Another Honest Man : This Species Still Survives!

Guj auto driver Raju Bharwad returns Rupees 1.90 crores cheque wrongly issued to him Bharat Yagnik TNN Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad autorickshaw driver has returned a Rs 1.90 crore cheque issued in his name in lieu of three bigha of land acquired for Tata’s Nano plant in Sanand. Raju Bharwad could have pocketed the sum, but gave an undertaking that he no longer owned the owner the land. He ensured that the names of the new owners are entered in the official records. Raju’s family owned 10 bigha land in Sanand. Thirty years ago, his grandfather sold three bigha for around Rs 5 lakh on which 40-odd families built small tenements. Later, the Nano plant was to come up in the area and land prices skyrocketed. The Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) acquired land for it at Rs 28 lakh a bigha and started paying farmers in whose names the plots were registered. Since the new owners had failed to register their names, records still listed Raju and his mother, Baluben, as owners. “Honesty is one thing my parents taught me. I could not have used money acquired through dishonest means for my family,” says Raju, who lives in a small tworoom house with his wife, three kids and mother. His family too urged him to take the right step. “I may earn Rs 6,000 per month, but live a life of dignity. I own four bighas, which should take care of my family’s future needs,” he adds.

Pakistan Elections 2013: Colorful with Caste Calculations and Lunatic Fringe

                                   

Elections in the sub continent are always colorful. In Pakistan of 2013 it is  more so with the people full of life if not joy at the never before prospect of voting in an election not distorted by the ISI and the Army. And a civilian government which has run a full term of 5 years, never before has this happened.

      Even if the Army is not directly interfering this time its presence will be felt in every booth. Gen Kayani has offered ‘protection’ by the army of every booth.

      Baddies this time are the Taliban and other fanatic organisations who have openly declared that they will adopt any means to ensure that the elections are not held. Repeated bomb blasts at election meetings , murders and kidnapping of candidates indicate that they have  the capacity to create a great deal of fear among the candidates and the public.

        The latest is the abduction of Haider Ali Gilani, son of former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani in his home constituency in the outskirts of Multan. The abduction was not a an amateur or ham handed affair, clearly planned and organised by professional terrorists.

       Nawaz Sharif is expected to reap the maximum number of seats, however PML -S will not have a clear majority. Najam Sethi the caretaker in Punjab has moved out a great many beauracrats who would have helped Sharif to influence the voting pattern.

      PPP is on the back foot this time. With many allegations of corruption and mis-governance. Death threats forced Bilawal to opt out. Candidates are afraid to campaign freely.

              

IMRAN KHAN while he may have won the world cup in cricket for Pakistan has no real experience  of Pakistani politics. How far his image of a honest person boosted by his recent hospitalization due to an injury received while campaigning will bring in votes is yet to be seen.

Nigel Evans : As a Minister he would have been safe in India

This guy should have been in India. No policeman would have dared touch him.

Even if the allegations are true he would have been shielded by the prime minister, all his cabinet collegues, and his party men.

Ed:

       Deputy speaker of Britain’s lower house of parliament and Conservative gay lawmaker Nigel Evans has been arrested by police for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting two men in their twenties.

     Detectives visited his home in Pendleton, Lancashire, yesterday following allegations by two men who were in their 20s at the time of the alleged attacks, which are said to have taken place at the property in July 2009 and March 2013. British Prime Minister

      David Cameron, the Prime Minister of UK is understood to have been informed about the arrest of the 55-year-old MP for Ribble Valley, one of the few Tory strongholds in the north – See more at:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/deputy-speaker-of-british-parliament-arrested-on-suspicion-of-raping-2-men/1111751/#sthash.6csNxmfG.dpuf

The Great Panjabi Vanishing Trick : This is a good time to be an illegal immigrant in US

          The attraction of Englind, Kanaida and Amreeka is extremely strong in the land of five rivers. ‘Disappearances’ of visitors , students and sportsmen from Punjab are  a regular feature. There is nothing much to be worried about. Understand that ‘arrangements’ are made in advance and disappearees land up at safe places located by their relatives who have migrated by the dozens earlier. 

     Their numbers pale into insignificance when compared to illegal migrants from Mexico and Eastern Europe, China and far eastern countries. 

    They are generally hard-working, law-abiding and good citizens of the countries they migrate into.

Also look at

1.    http://washingtonexaminer.com/gang-of-eight-loopholes-put-many-illegal-immigrants-on-fast-track-to-citizenship/article/2528194

2.    Indian Hajis ‘Missing’
Posted on December 25, 2011

Ed:

Students on US trip ‘disappear’

I P Singh | TNN

       Jalandhar: Seven students from three schools here ‘disappeared’ during a study tour to the US and didn’t return home along with the others in the group after the visit ended on April 23.

     About 50 class 11 and 12 students had gone on an “education trip” from April 11 to April 23 organized by a Delhi-based company. Of the seven ‘missing’ children, three each are from State Public School, Nakodar, and State Public School, Shahkot, while one is from Emm Aar International School, Adampur.

    Interestingly, their family members have not lodged any ‘missing’ report, leading the principals to allege that the students “may have stayed back in the US in connivance of their parents”.
“The US authorities have been informed but the students still have valid visas to be in the country,” said Narottam Singh, chairman of State Public School, Nakodar.

A GOOD SAMARITAN: AUTO DRIVER RESCUES 12 CHILDREN

Auto driver rescues 12 kids

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

       New Delhi: The prompt action of an auto driver helped save 12 children who were allegedly being trafficked. One of the accused was arrested after the auto driver, Tarun Kumar, handed him over to police. The children were reportedly between 8 and 10 years of age.

      The incident was reported on Friday around 3pm, when Kumar and a fellow auto driver were transporting 12 children and four adults from Anand Vihar bus stop to Kanti Nagar. According to a press statement of Aam Aadmi Party, Kumar was transporting three adults and four children in his auto when he overheard a conversation between them that made him suspicious.

       “He immediately called up police control room from the Kanti Nagar culvert and reported the matter. The culprits, realizing that he is reporting the matter to police, started beating him up and tried to flee with the children. However, Kumar did not lose heart and overpowered the kingpin — Ram Kumar and handed him over to police personnel at Krishna Nagar police station who had arrived at the scene after being alerted by police control room,” said an AAP spokesperson.

      “He also contacted Aam Aadmi Party helpline. Our volunteers visited the police station to ensure that the case is taken to its logical conclusion. As per the police, a case has been registered, the accused arrested and children have been produced before the child welfare committee,” she added.

JOKE OF THE DAY

03 March 2013

Manmohan Singh is NOT A FAILURE says Congress.

 

19 April 2013

New Delhi: The joint parliamentary committee on telecom has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and rubbished the CAG’s Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss calculation in the 2G scam. But it slammed the Vajpayee government for Rs 40,080 crore loss .

The JPC did not find any wrongdoing on the part of then finance minister P Chidambaram either.

 

Doctors Fear Giving Advice: Fear Legal Imbbraglio

Doctors back surgeon, fear giving advice

Swati Deshpande TNN

      Mumbai: Leading surgeons in the city are upset over the recent Bombay high court judgment upholding the conviction against cancer surgeon Dr P BDesai for negligence.

     The case was of a cancer patient Leela Singhi, wife of then IAS officer from Rajasthan, P C Singhi. She was admitted to Bombay Hospital in December 1987 as a patient of Dr Desai by his junior Dr A K Mukherjee. She, on Dr Desai’s advice, was set up for a surgical procedure to remove her uterus but when Dr Mukherjee found it was not possible on opening the abdomen, he closed it on Desai’s advice from an adjoining OT where he was operating on another patient. For three months Leela remained in the hospital suffering in pain. She died 14 months later in Rajasthan

      Senior doctors say they now fear giving a second opinion to a patient of another doctor or when a patient is sent to them for referral. “There are two kinds of emotions that are running high,” said Dr Tehemton Udwadia, who is regarded as the father of laproscopic surgery in India and is associated with Hinduja and Breach Candy hospitals.

     “One is agitation
ties said Dr Farookh Udwadia, one of the seniormost physicians in Mumbai. “I would be hesitant to give opinions now. Opinions can change depending on a patient’s condition which when the case is terminal can keep changing.”

      Dr Tehmton said, “It was a unique and prehistoric practice of admitting patients only under the senior doctor’s name that has affected Dr Desai.” Dr D P Vyas, medical director of Bombay Hospital, backed the claim.

      He had told the court about the hospital’s procedure of allowing an assistant attached to a senior doctor to have his own independent patient but to not give him or her rights to admit such patient under their names.” “It was to groom the junior doctors,” he said.

    Dr Lalit Kapoor, founder member of Association of Medical Consultants and urologist, said, “Just because an opinion turns out wrong, can you hang me later? That too in this case the patient died over a year later. It must be explained that medicine is not an exact science. In India we criminalize medical negligence without a rigorous check.”

      Singhi said he has been advised to file a caveat before the Supreme Court. He said his late wife came to him in his dreams “and was full of gratitude”.

Indian Jews To Celebrate New Year

Jews to ring in their new year today

 TIMES NEWS NETWORK

      Mumbai: The small but proud Jewish community of Mumbai will celebrate its new year Rosh Hashannah on Monday at a feast laden with sweet food items led by apple and honey.
Special prayers will be organized at all synagogues in the city, including Keneseth Eliyahoo at Kala Ghoda and Magen David in Byculla.

       Israeli consul general Orna Sagiv says there are 5,000 Jews in India, of which more than half are in Mumbai, 40% in Thane and the rest scattered in Ahmedabad and Cochin. “The
celebrations began on Sunday afternoon and although the main festival falls on Monday, the Israeli consulate and embassy will remain closed until Wednesday owing to Ganesh Chaturthi,” she says.

     Sagiv said the Jewish community lays out an elaborate feast comprising only sweet itemsto hold out promise for the new year. “Because ours is a small community, we consume pomegranate seeds and fish, items that symbolize abundance and fertility. Also there is the spirally round Challah bread whose shape conveys the cycle of life,” she says.

Cooments: Missing comments uploaded

	Some how Comments received from timw to time have been uploaded , I was surprised that they have not appeared on the blog site. Am Uploading the most recent ones. Blame the Software. pl I plead Not Guilty. ED     Mumbai Flat Buyers( 06 – 10) : Hope to pay less VAT 2View Post Submitted on 2012/09/07 at 1:17 pm yes Rajiv, This is very true,as the builders are not even showing the calculationof the taxes to the flat byers. i should have been that the builder pay the taxes to the govt per building & then distribute it to per flat as per the area  of the flat & its costs.but they are not listening to the choas of the common people ,as they are looking at making money in this too. Secoundly if the same is to be paid by the buyer then let the flat buyer payer it to the govt on the ready recknor rate & show the receipt to the builder. vinod Shukla vinod.shukla1@gmail.com 59.182.152.136
	Submitted on 2012/09/07 at 12:58 pm Anonymous anonymous.5@gmail.com 124.40.244.197 People in these offices come there to have coffee anjoy their time and are so blooody lazy to even talk to the needy wish government does something especially there is a lady incharge who according to me comes there to sit in the cabin and eat biriyani all the time …..government could send her salary directly there if she is so heartless wish  I get the authority to kick her out from a senior position her droutine comes to office at 11 goes for coffe comes back has her family visit in office ……. then why keep such useless workers can some one help me about how to legally post a complaint about such senior educated fool who uses her authority to make poor people run around.
Roophashri roophashri@gmail.com 117.215.129.62	Submitted on 2012/09/05 at 3:37 pm My mother in law Smt. Shakuntala, aged 64 yrs has not received her widow pension since from January 2012. What to do? Whom to contact
thyagarajan , 87 yrs pensioner venustoolsblr x venustoolsblr@yahoo.com 59.92.133.181	Submitted on 2012/09/03 at 8:56 am one of my friend aged 87 years have not been granted old age pension and even the card is pending issue what should be done , pl reply
Rajiv rajivnlal@rediffmail.com 59.182.181.190	Submitted on 2012/08/26 at 6:44 pm This does not looka transparent way to collect tax… The government has declared tat 5 % VAT is payable. So the builder will collect from the customer the amount equal to 5% (say Rs 5 laks for a flat vauled at 1 Cr). He will claim set-off for land, purchased etc and as published in newpapers and the govt clarity this is unlikely to be 70% of value. As a result he pays 1.5 Lacs to govt.  What happens to 3.5 Lacs . The customer pays Rs 5 L but only 1.5 L goes to govt and the rest to builder. How can the government levy a tax where the beneficiary is the builder.. I hope I am WRONG and would like someone to clarify. But it astonishing how customers are being burdened with retrospective taxes and to TOP it all the TAX collected does not reach the govt treasury. The govt if it has to levy should ament it to a Flat 1% of the agreement value. Atleast the system is transparent and all the money collected will reach the govt – and that a big solace.
ramesh ramesh.alve@gmail.com 120.63.149.110	Submitted on 2012/08/18 at 9:28 am why blame govt, blame educated class who toppled nda in 2004, just because they were getting less intrest on there  fixed deposites , due to US sanctions agaainst India, The educated clas is responsible for stalling this govt, These people want thrill in life against good things like they are watching movie,
Karthick msquare23@hotmail.com 99.243.171.61	Submitted on 2012/08/18 at 2:04 am Hi, The Tamil nadu government has initiated to form 25 special courts all over tamil nadu in order to deal with land  grabbing cases. But I heard only in two courts have been functional until now. If the land is in chennai, which court will deal the case? I purchased a land in chennai, however some one else is not allowing us to take posession of the land in chennai. I made a police complaint but I would like o know which special court will deal the matter in chennai. What procedure I should follow to take possession ? Thanks.
SHIVANAND R. SHARMA shivanandsharma66@gmail.com 120.60.8.37	Submitted on 2012/08/17 at 9:29 am TELL ME IF SLUM FALLING IN PRIVATE FOREST CAN PAY NPV ? HOW? WHERE?
SHIVANAND R. SHARMA shivanandsharma66@gmail.com 120.60.8.37	Submitted on 2012/08/17 at 9:28 am what about the slums in the private forest? can they pay NPV also? How?
prema k. pgk1951@gmail.com 111.119.231.58	Submitted on 2012/08/02 at 3:59 pm Flat was purchased in june 1991.Prevailing stamp duty was paid and sale deed was registered.I have received notice from mhada to pay rs 22000/- stamp duty under amnesty 2008 which i have not paid yet. Now my problem is my  original sale deed is with mhada ‘s office at bkc. i visited mhada’s office at least for 10 times.Their reply is my original sale deed is not traceable..I am ready to pay rs. 22000/- stamp duty. But i want my sale deed. Please guide me what to do?
Yogurt yogurt297@gmail.com 59.178.165.108	Submitted on 2012/08/01 at 11:58 am | In reply to NARESH CHOWDHRY. Thanks. Complete details are available in Delhi gov websitehttp://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_transport/Transport/Home/About+Us/Location+of+Zonal+Offices. For residents of North Delhi residing in : District Code Name of Zonal Off. Add. & Phone No. AreaOf Jurisdiction Registration Series 1 NORTH DISTRICT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MALL ROAD 23819191 23819192 2 NEW DELHI DISTRICT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, IP DEPOT Phone No. 23378886 23378877 3 SOUTH DISTRICT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, DDA MARKET, SHEIKH SARAI Phone No. : 29259800 29253535 4 WEST DISTRICT-I TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY CENTRE, B-BLOCK, GROUND FLOOR, JANAKPURI Phone No. 25551618 25531002 5 NORTH EAST DISTRICT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, LONI ROAD, NEAR POWER HOUSE, SHAHDARA PhoneNo. 22813475 6 NEW DELHI DISTRICT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, ISBT, SARAI KALE KHAN Phone No. 24351100 7 EAST DISTRICT-I TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, DTC DEPOT MAYUR VIHAR PH-I Phone No. 22753800 8 NORTH-WEST DISTRICT-I TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, DTC DEPOT, WAZIRPUR DELHI Phone No. 27217642 Off. Add. & Phone No. Area Of Jurisdiction Registration Series 9 SOUTH-WEST DISTRICT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, B-BLOCK, COMMUNITY CENTRE IST FLOOR, JANAKPURI Phone No. 25624064 10 NORTH-WEST DISTRICT-II TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, DTC DEPOT, ROHINI Phone No. 27563535 11 WEST DISTRICT-II TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, DTC DEPOT, RAJA GARDEN Phone No.: 25163616 You may apply to our office at :Transport Department, DTC Depot, Raja Garden , Phone No.: 25163616For residents of South West Delhi residing in District Code Name of Zonal Off. Add. & Phone No. Area Of Jurisdiction Registration Series 12 SOUTH-WEST DISTRICT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT DTC DEPOT, VASANT VIHAR District Code Name of Zonal Off. Add. & Phone No. Area Of Jurisdiction Registration Series 13 EAST DISTRICT -II TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT CBD GROUND, SURAJMAL VIHAR Phone No.:22383900
NARESH CHOWDHRY nareshchowdhry@gmail.com 59.180.125.72	Submitted on 2012/07/27 at 8:59 am THERE SHOULD BE LIST OF ADDRESSES OF R.T.O.’S IN DELHI.
Asit Asitishere@yahoo.cim 117.202.164.253	Submitted on 2012/07/15 at 5:40 pm You are the hero. God bless you as you will always be in our heart.
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Murali V muralikarumadi@gmail.com 117.206.13.179	Submitted on 2012/07/08 at 2:22 pm Barun Biswas amar rahe…. He will ever remain in the hearts of people…
B.G. Nageshwar Singh nrupathunga07@gmail.comx nrupathunga07@gmail.com 59.92.174.171	Submitted on 2012/05/03 at 11:55 am | In reply to yamuna. Please go to pension office and enquire about your pension with alphabet starts with your name and the pass book you have taking pension please take the copy of the pass book for your kind verification and enquire with the case worker. dont delay. , I am an Physically challenged who has not get the pension from last 6 months but I am awaiting from last four months. My family is also in trouble in the month end If I would got my pension it will help my family to copeup. Thanks, Nageshwar Singh
Akash akashlion@yahoo.com 170.135.241.45	Submitted on 2012/04/21 at 8:10 pm | In reply to samantha. That is really bad, do you have a lawyer looking into this?
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Mumbai Flat Buyers: VAT Problems

Onus to pay VAT is on builder, not buyer: Govt

Rajshri Mehta TNN

      Mumbai: In a bid to quell doubts about payment of value added tax (VAT) on properties bought between June 20, 2006 andMarch 31,2010,thesalestax department has put up a list of frequently asked questions with answers on its website (http://mahavat.gov.in/Mahavat/index.jsp).

      The department has clearly stated that the onus to pay the tax liability is on the developer and not the property buyer. It further said that builders’ tax liability will be adjusted againsttheinstallments paidby them so far. Although builders claim theVATis5% of the value of a flat, the sales tax departmentsaiditwillworkouttoless than 3%.

    Whilethe FAQs may slightly quell the disquiet among property buyers, the state governmentis yettospellouthowitintends to protect buyers, especially those who were not informed of the likely VAT charge, those who had given bank guarantees and deposits to developerswhilebooking flats.
“I learnt I have to pay Rs 3 lakh asVATonly when Iwentto meet the developer for some paper work. He never told me about VAT when I took possession of the flat in 2009. Why should I pay when I was not told about it,” said a Pune-based senior army officer.

    Fifteen residents of a posh Navi Mumbai housing society are wondering what legal recourse to take after their developer recently sentthem a notice demanding Rs 3.57 lakh as VAT. “The developer has threatened to forfeit our bank guarantee if wedon’t pay,” said a resident.

     “On what grounds is the builder asking me to give a cheque when the bank guarantee is in his possession? It is equivalent to paying the VAT. Who will reimburse me for the interest I lost for five years when my guarantee was lying with the developer,” asked a flat owner from Vashi.
“Thoughwe paidVAT at5%, welearntthe amountworksout to less. Who will refund the excess VAT I paid to the developer,” asked another buyer.

    VAT YOU SHOULD KNOW 
Q. When is VAT applicable from? A. June 20, 2006

Q. On what type of contracts is VAT payable? A. VAT is payable on the sale of under-construction flats. It is not payable if a completed flat is sold by the developer

Q. Who has to pay VAT if a developer didn’t tell the buyer about VAT when s/he purchased the flat post 2006? A. The developer

Q. Will VAT apply if the agreement to sell an underconstruction flat was executed before June 20, 2006 and the possession was given after June 20, 2006? Will the amount received prior to June 20, 2006 be exempt from VAT? A. Yes. VAT will be levied on the value received or receivable after June 20, 2006

Source: http://mahavat.gov. in/Mahavat/index.jsp