Dear Friends:
I find three fresh items in India Ink, New York Times, this Sunday (11 03 2012), Actually, these are repeats. This happens because of the need to separate the world news or for some other editorial adjustments. 1. How India became America (Note: It is such an important topic that i have emailed it to you separately from yesterday's main issue) 2. India Eyes Muslims Behind Quota System (Note: I might have mentioned it yesterday) 3. Newswallah:The Bharat Edition (Note: Somehow this item escaped me yesterday. This contains some startling news; I reproduce it below) -bhuban Newswallah: Bharat Edition By THE NEW YORK TIMES Jammu and Kashmir: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday that militancy in the state during the past two decades has orphaned more than 26,000 children and widowed more than 8,000 women, Kashmir Live reports. He also said the state government is considering the idea of creating a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to inquire into the “alleged cases of forced disappearances” from the state, but it still needs a “consensus from other stakeholders” including the central government, the newspaper reports. Manipur: Irom Sharmila, who has earned the epithet “Iron Lady of Manipur,” will complete a one-year prison term on Sunday and be freed from the state’s custody the next day (E-Pao.net). She has been on a fast since November 2000 to get the central government to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from the state. West Bengal: The state government said Wednesday that employees who took part in the strike in Kolkata sponsored by the Center of Indian Trade Unions on Feb. 28, will lose a day’s salary. This comes as a relief for the government employees, who had been threatened with the “break-in-service clause,” on the eve of the strike. If invoked, the clause would have implications on employees’ seniority, promotions and pension calculations, according to a report in The Telegraph. Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav, the 38-year-old leader of the regional Samajwadi Party was named chief minister of the state Saturday. While addressing a news conference on Friday, he said officials from the current administration and political opponents were trying to defame the political party, which recently won the state assembly elections routing the Bahujan Samaj Party (Amar Ujala). Mr. Yadav will be sworn in as the new chief minister on Monday. Gujarat: The ban on the export of cotton from the central government might be a positive move for domestic mills, but it is having an adverse effect on the farmers in the state with small land holdings (Economic Times). Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has protested the move in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, alleging that the decision is “anti-farmer” (Hindu Business Line). The ginning mills in the state are also against this move. Maharashtra: A resident of Pune has tested positive for Swine Flu, Daily News & Analysis reports. An isolated case of the infection was detected in a 51-year-old rickshaw puller who is reported to be in a critical condition at the Bharati Hospital and Medical College. The officials of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department are recommending doctors to watch out for symptoms in other patients, “while there is no reason to create a scare.” Kerala: On Thursday a seven-member committee of the Kerala assembly presented a report indicting former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for breaking rules in getting his son, V.A. Arun Kumar, appointments at two-state run institutions when he was in power. (NDTV) Tamil Nadu: In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday asked for 1,000 megawatts of power for the statefrom the central pool, The Economic Times reports. The chief minister termed as “callous” the central government’s “inaction” to the repeated demands for additional power, the newspaper reports. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
