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Shivraj Patil takes J&K
report card to Sonia
What is India News Service, Thursday, 15 October 2004, 1900 hrs IST
A month after he was first summoned by Congress president Sonia Gandhi following the Manipur crisis, Home Minister Shivraj Patil called on her again \97 this time with his report card on Jammu and Kashmir, the North-East and talks with Naxals.
Patil\92s visit to 10 Janpath comes against the backdrop of an impending Cabinet reshuffle \97 possibly in the first week of November. While the internal security scenario continues to cause concern to the Prime Minister and Sonia, the latest to sound an alarm over Patil\92s handling of J-K and the North-East are the UPA\92s Left allies.
Patil also had an hour-long session with general secretaries Ambika Soni, Salman Khursheed and Satyavrat Chaturvedi, Union Minister of State Kapil Sibal and Girija Vyas. The motive: A positive projection of his handling of various issues by the most articulate leaders of the party.
General strike affects normal life in Manipur: Normal life came to a grinding halt in Manipur Friday in response to a 16-hour general strike called by a separatist organisation to protest against the merger of the state with the Indian union in October 1949.
Efforts on to revive Jana Sangh to counter BJP: Peeved at the BJP for 'giving up' Hindutva ideology, a section of Sangh Parivar has begun efforts to revive Jana Sangh in the form of a political outfit.
SC issues notice to Pappu Yadav on CBI bail plea: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on a petition filed by CBI seeking cancellation of his bail granted by the Patna High Court in the Ajit Sarkar murder case.
BJP disputes exit polls: The BJP Friday said that notwithstanding what the exit polls predicted, the party in alliance with the Shiv Sena, was poised to get a clear majority in the just-concluded assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Early snowfall stumps scientists: Unprecedented snowfall in the Himalayan region has left scientists baffled; data scarcity has left them groping.
Govt apathy killed a Nobel dream: K Kannan had achieved breakthrough on the subject that won the Chemistry Nobel this year.
States
Cities upgraded for CCA, HRA: Bangalore has been upgraded for City Compensatory Allowance (CCA) to the topmost A-1 category.
HVP merges with Congress: The Congress today got a major boost, ahead of next year\92s Haryana Assembly elections, when the Haryana Vikas Party, headed by former Chief Minister Bansi Lal, merged with the Congress.
5 more shells found in Chhattisgarh factory: Five shells, including two live ones, were found in the yard of yet another scrap dealer.
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Spotlight
Andhra talks with Naxal groups
Leaders of Peoples War and Jana Shakti, accommodated by the government at Manjira Guest House, will participate in peace talks beginning Friday.
CPI(ML), MCCI merge, form new party: The CPI (ML) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) have merged to form a new "unified" Communist Party of India (Maoist), the PW State secretary, Ramakrishna, announced at a news conference.
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Neighbours
Ranil discusses Lankan issues with Karunanidhi: On LTTE rebel Karuna's new party, Lankan opposition leader Wickremesinghe said every Sri Lankan had a right to start a political outfit.
'Counter-proposals for LTTE ready': The Sri Lankan Government today that its "counter-proposals" were "ready and waiting" to be submitted to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamand hoped that the talks would resume.
Pakistan's assemby speaker faces no-trust motion: The opposition on Thursday submitted a no-confidence motion against National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain minutes before the assembly passed a government bill allowing President Pervez Musharraf to continue to hold the post of army chief beyond December 31, 2004.
One Chinese hostage rescued, other dead: One of two Chinese hostages and their five kidnappers were killed in a spectacular commando action in the troubled South Waziristan tribal region on Thursday. The other Chinese hostage was freed unharmed.
Pakistan succumbs to separatists\92 demands; cancels Urs visit: The visit of scribes and devotees across the Wagah border will only improve Indo-Pak relations. However, this stand of separatists is bound to worsen it.
Overall:
Patil took Kashmir report to Sonia: The home minister is also reporting to her on his talks with the Naxals and the Manipuri rebels.
HVP merged with Congress: The Haryana party has decided it has had enough with the BJP.
One Chinese engineer was rescued: But his colleague died in the Pakistani operations to free them from militants.
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