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29-03-2013- The Centre takes tough stand on politics over Sri Lankan Tamils, rejects Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution against Colombo.
- Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav says, he has no plans to withdraw support to UPA.
- Government has no intention of any regulation on media, says I & B Minister.
- At least 24 people killed and over 105 injured in a series of bomb blasts in Iraq.
- India retains 3rd position in the ICC ranking for T-20 teams. Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina among top 10 batsmen.
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The Centre has taken a tough stand on politics over Sri Lankan Tamils days after the DMK pulled out of the Centre and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa barred Sri Lankan cricketers from playing in Chennai. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has rejected the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution against Colombo. The resolution sought a separate Eelam for Sri Lankan Tamils and said Sri Lanka should not be treated as a friendly country by India. In an interview to a private television channel Mr. Khurshid said, while the government is sensitive to Tamil concerns, it won't accept such demands. He said, these feelings are not entirely out of sync with what many people in the world think. At the same time, Mr. Khurshid said that the negotiation we have done with Sri Lanka, the dialogue we have with Sri Lanka and the effort we have made with Sri Lanka, is equally important.
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Meanwhile, the Indian Coast Guard today handed over the five Sri Lankan fishermen to the Sri Lankan Navy at the international maritime border off the Tamil Nadu coast. The Lankan fishermen were apprehended eleven days back for fishing in Indian waters 47 nautical miles off Thoothukudi. Later the Ramanathapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate had ordered the release of these Lankan fishermen. On the other hand, Rameswaram fishermen are on continuous strike for the fifteenth day today urging the release of 19 Tamil fishermen lodged in Sri Lankan jail.
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Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, said today, he has no plans now to withdraw support to the UPA, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged such a possibility. Talking to newsmen in New Delhi, he said, right now withdrawing support has not been discussed in the party. Mr.Yadav said, why withdraw support and make the government fall when it's a matter of just eight-nine months. Asked if he wanted to become Prime Minister, he said, he has never thought of it nor he is thinking about it now.
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The BJP has charged the UPA government with failure to control the price rise and corruption in the country. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today, party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad described the UPA government a non-performing one and said it is a matter of serious concern. Mr. Prasad said that the third front in Indian politics has no relevance.
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Finance Minister P Chidambaram today inaugurated 300 new public sector bank branches through virtual mode in Lucknow. This is the first bunch of the 3000 new branches of thirty nationalized banks which are scheduled to be opened upto March 2014 in Uttar Pradesh to cover the very backward areas having minorities, scheduled castes and backward section of society. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Chidambaram said, it is a big leap towards Financial Inclusion of the farmers, women and marginalized sections of society in a state. He termed the move as a major catalyst which will put impetus into the financial growth of the citizens and the state.
The right to a loan is as much right as a right to free speech, as a right to live anywhere in India. A farmer has a right to get a loan so that he can grow a crop. I want all the people of India to believe that if you are eligible, if you are qualified, if you have the capacity to repay, you have a right to get a loan and the bankers have a duty to give that loan.
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Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today made it clear that the Centre has no intention of any governmental regulation on the media and maintained that self regulation is the best regulation. He was speaking at the Linguistic Journalism Summit of SAARC countries in Indore. Speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of the summit, he said that the UPA government had launched various social welfare schemes like MNREGA, NRHM, Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification schemes for the well being of the people. He alleged that some state governments are misusing the funds and divert it to other areas for gaining cheap publicity.
Inaugurating the newly built All India Radio station in Ujjain this evening, Mr. Manish Tewari said that his ministry has decided to hold an auction for 840 new private FM radio stations in 294 cities of the country. He said, news broadcast will also be permitted on these FM stations later.
Earlier, Mr. Tewari said that the deadline for installing set top boxes in the selected cities under the second phase of digitisation will not be relaxed. Interacting with the media, he said that digitisation is being carried out to bring transparency in the field of cable television broadcast and to benefit all the parties associated with it.
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The West Bengal Government will issue new notification for Panchyat Election in the state. After a meeting with the state Governor Mr. M.K. Narayanan, the state Panchyat Minister Mr. Subrato Mukherjee told news persons the state Government will have to issue new notification after the new bifurcations of districts to go to polls on the two different dates. Mr. Mukherjee said, the Government is in favor of conducting the Panchyat polls. He also said, that the state election commission could notify election date even on a holiday if there is conjunction of opinion between the commission and the state Government. In reply to a question Mr. Mukherjee said, the law an order is a state subject and commission should remember that.Information and Broadcasting Secretary, Mr. Uday Kumar Verma said in Kolkata that the digitisation of the broadcast of television programmes in 38 cities of the country, with a population of more than 10 lakhs is proceeding satisfactorily. Mr. Verma expressed the hope that the digitisation programme will be completed in the scheduled time frame.
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Government is taking several measures to improve the road safety in the country. Interacting with the citizen through Google hangout on Highway safety the Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Dr. C.P. Joshi said that government is working with state governments for online registration of vehicles and other related information. On the suggestion of one Driving License in the entire country, Dr. Joshi said center will try to integrate the issuance of DL with Adhar card. On the matter of issuing License without proper training, he said in the 11th plan centre had started DL schools in different states and the project will be given more focus in 12th plan. On a question about delay in completion of road projects in north east, the minister said it is largely because of insurgency and local weather conditions.
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Good Friday, the anniversary of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was observed today across the world and the country with religious solemnity and fervour.
Alongwith the rest of the world, the faithful in Kerala observed Good Friday. More from our Correspondent:
In Tamil Nadu, the special mass was held at various churches in Tiruchirapalli, Toothukudi, Tirunelveli and Nagapattinam. In Mizoram, Members of the Catholic Church took out 'Kraws Kawngzawh' procession of the cross in Aizawl city in which hundreds of processionists. In Nagaland, a day-long special prayer and fasts is being observed by the believers. Good Friday was observed with special processions in Panaji and old Goa.
Hundreds of devout catholics today attended mass prayers in Panaji Church of Mary Immaculate Conception and participated in the Way of the Cross. Devotees in large numbers thronged Old Goa to witness the unique procession. The procession dates back to the year 1534 when Pope Paul III raised the former church to the status of Se Cathedral . Good Friday is followed by Easter Sunday when it is believed that Jesus rose from his grave. Gopal chippalkatti,for AIR New from Panaji.
In Jerusalem a large number of Christian pilgrims gathered in the cobblestone alleyways of Old City.
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In Iraq, at least 24 people have been killed and more than 105 injured in a series of bomb blasts at four Shiite mosques in Baghdad and Kirkuk. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the Iraqi security agencies have blamed the attack on Al Qaeda affiliates in Iraq trying to unleash terror ahead of the upcoming elections in Iraq on the April 20th. Our correspondent reports that the terror outfit, Islamic State of Iraq has in the past claimed responsibility for such attacks.
It was yet another black Friday in Iraq. The apparently synchronized car bomb blasts took place within a space of half an hour of each other. In Baghdad alone 19 people were killed in the blasts in the western Jihad, eastern Zafraniyah and Qahira and Binook neighbourhoods.The deadliest attack was in the western Jihad neighbourhood of Baghdad when a parked car bomb exploded as worshippers were leaving a mosque after Friday prayers. It left seven people dead and 25 others injured. In kirkuk, a car bomb detonated near the al-Rasul al-Aadham mosque, killing three and wounding 70 others. The wave of car bomb blasts targeting Shiite mosques and neighbourhoods in Baghdad and Kirkuk have exposed once again the fragile security in the nation which is gearing up for its first parliamentary elections in three years in 12 out of 18 provinces on April 20
Atul K Tiwary,AIR News,Dubai.
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In Pakistan, at least 14 people were killed and 31 injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a Frontier Constabulary convoy in the northwestern city of Peshawar today. Police said the bomber blew himself up near a military checkpost on Peshawar’s Fakhr-i-Alam Road. Security officials said the bomber intended to target FC Commandant Abdul Majeed Marwat, who managed to escape the attack with minor injuries.
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The News Services Division of All India Radio in its weekly "Current Affairs" programme tonight will bring you a discussion on "Outcome of fifth BRICS Summit".
This can be heard on the Rajdhani, FM Gold channels and additional frequencies from 9.30 p.m.
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India has maintained its third position in the ICC Rankings for Twenty-20 teams. In the rankings issued today, India are behind Sri Lanka and World Twenty-20 champions, West Indies.
In the ICC Player Rankings for Twenty-20 batsmen, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina are the two Indians among the top-10 players. Kohli with 731 points is at eight, followed by Raina with 719 points. The table is headed by New Zealand's wicketkeeper captain Brendon McCullum with 810 points. Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir are the other two Indians to have found a place in the top-20 batsmen's list.
In the bowlers rankings, Off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is the only Indian to have featured in the list of top-20 bowlers in the shortest format.
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