CONGRESS TASTED PNS, DIAMONDS, SWISS MADHU (HONEY) AND LEFT KODA...
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Congress tasted PNs, diamonds, Swiss madhu (honey) and left Koda...
Saturday, February 20, 2010
http://sites.google.com/site/hindunew/recovering-looted-wealth
Congress tasted PNs, diamonds, Swiss madhu (honey) and left Koda to
face koda (whip): Will RBI investigate? Hawala ghotala...
Rs. 4000 crore loot...still counting...
Swiss bank money finds its way into Indian stock market
SHAILESH
Wed, Dec 16, 2009 15:51:53 IST
The public assertion of L K Advani to bring Indian money stashed in
secret bank accounts abroad back into India had unsettled the
Congress leadership in no small measure.
While the Congress stonewalls for some strange reason, not many know
that some portion of this money could have already made its way into
India through the Participatory Notes (PNs) route.
It is estimated that approximately 5o to 60 per cent of the total
investment made by Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) aggregating
to 67 billion dollar till early 2008, was through the PN route. What
makes the PN route absolutely sinister is that the identities of
these investors are kept secret.
Neither the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) nor the Reserve Bank of India knows about them. The RBI has
repeatedly called upon the government to ban PNs as the nature of the
beneficial ownership or the identity of the investor is unknown.
Further, RBI apprehended that trading of these PNs could lead to
multi-layering, which will make it difficult to identify the ultimate
holder of PNs.
What is worrying RBI is that some of the money coming into the stock
market via PNs could be the unaccounted wealth of some rich Indians
which was taken out first through the hawala route and then brought
into India through as PNs.
Strangely, unlike the stringent Know Your Customer (KYC) norm
applicable to domestic investors, the KYC norms for PNs are
absolutely lax. This makes PNs a potent tool in the hands of Indians
who have stashed money abroad and have routed it back into the Indian
stock markets.
The RBI fears narco-terror money finding its way into the Indian
stock market through the PN route.
When the National Security Agency (NSA), M K Narayanan, expressed
apprehensions on how terrorists penetrated Indian stock markets and
manipulated them a couple of years back, he was obviously referring
to the PNs.
Simultaneously, the market regulator SEBI has sought to seek
information from several FIIs who had issued PNs to their clients.
However, SEBI has repeatedly failed as FIIs have consistently cited
client confidentiality agreements to stall investigations on the
matter. And strangely courts in India too seem to view that SEBI does
not have the necessary legal teeth to probe further on this matter.
Surely, a portion of Swiss money has found its way back into India.
One way of dealing with the issue is to nationalise PNs (by
expropriating them) now and here. Of course we can release the PNs
belonging to other nationals and genuine foreign investors. That
gives a choice to the Congress.
They can endlessly debate the amount of money lying in secret bank
accounts abroad. They can surely doubt the authenticity of the source
of any information on this subject. They can repeatedly question what
the National Democratic Alliance did when it was in power. They can
wait for the G20 to take action.
Nevertheless, spelling out the plan of action to tackle PNs is the
ultimate yet simple and powerful test for the Congress to demonstrate
its commitment to tackle corruption and the convoluted issue of Swiss
money.
http://www.merinews.com/shareArticle.do?detail=Print&articleID=15791151
Rs 800 crore in Swiss accounts of Koda aides, say officials
DNA
Monday, November 23, 2009 3:55 IST
The enforcement directorate (ED), which had sent a special team to
Switzerland, has found bank accounts registered in the names of
Koda's associates, including some local politicians, bureaucrats and
key middlemen, sources close to the investigations said. But none of
the accounts is in Koda's name.
Till now, these accounts and their size was a matter of speculation.
The ED team has found that the money was parked in eight to nine such
accounts, the sources said.
Switzerland is not the only country that has seen quiet visits from
Indian probe agencies after the scam was unearthed.
ED teams have gathered crucial evidence from other tax havens,
including the Bahamas and the Cayman islands. A special team has also
been despatched to the north African country of Liberia, where Koda
is alleged to have purchased mines worth $17 lakh.
New Delhi: Nearly Rs800 crore of Indian taxpayers' money, allegedly
plundered by former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and company,
is believed to have found its way to accounts in Swiss banks.
Koda a 'mask' for UPA allies: Nitish Kumar
PTI, Dec 13, 2009, 09.21pm IST
GARWAH (Jharkhand): Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda was
just a 'mask' of the UPA allies, which 'tasted honey' for 23 months,
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said.
"The Congress, the RJD and the JMM had used Koda as a mask, to loot
the state during the 23 months of governance by the Independent MLA.
They tasted madhu (honey) and left Koda to face koda (whip)," charged
Kumar during an election meeting here in support of NDA candidates.
"Don't vote for Independent MLAs, vote for NDA which can shape
Jharkhand on the model of Bihar," he urged voters.
"When Jharkhand was created, the people were enthusiastic, but the
people of Bihar were depressed. But now it is just reverse. The
people of Bihar are witnessing the state's prosperity while
Jharkhand's dreams have been shattered," he claimed.
Kumar accused the Congress-led UPA of being responsible for
Jharkhand's perilous situation.
Koda crores laundered at SEZ?
Pradeep Thakur, TNN, Jan 9, 2010, 03.30am IST
New Delhi: At a time when exports had hit a slump and many businesses
had folded up, there were a few shining exceptions. One SEZ thrived
in times of crisis. It is only now that the Enforcement Directorate
has found that the balance sheets did not tell the real story.
Investigation into the 'Great Jharkhand Loot', allegedly involving
former CM Madhu Koda, has revealed a bigger scam at the Noida Special
Economic Zone (NSEZ) concerning fictitious trade in gold and diamonds
besides a land swindle. The scale of the scam runs into several
thousand crores.
Sources said the SEZ in question had a turnover of around Rs 16,000
crore last year of which more than 62% of the trade, nearly Rs 10,000
crore, was in gold, platinum and diamonds, most of which had
allegedly been imported from Dubai and re-exported to the same
destination.
Investigators probing the case believe most of these dealings were
done on paper only to facilitate banking transactions to launder
money to Dubai and from there to a third country. The companies
allegedly involved in the scam, which have now been barred from
operating in bullion trade from the SEZ on suspicion of money
laundering, allegedly belong to Sanjay Choudhary and other Koda aides
and their business partner Manoj Punamia.
The three firms -- Balaji Universal Trade Link, Balaji Bullion and
Balaji Universal Trade Link Manufacturing -- had been operating out
of the SEZ and had traded in gold and diamonds worth nearly Rs 100
crore in the last one-and-a-half years of its existence in the SEZ,
sources said.
The probe agency has also been trying to ascertain how Punamia was
able to purchase a plot in SEZ despite a huge queue of exporters.
This has brought the NSEZ authorities and Customs officials under the
scanner of investigative agencies.
Development commissioner S C Panda of the SEZ, when contacted,
refused to come on line. Punamia, however, told TOI over phone from
Mumbai that he was not involved in any illegal trade and had bought
the SEZ plot for genuine export. He claimed that he was being framed.
A plot in the export zone can only be allotted by the SEZ authority
on a sub-lease of Rs 61/sqm to an exporter following due diligence
process. In case the original property is pre-owned and has a
building, the new allottee has to pay for the structure. Customs
officials posted in the zone are tasked to ensure that a unit is
genuinely involved in export-import business and value addition
(manufacturing) is being made at the SEZ.
However, sources said at least 30-40 plots within the SEZ were sold
by original allottees in connivance with officials with the help of
property dealers freely operating from nearby areas quoting a price
tag of Rs 10,000 to 15,000 per sqm. Noida SEZ has a land-mass of 400
acres.
The investigation has revealed that another firm which is under the
scanner had traded in bullion and other metals worth Rs 5,500 crore
in a year and re-exported them without adding any value.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Koda-crores-laundered-at-SEZ/articleshow/5425994.cms
ED to send letter rogatory to six countries in Koda case
TNN, Dec 11, 2009, 02.04am IST
New Delhi: As the Jharkhand assembly election comes to a close, the
noose around former chief minister Madhu Koda and his former cabinet
colleagues seems to be tightening. Enforcement Directorate (ED) on
Thursday procured letter rogatory (LR) from a court here to be sent
to six countries, seeking to debar any transactions relating to the
accused or any of their entities in their jurisdiction.
A month-and-a-half after ED booked Koda and his associates under
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), a Delhi court issued LRs
for Switzerland, Indonesia, Thailand, Liberia, Sweden and UAE. The
LRs would be sent to these countries through the ministry of external
affairs seeking to debar entities mentioned in the PMLA case from
entering into any transaction.
Sources said ED authorities ha already spoken to some financial
institutions in the countries for which LRs have been issued and had
asked them to seize money allegedly belonging to the accused.
Officials of both Income Tax and ED are currently verifying various
records seized during the raids to unveil the trail of money
laundering made by the cartel. Sleuths have taken out the password
and account details of the Swiss bank allegedly operated by Koda's
aides.
While Koda was arrested in the middle of polls in the state, two of
his close aides, Binod Sinha and Sanjay Choudhary, are absconding and
have not yet surrendered despite an arrest warrant issued against
them. Binod Sinha alone had been running an empire worth more than Rs
200-400 crore, according to ED's preliminary findings.
Sanjay Choudhary, like Sinha, was one of the directors in the Balaji
Bullion group of companies operating out of Mumbai's Zaveri Bazar and
was behind investments worth thousands of crores abroad. Another
accused who was a director with Sinha and Choudhary in the companies
allegedly behind the money laundering, Manoj Punamia, has also
refused to appear before ED despite repeated summons.
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Deceased Graham Stewart Staines (hereinafter referred to as 'Staines')
as an Australian National whose tryst with Mayurbhanj in Orissa began
in the year 1965 when he made rendezvous with its District Headquarter
at Baripada for treatment and eradication of Leprosy amongst the poor
and did an excellent job in the field.He became the honorary Secretary
of Baripada Leprosy Home.He was also the Secretary of the Evangelical
Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj (EMSM).As a missionary, he was
preaching Gospel and spreading the tenets of Christianity in jungle
camps held in different tribal belts in the district of Mayurbhanj and
Keonjhar.
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Yard boss Ashok Chowgule says Indian coastal shipping is still
undeveloped and presents revenue-earning opportunities.
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Ashok Chowgule: in shipbuilding for the long haul.
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The industrial and shipping group was started by Chowgule & Co
executive director Ashok Chowgule's grandfather with a small
manufacturing business.
Today, the group is involved in industrial explosives, salt and gases,
as well as brewing, marketing agencies and machine fabrication.Its
iron-ore mining generates around three million tonnes of exports per
year, some two million tonnes to Japan and one million tonnes to
China.All are free-onboard (FOB) contracts.
Involved in the business are the Chowgule brothers, Ashok and group
chief executive Vijay, and their first cousins.Ashok and Vijay's
father is now 91 years old but is described as being "still not
exactly retired".
Ashok says India's manufacturing strength is not appreciated given its
educated workforce, industrial knowledge and strong, commercial and
legal infrastructure, 'which, he claims, makes it relatively easy to
operate in the country.
Things happen slowly in India but those who get into shipbuilding,
given the environmental-impact hoops they have to go through, are
serious players and will be there for the long term, says Ashok
Chowgule.
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Ashok Chowgule has posted an 18 month old off-topic article in this
dicussion of the veil. While sanghis and VHP-ites write frequently in
Muslim oriented outlets, Muslim community leaders, including even the
editor of Milli Gazette, cannot get their letters published in
newspapers such as the Pioneer!
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Yard boss Ashok Chowgule says Indian coastal shipping is still
undeveloped and presents revenue-earning opportunities.But first,
cargo has to be generated.
Chowgule Group is widely known for its iron-ore mining activities and
bulker fleet but it is now playing a key role in the country's rise to
prominence on the international shipbuilding scene.
Early last year, Chowgule secured contracts for six multipurpose
cargoships (Multi Purpose Cargos) from a joint venture involving
Navigia, the Dutch affiliate of Germany's Rudolf Schoning, and Hamburg
based Apollo Shipping.
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All this is a huge leap from Chowgule building inland barges for the
domestic market.Its sights are now set on constructing coastal vessels
for the group's own use and eventually containerships and products
tankers.
Chowgule's international presence has been achieved by becoming an
associate member of the Groningen, Holland-based Conoship marketing
and design organization.
Conoship is assisting Chowgule develop its Loutulim and Rassaim yards
in the state of Goa and has put it in touch with equipment suppliers,
including hatch-cover and main engine manufacturers.It has also
organised the design house in Holland for the Multi Purpose Cargo
production drawings.
Also, Conoship helped educate Chowgule in how ships of this size are
produced in Holland.New computer numerical control (CNC) cutting
equipment was purchased from Australia based on broad specifications
outlined by Conoship.The 20 identical Multi Purpose Cargo's of 4,450
dwt have an aggregate price of around $120m based on an average of $6m
per unit.
Ashok Chowgule, the group's shipyard division executive director, says
the origins of the shipyard business can be traced back to the
family's iron-ore mining activities and its building and repair of
mechanized barges for hauling the ore by river to ports.
Grab and suction dredgers, deep-sea fishing trawlers, tugs, hopper
barges and coastal ships have all been produced over the years - more
than 100 so far in total.But Ashok Chowgule says that for a long time
it remained a relatively small production, partly because of India's
environmental regulations preventing the establishment of large
private-sector shipyards.When circumstances changed in the 1990s,
Chowgule started investing and within the space of 18 months built
around 23 inland barges totaling roughly 55,000 dwt.
Infrastructure improvements have in recent years included upgrading
Rassaim from repair to newbuildings, concreting areas of the yards and
currently converting workshops for fabrication usage.Also, new covered
areas are manufacturing hatch covers designed by Roden Staal, which
will also be present to supervise final construction and fitting.
Currently, the Chowgule yards employ around 45 people in
administration, accounts, commercial and technical roles, while around
500 to 600 workers are subcontracted in depending on requirements.
"We have invested in getting them trained for the requirements of a
modern yard," insisted Ashok Chowgule.He claims that as regards
steelwork, standards are already 99% of those found inEurope.The
quality of machinery installation is less clear, although still "good"
with the help of sup- pliers.
Much depends on improving management skills and giving them the "right
tools to do the job" adds Chowgule.
There are no European managers employed at the yards but overseas
consultants are used regularly.
Ashok Chowgule concedes that India has benefited from the general
overspill of work from full yards in China.One obvious advantage,
however, is labour costs being a fraction of competitors in the West.
Typical yard pay is about EUR 0.50 ($0.60) per hour, as compared with
EUR 20 in Holland.
Conoship introduced owners to Goa, where Ashok Chowgule says it did
not take long to convince them of its potential.The initial contact
with Conoship took a long time but it did not take long to persuade
them to work together. . Holland was targeted as a partner because of
its excellent track record in building smaller cargoships.
The shipyard chief hopes that within the next few months, when
Chowgule is scheduled to deliver the first Multi Purpose Cargos, it
can prove it has fast-tracked in achieving European levels of
workmanship.
Its 20-strong series of Multi Purpose Cargos is scheduled for
completion between January 2007 and December 2009.Ashok Chowgule
believes that because of investments in the yards, the last may even
be a few months early.
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Yards in the global market as reliable suppliers of cargoships of up
to 6,000 dwt, says Ashok Chowgule.They will focus on building
containerships and possibly products tankers once the Multi Purpose
Cargos are delivered.
"At the moment we aren't actively in those markets because we want to
concentrate our energies in making the yards efficiently" he said.
We have introduced many new things and know it will take a lot of
effort and a certain amount of time.
He estimates the Multi Purpose Cargos are costing between 5% and 7%
below European prices.
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Objective Condition/Matter is the primary source for the idea, It can
lead Buddha to go to jungle in search for Nirvana, conditions could
lead a small time thief Ajmal Kassab to come to India along with his
compatriots on a so-called Jihad mission and kill innocent civilians,
Conditions is the First and foremost factor that it can give a super
constitutional authority to Mr Chowgule to put to test any Muslim
citizen in India for trustworthiness, religious beliefs etc.
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Instead of welcoming this great moment and great efforts on the part
of two dignitaries, who are an authority in their respective field,
Mr. Chowgule has targeted the integrity of Malauna, who really don't
need any certificate from anyone, including Sang Parivar and its
progenies to prove his credentials.
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If Ajma Kassab and Ashok Chowgule are the faces of same coin, so
please don't be surprised if you may come to know, Afghan Jihadi-Anti
War Forces are two sides of the same coin.
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The Ram Janmabhoomi issue has revolutionised the politics of the
country.A fragmented Hindu samaj has been united to an extent unheard
of in recent times.
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Yard boss Ashok Chowgule says Indian coastal shipping is still
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Ashok Chowgule: in shipbuilding for the long haul.
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Ashok Chowgule
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The industrial and shipping group was started by Chowgule & Co
executive director Ashok Chowgule's grandfather with a small
manufacturing business.
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Involved in the business are the Chowgule brothers, Ashok and group
chief executive Vijay, and their first cousins.Ashok and Vijay's
father is now 91 years old but is described as being "still not
exactly retired".
Ashok says India's manufacturing strength is not appreciated given its
educated workforce, industrial knowledge and strong, commercial and
legal infrastructure, 'which, he claims, makes it relatively easy to
operate in the country.
Things happen slowly in India but those who get into shipbuilding,
given the environmental-impact hoops they have to go through, are
serious players and will be there for the long term, says Ashok
Chowgule.
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Ashok Chowgule, President of Maharashtra State unit of the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad in his book Christianity in India - The Hindutva
Perspective has narrated the acts of atrocities by the Catholic Church
on the Hindus.
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But there is also, mostly in the BJP, a strong no-nonsense wing of
businessmen, more or less the old (pro-Western, anti-socialist)
Swatantra Party constituency, which has no patience with such
sentimentalism, and refuses to "turn India into a conservation site".
116 Thus, the VHP president for the Mumbai region, Ashok Chowgule,
owned (until 1998, when he sold it) a company which furnished cement
to the Narmada Dam.
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At the time, the President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP),
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[107] This section draws extensively from "An analysis of the report :
'The Foreign Exchange of Hate - IDRF and the American funding of
Hindutva' " prepared by Ashok Chowgule in association with Hindu Vivek
Kendra (http://www.hvk.org)
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Ashok Chowgule is an industrialist, managing sections of the family
business, a well-known, successful, and respected business house. The
group is headquartered in Goa. The family has set up schools and a
college in Goa, operations in which Ashok takes keen interest.
Ashok completed his schooling in Belgaum, India after which he went on
to graduate in Economics and Statistics from Bristol University in the
U. K., and completed his business studies at the Case Western
University in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon returning home, he has looked
after the finance and administration of the business group, and lately
has been supervising the shipbuilding component of the family
business.
As a part of his social responsibilities, he has been actively
involved in the Vishwa Hindu Parishad since 1991, and at present is
the President of the Maharashtra State unit of the organisation. He
has written several articles and books on the socio-political issues
of Hindutva. Ashok and Hindu Vivek Kendra (HVK) have also recently
published an analysis and of the Sabrang/FOIL Report titled "An
Analysis Of The Report 'The Foreign Exchange Of Hate."
A Tribute to Hinduism - [Cached Version]
Published on: 10/30/2000 Last Visited: 7/10/2006
By Ashok Chowgule
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(Ashok Chowgule, President, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Maharashtra).
AWAAZ - South Asia Watch - [Cached Version]
Last Visited: 8/17/2008
But VHP's Ashok Chowgule said in an interview: "We deny all the
allegations.
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But Ashok Chowgule, a senior member of the VHP (World Council of Hindu
Churches), a prominent affiliate of the RSS, said: "We deny all of the
allegations.
Adelaide IMC: newswire/8876 - [Cached Version]
Published on: 9/9/2004 Last Visited: 8/13/2005
Ashok Chowgule, president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Maharashtra
region, counters in an email statement that 'if this provocation
argument has to be accepted, then we have to accept that the terrorist
attacks of September 11 on the USA was entirely justified because the
terrorists have said that they have been provoked by the policy of the
USA'.
Ashok Chowgule | Rating of NGOs | www.karmayog.org - [Cached Version]
Published on: 6/2/2007 Last Visited: 11/25/2008
Ashok Chowgule ash...@chowgulegoa.com
Assocham -- Managing Comittee Members - [Cached Version]
Published on: 6/12/2000 Last Visited: 2/2/2001
Mr. Ashok V. ChowguleDirectorChowgule & Co.Ltd.Bakhtawar4th Floor,
Nariman PointMUMBAI - 400 021
BJP FRIENDS - Old Article - [Cached Version]
Published on: 4/17/1996 Last Visited: 2/16/2009
Ashok Chowgule
Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue To Hold... - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 10/12/2004 Last Visited: 10/23/2005
BANGALORE INITIATIVE FOR RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE (BIRD) & THE CAREY SOCIETY
(United Theological College) have jointly arranged a talk by Mr. Ashok
Chowgule, President, Maharashtra unit of the VHP, on "The Hindu view
on Religious Conversions", followed by an interactive session, at 5.30
p.m., Thursday, 5 August 2005, at the United Theological College, 63
Millers Road.
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Campaign to Stop Funding Hate - [Cached Version]
Published on: 3/8/2004 Last Visited: 11/7/2009
But VHP's Ashok Chowgule said in an interview: "We deny all the
allegations.
Campaign to Stop Funding Hate - [Cached Version]
Published on: 2/26/2004 Last Visited: 11/7/2009
But Ashok Chowgule, a senior member of the VHP (World Council of Hindu
Churches), a prominent affiliate of the RSS, said: "We deny all of the
allegations.
Campaign to Stop Funding Hate - [Cached Version]
Published on: 4/12/2006 Last Visited: 2/7/2010
Ashok Chowgule, the suave spokesman for Hindutva gave us a hint of the
post script even as IDRF kept insisting carefully that it has no
connections with the RSS.
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Ultimately, did Ashok Chowgule, Vinod prakash, Narayanan Komerath,
Ramesh Rao Yvette Rosser and Belu Mehra and lesser planets, asteroirds
and others who pulled their weight behind the 200 page report support
the emergence of an ugly world ? Legally no.
ChaloMumbai.Com - The Complete Digital Guide to the... - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 3/3/2002 Last Visited: 3/3/2002
For a man who almost brought Mumbai to a halt on March 1, Ashok
Chowgule, president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Mahrashtra is
a picture of peace.Seated in his high-rise apartment at Peddar Road,
which is painted white and has huge paintings adorning the walls,
Chowgule said that the Ayodhya mission is not the culmination of
failed talks with the Muslims but with so-called secularists.
At what point did the dialogue with the Muslim leadership fail?Why
such haste in the plans?It is not failed talks with Muslims that has
created this situation but the failure of talks with those who call
themselves secularists that has made us more steadfast in our aim.And
we had explained our plans in great details earlier.After the 100-day
maha yajna ends on March 15, we will claim what is ours at Ayodhya.
ChaloMumbai.Com - The Complete Digital Guide to the... - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 3/14/2002 Last Visited: 3/14/2002
Ashok Chowgule, the state unit president of the organisation is out of
India, according to the organisation's activists.
VHP are expected to offer what they call 'nam smaran' pujas in temples
like the Sanyas Ashram, Khar.The pujas involve chanting of Lord Rama's
name.
Chowgule Steamship taps into coastal trade | Conoship... - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 12/29/2008 Last Visited: 1/8/2010
Yard boss Ashok Chowgule says Indian coastal shipping is still
undeveloped and presents revenue-earning opportunities.
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Ashok Chowgule: in shipbuilding for the long haul.
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Ashok Chowgule
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The industrial and shipping group was started by Chowgule & Co
executive director Ashok Chowgule's grandfather with a small
manufacturing business.
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Involved in the business are the Chowgule brothers, Ashok and group
chief executive Vijay, and their first cousins. Ashok and Vijay's
father is now 91 years old but is described as being "still not
exactly retired".
Ashok says India's manufacturing strength is not appreciated given its
educated workforce, industrial knowledge and strong, commercial and
legal infrastructure, 'which, he claims, makes it relatively easy to
operate in the country.
Things happen slowly in India but those who get into shipbuilding,
given the environmental-impact hoops they have to go through, are
serious players and will be there for the long term, says Ashok
Chowgule.
Companies & Industry - [Cached Version]
Published on: 10/1/2005 Last Visited: 10/31/2005
All vessels are of 4450 DWT capacity which will be delivered in next
three years," Chowgule and Company Ltd Executive Director Ashok V
Chowgule said.
With this new orders, Chowgule's shipbuilding division is marking
change in its profile by building cargo ships, he said.At present, the
company is focussing on iron ore barges, passenger vessels, deep sea
refrigerated fishing trawlers, grab and cutter suction dredgers, tugs,
twin hull catamarans and floating restaurants.
"The shipyard will not be accepting any fresh orders as the capacity
is full.It is planning to upgrade its capacity to construct 8 vessels
against existing capacity of three years per year," he said.
Chowgule said the company would invest Rs 40 crore to upgrade the
existing facilities by inducting advanced machines.
"It has already invested Rs 10 crore and has installed CNC Plasma
cutting machine which can cut steel plates of 12 metres," he said.
The shipyard, located at Loutulim (Goa), has a good water front, two
construction bays, full fledged workshop, outfitting jetty and
sufficient skid for pre-fabrication facility.
Commenting on the possibilities of acquiring minor shipbuilding
facilities, Chowgule said that the company is now more focussing on
organic growth and would concentrate on ensuring quality of
construction and punctuality in deliveries.
Cybernoon.com - [Cached Version]
Published on: 4/6/2004 Last Visited: 4/7/2004
I discovered that the person was Mr. Ashok Chowgule, the President of
the VHP in Maharashtra and Goa.He obviously felt that I needed to know
more about the plight of the Hindu pandits in Kashmir who had been
mercilessly driven out of their homeland to languish in camps across
Jammu and Delhi.
...
I am grateful to Mr. Ashok Chowgule for sending me the book first and
then the film narrating the tales of terror and horror amongst the
survivors who are living in makeshift tents for the last twelve years
with nowhere to go in their own country and no one to listen to their
tales of horror and anguish.
Differences between people and the need to value the... - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 5/1/1999 Last Visited: 1/15/2005
Says Ashok Chowgule, spokesperson of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad,
Mumbai, "Conversion is an attack on the Hindu ethos."Ask Immanuel
Kingsley of the Pentecostal group, House of Prayer, and he will tell
you with terrifying certainty, "We are not intolerant but we love
people and want to take them to Jesus so they will not perish in
hell."
Fundamentalist political parties such as the Shiv Sena are challenging
all forms of freedom of expression.
Divyabhoomi - an encyclopaedia of Indian Culture - [Cached Version]
Published on: 3/6/2003 Last Visited: 3/6/2003
Ashok V Chowgule Ashok Chowgule is an industrialist and the Executive
Director of Chowgule and Company Limited.With degrees in engineering
and business management from England and the United States of America,
he has been Managing Director, Narmada Cement, the country's first
large private sector cement plant, until recently a Chowgule group
company.He has been instrumental in achieving a sustained growth for
the group over the past few decades.A keen student of Indian culture,
he is the president of the Maharashtra and Goa Pranth of the Vishva
Hindu Parishad.
Nanik Rupani The Chairman of Priyadarshni Academy, Nanik Rupani is a
self-made, first-generation entrepreneur with interests in industries
as diverse as telecommunications, information technology, electronics
and finance.A humanist and a patron of Indian art and culture, he has
been instrumental in promoting and encouraging several deserving
organisations, programmes and individuals aimed at bettering the human
condition as well as art and culture.The Academy recognises persons
who have contributed exceptionally to society and presents awards
every year.He is a director on the board of many leading institutions
and companies and a philanthropist.
Jayraj Salgaokar Publisher and Managing Director of Sumangal
Publishing that brings out India's largest selling publication,
Kalnirnay, Jayraj Salgaokar has played a key role in making his brand
a household name not just in India but in Indian homes across the
world.Kalnirnay today is as successful a product as it is an
advertising vehicle.He reads widely on Indian culture and is a
connoisseur of performing art and Marathi literature.He writes and
lectures on mass communication, printing technology and management at
institutions and universities.
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Freeindiamedia.com, Express your impartial, radical,... - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 9/29/2003 Last Visited: 5/28/2006
In the words of the President of Maharashtra VHP, Ashok Chowgule, "The
Ram Janmabhoomi issue has revolutionised the politics of the country.
GOANEWS - BY SANDESH PRABHUDESAI - [Cached Version]
Published on: 10/11/2000 Last Visited: 8/21/2003
"The final decision would be taken at the Dharm Sansad, based on a
concrete proposal which would be discussed at the Goa meeting",
informed Ashok Chowgule, the VHP president for Goa and Maharashtra,
who is also a leading mine owner here.
In fact Goa's all the three leading industrial houses have come
together to organise the meeting at Ramnathi temple with Shivanand
Salgaoncar heading the reception committee while Shrinivas Dempo
heading the organising committee.
As half of the ongoing work of carving of pillars for the Ram temple
at Ayodhya and Rajasthan would be completed by next year, Chowgule
says the process to decide about the construction date should also
begin.
"It cannot be at any other place than where the Babri masjid was
situated", he asserts, adding that seeking permission of the central
government to begin the construction work would also be one of the
main issues to be discussed at the Ramnathi meeting.
Stating that the VHP has its own agenda than the Bharatiya Janata
Party, Chowgule also informed that the Bajrang Dal and Durga Vahini
would not be involved in the meeting officially but only its
activists.
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Equally topping the agenda of the meeting is the issue of religious
conversions allegedly carried out by the Roman Catholic Church and
alleged terrorist activities at the behest of the Baptist churches in
the North Eastern region, informs Chowgule.
The meeting, he said, would also discuss the threat caused to Haridwar
and Ganga due to the Tehri dam and a grand ceremony to be organised
next year on the occasion of completion of 50 years of the Somnath
temple.
Objecting strongly to the statement made by Pope John Paul II that
mankind can get salvation only through Jesus Christ, Chowgule also
demanded a reaction from the Indian church whether they have a
different viewpoint on it.
Justifying the demand made by the RSS for a swadeshi church, he also
reiterated the VHP stand that Hinduism is the real nationalism in
India and those who believe in Hindu civilisation can only be called
the nationalists."I am not saying that Indian Christians are anti-
nationals", he added.
Expressing fear over Pope's call to dedicate the new millennium to
convert whole Asia into Christianity, he said the margadarshak mandal
would deliberate upon how to counter the threat of religious
conversions and save Hinduism in the Asian region.
Goan Voice UK: Newsletter. Issue 2006-46. Nov. 16, 2006 - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 11/16/2006 Last Visited: 2/7/2010
Goa's Chowgule Group is mulling an entry into building ships for
overseas markets, Ashok Chowgule, the group's shipyard-division
executive director revealed during a visit this week to London. They
are currently building ships at their Loutolim and Rassaim yards in
the state of Goa
ITI-GOA-photogallery - [Cached Version]
Published on: 2/11/2006 Last Visited: 11/6/2009
Chowgule seen 'inking' the M.O.A.
State Director & Shri. Ashok Chowgule, Exec. Dir., M/s. Chowgule
Shipyard Pvt. Ltd., Vasco exchanging the M.O.A. documents State
Director giving a listening ear to our Hon'Minister, Shri.
Iraq\'s maritime industry expects boost with Gulf... - [Cached
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Published on: 11/6/2004 Last Visited: 4/10/2006
Ashok Chowgule, chairman and managing director of Chowgule and Co. in
India, as a Gulf Maritime participant, agreed.
?We specialize in building barges and other carriers for many years in
India.Gulf Maritime, we are confident, will give us the opportunity to
tap the increased demand for the same in this region,?Chowgule said.
MiddleEastEvents.com - The rebuilding of Iraq to fuel... - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 9/11/2003 Last Visited: 9/5/2006
Mr. Ashok Chowgule, Chairman and Managing Director of Chowgule and Co.
from India, a participant at Gulf Maritime readily confirms this
trend.
Navhind Times on the Web: Openspace - [Cached Version]
Published on: 8/30/2003 Last Visited: 9/4/2003
The President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Goa and Maharashtra) Ashok
Chowgule asks in an interview with Umesh Mahambre why no Christian
organisations are protesting when the churches in UK and US disallow
yoga classes inside their premisesThe VHP welcomed the Tamil Nadu
legislation banning religious conversions, saying it should be adopted
by all states.Isn't it an anti-constitutional demand?
‘RSS-VHP Serve Their Political Agenda'
The activities of Graham Staines - Christian Aggression - [Cached
Version]
Published on: 10/30/2003 Last Visited: 4/1/2008
Ashok Chowgule
Deceased Graham Stewart Staines (hereinafter referred to as 'Staines')
as an Australian National whose tryst with Mayurbhanj in Orissa began
in the year 1965 when he made rendezvous with its District Headquarter
at Baripada for treatment and eradication of Leprosy amongst the poor
and did an excellent job in the field.He became the honorary Secretary
of Baripada Leprosy Home.He was also the Secretary of the Evangelical
Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj (EMSM).As a missionary, he was
preaching Gospel and spreading the tenets of Christianity in jungle
camps held in different tribal belts in the district of Mayurbhanj and
Keonjhar.
The zealots who would inherit - [Cached Version]
Published on: 2/16/1999 Last Visited: 5/1/2002
From: Ashok ChowgulePresident,
Vishva Hindu Parishad - [Cached Version]
Published on: 2/5/2002 Last Visited: 6/29/2006
SECULARIST ANGST - ASHOK CHOWGULEVishva Hindu Parishad
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nude police -- nude police - [Cached Version]
Published on: 1/12/2001 Last Visited: 7/2/2006
NEWS : Police question Husain over nude painting Posted By Ashok V
Chowgule (ash...@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in) Sat, 18 Jan 97 22:30:33 EST
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‘I want what is mine’ - [Cached Version]
Published on: 7/27/2001 Last Visited: 4/14/2002
‘I want what is mine' Ashok Chowgule, explains the logic behind the
VHP's agenda
For a man who almost brought Mumbai to a halt on March 1, Ashok
Chowgule, Maharashtra president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), is
a picture of peace.Seated in his high-rise apartment at Peddar Road,
which is painted white and has huge paintings adorning the walls,
Chowgule said that the Ayodhya mission is not the culmination of
failed talks with the Muslims but with so-called secularists.
At what point did the dialogue with the Muslim leadership fail?Why
such haste in the plans?
It is not failed talks with Muslims that has created this situation
but the failure of talks with those who call themselves secularists
that has made us more steadfast in our aim.And we had explained our
plans in great detail earlier.After the 100-day maha yagna ends on
March 15, we will claim what is ours at Ayodhya.
‘I’m happy organisers had sense’ - [Cached Version]
Published on: 2/19/2007 Last Visited: 2/19/2007
When contacted, VHP president Ashok Chougule said, "I am happy the
organisers had some sense in them."
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