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Ordinance to restore Bhopal gas victims' property

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NK SINGH Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government on Thursday promulgated an ordinance for the restoration of moveable property sold by some people while fleeing Bhopal in panic following the gas leakage. The ordinance covers any transaction made by a person residing within the limits of the municipal corporation of Bhopal and specifies the period of the transaction as December 3 to December 24, 1984,  Any person who sold the moveable property within the specified period for a consideration which he feels was not commensurate with the prevailing market price may apply to the competent authority to be appointed by the state Government for declaring the transaction of sale to be void.  The applicant will furnish in his application the name and address of the purchaser, details of the moveable property sold, consideration received, the date and place of sale and any other particular which may be required.  The competent authority, on receipt of such an application, will conduct...
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Will Arjun Singh’s autobiography reveal it all?

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NK SINGH


Veteran Congress leader Arjun Singh’s much-awaited bare-it-all autobiography, scheduled to be released sometime in March, may now get delayed a bit due to his death.


            The 500-page book had evoked a keen curiosity in political circles when Singh, a key player of Indian political scene for 50 years, had announced last year that it will reveal many new facts about several momentous events.


            With characteristic modesty Singh, who was known to be a voracious reader, had titled his autobiography “A Grain of Sand in the Ocean of Time’. (Later, when the book came out after his death, it was called "A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time".)


            It is being published by Hay House India, the same publication house that recently came out with autobiographies of eminent jurist Fali S Nariman and former Prime Minister IK Gujral.


            Arjun Singh had held several key positions during his long political innings. His book, said sources who had discussed it with him, is expected to shed light on important chapters in modern history like Punjab Insurgency, Bhopal gas leak tragedy, Babri mosque demolition and surrender of Chambal bandits like Phoolan Devi and Malkhan Singh.


            Arjun Singh had submitted his manuscript to the publishers two months back. “At present, he was revising it and he had already completed about 85% of the work,” said Ashok Chopra, the head of Hay House.


            He said they would take up the matter with family members of the departed leader once the mourning period was over. He expected the book to come out soon.


            Hay house denied reports that Singh had accepted a “hefty” advance for writing the book contract.


            Singh’s book, said a senior journalist in Bhopal whom he had shown some chapters of his book, was not very kind towards two persons he considered his adversaries - former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao and present Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


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Originally published in Hindustan Times, 6 March 2010


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