04-25-2008, 11:15 PM
Baalu's day of reckoning is near...
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Why Setu project? Meenam Fisheries Ltd. â an intl. Private company -- with shipping vessels and marine export interests.
Some leads following up on expose reported on Jaya TV on 24 April 2008 10:30 PM news based on the info. exposed by Dr. Subramanian Swamy.. See page 2 of Election affidavit. http://tinyurl.com/3hvjrfÂ
Meenam Fisheries Ltd. owns a shipping vessel as seen below.
One mariner claims he was for five years a mechanic Deck Hand (25 mts vessel) in Meenam Fisheries Ltd. This establishes the fact that the Intl. Private Company, Meenam Fisheries Ltd. is also a ship-owner.
http://www.gulfoilandgas.com/webpro1/Job...id=3037197
About us: Meenam Fisheries is a market leader in India with fishing oprerations in more than four countries and exports to all over the world.We export deep sea lobsters , shrimps etc which are processed in a state of the art processing unit meeting the highest possible standards in the fishing industry.
Aquatic Products ,Products/ServicesWe are exporters of Frozen Sea Food products eg: Lobsters, Shrimps, Fish etc.Our MarketsWorldwideNo. of Employees101 - 500 PeopleAnnual Sales Range(USD)Below US$1 Million
http://www.bizearch.com/company/Meenam_Fis...ited_112959.htm
MEENAM FISHERIES LIMITED
NO.9 BINNY ROAD
POES GARDEN
Phone: 91-44-28157949/91-44-28156486
Email: meenam@kingsindia.net
Current Status : WORKING
LOP NO : PER/EOB/1986/05
LOP Date: 10/22/1986
DCP : 01/09/1988Â www.mepz.gov.in/list.asp?nsw=M&Categ=EOU
Date:23/04/2004 URL: Property details
In his affidavit, Mr. Baalu declared that he had assets worth Rs 2.25 crores, including a house in Kodambakkam valued at Rs 1.25 crores, Rs.3.5 lakhs in cash and Rs. 55,000 as deposits in two banks. He also held shares of Rs 47.5 lakhs in King India Chemicals Corporation Limited, Meenam Fisheries Limited and Kings India Power Corporation Limited. He owned a car â a 1993 Premier, valued at Rs 30,000. Mr. Baalu also declared ownership of agricultural land valued at Rs. 35 lakhs in Pudukottai and Thanjavur districts. He owned industrial land in Kancheepuram district worth Rs. 10 lakhs. Mr. Baalu's family members had assets worth Rs. 50 lakhs.
http://www.thehindu.com/2004/04/23/stories...42306240400.htm
NAME OF THE INSTITUTION:
KINGS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
PUNALKULAM.- 613 303
THANJAVUR (VIA), GANDARVAKOTTAI (T.K.)
PUDUKKOTTAI â DT
TAMIL NADU â 613 303
Ph - 04362 282474, 282676 Fax - 04362 282494
E-mail:- contact@kingsindia.net
Mr.T.R.B.Rajaa - Managing Trustee : Coming from a management background this young gentleman has revived and rejuvenated the whole aura of our institution since taking over as the Managing Trustee of the Trust as well as the Chairman of the college. He also holds high offices in various industries :
*** Managing Director: Kings India Chemical Corporation Limited (Listed Company in the field of Manufacturing and marketing of Chemicals.
***Chairman: Kings India Power Corporation Limited (A company involved in the setting up of Power Projects for generation of power)
***Chairman: Meenam Fisheries Limited (Public Limited company with Deep Sea Fishing Ventures)
http://www.kingsindia.net/profiles/mandato...0disclosure.htm
Contact PersonMr Rajaa BaaluAddress14 Vyasar Street,T.Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaZip Code600017Telephone91 44 28156486MobileFax91 44 42122861WebsiteMeenam Fisheries Limited, http://www.bizearch.com/company/Meenam_Fis...ited_112959.htm
Company Type : Exporter Contact : Rajaa Baalu Address : 14 Vyasar Street
T.Nagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600017
India Telephone : [91] (44) 28156486 Fax : [91] (44) 52122861 Name(s) of Principals : TRB Rajaa Commenced Business : 1989 At This Address Since : 2001 Number Of Employees : 150 Plant Size : 300,000 Plant Locations : Chennai Company Certifications : Euro Standards
The following is the list of products available at our end. You may go through the same and revert to us with any specific species that you may need. Please specify your required mode of packing, your choice of frozen, fresh(chilled) or live, tentative quantity and grade(count per kilogram/lbs) .
Iseebi:
*Spiny or Rock Lobster(Panulirus orantus) --- live or frozen
*Spiny or Rock Lobster(Panulirus Homarus) ---live or frozen.
*Spiny or Rock Lobster(Panulirus spp) ---live or frozen.
*Deep sea lobster tails(Puuerulus spp) --- frozen.
*Sand Lobster---(Thenus Orientalis) ---Frozen.
Ebi:
*Giant Tiger Prawns(Penaeus Monodon) ---frozen or chilled.
*White Prawn Indian (P. Indicus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Flower prawn(P. semisulcatus) ---frozen or chilled
*Deep sea shrimp(Solenoccera sp) ---frozen or chilled.
*Kuruma Shrimp(P. Japonicus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Silver Pomfrets(Pampus Argentus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Chineese Pomfrets---frozen or chilled.
*Black Pomfrets(Formio Niger) ---frozen or chilled.
Kaki:
*Oyster(Crassostrea madrasensis)
Akoyagai:
*Pearl Oyster (Pinctada spp) ---Hand Picked.
Ko-ika:
*Cuttle fish(Sepia Spp) ---dried or frozen.
Ika:
*Squid (Loligo duvaucelii) ---dried or frozen.
Igai:
*Green mussel (Perna viridis) ---hand picked.
*Hammer Head Shark(Sphyrna Zygaena) ---frozen or chilled.
*Milk Shark (Scoliodon Walbeehmi) ---frozen or chilled.
*Bramble Shark(Echinorhinus brucus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Eel(monopetrus Javanensis) ---frozen.
*Red Snapper Malabar (Lutjanus malabaricus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Seer Fish(Scomder Omorus Commerfon) ---frozen or chilled.
*Kalava(Epinephelus Sp) ---frozen or chilled.
*Mackeral(Rasprelliger Kanagurta) ---frozen or chilled.
*Crabs(Kani) (Portunus Sanguinolentus) ---Meat, whole or live.
Hope you are satisfied with our description of available products. Please feel free to place requests for specific species which may not be listed above.
http://www.fuzing.com/vci/00042111f261/Mee...sheries-Limited
Meenam Fisheries is a market leader in India with fishing oprerations in more than four countries and exports to all over the world.We export deep sea lobsters , shrimps etc which are processed in a state of the art processing unit meeting the highest possible standards in the fishing industry.
Basic Information
Company Name: Meenam Fisheries LimitedÂ
Business Type: OtherÂ
Product/Services: We are exporters of Frozen Sea Food products eg: Lobsters, Shrimps, Fish etc.Â
Number of Employees: 101 - 500 PeopleÂ
Trade & Market
Main Markets: North America
South America
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Asia
Southeast Asia
Mid East
Africa
Oceania
Total Annual Sales Volume: Below US$1 MillionÂ
http://www.alibaba.com/member/meenam/aboutus.html
Company Profile Updated: 08-NOV-07
Meenam Fisheries Ltd.
International Private company
No. 14, Eyaar St., Chennai, , India
()4428156486, fax,
Primary SIC: Canned And Cured Fish & Seafoods, Primary NAICS: Seafood Canning
Description: Manufacturing: Canned and Cured Fish and Seafoods
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-co...33511-page.html
http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?m...t&counter_img=1
Shocking scandal
The Pioneer Edit Desk
Govt must investigate Baalu's deed
Union Shipping and Surface Transport Minister TR Baalu, who is also a confidant of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, is no stranger to controversies that raise serious doubts about his integrity quotient. In the past he has shown remarkable interest in pushing the disastrous Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project in defiance of popular outrage. Mr Baalu's critics insist that creating a shorter route for merchant ships is the last thing on his mind; he is more worried about idling dredgers and stalled work farmed out to contractors. The Minister's strenuous efforts, at times sly and slimy, to bulldoze the Government into going ahead with the Sethusamudram project irrespective of court injunctions, do generate a sense of unease about his true intentions. That Mr Baalu does not have a high integrity quotient is now demonstrated by his misuse of office to benefit two firms in which his wives and sons have more than a passing interest. It transpires that he 'requested' -- an euphemism for arm-twisting or political blackmail, call it what you will -- ONGC and GAIL to divert Cauvery Basin gas to these firms at a time when there was a mismatch between demand and supply. The Petroleum Ministry is with the Congress and it does not require extraordinary intelligence to figure out why a 'request' by the resident strongman of the DMK in Delhi, whose proximity to the party boss in Chennai is no secret, was more than honoured, with officials scampering to do Mr Baalu's bidding. Such is this man's inability to distinguish between that which is patently wrong and morally right, that he had no qualms about standing up in the Rajya Sabha, where the issue has been raised for two consecutive days, and asserting, "What is wrong in it?" Only those who are entirely bereft of probity and believe that misusing authority is part of the privilege of holding public office can be so scandalously callous.
It would, however, be unfair to place the entire blame at Mr Baalu's door. Politicians like him cannot be expected to act honourably when in office. But what is distressing is that a man who makes a fetish of honesty and integrity presides over a Cabinet many of whose members are perceived to be lacking in both. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cannot pretend ignorance of Mr Baalu's dubious activities, nor can he take shelter behind the argument that it is ultimately the DMK's choice as to whom it wants as a Minister. Mr Baalu has claimed that he kept the Prime Minister informed about his 'request'. If this is true, then the Prime Minister owes an explanation as to why he did not reject the 'request' in keeping with his squeaky clean image that his publicists tirelessly project to prove he is a good man undeserving of uncharitable comments. Mr Baalu cannot get away with his obnoxious disregard for ministerial probity; the scandal should be investigated by the CBI and the full truth unearthed; till the inquiry is over, he should be made to sit out. At the same time, neither should the Prime Minister be allowed to get away by maintaining stony silence. He must explain to Parliament, and thus to the nation, as to why the 'request' of a Minister with a dubious record was entertained. Stonewalling the issue won't do.
Baalu controversy: RS adjourned; Jaya demands PM's resignation
New Delhi, April 24: The issue of Shipping Minister T R Baalu allegedly asking GAIL to provide gas to companies with which his family was associated today snowballed, leading to adjournment of the Rajya Sabha for the day, while AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for ''aiding and abetting'' him. During the Question Hour in the Upper House of Parliament, AIADMK member V Maitreyan was asked by Chairman Hamid Ansari to leave the House after the AIADMK member repeatedly disrupted the proceedings on the issue. The Rajya Sabha plunged into pandemonium today for nearly 90 minutes in the post-lunch session after which it was adjourned for the day with the opposition BJP and SP members vociferously demanding revocation of the eviction of the member.
The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha said,''I have witnessed a situation I have never witnessed before. A senior member of the House is deliberately violating procedures. Under the relevant Rules of the House, the Chair may direct any member who in his opinion is violating. I am invoking this rule against the member.'' Thereafter, the AIADMK member left the House which then carried on with its normal business.
Yesterday too, the AIADMK member had raised the issue in the House. Dr Maitreyan alleged that the minister had 'armtwisted' the ONGC and GAIL for favouring the companies 'Kings India Chemicals' and 'King Chemicals and Kings High Power' with which his family was linked. He claimed that 'Kings India' was on the 2004 list o Tamil Nadu bank defaulters and urged the Prime Minister to come clean on the matter.
Mr Baalu then said he was the managing director of the two companies before becoming a minister. The companies, he said, were referred to BIFR and its employees and shareholders were in trouble. ''In 1999, Kings High Power had entered into an agreement with GAIL for the supply of 10,000 cubic metres of gas to it. But the gas company went back on its word as part of revenge taken by the NDA government and the BJP as I quit the alliance in 2003,'' Mr Baalu said. ''The employees and shareholders approached me with the problem.
I then put in a word with the petroleum minister for supplying gas to the ailing company. I was trying to save the company. What is wrong in it,'' he asked. Meanwhile, in a statement in Chennai today, Ms Jayalalithaa sought Mr Baalu's sacking and demanded the resignation of Dr Singh for ''aiding and abetting'' him in ''arm-twisting'' the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry.
She alleged that never before had such a grave charge been levelled against a Prime Minister who had not reacted to the reports in this regard in a section of the media.
Quoting reports, she said Mr Baalu had arm-twisted the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry over the past two years to provide gas from the Cauvery basin to two companies, Kings India Power Corporation and Kings India Chemical Corporation, owned by his two sons T R B Rajkumar and T R B Selvakumar.
''Interestingly, Mr Baalu's two wives, Ms Porkodi and Ms Renuka Devi, hold huge stakes in these companies'', she also alleged.
Ms Jayalalithaa said this was a grave charge of misuse of office, nepotism and corruption relating to Mr Baalu's tenure as Union Minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas during 1996-98.
''Not only is there a documented charge that the Union Minister was indulging in nepotism and corruption, there is also a charge with proof that has not been refuted that the Prime Minister is actively aiding and abetting this crime'', she alleged.
Dr Singh was according ''unequal treatment'' by bending rules to favour a Cabinet Minister merely because that Minister's party was necessary for his government to continue in power, she alleged.
Published: Thursday, April 24, 2008
http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsi...ATEGORYNAME=CHN
Baalu scandal: Opp tastes blood
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
The demand for sacking of Road and Shipping Minister TR Baalu, in the dock for arm-twisting GAIL and ONGC to allot gas to companies owned by his two sons, gathered momentum on Thursday and dominated the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha for better part of the day.
For the second day in row, AIADMK leader V Maitreyan stole the show in the Rajya Sabha by demanding Baalu's removal from the Union Cabinet and a statement from the Prime Minister on the scandal. The RS Chairman's decision to expel Maitreyan from the House for persisting with his demands, acted like fuel to the fire and united the opposition. With the BJP, Samajwadi Party and the TDP throwing their weight behind Maitreyan, the Government may find it tough to protect Baalu, who himself admitted on Wednesday to seeking gas for the family-run business.
But surprisingly, despite such serious charges, there is no official reaction from the Government. While this could be open to interpretation, but it is well-known that even a section of the Congress is unhappy with Baalu and would like to see him go.
The Rajya Sabha witnessed uproarious scenes and then adjournment as the Opposition objected to Maitreyan being asked to leave the House by Chairman Hamid Ansari.
The Chairman invoked the rarely used rule 255 when he asked Maitreyan to "withdraw' from the House for persistent defiance of the Chair. Stating that "it was disorderly conduct unbecoming of a member", Ansari said the member was "deliberately violating the procedures of the House."
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was present in the House when Maitreyan raised the issue as soon as the question hour commenced and said the Prime Minister should reply on the irregularity committed by his Minister.
Ansari reminded Maitreyan that he had been allowed to raise the issue and had got a reply from the Minister on Wednesday but the AIADMK leader and his party colleagues were in no mood to oblige the Chair.
Unable to calm down Maitreyan, the Chairman asked for the Rule Book and announced: "I am invoking Rule 255 of the Rajya Sabha rules and asking the member to withdraw from the Council of States." Maitreyan left instantly.
According to Rajya Sabha officials, Rule 255 states that the concerned member has to withdraw from the House the moment the Chair invokes the rule. The member has to stay away from the proceedings of the House for that day. The last time the rule was used in 1989.
As soon as the House re-assembled for the post-lunch sitting, the BJP and the UNPA members were on their feet protesting against Ansari's ruling and insisted that the issue be resolved before any other business was taken up.
PJ Kurien, who was in the chair, however, said the ruling of the chair could not be challenged. BJP members led by Sushma Swaraj and SS Ahluwalia said they were not questioning the ruling but they were raising the "question of rights of members".
Sushma said "almost everybody in the past had raised issues during question hour, it is not something
new." Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh said he was "not questioning the ruling, or the procedure or the system. What I want to know is why rules are used selectively against party members other than the Congress and the BJP."
The chair then asked the Parliamentary Affairs Minister to explain the ruling party's stand, but by now the Opposition members were in no mood to listen to him. They began shouting slogans, "Raksha karo, raksha karo, hamare adhikaron ki raksha karo (Protect our rights)". At this, ruling party members V Narayan Swamy and Jayanti Natrajan protested saying how can they question the ruling of the chair in the House.
Sushma Swaraj suggested to the chair that the House be adjourned and the matter be resolved in the Business Advisory Committee. Kurien, however, refused saying "I am in the chair. How can I adjourn the House on the question of chairman's ruling." Sushma said "I am only saying that this issue cannot be resolved in this heated atmosphere."
She then recalled how in this session itself a similar situation had arisen when names of 11 SP members were notified and the SP members did not allow the House to proceed. The matter was finally settled with discussion by party leaders in the deputy chairman Rehman Khan's chamber.
CPM MP Brinda Karat also said that she was also present when the incident happened as her party had supported the SP members then. Finding the issue not getting resolved, Kurien in chair adjourned the House for the day.
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Why Setu project? Meenam Fisheries Ltd. â an intl. Private company -- with shipping vessels and marine export interests.
Some leads following up on expose reported on Jaya TV on 24 April 2008 10:30 PM news based on the info. exposed by Dr. Subramanian Swamy.. See page 2 of Election affidavit. http://tinyurl.com/3hvjrfÂ
Meenam Fisheries Ltd. owns a shipping vessel as seen below.
One mariner claims he was for five years a mechanic Deck Hand (25 mts vessel) in Meenam Fisheries Ltd. This establishes the fact that the Intl. Private Company, Meenam Fisheries Ltd. is also a ship-owner.
http://www.gulfoilandgas.com/webpro1/Job...id=3037197
About us: Meenam Fisheries is a market leader in India with fishing oprerations in more than four countries and exports to all over the world.We export deep sea lobsters , shrimps etc which are processed in a state of the art processing unit meeting the highest possible standards in the fishing industry.
Aquatic Products ,Products/ServicesWe are exporters of Frozen Sea Food products eg: Lobsters, Shrimps, Fish etc.Our MarketsWorldwideNo. of Employees101 - 500 PeopleAnnual Sales Range(USD)Below US$1 Million
http://www.bizearch.com/company/Meenam_Fis...ited_112959.htm
MEENAM FISHERIES LIMITED
NO.9 BINNY ROAD
POES GARDEN
Phone: 91-44-28157949/91-44-28156486
Email: meenam@kingsindia.net
Current Status : WORKING
LOP NO : PER/EOB/1986/05
LOP Date: 10/22/1986
DCP : 01/09/1988Â www.mepz.gov.in/list.asp?nsw=M&Categ=EOU
Date:23/04/2004 URL: Property details
In his affidavit, Mr. Baalu declared that he had assets worth Rs 2.25 crores, including a house in Kodambakkam valued at Rs 1.25 crores, Rs.3.5 lakhs in cash and Rs. 55,000 as deposits in two banks. He also held shares of Rs 47.5 lakhs in King India Chemicals Corporation Limited, Meenam Fisheries Limited and Kings India Power Corporation Limited. He owned a car â a 1993 Premier, valued at Rs 30,000. Mr. Baalu also declared ownership of agricultural land valued at Rs. 35 lakhs in Pudukottai and Thanjavur districts. He owned industrial land in Kancheepuram district worth Rs. 10 lakhs. Mr. Baalu's family members had assets worth Rs. 50 lakhs.
http://www.thehindu.com/2004/04/23/stories...42306240400.htm
NAME OF THE INSTITUTION:
KINGS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
PUNALKULAM.- 613 303
THANJAVUR (VIA), GANDARVAKOTTAI (T.K.)
PUDUKKOTTAI â DT
TAMIL NADU â 613 303
Ph - 04362 282474, 282676 Fax - 04362 282494
E-mail:- contact@kingsindia.net
Mr.T.R.B.Rajaa - Managing Trustee : Coming from a management background this young gentleman has revived and rejuvenated the whole aura of our institution since taking over as the Managing Trustee of the Trust as well as the Chairman of the college. He also holds high offices in various industries :
*** Managing Director: Kings India Chemical Corporation Limited (Listed Company in the field of Manufacturing and marketing of Chemicals.
***Chairman: Kings India Power Corporation Limited (A company involved in the setting up of Power Projects for generation of power)
***Chairman: Meenam Fisheries Limited (Public Limited company with Deep Sea Fishing Ventures)
http://www.kingsindia.net/profiles/mandato...0disclosure.htm
Contact PersonMr Rajaa BaaluAddress14 Vyasar Street,T.Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaZip Code600017Telephone91 44 28156486MobileFax91 44 42122861WebsiteMeenam Fisheries Limited, http://www.bizearch.com/company/Meenam_Fis...ited_112959.htm
Company Type : Exporter Contact : Rajaa Baalu Address : 14 Vyasar Street
T.Nagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600017
India Telephone : [91] (44) 28156486 Fax : [91] (44) 52122861 Name(s) of Principals : TRB Rajaa Commenced Business : 1989 At This Address Since : 2001 Number Of Employees : 150 Plant Size : 300,000 Plant Locations : Chennai Company Certifications : Euro Standards
The following is the list of products available at our end. You may go through the same and revert to us with any specific species that you may need. Please specify your required mode of packing, your choice of frozen, fresh(chilled) or live, tentative quantity and grade(count per kilogram/lbs) .
Iseebi:
*Spiny or Rock Lobster(Panulirus orantus) --- live or frozen
*Spiny or Rock Lobster(Panulirus Homarus) ---live or frozen.
*Spiny or Rock Lobster(Panulirus spp) ---live or frozen.
*Deep sea lobster tails(Puuerulus spp) --- frozen.
*Sand Lobster---(Thenus Orientalis) ---Frozen.
Ebi:
*Giant Tiger Prawns(Penaeus Monodon) ---frozen or chilled.
*White Prawn Indian (P. Indicus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Flower prawn(P. semisulcatus) ---frozen or chilled
*Deep sea shrimp(Solenoccera sp) ---frozen or chilled.
*Kuruma Shrimp(P. Japonicus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Silver Pomfrets(Pampus Argentus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Chineese Pomfrets---frozen or chilled.
*Black Pomfrets(Formio Niger) ---frozen or chilled.
Kaki:
*Oyster(Crassostrea madrasensis)
Akoyagai:
*Pearl Oyster (Pinctada spp) ---Hand Picked.
Ko-ika:
*Cuttle fish(Sepia Spp) ---dried or frozen.
Ika:
*Squid (Loligo duvaucelii) ---dried or frozen.
Igai:
*Green mussel (Perna viridis) ---hand picked.
*Hammer Head Shark(Sphyrna Zygaena) ---frozen or chilled.
*Milk Shark (Scoliodon Walbeehmi) ---frozen or chilled.
*Bramble Shark(Echinorhinus brucus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Eel(monopetrus Javanensis) ---frozen.
*Red Snapper Malabar (Lutjanus malabaricus) ---frozen or chilled.
*Seer Fish(Scomder Omorus Commerfon) ---frozen or chilled.
*Kalava(Epinephelus Sp) ---frozen or chilled.
*Mackeral(Rasprelliger Kanagurta) ---frozen or chilled.
*Crabs(Kani) (Portunus Sanguinolentus) ---Meat, whole or live.
Hope you are satisfied with our description of available products. Please feel free to place requests for specific species which may not be listed above.
http://www.fuzing.com/vci/00042111f261/Mee...sheries-Limited
Meenam Fisheries is a market leader in India with fishing oprerations in more than four countries and exports to all over the world.We export deep sea lobsters , shrimps etc which are processed in a state of the art processing unit meeting the highest possible standards in the fishing industry.
Basic Information
Company Name: Meenam Fisheries LimitedÂ
Business Type: OtherÂ
Product/Services: We are exporters of Frozen Sea Food products eg: Lobsters, Shrimps, Fish etc.Â
Number of Employees: 101 - 500 PeopleÂ
Trade & Market
Main Markets: North America
South America
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Asia
Southeast Asia
Mid East
Africa
Oceania
Total Annual Sales Volume: Below US$1 MillionÂ
http://www.alibaba.com/member/meenam/aboutus.html
Company Profile Updated: 08-NOV-07
Meenam Fisheries Ltd.
International Private company
No. 14, Eyaar St., Chennai, , India
()4428156486, fax,
Primary SIC: Canned And Cured Fish & Seafoods, Primary NAICS: Seafood Canning
Description: Manufacturing: Canned and Cured Fish and Seafoods
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Shocking scandal
The Pioneer Edit Desk
Govt must investigate Baalu's deed
Union Shipping and Surface Transport Minister TR Baalu, who is also a confidant of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, is no stranger to controversies that raise serious doubts about his integrity quotient. In the past he has shown remarkable interest in pushing the disastrous Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project in defiance of popular outrage. Mr Baalu's critics insist that creating a shorter route for merchant ships is the last thing on his mind; he is more worried about idling dredgers and stalled work farmed out to contractors. The Minister's strenuous efforts, at times sly and slimy, to bulldoze the Government into going ahead with the Sethusamudram project irrespective of court injunctions, do generate a sense of unease about his true intentions. That Mr Baalu does not have a high integrity quotient is now demonstrated by his misuse of office to benefit two firms in which his wives and sons have more than a passing interest. It transpires that he 'requested' -- an euphemism for arm-twisting or political blackmail, call it what you will -- ONGC and GAIL to divert Cauvery Basin gas to these firms at a time when there was a mismatch between demand and supply. The Petroleum Ministry is with the Congress and it does not require extraordinary intelligence to figure out why a 'request' by the resident strongman of the DMK in Delhi, whose proximity to the party boss in Chennai is no secret, was more than honoured, with officials scampering to do Mr Baalu's bidding. Such is this man's inability to distinguish between that which is patently wrong and morally right, that he had no qualms about standing up in the Rajya Sabha, where the issue has been raised for two consecutive days, and asserting, "What is wrong in it?" Only those who are entirely bereft of probity and believe that misusing authority is part of the privilege of holding public office can be so scandalously callous.
It would, however, be unfair to place the entire blame at Mr Baalu's door. Politicians like him cannot be expected to act honourably when in office. But what is distressing is that a man who makes a fetish of honesty and integrity presides over a Cabinet many of whose members are perceived to be lacking in both. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cannot pretend ignorance of Mr Baalu's dubious activities, nor can he take shelter behind the argument that it is ultimately the DMK's choice as to whom it wants as a Minister. Mr Baalu has claimed that he kept the Prime Minister informed about his 'request'. If this is true, then the Prime Minister owes an explanation as to why he did not reject the 'request' in keeping with his squeaky clean image that his publicists tirelessly project to prove he is a good man undeserving of uncharitable comments. Mr Baalu cannot get away with his obnoxious disregard for ministerial probity; the scandal should be investigated by the CBI and the full truth unearthed; till the inquiry is over, he should be made to sit out. At the same time, neither should the Prime Minister be allowed to get away by maintaining stony silence. He must explain to Parliament, and thus to the nation, as to why the 'request' of a Minister with a dubious record was entertained. Stonewalling the issue won't do.
Baalu controversy: RS adjourned; Jaya demands PM's resignation
New Delhi, April 24: The issue of Shipping Minister T R Baalu allegedly asking GAIL to provide gas to companies with which his family was associated today snowballed, leading to adjournment of the Rajya Sabha for the day, while AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for ''aiding and abetting'' him. During the Question Hour in the Upper House of Parliament, AIADMK member V Maitreyan was asked by Chairman Hamid Ansari to leave the House after the AIADMK member repeatedly disrupted the proceedings on the issue. The Rajya Sabha plunged into pandemonium today for nearly 90 minutes in the post-lunch session after which it was adjourned for the day with the opposition BJP and SP members vociferously demanding revocation of the eviction of the member.
The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha said,''I have witnessed a situation I have never witnessed before. A senior member of the House is deliberately violating procedures. Under the relevant Rules of the House, the Chair may direct any member who in his opinion is violating. I am invoking this rule against the member.'' Thereafter, the AIADMK member left the House which then carried on with its normal business.
Yesterday too, the AIADMK member had raised the issue in the House. Dr Maitreyan alleged that the minister had 'armtwisted' the ONGC and GAIL for favouring the companies 'Kings India Chemicals' and 'King Chemicals and Kings High Power' with which his family was linked. He claimed that 'Kings India' was on the 2004 list o Tamil Nadu bank defaulters and urged the Prime Minister to come clean on the matter.
Mr Baalu then said he was the managing director of the two companies before becoming a minister. The companies, he said, were referred to BIFR and its employees and shareholders were in trouble. ''In 1999, Kings High Power had entered into an agreement with GAIL for the supply of 10,000 cubic metres of gas to it. But the gas company went back on its word as part of revenge taken by the NDA government and the BJP as I quit the alliance in 2003,'' Mr Baalu said. ''The employees and shareholders approached me with the problem.
I then put in a word with the petroleum minister for supplying gas to the ailing company. I was trying to save the company. What is wrong in it,'' he asked. Meanwhile, in a statement in Chennai today, Ms Jayalalithaa sought Mr Baalu's sacking and demanded the resignation of Dr Singh for ''aiding and abetting'' him in ''arm-twisting'' the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry.
She alleged that never before had such a grave charge been levelled against a Prime Minister who had not reacted to the reports in this regard in a section of the media.
Quoting reports, she said Mr Baalu had arm-twisted the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry over the past two years to provide gas from the Cauvery basin to two companies, Kings India Power Corporation and Kings India Chemical Corporation, owned by his two sons T R B Rajkumar and T R B Selvakumar.
''Interestingly, Mr Baalu's two wives, Ms Porkodi and Ms Renuka Devi, hold huge stakes in these companies'', she also alleged.
Ms Jayalalithaa said this was a grave charge of misuse of office, nepotism and corruption relating to Mr Baalu's tenure as Union Minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas during 1996-98.
''Not only is there a documented charge that the Union Minister was indulging in nepotism and corruption, there is also a charge with proof that has not been refuted that the Prime Minister is actively aiding and abetting this crime'', she alleged.
Dr Singh was according ''unequal treatment'' by bending rules to favour a Cabinet Minister merely because that Minister's party was necessary for his government to continue in power, she alleged.
Published: Thursday, April 24, 2008
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Baalu scandal: Opp tastes blood
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
The demand for sacking of Road and Shipping Minister TR Baalu, in the dock for arm-twisting GAIL and ONGC to allot gas to companies owned by his two sons, gathered momentum on Thursday and dominated the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha for better part of the day.
For the second day in row, AIADMK leader V Maitreyan stole the show in the Rajya Sabha by demanding Baalu's removal from the Union Cabinet and a statement from the Prime Minister on the scandal. The RS Chairman's decision to expel Maitreyan from the House for persisting with his demands, acted like fuel to the fire and united the opposition. With the BJP, Samajwadi Party and the TDP throwing their weight behind Maitreyan, the Government may find it tough to protect Baalu, who himself admitted on Wednesday to seeking gas for the family-run business.
But surprisingly, despite such serious charges, there is no official reaction from the Government. While this could be open to interpretation, but it is well-known that even a section of the Congress is unhappy with Baalu and would like to see him go.
The Rajya Sabha witnessed uproarious scenes and then adjournment as the Opposition objected to Maitreyan being asked to leave the House by Chairman Hamid Ansari.
The Chairman invoked the rarely used rule 255 when he asked Maitreyan to "withdraw' from the House for persistent defiance of the Chair. Stating that "it was disorderly conduct unbecoming of a member", Ansari said the member was "deliberately violating the procedures of the House."
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was present in the House when Maitreyan raised the issue as soon as the question hour commenced and said the Prime Minister should reply on the irregularity committed by his Minister.
Ansari reminded Maitreyan that he had been allowed to raise the issue and had got a reply from the Minister on Wednesday but the AIADMK leader and his party colleagues were in no mood to oblige the Chair.
Unable to calm down Maitreyan, the Chairman asked for the Rule Book and announced: "I am invoking Rule 255 of the Rajya Sabha rules and asking the member to withdraw from the Council of States." Maitreyan left instantly.
According to Rajya Sabha officials, Rule 255 states that the concerned member has to withdraw from the House the moment the Chair invokes the rule. The member has to stay away from the proceedings of the House for that day. The last time the rule was used in 1989.
As soon as the House re-assembled for the post-lunch sitting, the BJP and the UNPA members were on their feet protesting against Ansari's ruling and insisted that the issue be resolved before any other business was taken up.
PJ Kurien, who was in the chair, however, said the ruling of the chair could not be challenged. BJP members led by Sushma Swaraj and SS Ahluwalia said they were not questioning the ruling but they were raising the "question of rights of members".
Sushma said "almost everybody in the past had raised issues during question hour, it is not something
new." Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh said he was "not questioning the ruling, or the procedure or the system. What I want to know is why rules are used selectively against party members other than the Congress and the BJP."
The chair then asked the Parliamentary Affairs Minister to explain the ruling party's stand, but by now the Opposition members were in no mood to listen to him. They began shouting slogans, "Raksha karo, raksha karo, hamare adhikaron ki raksha karo (Protect our rights)". At this, ruling party members V Narayan Swamy and Jayanti Natrajan protested saying how can they question the ruling of the chair in the House.
Sushma Swaraj suggested to the chair that the House be adjourned and the matter be resolved in the Business Advisory Committee. Kurien, however, refused saying "I am in the chair. How can I adjourn the House on the question of chairman's ruling." Sushma said "I am only saying that this issue cannot be resolved in this heated atmosphere."
She then recalled how in this session itself a similar situation had arisen when names of 11 SP members were notified and the SP members did not allow the House to proceed. The matter was finally settled with discussion by party leaders in the deputy chairman Rehman Khan's chamber.
CPM MP Brinda Karat also said that she was also present when the incident happened as her party had supported the SP members then. Finding the issue not getting resolved, Kurien in chair adjourned the House for the day.
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