal motorists again in the later evening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The only difference this time, however, was that state buses were seen stranded on roads. During CPM regime, they were spotted parked around the ground, waiting to carry the supporters back home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;On Sunday, people walked, plied on matadors, SUVs and private buses top reach the venue since early morning. The roads - some even manned by CPM volunteers with cops in tow - remained off-bounds for commuters. Roads leading to Howrah and Sealdah remained clogged. Police had to divert some traffic to the arterial roads to ease the load, but that wasn&amp;#39;t enough.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;In Kona Expressway, a private bus carrying party cadres to the Brigade was hit by another, seriously injuring 12 people. The bus was packed with 60 people from Burdwan&amp;#39;s Jamalpur. Police said the injured were moved to the Howrah district hospital and the condition of five is stated to be critical. CPM&amp;#39;s Hooghly district secretary Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury alleged Trinamool supporters attacked CPM partymen heading for the rally. He even alleged that Hooghly zilla parishad chairperson Pradip Saha was attacked when he was bringing brick-kiln workers to Kolkata.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;CPM state secretary Biman Bose said party workers heading for the rally were attacked by Trinamool supporters in Hooghly&amp;#39;s Pandua. He even showed a letter written in an INTTUC unit letter head which reportedly asked partymen (read Trinamool) to stop CPM supporters from attending the meeting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;.Mishra chipped in, saying a bus carrying party supporters was attacked in Beliaghata which left six persons injured. They had to be hospitalized, he added. &amp;quot;I hope she is watching television on today. Else, it is difficult to get to her and inform her on such issues,&amp;quot; Mishra snapped.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/CPM-rallies-Kolkata-chokes/articleshow/11955716.cms"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/CPM-rallies-Kolkata-chokes/articleshow/11955716.cms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h1 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;I thank Damayanti Sen, she&amp;#39;s a tigress: Victim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Swati-Sengupta.cms"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Swati Sengupta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(153,153,153);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;, TNN | Feb 20, 2012, 01.47AM IST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;KOLKATA: She could be an inspiration for all the women who blame and curse themselves for being raped, who live a lifetime of trauma and cannot face the world again. The woman who was picked up from Park Street, raped in a car and dumped on Rabindra Sadan is shaken no doubt, but she still has the courage you may never have seen before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;She is glad her daughters will now be able to start going to school again after missing classes since the incident took place. Though she broke down several times at her south Kolkata residence on Sunday after seeing the photographs of the arrested, she brushed away her tears and put up a brave front all over again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Like a normal household where lunch is being eaten very late, there are brothers, sisters, friends, aunts and children in the house. A Spitz looks with awe at the sudden coming and going of so many people. But beyond that, the residents look very relieved that perhaps their worst nightmare is over, and they don&amp;#39;t need to plead people to believe them over and over again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&amp;quot;I have to thank (joint commissioner, crime) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Damayanti-Sen"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Damayanti Sen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; for her support, she is a tigress,&amp;quot; the woman says, breaking into a smile. But the trauma returns to haunt her as she recalls the episode at Park Street police station when she, prodded by her aunt, had gone to get a copy of the FIR, which was not initially given to her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Two officers were talking between themselves, as the woman and her aunt sat before them. &amp;quot;Chalo, nightclub chalte hai, daaro-varoo peete hai,&amp;quot; one officer told the other, recalled the woman. When the other officer said he was not keen on going, he allegedly said: &amp;quot;issi liye to tumhara koi girlfriend nahi hai, chalo phir beer hi pi lete hai&amp;quot;. She recalled the episode, saying she very well understood the sarcasm in it, because &amp;quot;that night I had had only beer and they were hinting at that.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The good thing is the immense support of her family and even her two daughters, aged 15 and 13. &amp;quot;Initially I did not want to go and file the complaint. But my whole family supported me and asked me to go to police,&amp;quot; she recalled. &amp;quot;For me, the only thing that mattered was that my family and my daughters know the truth. They knew when I came back and they gave me first aid.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;But they convinced her finally to go to the police station. &amp;quot;Had the case not been taken up by Lalbazar, I don&amp;#39;t know what would have happened,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;But Damayanti Sen believed me from the very first day. I broke down in her office, and she not only investigated the case, she also consoled me.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;She is hurt about the comments made by chief minister &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Mamata-Banerjee"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,103,151);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Mamata Banerjee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; about the fact that her complaint was a &amp;quot;fabricated story&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We are just common people who live our lives and follow government rules. How are we in a position to malign the government? And why should we?&amp;quot; she asked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;But beyond that she wouldn&amp;#39;t say anything else. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t want to get into any controversy over the chief minister&amp;#39;s comments. All I can say is that I am hurt.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The woman said that if the rape was shocking, what followed was even more gruesome. &amp;quot;All kinds of things were being said about me, there was mention of escort service and so on. As if it lay on me to prove that I am neither a sex worker nor working in escort service. Also, does it mean sex workers or those in escort service can be raped? If someone&amp;#39;s father has charges against him, then the daughter can be raped?&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(63,63,63);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Those questions, it is hoped, may be answered by those who raised them in the first place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/I-thank-Damayanti-Sen-shes-a-tigress-Victim/articleshow/11955660.cms"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/I-thank-Damayanti-Sen-shes-a-tigress-Victim/articleshow/11955660.cms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h2 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Mamata Banerjee calls CPI (M) 'liars' and 'looters'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(139,150,160);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Feb 20, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/firstpostin"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,83,124);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Follow @firstpostin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/firstpostin"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Howrah:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; Charging the CPI(M) with lying to the people of West Bengal throughout the 35 years of Left Front rule, Chief Minister &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/mamata-banerjee-profile-16017.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,83,124);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Mamata Banerjee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; on Sunday said that such a political party should not exist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"Such a political party should not exist. Throughout the Left Front rule of 35 years, it had lied to the people. During its rule, it has looted farmers, the future of unemployed youth and even the Nobel (medallion of Rabindranath Tagore)," Banerjee said while flagging off trains in presence of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi at the Howrah station.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;In an indirect reference to the CPI(M) rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds earlier in the day where party leaders called for making a comeback, she said, "they (CPI(M)) are talking of a comeback. They will never come back. The sooner they go, the sooner the people will feel relieved."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/D_40AgCeOKso8QtPrc_UO4Sl1OHUeJi7yi1jlL8hucpyJpQ41HltKN4wc8-ZRjI8I1U847ve5Uz8NAZhtP7kwhWHPaskgLXZ1Yn_3nRBuGFFFzndMak" width="507px;" height="380px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="margin-right:11pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Reuters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;She alleged that during her tenure as Railway Minister, the CPI(M) had sent some television channels to find fault with the Railways. "So every day, you would find news that a rat or a cockroach had been sighted in some compartment."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Without naming the CPI(M), she said in the same breath, "the Gyaneswari Express mishap was engineered and many people were killed. These are dangerous people."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Banerjee, who inaugurated six new express and passenger trains and formally announced introduction of nine express, passenger and local trains, said that with this, her budget assurance for 2011-12 has been fulfilled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"Many have said that the budget promises are a hoax. I tell them, all the promises have been fulfilled. To them, I say, talk after 35 years," she said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Accusing the erstwhile CPI(M)-led Left Front government of leaving a debt burden of over Rs 2 lakh crore on her government, Banerjee said that for every rupee earned, 94 paise was spent on paying interest and salaries and only 6 paise was left for development work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"But where there is a will, there is a way. I have, for example, assured that teachers are paid their salaries on the first of every month through banks. Earlier, no one knew where the money went. There was no accountability and no audit," the chief Minister said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Stating that the new terminal building of the NSC Bose International Airport would be completed by March and handed over in April, she said that the state government had received a number of Expressions of Interest on helicopter and light aircraft services to connect Haldia, Sunderbans, Darjeeling, Bolpur and Durgapur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi stressed the importance of ensuring safety in the railways and said that the common man must also be more alert in helping the railways maintain safety.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Trivedi said he was personally monitoring the progress of work for the metro railway extension projects in the state.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"Once the manufacturing units like Kanchrapara and Kulti come up in the next five or six years, a new Bengal will emerge," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(38,38,38);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;PTI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="602"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; 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&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20cal1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;নিজস্ব সংবাদদাতা • কলকাতা&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/PcwEMEbWWJnVypSYZm3ZHg4_gYOMxx3EjyfTJK4icZVYlq_mr0ZGBdgEObklCTxV78Lo6qcdbn6xZjrv6iQ19B24gWteUT4DnsqWuf8LWWL3wOdBJ5k" width="133px;" height="73px;"&gt;*&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20cal1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;প্রাক্তন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী বুদ্ধদেব ভট্টাচার্য উচ্ছ্বসিত, "এত বড় জমায়েত অতীতে কখনও হয়নি!" বিরোধী দলনেতা সূর্যকান্ত মিশ্রের মন্তব্য, "আমাদের সরকার নেই। কিন্তু ব্রিগেড আছে! আপনারা আছেন। আপনারা আছেন বলেই আমরা আছি!" উপচে-পড়া ব্রিগেড দেখে সাংসদ মইনুল হাসান বা ছাত্র-নেতা ঋতব্রত বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় রবিবার বিকাল থেকেই স্যোসাল নেটওয়ার্কিং সাইটে সমাবেশের ছবি 'আপলোড' করতে আরম্ভ করেছেন! 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'ঘরোয়া' হিসেবে আলিমুদ্দিনের লক্ষ্য ছিল, ১০ লক্ষ। কিন্তু সিপিএম নেতৃত্বের দাবি, সেই লক্ষ্য ছাপিয়ে গিয়েছে। দলীয় কর্মসূচির খতিয়ানে 'দড়', কলকাতা জেলার নেতা রবীন দেবের দাবি, "১৫ লক্ষ লোক হয়েছিল। এত দিন ১৯৯২ সালের ২৯ নভেম্বরের ব্রিগেড সমাবেশকেই বৃহত্তম বলে জানতাম। কিন্তু এ দিনের ভিড় তাকেও ছাপিয়ে গিয়েছে!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বিস্তারিত...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20cal1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; 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&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20desh1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;এ বার জাতীয় সন্ত্রাস দমন কেন্দ্র নিয়েও মনমোহন-সরকারকে হোঁচট খেতে হবে কি না, সেই প্রশ্ন উঠে গেল। মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের নেতৃত্বে যে ভাবে এক ডজন রাজ্যের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী রাজ্যের অধিকারে কেন্দ্রের হস্তক্ষেপ নিয়ে সরব হয়েছেন, তাতে সরকারেরই একটা বড় অংশ মনে করছে, এত জন মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর আপত্তির বাধা কাটিয়ে এগোনো সম্ভব হবে না। প্রকাশ্যে এখনও সকলেই বলছেন, মুখ্যমন্ত্রীদের সব রকম আশঙ্কা দূর করার চেষ্টা হবে। কিন্তু ঘরোয়া স্তরে তাঁরাই যুক্তি দিচ্ছেন, কেন্দ্রীয় স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী পি চিদম্বরমের প্রস্তাবিত এই কেন্দ্র নিয়ে প্রথম থেকেই কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রিসভার অনেকের আপত্তি ছিল। তাই জন্যই বছর তিনেক ধরে এই প্রস্তাব ঝুলে রয়েছে। এ বার বিভিন্ন রাজ্যের মুখ্যমন্ত্রীরা আপত্তি তোলায় নতুন করে ভাবতে হবে কেন্দ্রকে। দেশের অভ্যন্তরীণ নিরাপত্তা মজবুত করতে সন্ত্রাস দমনে নিযুক্ত সমস্ত সংস্থাকে এক ছাতার তলায় নিয়ে আসার পরিকল্পনা করেছিলেন কেন্দ্রীয় স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী। তারই ফলশ্রুতি জাতীয় সন্ত্রাস দমন কেন্দ্র (এনসিটিসি)।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; 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&lt;img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pWa5EBUpWxRzQYL4EmzCS1EZyvjDY6vPjSaYmyc7TC2PTeO6KRzcdEymxkU24OxQliG_87iURhYJ_EiOZHlDdtYDAve9cCyny4EQ4QDSnp8D-dkSWBY" width="133px;" height="79px;"&gt;*&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20raj1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;সমাবেশ শেষ করে ব্রিগেডের মঞ্চ থেকে যখন নামছেন, নিরাপত্তা বেষ্টনী ভেদ করে মঞ্চের সিঁড়ির দখল নিয়েছে জনতা। রাজ্য সম্পাদক বিমান বসু অনুরোধ করছেন পথ করে দেওয়ার। মঞ্চের সিঁড়ির কয়েক ধাপ উপরে তখন প্রতীক্ষায় প্রকাশ কারাট। হাসি মুখে দেখছেন, বুদ্ধদেব ভট্টাচার্যকে নিয়ে সিপিএম-জনতার কী মাতামাতিই না চলছে! দৃশ্যটা প্রতীকী! কলকাতায় ২৩ তম রাজ্য সম্মেলন ও ব্রিগেড সমাবেশের অবসরে দলের সাধারণ সম্পাদক কারাট বসে দেখলেন, বঙ্গ সিপিএমে বুদ্ধবাবু এখনও 'অপরিহার্য'। সম্মেলনে প্রতিনিধিদের প্রবল সমালোচনার মুখে পড়তে হয়েছে প্রাক্তন মুখ্যমন্ত্রীকে। কিন্তু তিনিই যখন জবাবি ভাষণ শেষ করেছেন, উঠে দাঁড়িয়ে কুর্নিশ জানিয়েছে গোটা সম্মেলন-কক্ষ। নতুন রাজ্য কমিটি যখন তৈরি হয়েছে, কারাট দেখেছেন, বুদ্ধবাবুর আপত্তি অগ্রাহ্য করে 'অস্বচ্ছ' ভাবমূর্তির চার নেতা কিছুতেই সেখানে ঠাঁই পাননি। আর এ সবের শেষে বুদ্ধবাবু সাধারণ সম্পাদক এবং উপস্থিত পলিটব্যুরো সদস্যদের জানিয়ে দিয়েছেন, কেরলের কোঝিকোড়ে দলের আসন্ন পার্টি কংগ্রেসে তাঁর যাওয়ার সম্ভাবনা নেই।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বিস্তারিত...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 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&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/C8WVbole0ZF_GHYM3mSPHELfgGU88vM4E3dvaslevq7vXs2ktllS6uM8u-pqdDs455utTvL4YWxB0MwOj39Ex2NjlbpI6JvWmr4o0NARAUQv7Spy6OE" width="71px;" height="120px;"&gt;*&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20swasth1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;কেন্দ্র পৌনে তিন হাজার কোটি টাকা মঞ্জুর করা সত্ত্বেও আর্সেনিকের মোকাবিলায় রাজ্যে এত দিন কোনও কাজ হয়নি বললেই চলে। নতুন সরকার ক্ষমতায় এসেই বাংলার এই বিষ নামানোর বিষয়টিকে অগ্রাধিকার দিয়েছে। আর্সেনিকের বিরুদ্ধে সেই লড়াইয়ের অঙ্গ হিসেবেই একটি আন্তর্জাতিক প্রতিষ্ঠান তৈরি হতে চলেছে কলকাতায়। চিন, বাংলাদেশের মতো প্রতিবেশী দেশও চায়, ওই প্রতিষ্ঠান গড়া হোক এই শহরেই। তাদের সম্মতির পরেই রবিবার আর্সেনিক দমনের আন্তর্জাতিক আসরে ওই প্রতিষ্ঠান গড়ার সিদ্ধান্ত ঘোষণা করেন কেন্দ্রীয় পানীয় জল ও নিকাশি মন্ত্রী জয়রাম রমেশ। আপাতত প্রতিষ্ঠানটির নাম স্থির হয়েছে, 'ইন্টারন্যাশনাল সেন্টার ফর আর্সেনিক স্টাডিজ'। কী কাজ হবে ওই প্রতিষ্ঠানে? কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রী জানান, ওই প্রতিষ্ঠান জলে আর্সেনিকের উপস্থিতি নিয়ে সব ধরনের পরীক্ষানিরীক্ষা তো চালাবেই।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; 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&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20khela3.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;সংবাদসংস্থা • ব্রিসবেন&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/1lEqFsEi9XJ3zUD7TFBdkfCBQxtxwe9PPpzCRxn1NMSaiUFJthDxKAZg9vwuq9u51rdL8Wdv939Utuf45GXMpIld252KabzlE4EDp5BHonI9-vV8nAg" width="68px;" height="93px;"&gt;*&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20khela3.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বড় ব্যবধানে হার। অধিনায়কের এক ম্যাচ নির্বাসন। তৃতীয় আম্পায়ারের সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়ে বিভ্রান্তি। এর সঙ্গে যোগ হল নতুন বিতর্কও। গাব্বায় হারের পর রোটেশন নীতি সমর্থন করতে গিয়ে মহেন্দ্র সিংহ ধোনি বলে দিলেন, দলের তিন প্রধান ব্যাটসম্যানকে একসঙ্গে খেলানো হচ্ছে না কারণ ফিল্ডিংয়ে তাঁরা চটপটে নন। তাঁরা একসঙ্গে খেললে ফিল্ডিংয়ে অন্তত কুড়ি রান বেশি যাবে। ভারতীয় ব্যাটসম্যানদের উপর সেই বাড়তি কুড়ি রান তোলার চাপও তৈরি হবে। গাব্বায় অস্ট্রেলিয়ার কাছে ১১০ রানে হেরে উঠে সহবাগ-সচিন-গম্ভীরকে একসঙ্গে না খেলানো নিয়ে ভারত অধিনায়ক বলেছেন, "ওদের তিন জনকে একসঙ্গে খেলতে দেখতেই পারেন। কিন্তু তা হলে আমাদের ফিল্ডিংয়ে খুব বড় তফাত হয়ে যাবে। শুধু এই তিন জন নয়, দলের অনেকেই ফিল্ডিংয়ে স্লো। সে ভাবে দেখলে শুধু দু'তিন জন ভাল ফিল্ডার আছে।" ধোনির আরও ব্যাখ্যা, "বলছি না এরা খারাপ ফিল্ডার। কিন্তু এ রকম বড় মাঠে কিছুটা মন্থর হয়ে পড়ে। ওদের দিকে বল ঠেলে দিয়ে বিপক্ষ ফায়দা তুলতে চাইবে।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বিস্তারিত...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 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&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(198,99,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;খাওয়া-ঘুম নেই, এখনও কাটেনি আতঙ্ক&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;নিজস্ব সংবাদদাতা&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:48px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(198,99,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;স&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;ত্যিটা সামনে এসেছে ঠিকই। 'নৈতিক জয়'ও হয়েছে। কিন্তু মানসিক বিপর্যয় এখনও কাটেনি। রাতে ওষুধ খেয়েও ভাল ঘুম হয়নি। দুই মেয়েকে নিয়ে আতঙ্কে কুঁকড়ে রয়েছেন পার্ক স্ট্রিট-কাণ্ডের অভিযোগকারিণী। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;রবিবার সকালেও টিভিতে অপরাধীদের চেহারা দেখে ডুকরে কেঁদে উঠেছেন। যখনই একা থাকছেন ভয়ে সিঁটিয়ে শুয়ে থাকছেন। মাথার কাছে বসে মাকে ভরসা জোগাচ্ছে বছর চোদ্দোর বড় মেয়ে। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;ঠিকমতো খাওয়া দাওয়া করছেন? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;মহিলা বলেন, "খাওয়াদাওয়া করা এখনও আমার পক্ষে সম্ভব নয়। শ্বাসের একটা কষ্ট হচ্ছে। মাঝে মাঝে বুকে ব্যথাও করছে। সারা দিন মেয়েদের কাছে নিয়ে শুয়ে আছি। আমার বাড়ির বাইরে পুলিশ পাহারা আছে। তবু মায়ের মন তো! ভয় হচ্ছে বাচ্চারা যখন বাইরে বেরোবে বা স্কুলে যাবে তখন যেন ওদের উপরে কোনও হামলা না হয়।" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বাড়িতে তাঁর সঙ্গে রয়েছেন আত্মীয়রা। দাদা, বৌদি ছাড়াও রয়েছেন মাসি এবং এক ঘনিষ্ঠ বান্ধবী। তাঁরাই ভরসা জোগাচ্ছেন। সাহসিকতার তারিফ করছেন বার বার। বাড়ির বাচ্চারাও সারা ক্ষণ তাঁর মন ভাল করার চেষ্টায় আছে। আবার মেয়ের জীবনে একটা এত বড় দুর্ঘটনা ঘটে যেতে দেখে চরম অসুস্থ হয়ে পড়েছেন তাঁর বৃদ্ধা মা। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;এ দিন দুপুরে মহিলা জানান, ঘটনার দিন ভোর রাতে যখন তিনি বাড়ি ফেরেন, তখন বাড়িতে একমাত্র বড় মেয়েই জেগে ছিল। মাকে ওই অবস্থায় ফিরতে দেখে সে ভেঙে পড়ে। পরে ছোট মেয়ে ও মাকে ঘটনাটি বিস্তারিত জানান তিনি। তার পর চারটে দিন কেটেছে দমবন্ধ অবস্থায়। কী হবে? পুলিশের কাছে যাওয়া উচিত কি না, তা ভাবতে ভাবতে। অবশেষে মনোবল জুটিয়ে এক আত্মীয়কে সঙ্গে নিয়ে পার্ক স্ট্রিটে থানায় যান তিনি। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;অভিযোগকারিণী রবিবার বলেন, "সে দিন রাতে পার্ক স্ট্রিট থানায় কোনও মহিলা পুলিশ ছিলেন না। থানার দুই পুলিশ অফিসার, মণীশ সিংহ আর সৈকত নিয়োগীর অপমানেও ভেঙে পড়িনি। বরং আরও শক্ত হওয়ার চেষ্টা করেছি।" পরে কিন্তু অভিযুক্তদের পরিচয় ও ছবি নিয়ে নানা ধন্দ তৈরি হওয়ায় খানিকটা দিশেহারা লেগেছিল তাঁর। আতঙ্ক বাড়িয়েছিল রাতে ফোনের হুমকি। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বিয়ে হয়েছিল অল্প বয়সেই। কিন্তু স্বামীর সঙ্গে থাকেন না গত ১১ বছর। ওই মহিলা জানান, আইনত বিচ্ছেদ হয়নি তাঁদের। তাই যোগাযোগ আছে। বাচ্চাদের সঙ্গেও তাদের বাবা নিয়মিত যোগাযোগ রাখেন। স্ত্রী ও বাচ্চাদের খরচপাতির দায় তাঁরই। স্ত্রীর এই ঘটনা শুনে যদিও সামনে আসতে পারছেন না, কিন্তু দুশ্চিন্তায় ভুগেছেন, ঘনঘন ফোন করছেন বাচ্চাদের। স্ত্রীকেও ফোন করে মনোবলও জুগিয়েছেন। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;এই ঘটনার পরে আর নাইট ক্লাব যাবেন? তিনি বলেন, "কেন যাব না? আমার জীবন যাত্রা পাল্টাবো না।" তাঁর এক আত্মীয়া বলেন, "আমাদের পরিবারের মেয়েরা রাতে পার্ক স্ট্রিটে যায়। আমাদের সমাজে রাতে বাইরে যাওয়া বা মদ খাওয়ায় বাধা নেই। আমরা ছোট থেকে এ সবে অভ্যস্ত।" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;কথা বলতে বলতেই ছোট মেয়েকে কোলের কাছে টেনে নিলেন মহিলা। বললেন, "আমার এই পাগলি বড় হয়ে শিক্ষকতা করতে চায়। কারণ আমার বাবা, ঠাকুমা, মাসিরা সবাই স্কুলে পড়াতেন। বাবা ও ঠাকুমা তো কলকাতার নামী দু'টি স্কুলে পড়াতেন। ঠাকুমা প্রধান শিক্ষিকা ছিলেন। আমাদের পরিবার শিক্ষকের পরিবার।" তার পর হাল্কা হেসে বললেন, "বড় মেয়েটা আমাকে ভীষণ বোঝে। অনেকটা পথ আমি ওদের নিয়ে একলা লড়াই করেছি। ও বড় হয়ে ইন্টিরিয়ার ডিজাইনার হতে চায়।"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;তিনি বলেন, "আমার লড়াইটা এখনও একারই। লড়তে জানি। আমি ছোটবেলা থেকে মিশনারি বোর্ডিং স্কুলে পড়েছি। খাস কলকাতার বুকেই বড় হয়েছি। কলকাতাকে খুব ভাল করেই চিনি। কিন্তু এমন ঘটনা ঘটবে, এটা কখনও ভাবিনি। আমার মতো অনেক মেয়ে কলকাতার বুকে একা লড়াই করেন। তাঁদের কথাই ভাবছি। নিজের সঙ্গেও মেলাচ্ছি। আর তখনই আতঙ্কিত হয়ে পড়ছি।"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20cal3.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.anandabazar.com/20cal3.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="596"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(198,99,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;পার্ক স্ট্রিট কাণ্ডে মমতাকে বিঁধলেন বুদ্ধ-বিমান&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;নিজস্ব সংবাদদাতা&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:48px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(198,99,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;পা&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;র্ক স্ট্রিটে ধর্ষণের ঘটনায় সরাসরি মুখ্যমন্ত্রী তথা পুলিশমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়কে আক্রমণ করলেন সিপিএম নেতৃত্ব। মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা প্রথমে ঘটনাটি 'সাজানো' বলে মন্তব্য করেছিলেন। কিন্তু পুলিশই শনিবার জানায়, পার্ক স্ট্রিট থেকে তুলে নিয়ে গিয়ে এক মহিলাকে ধর্ষণের ঘটনাটি ঘটেছিল। তার পরেই 'উজ্জীবিত' প্রধান বিরোধী দল রবিবার ব্রিগেড সমাবেশের মঞ্চ থেকে সরাসরি মুখ্যমন্ত্রীকে নিশানা করেছে। মুখ্যমন্ত্রী নিজে মহিলা হয়েও তাঁর মন্তব্যে মহিলাদের অভিযোগের প্রতি 'অসংবেদনশীলতা' ধরা পড়েছে, এই 'বার্তা'ই জনমানসে তুলে ধরার চেষ্টা চালিয়েছেন সিপিএম নেতৃত্ব। বিরোধীদের প্রশ্নের মুখে সরকার যে যথেষ্ট 'অস্বস্তি'তে, তা-ও মন্ত্রিসভার গুরুত্বপূর্ণ সদস্য তথা তৃণমূলের মহাসচিব পার্থ চট্টোপাধ্যায়ের বক্তব্যে স্পষ্ট। তিনি এই বিষয়ে সরাসরি প্রশ্নের জবাব দিতেই চাননি।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;রাজ্যের সার্বিক আইনশৃঙ্খলা পরিস্থিতির অবনতির কথা বলতে গিয়েই এ দিন ব্রিগেডে পার্ক স্ট্রিট প্রসঙ্গ টানেন প্রাক্তন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী বুদ্ধদেব ভট্টাচার্য। তাঁর বক্তব্য, "সারা বাংলায় অরাজকতা চলছে। প্রতিদিন খুন হচ্ছে, ছিনতাই হচ্ছে, ডাকাতি হচ্ছে। পার্ক স্ট্রিটে যে ঘটনা ঘটেছে, কিছু না-জেনেই সরকার বলে দিলেন, কিছুই হয়নি! আগে তো জানবেন, কী হয়েছে!" স্বভাবসিদ্ধ ভাবে বুদ্ধবাবু মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর নাম না-করলেও তাঁর আক্রমণের লক্ষ্য যে মমতাই, প্রাক্তন মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর কথাতেই তা স্পষ্ট। এর সঙ্গেই বুদ্ধবাবুর মন্তব্য, "চার দিকে দাপিয়ে বেড়াচ্ছে সমাজবিরোধীরা! অপরাধীরা মনে করছে, এই সরকারটা আমাদেরই! যা চাও, করে নাও!" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;ব্রিগেডের মঞ্চ থেকেই সিপিএমের রাজ্য সম্পাদক বিমান বসুর বক্তব্য, "এখান থেকে বেশি দূরে নয়। পার্ক স্ট্রিটে কয়েক দিন আগে এক নারীর মর্যাদাহানি হয়েছে। সরকার প্রথমে বলছে, মিথ্যা কথা। বানানো গল্প! মিথ্যার ফানুস এখন ফুটো হয়ে গিয়েছে। মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মহিলা হতে পারেন। কিন্তু মহিলাদের আত্মসম্মান রক্ষায় তাঁর কোনও ভাবনা নেই।"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বিরোধী নেতাদের এই সমালোচনার জবাবে শিল্পমন্ত্রী পার্থবাবু এ দিন বলেন, "সব প্রশ্নের কি জবাব দেওয়া যায়? সব কথার পাল্টা বলতে হবে?" তবে একই সঙ্গে বুদ্ধবাবু-বিমানবাবুদের প্রতি পার্থবাবুর কটাক্ষ, "যাঁরা অভিযোগের আঙুল তুলছেন, তাঁরা নিজেদের দিকে আঙুলটা দেখান! অভিযুক্তরাই অভিযোগ করছে, এটাই হাস্যকর! তাই তো গোপাল ভাঁড়ের কথা বলছি!" প্রসঙ্গত, এ দিনই বিরোধী দলনেতা সূর্যকান্ত মিশ্রকে 'গোপাল ভাঁড়' আখ্যা দিয়েছেন পার্থবাবু। তৃণমূলের কোনও নেতাই ওই বিষয়ে মুখ খুলতে চাননি। তবে তদন্ত শেষের আগেই আগ বাড়িয়ে মুখ্যমন্ত্রী স্বয়ং ওই ঘটনাকে 'সাজানো' আখ্যা দেওয়ায় সরকারপক্ষ যে যথেষ্ট 'বিড়ম্বনায়', তা একান্ত আলোচনায় দল ও সরকারের একাধিক গুরুত্বপূর্ণ নেতা স্বীকার করেছেন। কিন্তু মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর কথার প্রেক্ষিতে ওই বিষয়ে কেউই কোনও মন্তব্য করে তাঁর 'বিরাগভাজন' হতে চাইছেন না।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20cal2.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.anandabazar.com/20cal2.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="596"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(173,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;রেলে থাকতে যা বলেছি সবই তো হল, দাবি মমতার&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;নিজস্ব সংবাদদাতা • কলকাতা&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:48px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(173,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;কা&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;জের কাজ হয় না। শুধু পরের পর নতুন ট্রেন-সহ রেল প্রকল্প ঘোষণা করেন বলে রেলমন্ত্রী থাকাকালীন সমালোচনা হত মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের। রবিবার রেলেরই এক অনুষ্ঠানে সেই সব কটাক্ষের জবাব দিয়ে মমতা দাবি করলেন, রেলমন্ত্রী থাকার সময় বাজেটে তিনি যা যা ঘোষণা করেছিলেন, তার সবই পূরণ করা হয়েছে। সেই জন্যই অন্য কাজ থাকা সত্ত্বেও তিনি এই অনুষ্ঠানে হাজির হয়েছেন বলে জানান মমতা।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;শুধু রেল নয়, আকাশপথেও চলাচল বাড়ানোর ব্যাপারে নিজেদের চিন্তাভাবনার কথা বলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী। তিনি জানান, কলকাতা থেকে রাজ্যের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ এলাকায় ছোট বিমান ও হেলিকপ্টার সার্ভিস চালু করার চেষ্টা হচ্ছে। এর জন্য অনেক ব্যবসায়ীই আগ্রহ প্রকাশ করেছেন। রাজ্য সরকার বিষয়টি যাচাই করছে। কলকাতা থেকে দুর্গাপুর, হলদিয়া, সুন্দরবন, দার্জিলিং, বোলপুরের মতো এলাকায় ওই সার্ভিস চালু করার চেষ্টা চলছে।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;হাওড়া স্টেশন সংলগ্ন প্রাঙ্গণে এ দিনের অনুষ্ঠানে পূর্ব ও দক্ষিণ-পূর্ব রেলের বেশ কয়েকটি নতুন ট্রেনের উদ্বোধন হয়। বিরোধীদের একহাত নিয়ে মুখ্যমন্ত্রী সেখানে বলেন, "নিন্দুকেরা বলেছিল, 'কিছুই হবে না।' কই, সবগুলোই তো হল! আমরা নিন্দুকের দলে নই। আমরা কাজের দলের পক্ষে। আর কাজের জন্য প্রচার দরকার নেই।" এ দিন দুই রেল মিলিয়ে ছ'টি নতুন প্যাসেঞ্জার ট্রেনের যাত্রার সূচনা করেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী। সেই সঙ্গে জানান, একটি এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনের যাত্রার দিন বাড়ানো হচ্ছে। এক্সপ্রেস, প্যাসেঞ্জার ও লোকাল মিলিয়ে ন'টি ট্রেন চালু হচ্ছে তিন-চার দিনের মধ্যেই। সম্প্রসারিত হচ্ছে একটি ইএমইউ ট্রেনের যাত্রাপথও। &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kqchy4PWQEMdjE167vkgfbF3q_1pRQs7mieHVtAEuUGhMYF6AiSuw4xDfeqXetewMf7skQrXMRmRj4L7GZau3UU2-yA52dyKhjOSH09EwsXwPXssZn4" width="191px;" height="293px;"&gt;*&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(173,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;হাওড়ায় রেলের অনুষ্ঠানে মুখ্যমন্ত্রী। রবিবার। ছবি: সুদীপ আচার্য্য&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;এ দিনের অনুষ্ঠানে রেলমন্ত্রী দীনেশ ত্রিবেদীও মঞ্চে উপস্থিত ছিলেন। তিনি ঘোষণা করেন, কলকাতার মেট্রো সম্প্রসারণ-সহ সব প্রকল্পের কাজ পাঁচ-ছ'বছরের মধ্যেই শেষ হয়ে যাবে। মমতা অবশ্য বক্তব্যের শুরুতেই মন্তব্য করেন, কাজ করতে চাইলে কম সময়েই কাজ করা যায়। তিনি বলেন, "এই যে নতুন কোনও প্রকল্পের জন্য সময় বেঁধে দেওয়া হয়, আমি মনে করি, এটা ভুল। কাজ করতে চাইলে ওই কাজ অনেক কম সময়েই শেষ করে ফেলা যায়।" দিঘা-তমলুক রেললাইনের উদাহরণ দিয়ে মমতা বলেন, "দীর্ঘদিন ধরে পড়ে ছিল ওই প্রকল্প। অনেক বাধাবিপত্তি সত্ত্বেও আমি সেটা মাত্র ন'মাসে শেষ করে দিয়েছি। আসলে কাজ করতে জানতে হয়।" মেট্রো সম্প্রসারণের কাজ কী ভাবে দ্রুত শেষ করা যায়, তা খতিয়ে দেখার জন্য মঞ্চে দাঁড়িয়েই রেলমন্ত্রীকে অনুরোধ করেন তিনি।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;যাত্রী এবং রেলের সার্বিক নিরাপত্তার বিষয়টিকে সব চেয়ে বেশি গুরুত্ব দেওয়া হচ্ছে বলে জানান রেলমন্ত্রী। তিনি মনে করেন, রেল বোর্ডেও 'মেম্বার-সেফটি' বা নিরাপত্তার জন্য একটি স্থায়ী সদস্যপদ রাখা দরকার। আয় বাড়ানোর জন্য থাকা উচিত আরও একটি স্থায়ী সদস্যপদ ('রেভিনিউ আর্নিং')। অনুষ্ঠানে কেন্দ্রীয় জাহাজ প্রতিমন্ত্রী মুকুল রায়, স্বাস্থ্য প্রতিমন্ত্রী সুদীপ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, মেয়র শোভন চট্টোপাধ্যায় এবং তিন রেলের জেনারেল ম্যানেজার উপস্থিত ছিলেন।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20raj3.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.anandabazar.com/20raj3.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="596"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(173,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;নিন্দায় বিশ্বাস করি না, 'জবাব' মমতার&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,128);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;নিজস্ব সংবাদদাতা • কলকাতা&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:48px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(173,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;রে&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;লের অনুষ্ঠান মঞ্চ থেকে ব্রিগেডে সিপিএমের অভিযোগের 'প্রত্যুত্তর' দিলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। বুদ্ধদেব ভট্টাচার্য, বিমান বসু, সূর্যকান্ত মিশ্রদের বক্তব্যকে কার্যত কোনও 'গুরুত্ব' না দিয়েই মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর দাবি, "আমরা নিন্দুকের দলে নই। নিন্দায় বিশ্বাস করি না। কাজই আমাদের সব কিছু।" তাঁর 'হাতিয়ার' কাজ, তা জানিয়ে মুখ্যমন্ত্রী বলেন, "আগে তো কোনও প্রকল্প হাতে নেওয়ার সময় বলা হত কাজ শেষ হতে পাঁচ-ছ'বছর লাগবে। পাঁচ বছরের কাজ আমরা ন'মাসে করে দেখিয়ে দিয়েছি। ইচ্ছে থাকলে পাঁচ বছরের কাজ এক বছরে করা যায়।"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;পরিবহণ কর্মীদের বেতন দিতে না-পারা নিয়ে রবিবার ব্রিগেডে রাজ্যের প্রাক্তন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী বুদ্ধদেববাবু যেমন অভিযোগ তুলেছেন, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FAYSqOs9UK8CD-XDMxhNQtKZxjznlf7uV70AjDE1RtYqV_2bf1PN-LKVz_q5EpPQv1pxeKOGqZNlWBRnBCrq9hU6q9JPG-ZCzDxpeVmzLTFYMWFm3TY" width="152px;" height="200px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বিরোধীদের প্রতি মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর স্পষ্ট 'বার্তা' "কুৎসা-অপপ্রচার করে কোনও লাভ হবে না। নিন্দুকের সিন্দুক নিয়ে চুপ করে বসে থাকুন। কোনও কথা বলবেন না। বাংলাকে যাঁরা পিছনের সারিতে নিয়ে গিয়েছেন, তাঁরা আবার সামনের সারিতে আসার চেষ্টা করবেন না! পিছনের সারিতেই থাকুন!" তাঁর আরও বক্তব্য, "এ রকম রাজনৈতিক দল থাকার প্রয়োজন নেই। শুধু বদনাম করা। ৩৫ বছরে কী হয়েছে? কৃষকদের ভবিষ্যৎ লুঠ, নোবেল লুঠ! সব লুঠ হয়েছে। এ রকম পার্টিকে কেউ চাইবে না। ৩৫ বছরে কী হয়েছে? একটা চ্যানেল আর কাগজকে দিয়ে ইঁদুর-আরশোলার গল্প বানিয়েছে। জ্ঞানেশ্বরীতে লোককে মারা হল! এদের কেউ ক্ষমা করতে পারে?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;বস্তুত, ব্রিগেড সমাবেশের অব্যবহিত পরেই তৃণমূল নেতৃত্ব 'জবাব' দেওয়ার কাজ শুরু করে দেন। হাওড়ায় মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর বক্তব্যের আগেই তপসিয়ায় তৃণমূল ভবন থেকে দলের মহাসচিব তথা রাজ্য সরকারের অন্যতম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ মন্ত্রী পার্থ চট্টোপাধ্যায় এবং দলের সর্বভারতীয় সাধারণ সম্পাদক তথা কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রী মুকুল রায় প্রমুখ সিপিএমের ব্রিগেড সমাবেশকে 'হাস্যকর' আখ্যা দেন। সমাবেশের মূল্যায়ন করে পার্থবাবু জানান, ২০১১ সালের ফেব্রুয়ারি মাসে ব্রিগেডে সমাবেশ করে অষ্টম বামফ্রন্ট সরকার হবে বলে বুদ্ধদেব ভট্টাচার্যরা ঘোষণা করেছিলেন। কিন্তু তাঁরা বিধানসভা ভোটে 'পর্যুদস্ত' হয়েছিলেন। তিনি বলেন, "এ দিনের ব্রিগেড থেকে বুদ্ধবাবুরা বললেন, ৮ মাসের মধ্যেই তাঁরা ঘুরে দাঁড়াবেন। ঘুরে দাঁড়াতে আর হবে না! মানুষ ওঁদের সরিয়ে দিয়েছেন! এখন যেটুকু আছে, আগামী পঞ্চায়েত ভোটের পরে সিপিএমের সেটুকুও নিশ্চিহ্ন হয়ে যাবে।"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;কৃষক-মৃত্যু নিয়ে ব্রিগেডে রাজ্য সরকারের বিরুদ্ধে সিপিএমের সাধারণ সম্পাদক প্রকাশ কারাটের অভিযোগ 'ন্যাশনাল ক্রাইম রেকর্ড ব্যুরো'র পরিসংখ্যান দিয়ে নস্যাৎ করে পার্থ-মুকুল পাল্টা বলেন, "১৯৯৫ সাল থেকে ২০১০ পর্যন্ত গড়ে ১ হাজার ১০০ কৃষকের মৃত্যু হয়েছে। কারাট তো ডাহা মিথ্যা বলেছেন যে বাম-জমানায় কোনও কৃষকের মৃত্যু হয়নি।" এক ধাপ এগিয়ে মুকুলবাবু বলেন, "জাতীয় ক্রাইম ব্যুরোকে তো তথ্য দিয়েছে জ্যোতি বসু-বুদ্ধদেব ভট্টাচার্যের সরকারেরই পুলিশ!" সিপিএম নেতাদের 'সন্ত্রাসে'র অভিযোগ কার্যত উড়িয়ে দিয়ে পার্থবাবু বলেন, "সন্ত্রাস হলে ওঁরা জেলা থেকে রাজ্য সম্মেলন সুষ্ঠুভাবে করলেন কী ভাবে?'' সন্ত্রাসের অভিযোগ নিয়ে সরব বিরোধী দলনেতা সূর্যকান্ত মিশ্রকে 'গোপাল ভাঁড়' বলেও কটাক্ষ করেন মুকুলবাবু, পার্থবাবু। তাঁরা বলেন, "আগে গৌতম দেব, বিমান বসুরা যে ভাঁড়ের ভূমিকা নিতেন, এখন সূর্যবাবু তা করছেন।'' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;গত আট মাসে রাজ্য সরকার তথ্যপ্রযুক্তি-সহ নতুন কোনও শিল্প আনতে পারেনি বলে বুদ্ধবাবুর সমালোচনার জবাবে রাজ্যের শিল্পমন্ত্রী বলেন, "বুদ্ধবাবু এখনও পরাজয়ের শোক কাটিয়ে উঠতে পারেননি বলে আবোলতাবোল বকছেন।" পার্থবাবুর পাল্টা অভিযোগ, বামফ্রন্ট রাজত্বে ৩৪ বছরে ৪ হাজার ১০টি শিল্পের অনুমোদন দেওয়ার পর মাত্র ৮৩৩ টি বাস্তবায়িত হয়েছে। কিন্তু কার্যক্ষেত্রে কী হয়েছে, তা তিনি সরেজমিনে দেখবেন বলে জানিয়েছেন পার্থবাবু। তাঁর দাবি, "গত আটমাসে তথ্যপ্রযুক্তিতে প্রচুর বিনিয়োগের প্রস্তাব এসেছে। মোট ৬৫ হাজার কোটি টাকা বিনিয়োগের প্রস্তাব এসেছে।" প্রাক্তন মুখ্যমন্ত্রীকে লক্ষ্য করে পার্থবাবুর ব্যঙ্গোক্তি, "ভগবান বৃদ্ধ হয়েছেন। তাই চোখে দেখতে পাচ্ছেন না!" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anandabazar.com/20raj4.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.anandabazar.com/20raj4.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; 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&lt;h1 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Trio with a police connection &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Rape accused knew cop at night spot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;OUR BUREAU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 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&lt;img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ZW2fDngGcEB8rg0SBnhdS4xmh0Zkosv6UwSfikdnuK8y13Cs37LkvA0y86d7XDFWBLOuoYAF3D2C9_x3pb4qAnDMHDtZvPKJG7ZCsar4DtdaEhn08RY" width="170px;" height="223px;"&gt;*&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Calcutta, Feb. 19:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; Proximity to a police officer may have given a "sense of protection" to the three young men arrested for the rape of a 37-year-old lady in Calcutta, though the trio's names had made it to at least four police stations before the assault.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The Telegraph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt; has learnt that the three have cases against them in the police stations. Yet, they felt emboldened enough to have a free run through manned traffic intersections on the night of February 5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;They roamed the party district freely because at least one officer deputed to keep watch on them had almost become a silent accomplice, sources said today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sumit Bajaj, Ruman Khan and Naser were today sent to 14 days' police custody. The charge has been converted from rape to gangrape after the court granted the police permission for such a request.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The police station in Park Street itself has a complaint against the trio for a brawl in the same five-star discotheque from where they had left with the lady after allegedly befriending her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Police stations in neighbouring Shakespeare Sarani, Beniapukur and Bhowanipore, too, have their names on the record books. "These are not wanted criminals but rowdies whose activities the local police stations were aware of," an officer said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Police sources said a Park Street sub-inspector enjoyed a "very good relationship" with Sumit, Ruman and Naser, "inside the nightclub and outside".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The same officer has been on duty at the discotheque for around three years — a stint that could not have stretched for so long without the approval of senior officers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The officer, police sources said, is also known to two of the three suspects who are still to be arrested. The two — Naser's brother Kader and Johnny — were allegedly in the Honda City when the woman was raped.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"When we were desperately looking for suspects, there was an officer in the police force (the sub-inspector) who knew about a group with a history. Since the officer visits the nightclub every weekend, he had become friendly with all the faces who frequent the place," said an officer at Lalbazar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Through this officer, the police were able to trace a woman who frequents the nightclub and knows the familiar faces there. She corroborated the police's conclusion — based on mobile tower data — that the duo earlier identified by the victim were not at the hotel that night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"This lady had seen the victim exchanging words with a group of young men. She was shown photographs of Sharafat and Azhar. She said it was not the same duo," said an officer. "Instead, she provided us with some vital leads that helped us track down the suspects."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The nightclub is a "coveted posting" on the police circuit. Earlier, plainclothesmen from the detective department used to be there every weekend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"But the routine was scrapped after superior officers came to know that the men supposed to keep an eye on the nightclub crowd were themselves taking advantage of the five-star hotel and consuming liquor free," an officer said. "Now the sleuths visit nightclubs only when they pursue a particular case."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Since then, Park Street police station looks after the nightclubs in its area. Every weekend night (February 5 was a Sunday), 30 policemen are deployed at "strategic locations", besides at least 20 traffic personnel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"We deploy five to seven men right outside the five-star hotel and one officer (the sub-inspector) at the nightclub," said a Park Street officer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Some of the men in uniform have grown "so close" to some people, one officer said, that "they have got a sense of protection" from the police.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Kader, a suspect still at large, is said to be seeing a Tollywood actress and had told friends they would tie the knot soon. He had visited this actress on the sets of her debut film. "A resident of Taltala in central Calcutta, he came across as a goon and he flaunted a gun on the sets one day," said a Tollywood source.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"We wondered what this girl was doing with a boy like that but she had told friends that they were dating since her college days. She had his photograph saved as her cellphone wallpaper," said another source.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sumit, 21, is from a well-to-do family in Gariahat and his father runs a transport business. "Most of the time, he finances the weekend parties," said an officer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Ruman, 25, who lives in his grandfather's house in Beniapukur, looks after his father's tannery in Topsia. Kader and Naser are brothers. Their father deals in industrial &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120220/jsp/frontpage/story_15156577.jsp"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120220/jsp/frontpage/story_15156577.jsp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="608"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;h1 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Tigress who won't be swayed by the mighty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;MONALISA CHAUDHURI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt; &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="187"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KzR1ez_WX4K8o8C4yYr1eJmE-ONRHt8ULAYsl1ykhNmSKydksU15OcbdTSwTRUBK8-A55grpE22zWAShDtjBVhPFkRcmqAsd5nWoOD7jwCd45RmOUGQ" width="170px;" height="202px;"&gt;*&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Damayanti Sen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Mrs Damayanti Sen, thank you very much. You have been a tigress and champ and I will be indebted to you all my life for believing in me, as a woman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;That was how the 37-year-old lady who had been assaulted and raped on the night of February 5 saluted the joint commissioner of police (crime) in an interview to STAR Ananda on Sunday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;She was grateful to Sen as much for cracking the case and identifying the "real culprits" as for standing by her, as a police officer and as a woman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;This despite the chief minister having dismissed the complaint as "concocted" and the police commissioner having echoed her line that there was an attempt to malign the government and the police force by those highlighting the woman's trauma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;So, who is this "tigress and champ"?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Damayanti Sen, the face of Lalbazar in the probe into the impersonation and rape of the mother of two in a moving car between Park Street and Nandan, is the first woman boss of the crime wing of Calcutta police.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;A slip of a lady, with a boyish haircut and a no-nonsense air about her, the 42-year-old Capricornian hardly fits the stereotypical look of a top cop. But cross her path — or even try small talk with her — and you're sure to feel the steel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;In the absence of authoritative material, Linda Goodman's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sun Signs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;appears to know this trait better: "Never be fooled by the feeble appearance of a Capricorn. Capricorns can look and act as harmless as a feather quilt, but they're as tough as a keg of nails."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sen would, of course, play down the "first-woman" label when it comes to her pride of place in Lalbazar. "I don't think that women are better or worse off in a job. The only reason people ask a lot of questions related to my gender is because there are fewer women in my profession now than men. But as that changes, people will stop being so interested (in my gender)," she had told &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The Telegraph &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;a few years ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sen joined the police force in 1996, after doing her bachelors and masters in economics from Jadavpur University, both with a first-class first degree. Married to Rajat Shubhro Sen, a teacher, and mom to young Arjun, a student of Calcutta International School, Sen is known to juggle cooking for her son's school picnic with busting the most demanding crime cases in town.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;She keeps a low profile by choice — no personal questions please, is something reporters attempting to pen a profile of her are bound to encounter — and is known to have an eye for Bengali literature and a ear for Rabindrasangeet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;But it is as a tough cop that the city knows — and needs — her. She has served in the detective department for years and risen to the top — again, the first woman chief of the intelligence wing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;In all these years, the case of the mother of two accusing three youths of assaulting and raping her in a moving car on the night of February 5 would figure among her toughest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;First, to wrestle with the discrepancies in the woman's initial account. Then to be stumped by the complainant's identification of three men who were not at the scene of the crime and not take the easy way out of arresting them just on the basis of the complaint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Finally, to get to the truth of impersonation and rape and in the process contradict Mamata Banerjee's "concocted… conspiracy" dismissal at Writers' Buildings followed by R.K. Pachnanda's statement partly backing the chief minister's stand at Lalbazar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"Policing and politics often overlap. There are many examples in Bengal of senior officers having toed the line laid down by the political bosses and compromising the truth," said a retired top cop, refusing to cite examples.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"This investigation team did a commendable job by protecting the innocent men despite some pressure to arrest them and then digging out the truth despite that being embarrassing for the chief minister who had clearly jumped the gun. And let me tell you, this would not have been possible without the chief minister and the police commissioner giving the team a free hand between February 16 and 18," he added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Sen, as the leader of this probe team, spent over 15 hours in Lalbazar every day from February 15, standing by the woman and yet not going blindly by her complaint. "Something had definitely happened that night. But we are still not sure what exactly happened and who all were involved in the incident," she told a news conference on February 16.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;After two days of intensive interrogation and investigation, Sen made public the conclusion on February 18. "It was a case of impersonation. Two of the men involved in the assault that night have been arrested and the hunt is on for the rest."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Was the woman raped?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"Yes," she said, jaws set.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;What evidence of rape had the police got?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"In this case, the victim's statement is the most important," said Sen, with the same steely look.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;At the end of the day, Sen and her team's unflinching pursuit of the crime investigation process paid off.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Let's bring in Linda Goodman again: "Capricorns hammer away persistently, relentlessly, managing to digest pressures, disappointments and duty calmly."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120220/jsp/frontpage/story_15156578.jsp"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120220/jsp/frontpage/story_15156578.jsp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="596"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt; &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="581"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;h1 dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Gang rape charge on arrested trio Names of accused to change in FIR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;A STAFF REPORTER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt; &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="187"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/o4UNlGtjMFyvh1qjQPX1HF0HTwkfi3FQ98VRTZoEteJpWhltjCBWB55WL-NryCaF1dcnr-sbZPK3G-rkADRm15RJ0_grdGlz1iCo9ZYLGDRk3DHsvbM" width="170px;" height="177px;"&gt;*&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lUXpfpE2Ejqk_loy-7zx5dpBYXnIF9Xw81hGoM0zuy4mdsSF0cFs3D5q8QhqDMUfalEraXQusHEeaw0cVqRxT0JgECRJ9q-9g1ksq9R4K9BJ8ryG6Hk" width="170px;" height="177px;"&gt;*&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Two of the three arrested youths being taken to Bankshall court, which remanded them in police custody for 14 days. Pictures by Bishwarup Dutta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The contours of the Park Street rape case changed on Sunday with police charging all three youths arrested on Saturday evening with participating in the alleged sexual assault on the 37-year-old victim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Ruman Khan, Sumit Bajaj and Naser, the trio charged with impersonating three other persons to befriend the victim before her alleged rape in a moving car, were remanded in police custody for 14 days. The court also accepted the police's request to change the names originally mentioned in the FIR.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Only one of the accused — the absconding youth who had apparently identified himself to the victim as Sharafat Ali — had initially been charged with rape. He is the alleged boyfriend of a Tollywood actress. The rest had been accused of other offences, including impersonation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The alleged rape occurred on the night of February 5, after the victim stepped out of The Park hotel with the accused to accept a lift in their car.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;"We had submitted a prayer before the court to alter the charges from 376 to 376 (2)(G) of the Indian Penal Code and it was accepted. This is a clear case of gang rape," an investigator said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120220/jsp/calcutta/story_15154458.jsp"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120220/jsp/calcutta/story_15154458.jsp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="187"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6teG2abqV4UkEV7172hbQrXzEo8F6Vg__qB8IHI74CBzyhMu_gGHymgL8lj_3NKM1ZhEDLKa6pPk8n9KhU1QO8UjIklC2ZZ_nvhpCnUH3riQasAgD7I" width="170px;" height="276px;"&gt;*&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The victim, a mother of two who lives in Behala, had said in her statement to the police that Ruman — he had introduced himself as Lavi Gidwani, who the cops have confirmed has been in Canada since January 2 — was "nice to her". She had named the youth who had introduced himself as Sharafat as the prime accused.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Investigators have since found out that Ruman, who was seated to the victim's right in the backseat of Sumit's silver Honda City, had grabbed and held her by her arms while an accomplice allegedly raped her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;An officer said interrogation of the accused revealed that the victim bit one of the other three occupants of the backseat during her struggle to free herself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Ruman, the police have found out, turned violent after that. He allegedly slapped the victim twice and she retaliated by scratching his hands. The police found scratches left by a woman's nails on Ruman's hands after his arrest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="187"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt; &lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; *&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;According to the statements of the arrested trio, a youth identified as Johnny was sitting in the passenger seat next to the driver. "Two other youths, Ali and Kader, were already in the backseat of the Honda City when Ruman led the victim to the car. While Ruman sat to the victim's right, Ali was to her left. Next to Ali was Kader," an officer said, quoting from the recorded statements.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The police have learnt that soon after getting into the car, Ruman started making phone calls to friends, inviting them for a ride. "They were all drunk. It appears that some of the occupants had swapped places at different locations and at least one youth (Naser, who was initially not in the car) joined them at some point," the officer added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;According to the police, the key to wrapping up the investigation fast lies in the arrest of Naser's brother Kader, who apparently impersonated Sharafat and allegedly raped the woman. The police have also launched a search for Ali and Johnny.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;Lawyers representing the arrested three, who were produced in Bankshall court on Sunday, had pleaded for bail on the ground that their names were not in the FIR.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;The court rejected the plea and remanded them in police custody, saying their real names were not in the FIR because this was also a case of impersonation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;table style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-collapse:collapse"&gt; &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col width="566"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height:0px"&gt;&lt;td style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:dotted;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-left-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-right-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);border-left-color:rgb(170,170,170);vertical-align:top;padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 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&lt;div&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" size="4"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt; &lt;font size="4"&gt;Indian cricket legend &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Sachin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Tendulkar&lt;/span&gt; should have retired from cricket after the 2011 World Cup, former Indian skipper &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Kapil&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dev&lt;/span&gt; has said in a television interview.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Kapil&lt;/span&gt;, who led India to their first World Cup victory in 1983, during the interview with 'Headlines Today', said:&amp;quot;Had he retired after the World Cup, or even better, if he had announced retirement before that, it would have been good. He is a very good cricketer and has done a lot for the country. Probably he is a cricketer who loves the game more than us. There are some people who cannot leave cricket.&amp;quot;&lt;br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Tendulkar&lt;/span&gt;, who is still in search of the elusive &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;100&lt;sup style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; international century, has scored only 68 runs in four games in ongoing tri-series in Australia, with 48 being his highest score.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Tendulkar&lt;/span&gt;, who was hit on the helmet by a Brett Lee bouncer on Sunday and is doubtful for Tuesday&amp;#39;s crucial game against Sri Lanka, also took a blow on his shin while fielding and was in the dressing room for 25 overs during Australia&amp;#39;s innings on Sunday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Kapil&lt;/span&gt; said: &amp;quot;He should have made the announcement. He has served the nation for 22-23 years. There is no better cricketer than him. He should have told in advance that he would not play one-day cricket anymore and would play only Tests till he can. But every player has a different thinking. If you ask me, then he should have announced (his retirement) earlier.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Kapil&lt;/span&gt; also said that whenever &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Tendulkar&lt;/span&gt; plays he is under pressure and it is not that he is feeling pressure now as he is on the verge of his &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;100th&lt;/span&gt;international century.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;When was Sachin not under pressure? I am not talking in his support... He has played for so many years and has overcome all kinds of pressure to reach at this level. Every player has certain age. He is approaching 39-40. Probably, there is no age left for him to play anymore... but some people say he will play the next World Cup also. Then what could be said?&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Recently, former Pakistan captain Imran Khan too had said that the World Cup win was the right time for Tendulkar to quit ODIs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,verdana"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 class="article-title" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:8px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:arial"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;#39;MS Dhoni&amp;#39;s rotation policy defies logic, nonsense&amp;#39;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Former Indian cricketers on Monday slammed &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Mahendra&lt;/span&gt; Singh &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&amp;#39;s&lt;/span&gt;controversial rotation policy with one of them saying that it defies logic and another going to the extent of calling it &amp;quot;utter nonsense&amp;quot;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&lt;/span&gt; had stated that senior players such &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Sachin&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Tendulkar&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Virender&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Sehwag&lt;/span&gt; have to be rotated to ensure that the fielding standards of the side are maintained.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;But the policy has drawn sharp reactions from former players.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Spin legend &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Bishan&lt;/span&gt; Singh &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Bedi&lt;/span&gt; said rotation makes sense only if players are in form.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t know what is the logic behind this rotation policy and what exactly is&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&lt;/span&gt; thinking. But for me, the rotation policy makes sense when your players are in good form. But here none of the players are in good form. So where does the question of rotating them comes when they are not scoring?&amp;quot; asked &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Bedi&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Former captain and chairman of selectors &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dilip&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Vengsarkar&lt;/span&gt; said it was fine to rotate players as long as team&amp;#39;s winning prospects were not jeopardised.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;Rotation policy is good but should not be a hard and fast rule. One should always strive to field the best eleven players.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;upto&lt;/span&gt; the (tour) selectors to rest some player if they feel he is jaded and needs rest. As I have said if you feel someone needs rest or is looking jaded and tired playing against the same team, give him rest but at the same time it&amp;#39;s important to win. It&amp;#39;s a fine balancing act,&amp;quot; he opined.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Former spinner &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Maninder&lt;/span&gt; Singh, meanwhile, called the idea &amp;quot;utter nonsense&amp;quot;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;Basically they are okay fielders.. if they are scoring runs then you are fine with it, if they are not scoring runs then they become a liability.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;He (&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&lt;/span&gt;) was forced to have a rotation policy because it is not easy to drop a &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Sachin&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Tendulkar&lt;/span&gt; or a &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Virender&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Sehwag&lt;/span&gt;. This is a forced rotation policy, I don&amp;#39;t agree with it. Rotation policy is okay when there is a winning streak. This is utter nonsense,&amp;quot; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Maninder&lt;/span&gt; said.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Another former player &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Chetan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Chauhan&lt;/span&gt;, on the other hand, was completely dismissive of the policy, saying &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&lt;/span&gt; erred in questioning the &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;sebior&lt;/span&gt;players&amp;#39; fitness at a time when the team is going through a tough phase.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;I completely disagree with what &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&lt;/span&gt; has said. These three guys were an important part of the team during your World Cup campaign only nine months back. And in nine months they suddenly cannot become worse as fielders.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;I believe that &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&lt;/span&gt; is trying to divert attention from his failures of the last two Test tours. This is a time when everyone should stick to each other rather than casting aspersions,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;I have never believed in rotation and if you feel that these three guys are not good fielders, why have them in the team at the first place? The only players in the team who need to be rotated are the fast bowlers because they carry extra workload.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Former chairman of selectors &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Chandu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Borde&lt;/span&gt; said rotation policy should not be applied to just the seniors.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;quot;What I don&amp;#39;t understand is why this rotational policy is applicable to only three players. When you say it is a policy it should apply to others also. Having this policy for three players defies logic.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"&gt;Dhoni&amp;#39;s&lt;/span&gt; comments about the fielding of some seniors raises a question whether this rotational policy is put in place because of lack of physical fitness of some players. So the question is are players selected on performance or physical fitness?&amp;#39; he asked.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4054889382959863533-5292124055663635412?l=singurrevolts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/feeds/5292124055663635412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4054889382959863533&amp;postID=5292124055663635412' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/5292124055663635412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4054889382959863533/posts/default/5292124055663635412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singurrevolts.blogspot.com/2012/02/sachin-should-have-retired-after-world.html' title='Sachin should have retired after World Cup: Kapil Dev,&apos;MS Dhoni&apos;s rotation policy defies logic, nonsense&apos;'/><author><name>Palash Biswas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07741662018019801640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054889382959863533.post-3890069511492983286</id><published>2012-02-20T07:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T07:05:12.614-08:00</updated><title type='text'>CRICKET: BCCI-SAHARA The Underarm Ball The Sahara-BCCI fall-out has a subtext of brazen misuse of power ROHIT MAHAJAN</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartpic" style="text-align:center;width:550px;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden"&gt;&lt;a id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_hlimglarge" href="http://photogallery.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?pt=3&amp;amp;ptv=0&amp;amp;date=2/15/2012&amp;amp;pgid=52102" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(175,14,37);text-decoration:none"&gt;&lt;img id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_imglarge" src="http://photo.outlookindia.com/images/gallery/20120215/subrata_roy_20120227.jpg" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartpiccredit" class="fspphotocredit" style="font-size:9px;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:right"&gt;FOTOCORP (FROM OUTLOOK, FEBRUARY 27, 2011)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartpiccaption" class="fsppicturecaption" style="font-size:11px;padding-bottom:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding-top:5px;font-family:Arial;text-align:left"&gt;Sahara's Subroto Roy&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="divseperator" style="padding-top:10px"&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfspchannelhome" class="fspchannelhome" style="text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Arial"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;CRICKET: BCCI-SAHARA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfspheading" class="fspheading" style="font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:5px;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,Times,serif"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;The Underarm Ball&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfspintro" class="fspintro" style="padding-bottom:5px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;The Sahara-BCCI fall-out has a subtext of brazen misuse of power&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3913&amp;amp;author=Rohit+Mahajan" class="fspprintsavelinks2" style="color:rgb(175,14,37);text-decoration:none"&gt;ROHIT MAHAJAN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="black"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279920"&gt;http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279920&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;div id="divouterfullstorytext" class="fsptext" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:10px;font-family:Arial;text-transform:none"&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfullstorytext" style="margin-right:3px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-right-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);vertical-align:top"&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="7" face="Arial"&gt;T&lt;/font&gt;he slog overs are still on, but the final scorecard could tell on the future prestige and legitimacy of one of the biggest sporting events to come out of India, the prized IPL brand. And beyond that, the very architecture of cricket commerce is at stake—and it involves the biggest stakeholder in world cricket today, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), specifically, its business ethics. The flashpoint is by now well-known: the unavailability of Pune IPL's star player Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing treatment for cancer in the US, for this year's tournament. Sahara, owners of Pune Warriors, requested for a replacement, but were turned down by the IPL. An angry Subroto Roy, the industrialist-owner of the Pune team, snapped Sahara's 11-year-old sponsorship of the Indian team and also pulled out of the Pune franchise, saying the IPL didn't provide "equality" and a "level playing field". BCCI bosses have gone into a huddle with Roy to renegotiate the deal, but Roy has some justification in taking the morally injured tone: he accuses the BCCI of denying to his team concessions freely made to others. And that's only part of the story.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img width="550" height="658" alt="" src="http://photo.outlookindia.com/images/gallery/20120215/n_srinivasan_20120227.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class="fsppicturecaption" style="font-size:11px;padding-bottom:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding-top:5px;text-align:left"&gt;BCCI president N. Srinivasan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sahara spent $370 million (Rs 1,700 crore) to buy the Pune franchise; it spends Rs 3.4 crore for every Test, one-day or T20 match played by India. It says Pune and the other small teams in IPL—Jaipur, Mohali, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata—are routinely meted out step-motherly treatment while the big boys (Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai) call the shots and tweak rules to suit their needs. In principle, all IPL teams are equal. But the smaller teams say the real rules are quite simple—it will bend before power and crawl before absolute power.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="180"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt; &lt;div style="border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt; &lt;div style="border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-right-style:solid;border-right-width:3px;border-right-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font class="fspblurbtext" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-align:left"&gt;Smaller, disgruntled IPL teams say the real IPL rules would bend before power and crawl before absolute power.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font class="fspblurbsource" style="padding-left:2px;font-weight:normal;font-size:11px;text-transform:capitalize;color:rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-right-style:solid;border-right-width:3px;border-right-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a name="Blurb1" style="color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The big war is around the players, those precious commodities. Sahara is still smarting from the snub of being denied a chance to buy the biggest players in 2011 when it was setting up its team. The majority opinion among teams was that all players should be sent into an open auction. After three seasons, according to rules, all players were supposed to go back into an auction. But that didn't happen, allege the small teams, as Chennai wanted to keep Dhoni, Mumbai wanted to keep Tendulkar and Bangalore wanted to keep Kohli. "Most teams wanted an auction, but the teams that matter decided they would change the rules to keep their big players," says a team official.&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then there is the money issue: the total kitty available to franchisees to build their teams. In an unregulated environment, the team with the most money will buy all the big players—Tendulkar and Dhoni and Yuvraj and Raina, say, to make a muscular line-up. That's why a team is allowed to spend only a fixed amount of money in the auctions. But if Chennai wants Ravindra Jadeja or Mumbai wants Kieron Pollard, they can spend what they want in anonymous bidding (held in case of a bidding tie), a legal way to breach the salary cap. The IPL grapevine has it that Jadeja sold for $4 million this year, double the entire sum available to each team in this year's auction. Jadeja keeps $2m, the surplus goes to the BCCI. "There are enough loopholes in the salary cap rules and there are easy ways of using them if your team has money," says an official of a north Indian team. "They can spend much more money than we can, they can become much stronger, resulting in a lopsided tournament."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="7" face="Arial"&gt;T&lt;/font&gt;he Chris Gayle deal is another example of legal violation of rules. Gayle was signed up by Bangalore last year as a replacement for Dirk Nannes. Unsold in the auction earlier in the year, Gayle had to be content with $550,000, Nannes's fees, as per tournament rules. Gayle single-handedly took Bangalore to the 2011 final. He would have been hot property if he had decided to opt for this year's auction, but Bangalore persuaded him to stay—for just $550,000. "No one believes that, that's a joke," says an insider. "He would have gone for the highest price in the auction this year. He's obviously been paid a much bigger, undisclosed amount." This deal, he alleges, allowed Bangalore to withhold Gayle from the auction; it also allowed them to go into the auction with $1.45m to spend on new bids. "The sanctity of the purse (spending ceiling) is gone," says an official.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img width="550" src="http://photo.outlookindia.com/images/gallery/20120215/yuvraj_singh_20120227.jpg" alt=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class="fsppicturecaption" style="font-size:11px;padding-bottom:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding-top:5px;text-align:left"&gt;Yuvraj Singh's illness brought about the row. (Photograph by AFP, From Outlook, February 27, 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="180"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt; &lt;div style="border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt; &lt;div style="border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-right-style:solid;border-right-width:3px;border-right-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font class="fspblurbtext" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-align:left"&gt;Inside knowledge is a great help in the IPL. One can know, even influence the sequence of players to appear for auction.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font class="fspblurbsource" style="padding-left:2px;font-weight:normal;font-size:11px;text-transform:capitalize;color:rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="20" height="20"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(175,14,37);border-right-style:solid;border-right-width:3px;border-right-color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a name="Blurb2" style="color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Inside knowledge helps if you're in the IPL and have a team. For instance, you can get to know, and even influence, the sequence of players to appear for auction. Some teams allege this happened in 2011, which helped Chennai keep an Indian spinner. "The change in auction format was revealed less than 24 hours before it started," says an insider. "Random sequencing of players would have ensured transparency." This time, even the Mumbai IPL team protested, saying this prevented a "level-playing field" for all teams. There have been other dissenters. After the Kapugedera episode (see box), Manoj Badale of Rajasthan asked if they, too, could get a player (Rob Quiney) off their rolls, "in much the same way as Kapugedera seems to have disappeared from the Chennai list". The answer was a firm no.&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All this was probably inevitable when one individual is a team-owner, the BCCI president, and is on the IPL governing council. As Sharda Ugra wrote in ESPNCricinfo, N. Srinivasan can have monologues with himself in an empty room and call it a meeting, for he's all three rolled into one. "It was stunning to see him announce the decision on Sahara and Yuvraj, for as the Chennai team owner, he's an interested party," says an aggrieved team official. "Whether you look at telecom licences or the BCCI, there's an underlying pattern of cronyism," says Santosh Desai, social commentator and Future Brands MD. "To expect good governance because corporate entities are involved might be a bit of a stretch. They view it through a pragmatic filter. From there on it's a question of doing whatever is possible, whichever way, to suit their interests."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Such conduct, reeking of strong-armed clout and preferment, causes heartburn to lightweight teams. "Shahrukh Khan wants team owners on the IPL governing council. That's too much to expect, for BCCI treats us like intruders," says an IPL official. "We need to form an association, with or without BCCI's consent." For now, Sahara is manfully bearing the cross, showing the guts to take on the BCCI, to actually pull out of the Pune franchise and Team India's sponsorship. 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PANT</title><content type='html'>&lt;table width="995" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:550px;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;vertical-align:top;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden"&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="divseperator" style="padding-top:10px"&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartpic" style="text-align:center;width:550px;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden"&gt;&lt;a id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_hlimglarge" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(175,14,37)"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;&lt;br class="Apple-interchange-newline"&gt; &lt;img id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_imglarge" src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="divseperator" style="padding-top:10px"&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfspchannelhome" class="fspchannelhome" style="text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Arial"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;OPINION&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfspheading" class="fspheading" style="font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:5px;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,Times,serif"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;India's Iran Challenge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfspintro" class="fspintro" style="padding-bottom:5px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;India walks delicate tightrope on Iran, given the domestic political situation, Sunni-Shia relations, growing energy needs, and a looming void in Afghanistan after the US departure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4004&amp;amp;author=Harsh+V.+Pant" class="fspprintsavelinks2" style="color:rgb(175,14,37);text-decoration:none"&gt;HARSH V. PANT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="black"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;a href="http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279948"&gt;http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279948&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divartbyline" class="fspauthor" style="text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(175,14,37);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div class="divseperator" style="padding-top:10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;text-transform:none"&gt;&lt;div id="divouterfullstorytext" class="fsptext" style="font-size:13px;margin-top:10px"&gt;&lt;div id="ctl00_cphpagemiddle_reparticle_ctl00_divfullstorytext" style="margin-right:3px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-right-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);vertical-align:top"&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;As Iran's global isolation grows amid reports that it's begun operating a new generation of centrifuges at its main uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz, India is the last major power adamantly maintaining close ties with Iran. The West wants India to join Western trade sanctions against Tehran and accept its global responsibilities. But India's resistance to the pressure underlines how deeply intertwined the country's foreign policy is with its domestic concerns. Loss of Iranian oil and ability to provide subsidized fuel could affect the electoral outcome for the ruling coalition. The bomb blast in New Delhi on 13 February targeting an Israeli
