TRS enforced centre to take quick action to solve Telangana issue. BJP president Nitin Gadkari says he has the full support of and cooperation from senior leaders and is not a “puppet” of any of them. He said party consults RSS in every important issue but does not take dictation from it. Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to apply compulsory voting in India lacks support from political circles. Election Commission of Thailand President Apichart Sukhagganond said compulsory voting “may not be feasible in a country as large as India.”
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said India should teach a lesson to Pakistan and take strong steps against China while highlighting the problem of infiltration from Bangladesh. He criticised the lending of agricultural lands for industrial use in West Bengal.
Maoist killed four citizens in an attack in Orissa while blow up railway track in Assam.
India is determined to achieve 7% growth rate in 2010 while IMF predicted 7.9% growth rate in 2010-11.
Security was on high alert during republic day celebrations in India. UN envoy for nuclear non proliferation criticised Indo-US nuclear deal as it weakened the effort for nuclear free world.
Omer Abdullah invites freedom fighters for dialogue to resolve the dispute.
The rate of gender base discrimination decrease in last decades and state capital is on top of the list in providing equal political and economic opportunities to women.
India announces 100 fellowships for training Afghan students in agricultural field every year.
The West Bengal government is planning to create one lakh jobs by March 2010 in different department.
The Forest Survey of India, through satellite pictures, claims an increase of two square kilometer area of the forest and tree cover in Chandigarh. Chief Conservator of Forest Iswar Singh gave credit for the increase in greenery to the joint efforts of residents, schoolchildren and employees of horticulture wings of the Municipal Corporation and Chandigarh Administration. Punjab Deputy Chief Minster Sukhbir Singh Badal termed the population of the country as its biggest asset while inaugurating a conference titled ‘Making Punjab the skill capital of the world’ the Central government proposes to create a resource base of 500 million skilled workers by 2022 and 15 million people would be trained annually. “Punjab has identified nine sectors including drivers for heavy machinery, hospitality industry, dairy entrepreneurs, training for poultry, horse breeding, security personnel, construction workers and health care workers in which training would be provided,”
Kateekal Sankaranarayanan was sworn in as Governor of Maharashtra on Friday. Shiv Sena defeated SP leader Abu Azmi’s son Farhan in a closely-contested by-election. The Sena tally in the 288-member Assembly went up to 45 with this victory, just one less than ally BJP. Sena candidate Rupesh Mhatre won the triangular fight with a margin of 1,676 votes. Mhatre secured 35,376 votes while Farhan got 33,700 votes.
Despite tall talk of progress and development, the practice of untouchability is still prevalent in rural areas of Gujarat. This was found in a survey by the Navsarjan Trust and the Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights.
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