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   News Analysis - August 17, 2006

 

  • Subsidy Cuts on the Cards
    Facing unending global fuel price increases and increasingly exposed to global economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reminded the nation that Government cannot on indefinitely subsidize consumption as there were limits to budgets. <More>

  • SC Stays TN Temple Ordinance
    The Supreme Court (SC) has stayed a politically motivated ordinance by the Tamil Nadu (TN) Government that would allow it to appoint priests in temples without discrimination of caste, creed, custom, or usage. <More>

  • RTI Amendments Face Opposition
    The opposition to proposed controversial amendments to The Right to Information (RTI) Act seems to have gained momentum with most political parties supporting efforts by political rights activists to stop dilution of the Act. <More>

  • LeT Operatives Disclose ISI, Army Links
    Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives arrested by the Delhi police on August 10, have confessed to their role and disclosed that they have been directed, monitored, and inducted by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Army. <More>

  • IIT-Kanpur Develops Biometric Software
    The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) says that it has developed software that will help financial institutions and security agencies create biometric data banks using fingerprints, retinal scans, and signatures. <More>

  • BSF, BDR to Reduce Tension
    After exchanging gunfire, troop movements, and tension the Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) agreed to reduce tensions by pulling out additional troops from the frontier and adhere to border guidelines and land-boundary agreement.  <More>

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