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AHIMSA TIMES - NOVEMBER 2008 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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abhishek.mehta@bankofamerica.com
Father of Abhishek , Mr. Virendra Mehta is highly respected name in the Jain community of Delhi .He is also actively engaged in the day to day management and administation of Chhoti Dadawari Jain Temple, South Extn. - II, New Delhi. E-Mail : vcmndl@yahoo.co.in
SURESH JAIN HONOURED WITH DIAMOND JUBILEE AWARD Shri Suresh Jain, a noted social worker and Chancellor of newly established Teerthankar Mahavir University at Moradabad has been honoured with "Heerak Jayanti Puraskar" (Diamond Jayanti Award) on the occasion of 75th birth day of Pramukha Aryika, Shiromani Shri Gyanmati ji maharaj, belonging to Jain Digambar sect, on the Sharad Poornima day, the 14th October, 2008. The award was given away by Smt. Sheila Dixit, Chief Minister of Delhi at a function arranged at Hastinapur. Shri Uday Narayan Chaudhury, Speaker of Bihar Vidhan Sabha, Shri V.K. Luhadia, Chairman of Digambar Jain Mahasabha and many distinguished guests from different parts of the country were present on this occasion. Shri Suresh Jain has been instrumental in establishing a large number of Jain institutions, such as an Institute of engineering and Technology, a medical college, a dental college, a management institute and a full-fledged well-equipped hospital at Moradabad.
MISCELLANEOUS INDIAN-AMERICAN GROUPS PROTEST SONAL SHAH'S APPOINTMENT NEW YORK: Three Indian-American groups have protested the appointment of Sonal Shah in US President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, claiming that she is closely associated with the VHP and warned against Hindutva "infiltration" into the power centers of the US society. In a joint statement, Indian Coalition Against Genocide and Indian American Coalition for Pluralism and Non Resident Indians for a Secular and Harmonious India said they are holding consultations among themselves and like-minded Indian-American leaders on the issue. The organizations have asked Shah to clarify her position about her association with the VHP and its "mother organization" RSS. The statement said they have avowed to increase their efforts to "educate the American politicians and business leaders about the attempts by the Hindu ultra-nationalist Hindutva movement to infiltrate the power centers of the US society by giving big donations and through volunteer work."
The Coalition Against Genocide was instrumental in getting the visa of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi revoked in 2005, it recalled and voiced concerns that an attempt might be made to get his visa reinstated. After India media reports linked Shah to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, her brother Anand Shah had said the 40-year economist's family had nothing to do with the VHP or the Gujarat government, Shah was on November 6 named in a 15-member team which will oversee smooth transition of power from the Bush Administration to the incoming Obama dispensation. Subsequently, it has been reportedly announced that she would be heading of the team.
M.P. RETURNING OFFICER SANJANA JAIN SENDS MINISTER TO JAIL Bhopal, Nov 11, : Madhya Pradesh Tourism Minister Tukojirao Puar and former BJP MP Phoolchand Verma were arrested and sent to judicial custody till November 24 in concern with a case registered against them for misbehaving with the Returning Officer Sanjana Jain and preventing her from discharging her duty in Dewas. The duo were arrested from Dewas town following a case registered against them on the Election Commission's directive under sections 353 and 504 of IPC for their mis-conduct at Ms Jain's office on November 8.
KPIYUSH JAIN, 21 A MBA STUDENT RESORTS TO KIDNAPPING TO COVER SHARE MARKET LOSSES - New Delhi, Nov 25. The sensational kidnapping of a 14-year-old schoolboy by a businessman and two management students for ransom to make up for their market losses has left people shocked, and experts have warned of more such crimes as the global economic crisis worsens. Piyush Jain, 21, along with a fellow student in business administration at IMT in Ghaziabad was arrested for allegedly kidnapping Arjun Verma, a Class 9 student of the Gyan Bharati School. 'Money has always been one of the major factors behind the heinous crimes. The stock market crash has forced people on their back foot and we fear that more people might take to crime to make up for their loss of hard-earned savings,' according to Police. A city-based teacher says: This is a manifestation of the current obsession with materialism. It's a dangerous trend.
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