Chhattisgarh Should Learn From AP : Moily

Raipur, : Chhattisgarh should learn from the Andhra Pradesh government on how to get rid of Naxalism as its failure to curb the “menace” is affecting neighbouring states now, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily  said on Sunday. “The Chhattisgarh government’s failure in curbing Naxalism has begun to affect neighbouring states too,” he told reporters here. Chhattisgarh should learn from the Andhra Pradesh government on how to get rid of Naxalism by improving law and order and by having socio and economic development, he said. When a dam is filled to the brink, it overflows, similarly Naxalism has increased to such a level in Chhattisgarh...

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Pak Interior Secy Visits Golden Temple

Amritsar, : Pakistan Interior Secretary Chaudhary Qamar Zaman today visited the Golden Temple here responding to a “divine call” and said he prayed for the betterment of India-Pakistan relations. Zaman, who crossed into India through the Attari-Wagah border to attend the two-day India-Pakistan Home Secretary-level talks beginning in Delhi tomorrow, visited the holiest Sikh shrine when his flight from Amritsar to the national capital got delayed. “It was a very unexpected opportunity we got because of the delay of the flight and that was something... ‘jo hum kehte bulawa aaya tha...’ (what we say a divine call),” he said on reaching the Indira...

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No Differences With RBI On New Bank Licence Norms: Pranab

Mumbai : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today termed as “conjectures and media speculations” the reported differences between him and the Reserve Bank of India on capping FDI at 49 per cent in new commercial banks, the licences for which are likely to be issued soon.  “These are all conjectures. There is no question of happiness or unhappiness. We have just received the draft guidelines from the RBI and it is being examined. These are the two wings of the government; we work together and do not indulge in these kinds of speculations,” Mukherjee said as he rubbished his reported differences with the central bank on the draft proposals. The...

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Rs 1,656 Cr Yamuna Action Plan-III Likely To Be Approved Soon

New Delhi : The government is likely to give its approval soon for the ambitious Rs 1,656 crore Yamuna Action Plan-III, which is exclusively focused on Delhi, to solve the problem caused by pollution in the river, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said. “The project is funded by the Japanese Government. We will be getting the approval of the Union Cabinet in next couple of weeks. Under the Yamuna Action Plan-III, the existing sewage treatment network in Delhi will be modernised in a very big way,” he said. Ramesh was talking to reporters here after a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder...

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Former Maoist Sambashivudu Hacked To Death

Hyderabad : TRS polit bureau member Sambashivudu, a former top Maoist leader was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, police said today. Sambashivudu (45) was killed late last night near Gokaram village in Nalgonda district by about 10-15 assailants using sickles and swords. He died while being shifted to Hyderabad for treatment, they said. Three TRS activists, who were travelling with him, sustained injuries in the attack and were admitted to a nearby hospital, Nalgonda district Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar told PTI over phone. Sambasivudu was returning to Hyderabad after attending ‘Telangana...

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East Timor police take over from UN force

Dili: United Nations police returned full control of East Timor to the national force on Sunday, the UN and government said, more than four years after bloody clashes threatened to push the country into civil war. Following a Sunday ceremony, from Monday the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) will be responsible for the whole country, with the UN police in a supporting role, the statement by the UN and East Timorese government said. "We will continue to work side-by-side," UN special representative for East Timor Ameerah Haq said. "However, PNTL will be squarely in the driver's seat, and the UN will focus on providing the training and support...

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Signs of new air raids on Libyan capital

TRIPOLI, Libya –  Anti-aircraft fire has been heard in Libya's capital Tripoli after dark, signaling that another round of international airstrikes on Moammar Gadhafi's regime is under way. Residents in the contested city of Misrata in western Libya reported fighting Sunday between anti-government rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces firing from tanks on residential areas. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. RAS LANOUF, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels regained two key oil complexes in a high-speed advance west on Libya's coast on Sunday, retracing the steps of their first march toward the capital with their path cleared by the world's most powerful air force. Now that they have the oil, the rebels are making tentative plans to...

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Israel Deploys Rocket Defense System Against Gaza

BEERSHEBA, Israel –  Israel deployed a cutting-edge rocket defense system on Sunday, rolling out the latest tool in its arsenal to stop a recent spike in attacks from the neighboring Gaza Strip. Israel hopes the homegrown Iron Dome system will provide increased security to its citizens, but officials warned that it can't do the job alone. The system went into operation shortly after an Israeli aircraft struck a group of militants in Gaza, killing two. Israeli said they were about to fire a rocket. The Iron Dome system has raised hopes that Israel has finally found a solution to the years of rocket fire from Gaza. The primitive rockets...

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NATO to assume command of Libya air operations

BRUSSELS –  NATO will assume command of all aerial operations — including ground attacks — in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces, officials said Sunday. The North Atlantic Council — the alliance's top body — approved a plan to expand the previously agreed mission to enforce the U.N. arms embargo and no-fly zone by agreeing to protect civilians from attack. "NATO Allies have decided to take on the whole military operation in Libya under the U.N. Security Council resolution," Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement. "NATO will implement all aspects of the...

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