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November 21, 2012 From: MB/Mumbai Kasab's confession among others nailed him MRITYUNJAY BOSE bureaus@sakaaltimes.com Mumbai:  Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab's confession before court – is one of the major factors – besides other evidences – that helped the Mumbai Police and prosecutors nailing him. His confession also helped the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs – in sending dossiers after dossiers on the 26/11 attack to Pakistan. Kasab's confession that how the non-state actors of Pakistan are hand-in-gloves with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the spy agency. The confession also had given direct evidence of how terrorists are groomed, trained and indoctrinated – in a phased manner. Who am I? I have resided in Faridkot, Dinalpur tehsil, Ukada district, Suba Punjab state, Pakistan since my birth. I studied up to class IV in a government school. After leaving school in 2000, I went to stay with my brother in Toh

September 28, 2012 From: MB/Mumbai Four  leopards  poached every week: report  Mumbai:  At least four  leopards  have been poached and their body parts entered into illegal wildlife trade every week for at least 10 years in India, according to TRAFFIC’s latest study “Illuminating the Blind Spot: A study on illegal trade in  Leopard  parts in India”.  The study documents a total of 420 seizures of  leopard skins, bones and other body parts reported from 209 localities in 21 out of 35 territories in India during 2001–2010. Uttarakhand emerged as a major source of leopard  parts in trade, while Delhi was found to be a major epicenter of the illegal trade, along with adjacent areas of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.  Statistical analysis is used to estimate the additional levels of “undetected trade” and concludes that around 2,294  leopards  were trafficked in India during the period—an average of four animals per week over the 10 year period.  TRAF

Bird feeders – a way to save sparrows Sparrows are the commonest of birds. However, of late, the numbers of sparrows are declining. But a common man can do a lot to save this species – so that in the times to come, it does not face the crisis that vultures and  tigers  are facing. The commonest thing that we can do is to install bird feeders or nest boxes. Now, sparrow enthusiast Mohammed Dilawar has come out with a new design of bird feeder – which is ideal for Indian conditions. “Bird feeders are the simplest thing that one can do…sparrows are indicator of nature, these are to be saved at all cost,” says Dilawar, who is a member of Bombay Natural History Society and hails from Nashik. "House sparrows (Passer domesticus) are the indicator of the environment and they are facing a serious threat. We need to generate funds for extensive research," saysDilawar Mohammed, adding that he would be visiting several places across the country to generate more data on s