Nationalist Congress Party President and Union Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar today urged alliance partners to follow the norms of
coalition politics and avoid criticising each other.
''For a long time, the country and the state was governed by one
party but now it is an era of coalition politics, and the NCP will
try to maintain unity both in the state as well as at the Centre,''
Mr Pawar said after launching a membership drive of the party here.

''NCP had forsaken its claim over the Chief Ministership in
Maharashtra despite having maximum number of MLAs only to maintain
unity in the alliance. Nobody can, therefore, advise us as to how to
maintain coalition unity,'' Mr Pawar, who had parted ways from
Congress on June 10, 1999 to form the NCP, said.

Taking a dig at the Congress regarding allegations that members were
made by accepting money, Mr Pawar, without naming any party,
said, ''Such things will never happen in NCP and people should look
after their own party instead of blaming partners for their
problems.'' ''We respect the strength of the Congress and they
should also respect the NCP's strength,'' Mr Pawar added.

Coming down on the BJP and the Shiv Sena, Mr Pawar said the two
parties were more engrossed in their own interests rather than
serving the interests of the Marathi people.

The BJP always creates confusion in the minds of the people, Mr
Pawar alleged and referred to the statement of BJP president L K
Advani on Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Pakistan. ''The BJP never worked
for the development of minorities,'' he charged.

Dwelling on Mumbai and particularly the situation after the July 26
deluge, Mr Pawar said, ''Mumbai will continue to remain as one city
and the capital of Maharashtra. A discussion can take place about
its administration.'' His remarks comes in the wake of suggestions
to make Mumbai a separate Union Territory or divide the municipal
corporation for better administration

`King's initiative must to resolve crisis'


   BY SURENDRA PHUYAL

NEW DELHI, Oct 1 - The six-member Indian political delegation has
assessed that the three sides in Nepal's triangular conflict -
political parties, monarchy and rebel Maoists - are important for
the country's peace and stability, and King Gyanendra should manage
the worsening political crisis the same way his brother, late King
Birendra, did in the spring of 1990.
Reliable sources said the Indian delegation, which returned to New
Delhi Nationalist Congress Party leader D P Tripathi from a three-
day Nepal visit came to the conclusion. The leader of the
delegation, politburo member of Communist Party of India (Marxist),
Sitaram Yechuri, will submit a report Sunday to Indian Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

The eight-page report, being finalized Saturday afternoon - key
contents of which was disclosed to the Post, calls on the monarch to
work toward piecing together an inclusive multiparty government to
find an exit from the crisis. Such a government should also have
representation from the outlawed Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist),
the report suggests.

In the entire process, "the influential southern neighbor, India -
rather than seeking to play any role in the crisis - should try to
diplomatically facilitate such a crisis management, which would be
possible after Nepal's transition to multiparty democracy," a source
involved in preparing the report told the Post Saturday.

He added, "Peace is the need of the hour in Nepal, and that's not
possible without democracy, for which there seems to be an
overwhelming demand from all quarters…So, the sooner the monarch
starts working to make that happen, the sooner the conflict can be
resolved."

Other leaders in the delegation, were veteran socialist leader
Surendra Mohan, CPI leader D Raja, Congress leader Chandra Shekhar
Sahu, and Samajvadi party leader Dr Sunilam. The six parties are
members of the 14-party Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee, which
was formed last February 4.

Nagpur | October 02, 2005 5:46:26 PM IST


Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil today launched the
Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) membership drive in Vidarbha region
after garlanding the statue of Mahatma Gandhi here and visiting the
Sewagram Ashram and Baput Kuti in Wardha.
Mr Patil, who arrived here today, proceeded to Sewagram Ashram and
launched the party's membership drive in Wardha district. He returned
to Nagpur this afternoon and garlanded Mahatma Gandhi's statue before
launching the membership drive.

Addressing the gathering, Mr Patil said NCP, floated six years back,
has been able to reach to the poor people who have given their mandate
to the party which emerged as the largest party in Maharashtra in the
last Assembly elections under the able leadership of Mr Sharad Pawar.

Pawar urges ''partners'' to follow coalition norms
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party President and Union Agriculture
Minister Sharad Pawar today urged alliance partners to follow the
norms of coalition politics and avoid criticising each other.

''For a long time, the country and the state was governed by one
party but now it is an era of coalition politics, and the NCP will
try to maintain unity both in the state as well as at the Centre,''
Mr Pawar said after launching a membership drive of the party here.

''NCP had forsaken its claim over the Chief Ministership in
Maharashtra despite having maximum number of MLAs only to maintain
unity in the alliance. Nobody can, therefore, advise us as to how to
maintain coalition unity,'' Mr Pawar, who had parted ways from
Congress on June 10, 1999 to form the NCP, said.

Taking a dig at the Congress regarding allegations that members were
made by accepting money, Mr Pawar, without naming any party,
said, ''Such things will never happen in NCP and people should look
after their own party instead of blaming partners for their
problems.'' ''We respect the strength of the Congress and they
should also respect the NCP's strength,'' Mr Pawar added.

Coming down on the BJP and the Shiv Sena, Mr Pawar said the two
parties were more engrossed in their own interests rather than
serving the interests of the Marathi people.

The BJP always creates confusion in the minds of the people, Mr
Pawar alleged and referred to the statement of BJP president L K
Advani on Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Pakistan. ''The BJP never worked
for the development of minorities,'' he charged.

Dwelling on Mumbai and particularly the situation after the July 26
deluge, Mr Pawar said, ''Mumbai will continue to remain as one city
and the capital of Maharashtra. A discussion can take place about
its administration.'' His remarks comes in the wake of suggestions
to make Mumbai a separate Union Territory or divide the municipal
corporation for better administration.

Dear Abhay Barhate



I am very sorry not gven numbers of of Mr Kinnerey or my number I request all
NRI those who want to became member they please call Mr. Arun  Gujarati 
President Maharashtra Pradesh NCP on phone his personal Cell number 9822403663

or Najmudin Bookwala  for Mumbai and India ell Number is 93222 46090  or the
party office number Shri Madan Bafna Ex Minister Maharashtra in Party Offcie
teliphone number



all the numbers  can get on    www.nationalistcongressparty.com



Najmudin Bookwala ( Manoj)

PS while calling to President or Mr Madan Bafna please explain u are contecting 
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Mr.Najmudin Bookwala,

You have asked me to call Mr.Kumar Kinnerey or you, but you did not mention
contact numbers. Pl send me contact numbers.

Regards.

Abhay P.Barhate

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Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:26:18 -0000
From: "Najmudin Bookwala"
Subject: Membership Drive will start from 2nd October 2005.

Membership Drive will start from 2nd October 2005.
Mr. Sharad Pawar
will inaugurate Membership drive at Sanmukhanad Hall on Sunday the
2nd October 2005

Arunbhai Gujarati

If you need any information for this please call Maharashtra Preadesh
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To
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You have asked me to call Mr.Kumar Kinnerey or you, but you did not mention
contact numbers. Pl send me contact numbers.

Regards.

Abhay P.Barhate

nationalistcongressparty@... wrote:
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:26:18 -0000
From: "Najmudin Bookwala"
Subject: Membership Drive will start from 2nd October 2005.

Membership Drive will start from 2nd October 2005.
Mr. Sharad Pawar
will inaugurate Membership drive at Sanmukhanad Hall on Sunday the
2nd October 2005

Arunbhai Gujarati

If you need any information for this please call Maharashtra Preadesh
NCP office Mr. Kumar Kinnerey or Shri Najmudin Bookwala




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Membership Drive will start from 2nd October 2005.
Mr. Sharad Pawar
will inaugurate Membership drive at Sanmukhanad Hall on  Sunday the
2nd October 2005

Arunbhai Gujarati

If  you need any information for this please call Maharashtra Preadesh
NCP office Mr. Kumar Kinnerey or Shri Najmudin Bookwala

To

Honerable Shri Sharadchandra Pawar,

President - Nationalist Congress Party

India



I wish to become an active member of NCP. I have already devoted for NCP during
last two assembly election. Basically I am from Jalgaon (M.S.) . At present I am
at Doha Qatar.



I request you to approve my membership and give me an opportunity to serve as an
active member of the party. Hope to hear favourably from you.



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While appreciating the concerns of the Left Parties, the Nationalist
Congress Party appeals to them to review their decisions of suspending
the participation in the Coordination Committee meeting of the United
Progressive Alliance in the larger interest of the country. The NCP
firmly believes that differences should be resolved through
discussions and consultations. We must ensure that United Progressive
Alliance is strengthened. For this, we should strictly adhere to the
National Common Minimum Programme.

Sd/-
(D.P. Tripathi)
General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson, NCP

The National President, Nationalist Congress Party, Shri Sharad Pawar,
in consultation with the undersigned, has appointed the following with
immediate effect.

1. Shri Raju Raval as Chairman, Media Department
2. Prof Narendra K. Reddy as Vice Chairman, Media Department
3. Shri Ranjeet Gadhoke as Convenor, Media Department
4. Prof. Suraj Yadav as Convenor, Media Department
5. Shri. Somjibhai Damor, Ex MP as Chairman, Tribal Cell
6. Shri. Laxman Dhobley, former Minister in Govt. of Maharashtra as
Chairman, Dalit Cell

Sd/-
(D.P. Tripathi)
General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson, NCP

The National President, Nationalist Congress Party, Shri Sharad Pawar
has appointed the Convenor of Economic Affairs Cell Shri. Y.P. Trivedi
as the party's new Treasurer with immediate effect.

Sd/-
(D.P. Tripathi)
General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson, NCP

or favour of publication

The National General Secretary & Incharge Frontal Organisations,
Nationalist Congress Party, Shri. Tariq Anwar, has made the following
appointments, with immediate effect.

1. Shri. K.J. Josemon as President, Nationalist Students Congress.
2. Shri. Manish Bajpai as Vice-President, Nationalist Students
Congress.
3. Kumari. Geeta Nigam as General Secretary, Nationalist Mahila
Congress.


Sd/-
(S.R. Kohli)
Hony. Permanent Secretary & Media Advisor

The National General Secretary, Nationalist Congress Party, Shri.
Tariq Anwar, MP, has issued a show-cause notice to the NCP's newly
elected MLA from Jharkhand Shri Kamlesh Singh as to why action
against him under section 10 of the Constitution of India for
disqualifying him from the Member of the Jharkhand Legislative
Assembly should not be initiated. Copy of the show-cause notice by
Shri Tariq Anwar is attached herewith for your information.

The charges made against him were that he had taken oath as the
Minister in the NDA government of Jharkhand led by Shri Arjun Munda
inspite of the fact that he was aware that NCP is a part of UPA and
opposed to the NDA. Not only this, he had also been issued number of
whips by NCP General Secretary Shri Tariq Anwar to vote against the
NDA government as well as its candidates for Speaker.

The option, however, has been given to him that if he resigns from
the Jharkhand cabinet and vote against NDA alliance in the
Legislative Assembly, proceedings so initiated by the NCP, will be
dropped.

Sd/-
(S.R. Kohli)
Hony. Permanent Secretary & Media Advisor

The National President, Nationalist Congress Party, Shri. Sharad Pawar
has appointed the former UP State NCP President and former Rajya Sabha
MP Dr. Akhtar Hasan Rizvi as the National General Secretary of NCP,
with immediate effect.

Shri Pawar has also inducted the Chairman of Minorities Department of
NCP Shri Zafar Akhtar and the NCP's MLA from Delhi Shri Ramvir Singh
Bidhuri, both in the Working Committee of NCP as Special Invitee, with
immediate effect.

Sd/-
(D.P. Tripathi)
General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson, NCP

For favour of publication

Somjibhai Damor, as Advasi leader born in Adivasi family joined
politics with original Indira Congress (constitued new Congress at
that time) in the year 1970-71.

He is popular Adiwasi leader and is President of Akhil Bharatiya
Adivasi Vikas Parishad since last 21 years, Gujarat Adviwasi Vikas
Parishad since last 33 years, and Delhi Adwasi Vikas Parishad since
last 28 years.

Shri Somjibhai Damor, an original Congressman retained the MP seat
as Congress candidate from Dahod ST constituency of Gujarat for 7
consecutive terms at lok Sabha.

With his hold among the Adiwasi in the area, he has never lost the
election till 1999 even during the anti-curruption wave and the BJP
waves when many stalwarts including Indiraji herself lost election.

He has been given warm welcome by the NCP President Shri Sharad
Pawar and has been officially inducted to the NCP through a function
organised at Delhi on 30th May, 2005.

Shri Somjibhai Damor is strong enough to introduce a new party in
his area. This is well known from the facts that he was the first
person to join new Indira Congress alongwith Shri Kantilal Ghia,
Shri Jinabhai Darji and Shri Ratubhai Adami in the year 1970. His
dauntless efforts resulted in popularity of the Indira Congress in
his area. He has now accepted the challenge to popularise and bring
to new heights the NCP in his area as also at all India level with
special approach to Tribals.


Sd/-
(D.P. Tripathi)
General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson, NCP

The following leaders from Assam alongwith Shri P.A. Sangma, MP met
the National President, Nationalist Congress Party, Shri Sharad
Pawar and joined the NCP, with immediate effect.

1. Shri. Abdul Jabbar
Ex Minister and sitting MLA

2. Shri. Ali Akbar Mian, MLA

3. Shri Ashfaq Ali Dewan,
General Secretary, Minority Parishad, Assam.

Since the Assam Legislative Assembly elections are to be held in the
near future, joining of the above said leaders will be a moral boost
and will strengthen the party in the region.

Sd/-
(D.P. Tripathi)
General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson, NCP

Shri T.P. Peethambaran Master, National General Secretary, NCP,
accompanied by Chaudhary Ved Pal, NCP Haryana State President, Shri
Sunny Thomas, General Secretary, Nationalist Youth Congress and Shri
Virendra Singh Dadha, General Secretary, Nationalist Kisan Congress
visited the workers of Honda Motors, Gurgaon, who had been injured
in the police action in front of the Mini Secretariat, Gurgaon at
the General Hospital today.

The atrocities inflicted on the workers of Honda Motors Gurgaon by
Haryana Police were unprovoked and pre planned. The workers who
wanted to submit a memorandum to the District authorities were
stopped by the police at the park before the Secretariat. Being
stopped, the workers sat on a dharna. The police thereupon closed
down on them from all sides and brutally attached them. Many of them
have sustained multiple fractures and also head injuries. Thirty-two
of the injured workers are still in the hospital.

There is no justification for lathi charging the workers who sat on
a peaceful dharna. That they were rounded up and beaten and not
allowed to disperse shows that the lathi charge was not meant to
disperse them, but an organized plan to beat them brutally and to
terrorise them. This is something quite unheard of in democratic
system.

The workers had been agitating on some demands for the last two
months. The Labour Department or the State Administration of Haryana
did not care to interfere in the dispute. Instead they chose to use
police force against them.

It is understood that the labour unrest started with the refusal of
the Labour Department to register the union formed by the workers,
which they had applied for, seven months ago. The management, it is
understood, had announced that they would never allow their union to
get registere4d. So, the action of the government seems to be an
effort to break their union by terrorising. It is to be presumed
that the government was acting at the behest of the management.

NCP strongly condemns the unprovoked preplanned police atrocities on
the workers. NCP wants that the authorities, who were responsible
for the atrocities should be suspended from service before the
judicial enquiry, promised by the government, starts. Sufficient
compensation should be paid to the workers who sustained major
injuries. It is also reported that some of the leaders of the
workers who were arrested by the police are now missing. The terms
of reference of the Commission should cover the question of mission
workers also.

NCP National Labour Cell has called upon the people to join the
Haryana State Bandh called by Trade Unions on 28th July and also to
support the National Bandh called by Left Trade Unions on 1st August
2005.

Sd/-
(S.R. Kohli)
Hony. Permanent Secretary & Media Advisor

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What is Islam¿

ISLAM AND MUSLIM

The name of this religion is Islam, the root of which
is Silm and Salam which means peace. Salam may also
mean greeting one another with peace. One of the
beautiful names of God is that He is the Peace. It
means more than that: submission to the One God, and
to live in peace with the Creator, within one's self,
with other people and with the environment. Thus,
Islam is a total system of living. A Muslim is
supposed to live in peace and harmony with all these
segments; hence, a Muslim is any person anywhere in
the world whose obedience, allegiance, and loyalty are
to God, the Lord of the Universe.

MUSLIMS AND ARAB

The followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are
not to be confused with Arabs. Muslims may be Arabs,
Turks, Persians, Indians, Pakistanis, Malaysians,
Indonesians, Europeans, Africans, Americans, Chinese,
or other nationalities.
An Arab could be a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew or an
atheist. Any person who adopts the Arabic language is
called an Arab. However, the language of the Qur'an
(the Holy Book of Islam) is Arabic. Muslims all over
the world try to learn Arabic so that they may be able
to read the Qur'an and understand its meaning. They
pray in the language of the Qur'an, namely Arabic.
Supplications to God could be in any language.
While there are one billion Muslims in the world there
are about 200 million Arabs. Among them, approximately
ten percent are not Muslims. Thus Arab Muslims
constitute only about twenty percent of the Muslim
population of the world.
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ALLAH THE ONE AND THE ONLY GOD

Muslims believe that Allah is the name of the One and
Only God. He is the Creator of all human beings. He is
the God for the Christians, the Jews, the Muslims, the
Buddhists, the Hindus, the atheists, and others.
Muslims worship God whose name is Allah. They put
their trust in Him and they seek His help and His
guidance.

MUHAMMAD

Muhammad was chosen by God to deliver His Message of
Peace, namely Islam. He was born in 570 C.E. (Common
Era) in Makkah, Arabia. He was entrusted with the
Message of Islam when he was at the age of forty
years. The revelation that he received is called the
Qur'an, while the message is called Islam.
Muhammad is the very last Prophet of God to mankind.
He is the final Messenger of God. His message was and
is still to the Christians, the Jews and the rest of
mankind. He was sent to those religious people to
inform them about the true mission of Jesus, Moses,
Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham.
Muhammad is considered to be the summation and the
culmination of all the prophets and messengers that
came before him. He purified the previous messages
from adulteration and completed the Message of God for
all humanity. He was entrusted with the power of
explaining, interpreting and living the teaching of
the Qur'an.

NON-MUSLIMS

Muslims are required to respect all those who are
faithful and God conscious people, namely those who
received messages. Christians and Jews are called
People of the Book. Muslims are asked to call upon the
People of the Book for common terms, namely, to
worship One God, and to work together for the
solutions of the many problems in the society.
Christians and Jews lived peacefully with Muslims
throughout centuries in the Middle East and other
Asian and African countries. The second Caliph Umar,
did not pray in the church in Jerusalem so as not to
give the Muslims an excuse to take it over. Christians
entrusted the Muslims, and as such the key of the
Church in Jerusalem is still in the hands of the
Muslims.
Jews fled from Spain during the Inquisition, and they
were welcomed by the Muslims. They settled in the
heart of the Islamic Caliphate. They enjoyed positions
of power and authority.
Throughout the Muslim world, churches, synagogues and
missionary schools were built within the Muslim
neighborhoods. These places were protected by Muslims
even during the contemporary crises in the Middle East


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The World Village Computer Revolution
The knowledge is strength, the Internet is money.

Dear friends:

This is 1 US dollar Internet education plan, please email your country
government and the world, thanks my friend.

Under $USD1 one day total 1,200,000,000 world people

Full money is village people.
1 village 2 computers plan ( 1 computer = $USD500  )

1,000 people * $USD1 = $USD1,000 = 2 Computers

500 people * $USD2 = $USD1,000 = 2 Computers

200 people * $USD5 = $USD1,000  = 2 Computers

Full money is country government.
No the electric power, subsidize the full money the bicycle dynamo and the
accumulator, no the Internet, the CD/DVD disc is the education expenses, the
full money by government payment.

This is the country policy, may the control execution.

One US Dollar Education Plan



1. ideas beginning

The Internet tidal current is enormous and powerful, the government and all
professions update to the Internet is inevitable, the education promotes the
national strength, enhances people's life, the Internet education is the first
agenda, look the world, now the world no the cheap education website, the world
Internet education is Must want.

This is 1 billion people Internet education plans, because the integer is easy
calculate, this plan is make money, by the government levies 1 people 1 US
dollar 1 year education fee, total $USD 1,000,000,000,  this Internet current is
the rare opportunity, this is needs the government overall planning, please
email your country government and the world, thanks my friend.

2. websites operations

The Internet education cost down 99%, the traditional teaching 1 teacher teaches
45 people, the Internet teaches 4,500 ~ infinite people, enhance the people
educate standard, is the world agree, better be free of charge reads master,
doctor, the Internet education may achieve this goal.

First 1 people 1 us dollar 1 year fee, total $US 1 billion, then according ratio
allocate resources:

The website operation and the administration expense is 1.5% (national
population small, administration expense is high, not exceed 5%).

The educates website profit is 10%, no profit is Invalid.

The income 30%, total $US 300 million subsidy village install public computer
expense, this subsidy is only one, the subsidy no exceed total amount 50%,
covers 700 million people (70% is farmer), basic every 1,000 people install 2
computers, 1 printers, 1 scanners, total 1.4 million, 1 computer $US 1,000,
total $US 1400 million, subsidy 50% altogether $US 700 million.

This plan accomplish in 3 years, total $US 900 million subsidies amount, the
village down to 200 people, so long as they  levies 1 computer money, the
government then subsidy another 1 computer money, 2 computers were bad 1 had
another computer to using, at first this 3 years income many money, expenditure
is few, has Very many money earnings, surplus 10% profit $US 300 million may
use, the plan is no the money difficulty.

3. services networks (this item only makes reference, various countries acts
according to oneself national condition decision.)

The computers covers the nation is very quick, many computers sales go to the
towns and villages, the village computers plan by easy to difficult, in several
city expansions to towns and villages, (subsidy 50% equal treatment) order the
organization teams to understand the operation, the computers plan go to remote
villages, this part is no merchants service, must set up the service station.
(after 2 years had earnestly to examine whether did need to exist, 1. merchants
arrived, we then abolishes, 2. After 2 years the consumer understand the repair
or understand select the computers.)

4. poorest villages subsidies

The poorest villages, is must invest most subsidies, the village no the electric
power, the full money subsidize the bicycle dynamo and the accumulator , 2
computers subsidize maintain at 50%, the village no the Internet, the CD/DVD
disc is the education expenses, If must the teacher teaching, this must obtain
the real data to implementation.

5. costs low, the benefit is high

The Internet is the 3rd wave knowledge economic revolution, the knowledge spread
cost is cheap, 100% internet education is imperative, the benefit is very big,
this is on-line teaching, we used the manpower to make the supposition, the
education have 20 grades, each grades had 10 branches, each branch had 10
teachers (student to be allowed to select the teacher teaching), each teacher
had 10 assistants, the teacher salary $US 10,000 year, each grades has 1,100
teacher * 20 grades = 22,000 teacher, total $US 220 million + $US 15 million
websites and administrative expenses + $US 300 million is impoverished and
computer subsidy + $US 100 million profits = $US 635 million.

Income $US 1000 million - $US 635 million = surplus $US 365 million

The services station, the development teams, the supply homepage, to cope with
has $US 365 million.

Will educate 1 people to become a capable people needs very many moneys, the
Internet education is the future education way, regardless of any time will
start, the country and the people to obtain the huge benefit.

Please send this plan your country government and the world people, this plan
needs translate to English and the various writing, the translator sign, the
name keeps the history, please join
http://groups.msn.com/TheworldcomputerRevolution

Initiator: Ming-Tat Cheung

Date: 26/10/2004 Hong Kong

Website: http://twcr.why.to

This is Chinese machine translation English, please email your government and
the world, thank very much.















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Sorry for not sending anything related to this group but it might be something
new to you

What is Islam¿

ISLAM AND MUSLIM

The name of this religion is Islam, the root of which is Silm and Salam which
means peace. Salam may also mean greeting one another with peace. One of the
beautiful names of God is that He is the Peace. It means more than that:
submission to the One God, and to live in peace with the Creator, within one's
self, with other people and with the environment. Thus, Islam is a total system
of living. A Muslim is supposed to live in peace and harmony with all these
segments; hence, a Muslim is any person anywhere in the world whose obedience,
allegiance, and loyalty are to God, the Lord of the Universe.

MUSLIMS AND ARAB

The followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are not to be confused with
Arabs. Muslims may be Arabs, Turks, Persians, Indians, Pakistanis, Malaysians,
Indonesians, Europeans, Africans, Americans, Chinese, or other nationalities.
An Arab could be a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew or an atheist. Any person who
adopts the Arabic language is called an Arab. However, the language of the
Qur'an (the Holy Book of Islam) is Arabic. Muslims all over the world try to
learn Arabic so that they may be able to read the Qur'an and understand its
meaning. They pray in the language of the Qur'an, namely Arabic. Supplications
to God could be in any language.
While there are one billion Muslims in the world there are about 200 million
Arabs. Among them, approximately ten percent are not Muslims. Thus Arab Muslims
constitute only about twenty percent of the Muslim population of the world.
-

ALLAH THE ONE AND THE ONLY GOD

Muslims believe that Allah is the name of the One and Only God. He is the
Creator of all human beings. He is the God for the Christians, the Jews, the
Muslims, the Buddhists, the Hindus, the atheists, and others. Muslims worship
God whose name is Allah. They put their trust in Him and they seek His help and
His guidance.

MUHAMMAD

Muhammad was chosen by God to deliver His Message of Peace, namely Islam. He was
born in 570 C.E. (Common Era) in Makkah, Arabia. He was entrusted with the
Message of Islam when he was at the age of forty years. The revelation that he
received is called the Qur'an, while the message is called Islam.
Muhammad is the very last Prophet of God to mankind. He is the final Messenger
of God. His message was and is still to the Christians, the Jews and the rest of
mankind. He was sent to those religious people to inform them about the true
mission of Jesus, Moses, Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham.
Muhammad is considered to be the summation and the culmination of all the
prophets and messengers that came before him. He purified the previous messages
from adulteration and completed the Message of God for all humanity. He was
entrusted with the power of explaining, interpreting and living the teaching of
the Qur'an.

NON-MUSLIMS

Muslims are required to respect all those who are faithful and God conscious
people, namely those who received messages. Christians and Jews are called
People of the Book. Muslims are asked to call upon the People of the Book for
common terms, namely, to worship One God, and to work together for the solutions
of the many problems in the society.
Christians and Jews lived peacefully with Muslims throughout centuries in the
Middle East and other Asian and African countries. The second Caliph Umar, did
not pray in the church in Jerusalem so as not to give the Muslims an excuse to
take it over. Christians entrusted the Muslims, and as such the key of the
Church in Jerusalem is still in the hands of the Muslims.
Jews fled from Spain during the Inquisition, and they were welcomed by the
Muslims. They settled in the heart of the Islamic Caliphate. They enjoyed
positions of power and authority.
Throughout the Muslim world, churches, synagogues and missionary schools were
built within the Muslim neighborhoods. These places were protected by Muslims
even during the contemporary crises in the Middle East


For more information about Islam:

http://www.freewebtown.com/albaraa/1.html

http://www.freewebtown.com/nahar/1.html

http://www.freewebtown.com/oways/1.html


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Vag Shantu Shenai is working jointly with Indian Express in Juhu area
of K-West Ward to
prevent decay and spread of disease due to accumulated rubbish,
garbage and dirt.

He is using a water based 'vermi+biosanitizer' spray which is
non-toxic and acts
by 'locking' the decaying material thereby preventing bad smell and
further decay,
This in turn prevent insects, flies, mosquitoes, birds, rodents, etc.
from developing and spreading disease.
Details of the product used are available at web link:
http://www.biosanitizer.com/
Even this product is 'tuned' by Shantu to enable maximum results for
each localized problem area.

This is only an interim measure, thereby allowing the safe removal of
accumulated rubbish by normal means.
He has arranged for daily spraying by means of dedicated staff in the
Juhu area for which he is authorized by MCGM.

All housing complexes and citizens are requested to contact him and
his staff to allow focused spraying in their area.
They can be reached by phone at ...

Mr. Shantaram Shenai                     93 2415 6273
garbageguru@...
Supervisor Mr. R.S.Gupta               93 2380 5186
Office  Ms. Veronica                       93 2412 9978
Office  General                                     2632 9978
Vehicle-1 Mr. Deepak                     98 6747 8250
Vehicle-2 Mr. Suresh                       98 1910 6638
Vehicle-3 Mr. Santosh                     98 9267 5450

It is most important that citizens wishing to have their locality
sprayed, must give the exact location of the garbage heaps and dumps
by giving detailed address with landmark, preferably the 'light pole
number' to enable quick and easy spotting for the spraying staff.  A
working 'visit route' is being worked out so that all the by-lanes and
plots are routinely covered.  Please rush your date asap to enable
your 'bad spots' to be included.

Citizens are further requested to give regular feedback on the
results, so that Shantu can arrange for better 'tuning' of the mixture
being sprayed.  This is most important.  So, make your list and pick
up the phone asap.  Best wishes.

We have heard everything about Mumbai.  As the saying goes

      IT IS NOT BAD- IT IS WORSE.

    Sir,  We must have heard ALL THESE REAL THINGS about 100 times
since to havoc in Mumbai.

      Sir,     DO YOU WANT TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THEM

                AND HOW?

               If you add to whatever already said - you know what
effect it will be.

              YOU CAN TAKE THE LEAD IF YOU  WANT  TO.

              CARRY THE SPIRIT OF AUGUST 15.


            Warm greetings,

           K.N.VENUGOPAL





MUMBAIKAR <madhu_sawant2000@...> wrote:

     JOHNNY JOSEPH
     Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:52:0 IST

     Man of the darkest hour




     Johnny Joseph... incapable of giving reassuring answers.









                     IT is said that the people get the government, the
administration, they deserve. Perhaps this is true. Though what Mumbai
did to deserve Johnny Joseph, we do not know. Municipal commissioners,
like police commissioners, are appointed by the overnment. And in
giving us Mr. Joseph, no doubt, the government knew what it was doing.
The citizens, unfortunately, realise how good or bad and how efficient
or inefficient their municipal commissioner is only after he succeeds
or fails in tackling a civic issue. Most often, this is a municipal
workers' strike for higher emoluments and bonus before Diwali. At
various times, eparate departments of the corporation lay down tools
and agitate for individual causes. The octroi department is notorious
for this. Also the conservancy fellows. And sometimes the resident
medical officers of the municipal hospitals. The firemen who are also
municipal servants, poor chaps, threaten to go on strike often, but
never really do so. But all this, the city can take in its stride.
Octroi does not really bother the citizens until the prices of
commodities shoot up because trucks carrying them into the city are
lined up at the check nakas. Uncleared garbage is not such a big issue
anymore.

                     It is an eyesore. But then Mumbaikars have been
suffering from sore eyes for ever on account of overflowing bins,
choked gutters, and garbage on the road. That is nothing new. Strikes
in municipal hospitals, of course, are trying. They test the city's
patience. But this too has happened before, several times and passed.
And if you look at what conditions the poor municipal doctors work and
live in, you would be sympathetic towards their strikes. The complete
civic machinery shutting shop just before Diwali is what the city
cannot bear. It is generally believed that municipal staff don't do
any work rest of the year and to see them being dissatisfied and
agitating for bonus, is galling. But for all this, the city has never
gheraoed the municipal commissioner or demanded his resignation. Now
this has come to pass because Mumbai is on the verge of an epidemic.
Deaths are being reported from suburban Mumbai where people are
suffering from water-borne diseases as a result of the July 26 deluge.
Not only did the BMC fail in its management of the floods, but in
their aftermath, there was no great sense of urgency in hauling the
city back on its feet. Tonnes of garbage continued to lie about and
added to this, were carcasses of animals and other refuse. This is
where Mr. Joseph should have shown whatever talents he has that the
government saw in him at the time of his appointment. He should have
been visible, on television, at public places, meeting the media
instead of hiding from it, and telling the city that he was sorry for
what had happened, but he was ready to make up and needed the people's
support and cooperation.

                     Instead of making excuses, he should have warned
us of the epidemic, he should have taken the decision on his own to
ban food hawkers on the roads, he should have requisitioned additional
para-medic staff from wherever, more medicines, he should have ensured
that municipal hospitals were geared to face the deluge of fever
victims if and when they came, he should have had teams of the
municipal health department going from door-to-door warning people who
could be potential victims of lepto, dengue, malaria, cholera and
hepatitis. None of which was done. Only when the fever had set in and
people started falling down like flies (it hurts us to say), did Mr.
Joseph rise and rush to the suburban municipal hospitals. There, when
gheraoed by victims' families, and by ingratiating politicians, Mr.
Joseph showed himself as being incapable of answering charges and
making reassuring speeches. Don't know what he is doing "camping" at
the fever sites. The municipal hospitals and camps there have been
functioning as efficiently or inefficiently without him.

                          But he is part of the picture now. Too bad.
Too bad for us, because in our darkest hour, when push came to shove,
we found we had Mr. Joseph in our team.


     "If we fight, we may not always win, but if we don't fight, we
will surely lose."

     MADHU SAWANT

     Save--our-- Mumbai

How to achieve World Class Efficiency?

1. The best `home grown' or `Swadeshi' effective human capital is the
answer!

At present, we cannot always use the best quality and lowest cost
`Swadeshi' effective human capital to run our own country including
our own public and private sector.

When future generations of Indians read Indian history, this will go
down as one of the reasons for hindering India's fast growth.
1070 million people but we cannot place our best teams in position and
put our `house in order' to World Class standards!
No amount of money or technology can ever replace the presence of
effective human capital. In fact, effective man-power teams, know, how
to rustle up other resources in a highly competitive and global
environment, the reverse is not true.

2. The `engine' of the Economy

The organized sector is supposed to be the `engine' of the economy of
India. It should be `World Class'. A total of 18 million people work
with the Public Sector and about 9 million people work with the
Private Sector. Total employment is about 27 million in this sector.

It needs to be accountable, responsible and should be a used as a
benchmark for efficiency, good governance and good administration.

The key objective of this sector is to administer and govern and to
serve and benefit the citizens and the country of India in the best
possible manner. Government can only facilitate jobs, education,
health, the economy, provided it is efficient and world class! It
should be the `torch bearer' for our economic reforms. 29 million are
born & 10 million die every year.

The 18 million employees of the union and state governments need to be
of a world class standards & extremely effective. 1070 million people
of India, depend upon them!


3. India Human Capital admired world wide…but in India!

We have some of the best human resources in the world, but due to some
of the constraints, as mentioned below, we cannot use them always in
our own country!

Indias run some of the largest organizations in the world, both in
manufacturing as well as in service sectors. Indians also help as
advisors to many nations. Who ever brings in the best and effective
team to govern and administer, will be the winner.

Today, all good politicians, all over the world, talk economics first.
The best Politicians and Leaders `Walk the Talk'.

India needs to be competitive in the global markets. Our World Trade
is only 0.8%, while our population is 17%. The GDP of India is only
1.7% of World GDP. In India, Demand is very high, but Buying Power is
low, due to a low per capita income of only US$ 1.66 per day! As per
the World Bank definition of Poverty Line, the per capita earning per
day was US$1 which is now revised to US$2 per day.

  In order to survive and create employment, India needs to bench mark
Employee Laws with competing countries in Asia, Latin America, Middle
East and Eastern Europe.


4. Reasons for India's problems

Sometimes we protect some employees at any cost to the Organization
and the Nation! Article 311, of the Indian Constitution, protects
employees of the Union and State Governments.

This needs to be suitably amended, as it is not desirable in today's
context, since it over-protects only 1.7 % (18 million people) of
Indians who are the employees of the State and Union Government, and
indirectly, the employees of the organized private sector, (9 million
people) representing a total of 2.6% (27 million people) of the
population of India.

There is no fear of loss of job whether you deliver or not!

Sometimes, these employees, seek and get protection for lifetime
employment, even if,

    1. they work or not,
    2. they are honest or corrupt, or caught red handed taking a bribe
    3. they are absent but marked present,
    4. they are efficient or inefficient,
    5. they subcontract their work to others
    6. willfully destroy public property
    7. take sick leave of 30 days/year, year after year! It is
impossible to be sick, every year,   exactly for 30 days!
    8. restrict retraining, redeployment and restructuring, for
productivity improvement within the same organization and
    9. disrupt work, and damage or sabotage the fixed assets of public
enterprises, in order to pressurize managements.

No country can run efficiently, especially, if some critical sections
are protected, in this manner! 1.7 % of India's population is not even
the Vote Bank!

Union Ministers, MPs, MLAs, municipal councilors can be changed after
a term of 5 years or even earlier, as per the wishes of the people.

Under the present system, employees of the Union and State Governments
and their affiliates, as stated above, are given life long employment,
irrespective of their performance!


5. Action Plan for India

India needs an `Employee Policy' to protect the citizens from
exploitation!

  We should protect employment, but not employees who do not come up to
expectations and do not perform to normal standards of work culture
and work ethics. Especially when we have 45 million unemployed
registered with employment exchanges. The total number of unemployed
able bodied Indians is estimated to be 2 to 6 times this number. (Our
estimate)

This includes C2C or from CEO or Chairman to Coolie! The word Labor
Law, refers to the 19th century, and should be termed as Employee Law.
The leaders and the people of India must decide by public debate in
the media and the Parliament to finalize the best course of action.

We are not suggesting any form of National Policy on retrenchment.
Individual organizations should be allowed to decide themselves, about
downsizing, retrenchment and reduction or increase of manpower. Only
Healthy Organizations can generate new employment.

Organizations should be allowed to change employees, if they fall in
some of the areas as mentioned under paragraph # 4. Especially, under
clauses #4 (2), #4 (3), #4 (5) &  #4 (7).

This one point action plan will unleash the `Latent Potential' of the
1070 million People of India.   YOU DECIDE!
Compiled, printed and published by Krishan Khanna, i Watch, 211,
Olympus, Altamount Road, Bombay 400026.
Email: krishan@...           Website: www.wakeupcall.org
    Fax: 022-23856782 .
i Watch is a voluntary Citizens Movement for Transforming INDIA. We
are watching what is happening in the country and reporting to the
citizens, in order to create awareness for the sake of improvement.
<1 million = 10 lacs>      <1 billion = 1000 million = 100 crores>
   <US$ 1 = Rs 44 >     <1 billion US$ = Rs. 4,400 crores>


It is the duty of all indian to support Whistleblowers fighting
against corruption.

Retiring age? Start again? What?How?when?
Any way I remembered 100 years of struggle against the partition of
Bengal unitedly.Hanging of Khudiram Basu,Dinesh Roy in 1908. The
starting of modern 20th century freedom struggle which was taken over
by Gandhiji.Lal Killa(Red Fort) also reminded me INA trial.
  Promise not to vote a party who does not commit to enact and impliment
POLICE Reform within a stipulated time frame-as recomended by Nanavati
commission. Our law enforcing agency lives in 1861 era.
regards
panda

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Bilaspur, aug 12 Chhattisgarh High Court today posted to August 24
the next hearing of the bail application of Amit, son of former
state Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, in connection with the murder of NCP
state treasurer Ram Avatar Jaggi last year.

Chief Justice Anang Kumar Patnaik posted the next hearing for bail
application to August 24, when Amit's advocates sought time to reply
after the CBI counsel raised several points claiming they have ample
evidences against junior Jogi.

Arguing for bail, Ram Jethmalani on behalf of Amit, said there was
no direct evidence of Amit's involvement in the case, and hence he
should be granted bail.

"Today's argument was not on the merit of the case rather on the
bail and since there was no possibility Amit could abscond, he
should be given bail by the High Court as was done with other
accused of the case," he said.

He also claimed Amit was being implicated in the case as a part
of "political conspiracy".

However, rejecting the arguments, CBI counsel K K Sood said the
court should consider the role of the accused before granting him
bail.

Jaggi was shot dead in Raipur city on June 4, 2003. Amit was
arrested at Delhi on July one this year and has also been made the
main accused by the agency while filing its chargesheet.

Currently, Amit is in Raipur Central Jail under judical remand.

NEW DELHI, AUG 10 (PTI)
The Nationalist Congress Party today demanded effective
implementation of the findings of the Nanavati Commission and urged
the Centre to revise the Action Taken Report and take appropriate
legal action against those indicted by it.

"We do not want that the Commission become an omission... We appeal
to the Union Government to revise the ATR and take appropriate legal
action against all those indicted by the Nanavati Commission", Party
General Secretary D P Tripathy told reporters.

He reminded of the "glorious sacrifices" and historic contributions
of the Sikh community and said "it is our duty to ensure that
justice is not denied to our Sikh brethren." Asked if the NCP was
demanding the resignation of Union Minister Jagdish Tytler who was
indicted by the Commission, he said "we don't want to name anybody,
but action must be initiated against those who have been named in
the report".

However, he said it was for the government to decide on the
resignation issue adding "we do not want to pre-judge the judicial
process. We want judicial procedure to be transparent and
effective".

NCP thinks Karnataka, by not releasing Alamatti water, was solely
responsible for the floods in Kolhapur and Sangli
It accuses the Congress of treating Karnataka with kid gloves

KOLHAPUR: Five rivers — Koyana, Warana, Bhogavati, Doodhganga and
Panchganga — that were in unprecedented spate and killed a dozen
people and displaced thousands others and destroyed cane and soybean
crops in thousands of hectares, have also sharpened differences
between the Congress and NCP.

The NCP sought to suggest that its partner in power in the State,
the Congress, was treating Karnataka with kid gloves because it is
in power in that State, though Karnataka was solely responsible for
the floods in Kolhapur and Sangli. The neighbouring State did not
release water from downstream Alamatti reservoir in time and in
required cusecs.

The Deputy Chief Minister and the State NCP leader, R.R. Patil, made
an angry statement in Sangli that Maharashtra would throw its
Krishna water pact with Karnataka in the river.

The accusation that the Congress in Maharashtra is looking after its
political interests in Karnataka at the cost of the life and
livelihood of the people here was too much to ignore for the
Congress.

The State party president, Ms. Prabha Rau questioned the very locus
standi of Mr. Patil. "Who is he to make and declare such a policy
decision?" The Alamatti dam is not responsible for the floods in
Maharashtra, only the nature is responsible for that, she asserted.
At the most the dam in Karnataka is one of the factors, she asserted
at a press conference in Sangli, calling Mr. Patil's statement
`unfortunate.'

"Today's situation does not call for settling political scores but
calls for providing immediate relief to the flood-affected people,"
Mr. Patil reacted in neighbouring Jaisinghpur. He said that he held

Alamatti responsible for the floods on the basis of experts'
opinion.

The NCP president and Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar,
rushed to the rescue of Mr. Patil. He called Ms. Rau senile. "I have
advised Mr. R.R. Patil that such words come out as a result of age
and the aged at home get angry when things do not happen the way
they like but the young should overlook such a view and work," he
said here on Tuesday while touring the flood-hit Shirol taluka of
Kolhapur district.

Sangli and Kolhapur are principal segments of the sugar belt and the
power base of the NCP. All top NCP ministers and leaders are either
camping here or visiting frequently. The Congress leaders are not
lagging behind either. They and scores of their MPs, MLAs and local
bodies' office bearers want to impress upon the people that whatever
rescue and relief they have got is simply due to their efforts.

They corner and direct the government's cash doles of Rs. 1000 per
head to the places and persons of their choice. The workers of
political parties clash in the process.