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Nation
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Govt
looking at caste-based
quota in private sector
What is India News
Service, August 31, 2004, 2000 hrs IST
Government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to
examine the issue of job reservations in the private sector.
"The group of ministers will examine all dimensions of the issue of affirmative action, including reservations, in the private sector," an official statement said on Monday.
The group will initiate a dialogue with industry to see how best the private sector can fulfill the aspirations of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe youth.
The panel includes aggressive stalwarts of reservation politics like
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
from Bihar, as well as Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran of
the DMK.
Chandy
is new Kerala CM: The new man at the helm in Kerala and
entrusted with the job of keeping the faction-ridden Congress
together is Oomen Chandy. This became clear after he was elected the
leader of the Congress Legislature Party on Monday night. Mr Chandy
succeeds AK Antony who sprang a surprise on Sunday by resigning from
the top job to own moral responsibility for the Congress's rout in
the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Congress backtracks, tries to defuse Uma bomb:
In a move to take the fizz out of the proposed BJP Satyagraha from September one, the Congress-led Dharam Singh Government on Monday decided to withdraw the 1994 Tricolour hoisting case against former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharati.
New
Pakistan PM says
Kashmir must not be left out of dialogue:
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said Pakistan attached great
importance to its composite dialogue with India for the resolution
of all outstanding issues.
Pak
rules out giving LoC permanent border status: The
Pakistan foreign office has ruled out giving Line of Control (LoC)
permanent border status.
No
rethink on river links project: The Centre informed the Supreme
Court that it had decided, in principle, to continue with the
Interlinking of Rivers Project initiated by the Vajpayee Government
in 2002.
Pass for
frequent rail travellers: Frequent
rail travellers are soon slated to get benefits of the kind that
airlines give to their regular customers. The
Indian Railways is planning to launch a 'Frequent Rail Traveller
Scheme' which will be available to regular passengers on Rajdhani,
Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi trains.
Pak attempts to create a wedge in
Hurriyat: Pakistan has invited Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, JKLF leader Yaseen Malik and Shabir Shah to meet its Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahammud Kasuri who arrives in New Delhi this weekend.
Maoists
target border town: Maoist
guerillas from across the Indo-Nepal border on Saturday opened fire
towards the border town of Jhulaghat in Pithoragarh district of
Uttaranchal, injuring a two-year-old child. The Maoists fired four
rounds, leaving the town and the adjoining border areas terror
struck.
Guild condemns attack on Editor:
The Editors Guild of India has condemned the violent attack on Mr Nikhil Wagle, Chief Editor of Marathi evening daily, Mahanagar, Mumbai, and two other journalists in Malvan on August 28.
Congress
does a U-turn on Uma: The
Congress-led Dharam Singh Government on Monday decided to withdraw
the 1994 tricolour hoisting case against former Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Uma Bharati. The BJP party is relieved, but has decided
there will be no let-up in the agitation.
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New Indo-Pak border row after demarcation pillars go missing:
In addition to the disagreements on Sir Creek and Siachen, another border dispute along the Working Boundary (WB) in Jammu sector is set to snowball into a major controversy between India and Pakistan.
Unesco
award blocked: A prestigious UNESCO award for the controversial
former NCERT Director, J.S. Rajput, has been blocked by the Human
Resources Development Ministry.
Granth sahib fete on:
Amritsar is overflowing with devotees and emotions; and as the full
rotund moon heaved itself over the crowded horizon this evening, a
tumultuous cheer resounded from the Guru? nagri - Bole so Nihal,
Sat Sri Akal.
States
Chautala files contempt plea in SYL case:
Haryana Chief Minister
Om Prakash Chautala? estranged brother, Mr Pratap Singh Chautala,
today filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the initiation
of contempt proceedings against the Centre and the Punjab Government
for not implementing its order in the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal case.
 J&K
cops hurt in terror attack: Two Special Police Officers were
injured in a terrorist attack at a police post in Udhampur district
of J&K on Tuesday morning.
ADMK
approaches President: The ADMK is determined to prevent
the UPA Government from sacking Tamil Nadu Governor P Rammohan Rao.
The party has approached President APJ Abdul Kalam and requested him
to seek the Supreme Court's view on his powers in regard to the
appointment and removal of a Governor.
Weaver family
commits suicide: A handloom weaver? family of four ended their lives on Monday after begging for food for three days while staying at a temple choultry. Kondameedi Anjaiah, his wife Seshavva and their two daughters consumed soda mixed with nitric acid at the dharmasatram of the Venkateshwara temple in Sundaragiri, about 35 km from Karimnagar.
Bihar
creates 'discover your roots' package for NRIs: Bihar has put
together a tourism package for NRIs, particularly Biharis living
outside the country, to acquaint them with their roots.
Forced
sex case against Met boss:
A case has been registered against
Director General of the Meteorological Department, Dr Suresh Kumar
Srivastava, for sexual harassment of a 30-year-old married woman for
about 10 years.
SC
notice to Bihar: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to
the Bihar Government on a petition filed by the RJD MP, Mohammad
Shahbuddin, seeking bail in a case pertaining to the abduction and
suspected murder of a CPI-ML (Liberation) activist.
Happy
hours for shoppers, foodies: Keeping its promise to turn
Delhi into a world-class city, the Sheila Dikshit Cabinet on Monday
decided to appoint a global consultant for the construction of
elevated corridors on the Ring Road.
Neighbours
Balochistan chief
minsiter points finger at India: Jam Mohammad Yusuf on Monday
said that involvement of external elements, including the Indian
intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), in the current
acts of terrorism in Balochistan could not be ruled out.
17 killed in Afghan blasts:
At least 17 people including children died in two explosions within 24 hours in Kabul on Sunday and overnight at a madressah in a south-eastern province of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.
Maoists
target border town: Maoist
guerillas from across the Indo-Nepal border on Saturday opened fire
towards the border town of Jhulaghat in Pithoragarh district of
Uttaranchal, injuring a two-year-old child. The Maoists fired four
rounds, leaving the town and the adjoining border areas terror
struck.
Bodies
of militants handed over:
Military
authorities on Monday handed over in Rawalpindi bodies of three
'militants' to tribesmen of North Waziristan.
3
security men die in Quetta encounter: Three
personnel of the Balochistan Reserve Police and the Levies were
killed and another injured in an encounter with unknown men in the
Chatar area of Nasirabad district on Monday.
Musharraf to tour Latin America from September 15: Musharraf will embark on a 16-day tour of Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico on September 15.
View from
abroad
India
marginal in Republican eyes:
India, it seems, is just a speck on the Republican Party radar.
So much for former prime minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee's much touted declaration that the United States and
India are 'natural allies'. On
the first day of the GOP convention in Madison Square Garden, India
didn't figure in the 'long-standing friends' category. But
if it is any consolation, neither did Pakistan appear in either of
the categories. This despite Pakistan's 'unstinted support' to the
US-led war on terrorism.
South
African books break myths on Tamil culture: Lutchmanan? books
explain the significance of deities in religious practices of South
African Tamils as opposed to those in Tamil Nadu.
'India, China farmers suck continent dry': The world is on the verge of a water crisis as people fight over ever dwindling supplies, experts told the Stockholm Water Symposium. A generation ago, Indian farmers in Gujarat used bullocks to lift water from shallow wells in leather buckets. Now they haul it from 300 metres below the ground using electric pumps. But that technological revolution is about to have devastating
consequences, they said.
Overall:
Centre considering
quotas in private sector: It has formed a committee to see if
caste-based reservations should be enforced in private companies.
Pakistan said LoC would not become border: Its foreign
office said it had no intentions of accepting the
Line of Control as the permanent border.
Amritsar
overflowing with devotees: The Punjab city is
resounding with festive sounds to mark the 400th year of the holy
book.
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