National Summary:
POLITICS:
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said the BJP would oppose the Nuclear Liability Bill. The Opposition parties are objecting to the compensation cap of Rs 500 crore on the operator envisaged in the Bill. BJP also apprehends that through the legislation, the government is trying to enable foreign private companies to enter India's nuclear market.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said the BJP would oppose the Nuclear Liability Bill. The Opposition parties are objecting to the compensation cap of Rs 500 crore on the operator envisaged in the Bill. BJP also apprehends that through the legislation, the government is trying to enable foreign private companies to enter India's nuclear market.
MINORITIES' ISSUES
The chairman of the National Minorities Commission, Mohamed Shafi Qureshi, has asked the Centre to review its decision on allowing Tasleema Nasreen to stay in India. Referring to the recent violence in Karnataka over an article in a Kannada newspaper that was purportedly written by the exiled author, Qureshi, in a letter to Home Minister P Chidambaram and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, has said that the contentions made in the article are “derogatory, humiliating and insulting” to the “Prophet of Islam, women in Prophet’s family and his colleagues.” He has said that “the verses from Quran and references from Hadith have been twisted and interpreted in a way that portrays a savage and heinous image of Islam.”
The chairman of the National Minorities Commission, Mohamed Shafi Qureshi, has asked the Centre to review its decision on allowing Tasleema Nasreen to stay in India. Referring to the recent violence in Karnataka over an article in a Kannada newspaper that was purportedly written by the exiled author, Qureshi, in a letter to Home Minister P Chidambaram and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, has said that the contentions made in the article are “derogatory, humiliating and insulting” to the “Prophet of Islam, women in Prophet’s family and his colleagues.” He has said that “the verses from Quran and references from Hadith have been twisted and interpreted in a way that portrays a savage and heinous image of Islam.”
HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM:
BJP president Nitin Gadkari stressed on the need for a modern idiom to articulate Hindutva for the youth. “Hindutva cannot become any political party’s agenda,” Gadkari said by way of explaining that it was “more of a way of life”. “Our credo has always been ‘justice for all; appeasement of none’. A true Hindu can never attack a Muslim, and a true Muslim can never attack a Hindu. A terrorist, on the other hand, has no religion, caste, or creed. It’s the pseudo-secular brigade that has unduly highlighted the religion of terrorists who happened to be Muslims,” said Gadkari.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari stressed on the need for a modern idiom to articulate Hindutva for the youth. “Hindutva cannot become any political party’s agenda,” Gadkari said by way of explaining that it was “more of a way of life”. “Our credo has always been ‘justice for all; appeasement of none’. A true Hindu can never attack a Muslim, and a true Muslim can never attack a Hindu. A terrorist, on the other hand, has no religion, caste, or creed. It’s the pseudo-secular brigade that has unduly highlighted the religion of terrorists who happened to be Muslims,” said Gadkari.
INSURGENCY MOVEMENTS:
Operation against Maoists on 19 September, 2009 in Chhattisgarh proved fake. Security forces claimed a major victory in which 30 Maoists and six police personnel were killed but villagers from Gachanpalli and the neighboring hamlets of Gattapad and Palachalam told that at least 12 of the 30 killed were innocents with no links to the Maoists.
A 48-hour bandh called by Maoists in seven States began on a violent note, with extremists blowing up a rail track between Midnapore and Godapiasal in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district.
Over 11,000-km rail line across the country has become vulnerable to Maoist attacks. The states affected by naxal menace are West Bengal, Andhra, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Operation against Maoists on 19 September, 2009 in Chhattisgarh proved fake. Security forces claimed a major victory in which 30 Maoists and six police personnel were killed but villagers from Gachanpalli and the neighboring hamlets of Gattapad and Palachalam told that at least 12 of the 30 killed were innocents with no links to the Maoists.
A 48-hour bandh called by Maoists in seven States began on a violent note, with extremists blowing up a rail track between Midnapore and Godapiasal in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district.
Over 11,000-km rail line across the country has become vulnerable to Maoist attacks. The states affected by naxal menace are West Bengal, Andhra, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
ECONOMY:
The Reserve Bank of India raised its key short-term lending and borrowing rates by 25 basis points each as part of its tight money policy to combat inflation. The repo and reverse rates (short-term rates at which the RBI lends and borrows from banks) were hiked to 5 per cent and 3.5 per cent, respectively, and could make banks commercial lending dearer. These measures should anchor inflationary expectations and contain inflation going forward, the RBI said.
Overseas investors have infused a net Rs 14,732 crore or USD 3.2 billion in Indian stock markets in March, taking their total inflow so far in 2010 to nearly Rs 15,500 crore. With this renewed shopping in local market, the total net inflow by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) has crossed the Rs 15,000 crore (USD 3.4 billion) level so far this year, as per data available with the capital market regulator SEBI.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exuded confidence the economy would grow by 8.5 per cent in the next fiscal and accelerate to 9 per cent the following year from an estimated 7.2 per cent this fiscal.
The Reserve Bank of India raised its key short-term lending and borrowing rates by 25 basis points each as part of its tight money policy to combat inflation. The repo and reverse rates (short-term rates at which the RBI lends and borrows from banks) were hiked to 5 per cent and 3.5 per cent, respectively, and could make banks commercial lending dearer. These measures should anchor inflationary expectations and contain inflation going forward, the RBI said.
Overseas investors have infused a net Rs 14,732 crore or USD 3.2 billion in Indian stock markets in March, taking their total inflow so far in 2010 to nearly Rs 15,500 crore. With this renewed shopping in local market, the total net inflow by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) has crossed the Rs 15,000 crore (USD 3.4 billion) level so far this year, as per data available with the capital market regulator SEBI.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exuded confidence the economy would grow by 8.5 per cent in the next fiscal and accelerate to 9 per cent the following year from an estimated 7.2 per cent this fiscal.
GEOSTRETGIC FRONT:
Indian authorities will be able to question David Coleman Headley, accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and facing 12 terror charges in a Chicago court, but within the United States, only but Indian government officials are still hopeful for Hadley’s extradition.
In light of the dip in ties with Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs has advised the government to walk out of the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline but continue talks with Tehran for a deep-sea pipeline that avoids Pakistan.
Indian authorities will be able to question David Coleman Headley, accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and facing 12 terror charges in a Chicago court, but within the United States, only but Indian government officials are still hopeful for Hadley’s extradition.
In light of the dip in ties with Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs has advised the government to walk out of the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline but continue talks with Tehran for a deep-sea pipeline that avoids Pakistan.
INDIAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR:
Making his first contact with a senior Chinese functionary on his trips abroad, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has met Director Foreign Affairs Ying Gang and discussed a possible Chinese role in resolving the Kashmir issue.
Regional Summary:
Making his first contact with a senior Chinese functionary on his trips abroad, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has met Director Foreign Affairs Ying Gang and discussed a possible Chinese role in resolving the Kashmir issue.
Regional Summary:
NORTHERN STATES:
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced that his regime would launch a State-wide urban infrastructure development programme called Rajiv Gandhi Urban Development Mission, Haryana. He said it would focus on providing affordable housing for the urban poor, water supply, sewerage, integrated solid water management and other civic amenities.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced that his regime would launch a State-wide urban infrastructure development programme called Rajiv Gandhi Urban Development Mission, Haryana. He said it would focus on providing affordable housing for the urban poor, water supply, sewerage, integrated solid water management and other civic amenities.
EASTERN STATES:
The West Bengal government is raising a counter-insurgency force to be trained by the elite Greyhounds force based in Andhra Pradesh for specialising in counter-guerrilla activities of Maoists active in certain parts of the State.
The West Bengal government is raising a counter-insurgency force to be trained by the elite Greyhounds force based in Andhra Pradesh for specialising in counter-guerrilla activities of Maoists active in certain parts of the State.
SOUTHERN STATES:
The controversial Bill to bring about a ban on cow slaughter and draught cattle received approval of the Andhra Legislative Assembly amidst stiff resistance put up by the Opposition.
In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Andhra Pradesh to provide four per cent reservation in jobs and education for backward members of the Muslim community, but referred to a special bench the issue of its constitutional validity.
The controversial Bill to bring about a ban on cow slaughter and draught cattle received approval of the Andhra Legislative Assembly amidst stiff resistance put up by the Opposition.
In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Andhra Pradesh to provide four per cent reservation in jobs and education for backward members of the Muslim community, but referred to a special bench the issue of its constitutional validity.
WESTERN STATES:
The Anti-Naxal Task Force will soon intensify its operations in the Maoist hotbed of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, drawing an additional 9,000 security personnel. Official sources said that about nine battalions (9,000 personnel) of the CRPF are on their way to the South Gadchiroli as part of a strategy being planned for the area which has witnessed heightened Naxal activities in the last one year.
The Anti-Naxal Task Force will soon intensify its operations in the Maoist hotbed of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, drawing an additional 9,000 security personnel. Official sources said that about nine battalions (9,000 personnel) of the CRPF are on their way to the South Gadchiroli as part of a strategy being planned for the area which has witnessed heightened Naxal activities in the last one year.
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