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Kalam calls for
five-year
employment mission
What
is India News Service, Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 2000 hrs IST
President A P J Abdul Kalam's Republic Day eve
address called for the launch of a series of missions covering agriculture and
food processing, education, health care, information technology and
infrastructure development.
\93The only way of overcoming shattering of the dreams is through employment
generation as it represents the aspirations and anxiety of 540 million youth of
the country. Hence I have selected the topic Action Plan for Employment
Generation,\94 the President observed in his address to the nation. Foreign exchange reserves
are rising and India is getting global
recognition for its technological competence. \93The only answer to retain the smile
from the child to the youth is to generate employment,\94 he said.
Kalam called for the launching missions in five critical sectors for
transforming India into a developed nation by 2020.
He said the need of the hour was coordinated planning and linking of the
National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, tabled in Parliament late last year,
with productive and sustainable employment generation schemes for unemployed
youth.
300
killed in Maharashtra temple stampede: An auspicious day turned into a
nightmare today as about 300 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a
stampede on the narrow road leading to the Kalubai temple in Mandradevi, 18 km
from Wai in Maharashtra.
Padma
Vibhushan for J.N. Dixit, R.K. Laxman: Gladys Staines, widow of the slain
Australian missionary, Graham Staines, the former National Security Adviser, J.N.
Dixit (posthumous), Wipro chairman Azim Premji, cartoonist R.K. Laxman,
Bollywood hero Shahrukh Khan are among the awardees this year.
MoUs
with Bhutan on rail links, power projects:
The all-weather Indo-Bhutan relationship
was cemented further today when New Delhi committed itself to setting up the
land-locked kingdom\92s first-ever railway infrastructure.
Paresh
Barua may be in Delhi: Security agencies have issued a "Red
Alert" after the Intelligence Bureau tipped off the Delhi Police about the
presence of Paresh Barua, the chief of banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)
in the capital.
Laloo
hits out against Cong and that \91unfortunate Ram Vilas Paswan\92:
With his rivals raking up the issue of the
Bhagalpur riot victims to counter his own attempts at encashing the \91\91clean
chit to Muslims\92\92 in Justice U C Banerjee\92s interim report on the Godhra
carnage, RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav today hit back at not only LJP\92s Ram
Vilas Paswan, but also at the Congress.
Narayanan appointed Security Adviser:
The UPA government today issued orders
formally appointing Mr M.K. Narayanan, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, as
National Security Adviser in place of the late J.N. Dixit.
CPM
targets Chidambaram: Sensing
the political mood of the country during elections in three states, the CPM has
raised its pitch against the government, accusing it of following the economic
policies of the erstwhile BJP-led NDA government.
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Spotlight
Murder of MLA in Andhra Pradesh
Paritala
murder case for CBI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
announced he would hand over the case relating to the murder of the Telugu Desam
MLA, Paritala Ravi, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Andhra
bandh total: The bandh called by the main Opposition Telugu Desam
Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh in protest against the killing of its senior
leader Paritala Ravindra paralysed life across the State on Tuesday. Paritala
Ravi, TDP legislator from Penukonda, was killed by four unidentified gunman in
Anantapur on Monday, triggering a wave of violence and arson across the State.
IG
'feels unsafe', seeks security: A senior IPS officer, facing serious
allegations from the TDP of being involved in the Paritala Ravi murder, has
sought more security for himself and his family, saying he was facing a serious
threat. RP Meena, inspector general of police (Rayala Seema), told reporters
that a section of IPS officers were also involved in systematic efforts being
made to tarnish his image and provoke some political functionaries against him.
Yesterday's headlines
Paritala
Ravi shot dead
Murder
on YSR home turf
AP burns after MLA\92s murder
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States
Another
student kidnapped in Bihar: The
kidnapping of students in Bihar goes unabated with a ninth standard DAV school
student being reportedly abducted in Bhagalpur district today, only a day after
when another student from the same school went missing in Nawada.
Schoolboys held for girl murder: Six boys aged between 10 and 14 were arrested last night for killing Rupa Halder, an eight-year-old girl whose mutilated body was found in a mustard field
in a Bengal town last Monday.
Neighbours
Tamil
Tigers recruiting kids despite tsunami: Asia's
tsunami may have muffled the war drums between Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers and the
island's government, but the rebels are still recruiting child soldiers, the
United Nations Children's Fund said on Wednesday.
Al
Qaeda suspect handed over to US:
A top Al Qaeda operative
from Tanzania was handed over to US authorities shortly after his arrest in
Pakistan last July, a senior intelligence official said on Tuesday.
Night
train services halted in Balochistan:
The Railways authorities have stopped night-time train services across the
Balochistan province after repeated attacks by the Balochistan Liberation Army.
Overall
Create jobs, Kalam said: The president's Republic Day eve speech
concentrated on employment generation.
300 died in a stampede: Tuesday was a black day for pilgrims at a
Maharashtra shrine.
LTTE continued to recruit kids: The Tamil rebels are roping in
kids into the struggle despite the tsunami tragedy, the UN said.
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