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## Re: [MESA] [CT] INDIA COUNTRY BRIEF 110104

Released on 2012-09-19 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 686817
Date | 1970-01-01 01:00:00
From | animesh.roul@stratfor.com
To | ct@stratfor.com, ben.west@stratfor.com, michael.wilson@stratfor.com, mesa@stratfor.com

It woould and can happen only in INDIA...There are many Naxalite overground ideologue who are quite popular in Andhra Pradesh (e.g Gaddar a revolutionary poet and Telangana Praja Front Prez). Now ULFA leader sin northeast india are also mulling politics after surrender. So it is possible in India though we dont know about the future implications...
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben West <ben.west@stratfor.com>
To: Animesh <animesh.roul@stratfor.com>
Cc: Michael Wilson <michael.wilson@stratfor.com>, Middle East AOR <mesa@stratfor.com>, CT AOR <ct@stratfor.com>
Sent: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:01:29 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: [MESA] [CT] INDIA COUNTRY BRIEF 110104
How realistic is that? That would be huge if we saw a Naxalite led state
government.
On 1/5/2011 7:52 AM, Animesh wrote:
> All eyes are on the SRIKRISHNA Commitee report which will be out on Jan 6-7...and a Telangana state with Hyderabad as capital (common with Andhra pradesh) perhaps will be one of the options given by the Committee. TRS would most likely take many Maoist/Naxalite leaders as political members...So not so surprsing... TRS might form the first ever govt in the future Telengana state.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Wilson <michael.wilson@stratfor.com>
> To: Ben West <ben.west@stratfor.com>
> Cc: Middle East AOR <mesa@stratfor.com>, CT AOR <ct@stratfor.com>, Animesh <animesh.roul@stratfor.com>
> Sent: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:50:41 -0600 (CST)
> Subject: Re: [MESA] [CT] INDIA COUNTRY BRIEF 110104
>
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> TRS is a party in Andhra Pradesh that wants to form the currently
> non-existant Telganda state. This guy is the president of that
> party....have no idea if 1) the state will ever get formed and 2) if
> it does get formed would this party be able to runn it<br>
> <br>
> On 1/4/11 12:45 PM, Ben West wrote:
> <blockquote cite="mid:4D236AE6.8090608@stratfor.com">
>
> wait, so telangana state is going to be essentially naxalite run?!
> had we known about this? I hadn&#39;t seen anything like this earlier.
> <br>
> <br>
> On 1/4/2011 7:32 AM, Animesh wrote:
> <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTin5jQWve30Y6Lc-d-PFUBk-PeNQ5E1SjsNYNWT9@mail.gmail.com">
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;"><u>INDIA
> COUNTRY BRIEF </u></span></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">110104</font></font></b></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Basic Political Developments</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Telangana
>
> Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao today
> promised to endorse and implement the agenda of Naxalites
> after formation of Telangana state.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">India&#39;s premier investigative agency again
> sought withdrawal of the case against Italian
> businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors payoffs
> scam citing lack of evidence.</font></font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 3pt; margin: 0in 0in
> 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Congress
>
> General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday produced the
> call records of his conversation with late Maharashtra
> Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare who died
> during the 26/11 attack.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Gujjar
>
> leader Kirori Singh Bainsla has agreed to hold talks with
> the Rajasthan government on the community&#39;s demand for
> reservation in state jobs.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Ruling
>
> BJP MLA from Purnia Raj Kishore Keshari was today stabbed
> to death at his residence in full public view by a woman.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Orissa
>
> Pradesh Youth Congress chief and MP Pradeep Majhi along
> with four others was today admitted to a hospital here
> after their condition deteriorated due to fasting for the
> sixth consecutive days.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Congress
>
> general secretary Digvijaya Singh Tuesday demanded an
> apology from &quot;those who called my claims false&quot;. </font></li>
> </ul>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">National Economic Trends</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">FDI
> inflows to India dipped for the second consecutive month,
> falling by about 7 per cent to USD 1.6 billion in November
> 2010 over the same period last year.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Business, Energy or Environmental regulations or
> discussions</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> locals of Singur have assured Tata Motors of full
> cooperation for setting up a plant, prompting the
> industrial giant to consider meeting the representatives
> in this regard.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Reserve Bank of India has allowed seven more banks,
> including four associate banks of State Bank of India , to
> import precious metals gold and silver. </font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A
> report by ratings firm Crisil said Banks have the
> potential to lend an additional Rs 50,000 crore more to
> small and medium enterprises. </font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Jindal
>
> Saw today said it inked a lease pact with Rajasthan
> government to mine iron ore for 30 years from a deposit
> containing an estimated 180 million tonnes of resources. </font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Sebi
> has barred West Bengal-based Rose Valley Real Estates
> &amp;amp; Construction from raising money from the public
> on the charge that it did not seek the watchdog&#39;s
> permission for running a scheme. </font></li>
> </ul>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Activity in the Oil and Gas sector (including
> regulatory)</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Militant Activity/Terrorism (Particularly in
> Bangalore, Mumbai, Noida, Chennai, Coimbatore)</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New
> Roman">The Assam government today said ULFA will have to
> give up its demand for sovereignty and use of violence
> before the ban on the outfit was lifted.&quot;ULFA will have
> to formally give up its demand for sovereignty and
> abjure violence before steps can be taken to revoke the
> ban,&quot; Assam Health minister Himanta Biswa Sharma told
> reporters here.</font></font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Gujarat Police has once again begun a crackdown on cyber
> cafes across the state in view of the Intelligence Bureau
> alert of possible terror strikes across the country. After
> the 2008 blasts, the Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police had
> issued a notification to check the licences of all cyber
> cafes in the city and had asked the cafe owners to record
> the details of the customers.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Naxalites
>
> conducted rallies and openly raised slogans urging people
> to join the anti-government movement for securing rights
> of the tribals. </font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Labor/Social Unrest</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Markets
>
> remained closed in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, today after a
> bandh call given by BJP and Hindu Yuva Vahini to protest
> against the alleged killing of a temple priest by
> unidentified persons.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">More
> security forces were sought to defuse tension at the
> ethnic violence-hit Mendipathar area along Assam-Meghalaya
> border, where curfew was clamped after sporadic incidents
> of arson were reported overnight.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
> <li style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Police
>
> used canes to disperse an anti-government rally held by
> opposition Peoples Democratic Party today against price
> rise in Jammu and Kashmir.</font></li>
> </ul>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;"><u>Full Text</u></span></h1>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Basic Political Developments</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Telangana state will follow Naxal agenda: KCR
> </font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://expressbuzz.com/states/andhrapradesh/telangana-state-will-follow-naxal-agenda-kcr/236681.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://expressbuzz.com/states/andhrapradesh/telangana-state-will-follow-naxal-agenda-kcr/236681.html</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">HYDERABAD:
>
> Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao
> today promised to endorse and implement the agenda of
> Naxalites after formation of Telangana state since the
> Naxalites were struggling for &lsquo;justice&rsquo; in order to provide
> food to the poor, house to the homeless and land to weaker
> sections.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Addressing
>
> the gathering after former Naxalite Sambasivudu joined the
> ranks of the TRS at Telangana Bhavan this evening, Rao
> claimed that there were several members in the TRS,
> including TRSLP floor leader E Rajender and others, who came
> from organisations like PDSU and Janashakthi and it had
> already been proved that &ldquo;Telangana and Naxalites were
> together&rdquo;. Sambasivudu&rsquo;s entry into the TRS would benefit
> the ongoing Telangana movement, he said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">All
> the promises made to people of the region which included
> making a Dalit the chief minister of Telangana, Muslim the
> deputy chief minister, distribution of a 3-acre land to each
> poor family, free education from KG to PG would be
> implemented in the Telangana state as the TRS gave priority
> to social agenda, Rao said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> TRS chief urged prime minister Manmohan Singh to stick to
> the Central government&rsquo;s statement made in Parliament on the
> statehood issue and warned that the ruling Congress would
> lose its base in Telangana if the Centre failed to honour
> its assurance.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Rao
> criticised PCC president D Srinivas for deciding to send
> Andhra and Telangana leaders K Sambasiva Rao and Uttam Kumar
> Reddy to the all-party meeting convened by Union home
> minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi on January 6. &ldquo;In spite
> of making poll promises during last byelection in Nizamabad
> that he would strive for formation of Telangana state,
> Srinivas is now supporting the decision taken by
> Chidambaram. Being a Telangana leader, it is expected of him
> to do something that would facilitate formation of
> Telagnana.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">But
> what he is doing now contradicts his stated objective,&rdquo;
> Chandrasekhara Rao said and wondered if Srinivas was under
> the influence and control of Andhra rulers.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Sambasivudu
>
> asserted that he was not a Naxalite now but Telanganite and
> member of the TRS. He said he had realised that it was only
> the TRS which was struggling for the T cause, and the people
> had reposed their faith in it in respect of Telangana
> movement.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Earlier,
>
> speaking ata function held to release the 2011 diary of the
> Telangana Commercial Taxes Joint Action Committee and
> Telangana Aided Colleges Staff Association, the TRS
> president said that Telangana, after becoming a separate
> state, would have surplus budget since a major share of the
> revenue collected by the state government came from the
> Telangana region. Of the ` 24,906 crore revenue collected by
> the commercial taxes department, about ` 16,000 crore came
> from the Telangana region, he claimed. The only solution to
> overcome the harassment being meted out to Telangana
> employees would be a separate state for the region, he said
> and claimed that about one lakh jobs would be created
> immediately in the T state.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Rao
> appealed to Telangana employees to heed the TRS&rsquo; call for
> non-cooperation with the state government since the
> Telangana struggle had reached the final and decisive stage</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Court to resume Bofors payoff closure case
> Thursday</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-117700.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-117700.html</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">New
>
> Delhi, Jan 4 : India&#39;s premier investigative agency again
> sought withdrawal of the case against Italian businessman
> Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors payoffs scam citing lack
> of evidence, even after a tax tribunal sensationally ruled
> that illegal commissions were indeed paid in the
> Rs.15-billion gun deal of 1986.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></span></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A
> Delhi lower court hearing the matter deferred the decision
> for Thursday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
> and advocate Ajay Agarwal, who is challenging the CBI plea,
> made their observations.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Agarwal
>
> later sought an adjournment saying his mother was ill.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> advocate told the court that the case should be re-looked as
> the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal had confirmed that Rs.412
> million was paid by the Swedish company Bofors to Quattrochi
> and his associate Win Chadha for felicitating the Howitzer
> field gun contract.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;The
> (CBI) application is not bonafide. There is no public
> interest involved in the CBI application. It should be
> rejected. Undue haste has been shown,&quot; Agarwal told IANS,
> adding he had pointed out the tribunal&#39;s order to the court.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Chief
> Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said the two issues were
> &quot;different&quot; since the tribunal order was about tax evasion
> while his court was hearing criminal proceedings against the
> accused.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Agarwal
>
> said he also told the court that Law Minister M. Veerapa
> Moily had said Monday that the government would re-examine
> the issue in the light of the tribunal order. &quot;I said the
> CBI is unduly hurrying to close the case.&quot;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> judge then asked Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra,
> appearing for the CBI, whether it had received any fresh
> missive from the government in the light of the tax
> tribunal&#39;s order.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> CBI counsel said there was no word from the government and,
> accordingly, wanted to pursue with the withdrawal of the
> case against Quattrocchi after taking into account all
> aspects.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> agency had in 1999 charged former defence secretary S.K.
> Bhatnagar, Quattrocchi, Chadha, former Bofors chief Martin
> Ardbo and the company in connection with the case. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Bhatnagar,
>
> Ardbo and Chadha are dead. Quattrocchi - who has never
> appeared before any court in India - is the only surviving
> accused.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> agency had failed on two occasions to get Quattrocchi
> extradited -- first from Malaysia in 2003 and then from
> Argentina in 2007 -- after which it said there was no real
> purpose in going ahead with the case.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> matter took a fresh twist Monday after a tax tribunal ruled
> that Quattrocchi and his partner Win Chadha did get
> commission of over Rs.412 million in the gun deal. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded that the &quot;fraud&quot; and
> &quot;cover up&quot; be probed by a special investigation team, even
> as Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said he was not
> going to be &quot;hurried&quot; into reacting.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Law
> Minister Moily lashed out at the BJP for tying to link
> Quattorcchi to the Congress or its leaders. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;His
> (Quattrocchi&#39;s) direct linkage to Congress or its leader is
> totally baseless,&quot; he told reporters in Bangalore.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> tribunal, confirming that kickbacks were indeed paid in the
> gun deal, ruled in an order made available Monday that the
> accused were liable to pay taxes on such income.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> ruling by Judicial Member R.P. Tolani and Accountant Member
> R.C. Sharma of the tribunal came on a tax liability slapped
> on Win Chadha&#39;s son Hersh, named as legal heir of the
> co-accused. The tribunal dismissed the appeal by the son. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Digvijay produces Karkare call records</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-117720.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-117720.html</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">New
>
> Delhi, Jan 4 : Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh
> on Tuesday produced before the media in a press conference
> the call records of his conversation with late Maharashtra
> Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare who died
> during the 26/11 attack.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Producing
>
> the details here, Singh said those who accused him of lying
> about the calls and helping the cause of Pakistan in the
> international fora by hinting at Hindu extremist hand in
> killing Karkare should apologize to him or at least express
> regret now. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He
> also took a dig at Maharashtra home minister R R Patil who
> had had said there were no records of the purported calls.
> He hinted that Patil should not apologize to him. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He
> obtained BSNL records to show that calls were made to
> 022-23087336 from his mobile number 9425015461.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), RSS and Shiv Sena had targeted
> me after my claims. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He
> said he spoke on the ATS line and now he could prove it. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He
> said the media should cross check their facts before
> printing or airing anything. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;Do
> not cast aspersions on people like me before such reports,&quot;
> he said. &quot;I am being targeted. I was called a liar,&quot; he
> said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;I
> never said RSS or such group was involved in 26/11,&quot; he
> said, adding that he only mentioned of the harassment of
> Karkare by Hindu groups. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He
> said all terror cases should be probed by one agency- NIA
> (National Investigation Agency). He said post Malegaon the
> terror attacks came down. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He,
> reiterated, that Hindu fundamentalists involved in the
> Malegaon blasts were indeed &quot;harassing&quot; Karkare who had
> regretted to him that his reputation was challenged by these
> people.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Congress leader had earlier said that Karkare, who was
> killed on the night of the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack,
> had told him about life threats he had been receiving from
> apparent Hindu extremists in connection with his Malegaon
> blast investigations.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> ATS chief had even told Singh that the threats were likely
> because he had held Hindu right-wing activists like Pragya
> Singh Thakur for the Malegaon blast, Singh earlier said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> remarks by Singh, taken to be implying a hand of the Hindu
> fundamentalists in Karkare&#39;s killing, spurred a flurry of
> angry reactions from the opposition and even Karkare&#39;s wife.
> </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Bainsla to hold talks with Rajasthan govt in
> Jaipur </font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241024_Bainsla-to-hold-talks-with-Rajasthan-govt-in-Jaipur-" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241024_Bainsla-to-hold-talks-with-Rajasthan-govt-in-Jaipur-</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Jaipur,
>
> Jan 4 (PTI) Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla has agreed to
> hold talks with the Rajasthan government on the community&#39;s
> demand for reservation in state jobs.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;The
> Chief Minister has invited me so I am coming to Jaipur to
> hold the next round of talks. I will explore the
> possibilities (to end the deadlock),&quot; Bainsla told PTI over
> phone.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;My
> delegation held a meeting with the state ministers at Jaipur
> yesterday and the community is of the view that the talks
> should move in a more positive direction,&quot; he said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;Before
>
> meeting any minister or the government representative, I
> will discuss the issue with my delegation which is staying
> in Jaipur,&quot; he said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">G S
> Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Urban Development, said the
> next round of talks will be held between Bainsla and the
> committee of ministers comprising Energy Minister Jitendra
> Singh, Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Transport Minister
> B K Sharma.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Woman stabs Bihar BJP MLA to death </font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241444_Woman-stabs-Bihar-BJP-MLA-to-death-" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241444_Woman-stabs-Bihar-BJP-MLA-to-death-</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Purnia
> (Bihar), Jan 4 (PTI) Ruling BJP MLA from Purnia Raj Kishore
> Keshari was today stabbed to death at his residence here in
> full public view by a woman who had earlier accused him of
> sexual harassment.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Four-time
>
> MLA, 51-year-old Keshari, was meeting visitors from his
> constituency at his Sipahi Tola residence here when Rupam
> Pathak stabbed him fatally in the spleen, Director General
> of Police (DGP) Neelmani told PTI in Patna.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> profusely bleeding MLA was rushed to a nearby hospital, but
> succumbed to his injuries on the way, doctors said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Visitors
>
> caught 45-year-old Pathak, beat her up and handed her over
> to the police.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> police admitted the woman, who had lodged a sexual
> harassment case six months ago against the MLA, to a
> government hospital.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Neelmani
>
> ordered Purnia Superintendent of Police N H Khan to ensure
> that the chargesheet in the case was filed within the next
> two days.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Congress MP hospitalised due to six-day long
> fast</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241905_Congress-MP-hospitalised-due-to-six-day-long-fast" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241905_Congress-MP-hospitalised-due-to-six-day-long-fast</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Bhubaneswar,
>
> Jan 4 (PTI) Orissa Pradesh Youth Congress chief and MP
> Pradeep Majhi along with four others was today admitted to a
> hospital here after their condition deteriorated due to
> fasting for the sixth consecutive days, police said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Majhi,
> along with his supporters, was staging a hunger strike since
> December 30 in front of the state secretariat demanding loan
> waiver for the rain-hit farmers in the state.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Earlier,
>
> police said at least 11 protesters were admitted to the
> Capital Hospital here as their condition worsened due to
> fasting at the dharna site.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;Condition
>
> of Majhi is stable,&quot; a doctor attending to the agitating
> Congress MP said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Union
> Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertiliser, Srikant
> Jena, who visited the site, said a delegation from the OPCC
> will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to apprise him of
> the condition of farmers due to unseasonal rain in Orissa.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Digvijaya Singh presents call records, demands
> apology</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/digvijaya-singh-presents-call-records-demands-apology/articleshow/7216380.cms" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/digvijaya-singh-presents-call-records-demands-apology/articleshow/7216380.cms</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">NEW
> DELHI: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh Tuesday
> released records of his Nov 26, 2008 phone call to Mumbai&#39;s
> slain anti-terror squad chief Hemant Karkare , and demanded
> an apology from &quot;those who called my claims false&quot;. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;I
> have given the call details. I had called him on the
> landline of the Maharashtra ATS office given on their web
> site. I hope those who called me a liar would apologise or
> atleast express regret,&quot; Digvijaya Singh said at a press
> conference here. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Congress leader said that he spoke to Karkare Nov 26, 2008,
> hours before he was killed during the Mumbai terror attack.
> Karkare said he had been receiving threat calls from Hindu
> extremists. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;I
> never met Karkare, but I congratulated him when the Malegaon
> blast accused were held because they were the people I had
> known to be involved in such activities as Madhya Pradesh
> chief minister,&quot; Digvijaya Singh added. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Karkare
>
> was heading the probe into the Sept 29, 2008 Malegaon blast
> for which three members of a right-wing Hindu groups have
> been arrested. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Digvijaya
>
> Singh made it clear that he did not suggest that RSS cadres
> were involved in the 26/11 attack. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;I
> don&#39;t subscribe to the view that RSS or right-wing people
> are involved in 26/11. I see no such conspiracy in 26/11;
> only Pakistani terrorists were involved and this has been my
> stand all along,&quot; he insisted. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Congress leader, however, accused the Madhya Pradesh Police
> of protecting right-wing &quot;Hindu terrorists&quot;. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;MP
> police is trying to hide terrorist activities, this is my
> charge,&quot; he said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">National Economic Trends</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">FDI in November dips about 7 pc to USD 1.6
> billion </font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241172_FDI-in-Nov-dips-by-about-7-pc-to-USD-1-6-bn" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241172_FDI-in-Nov-dips-by-about-7-pc-to-USD-1-6-bn</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">New
> Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) With economic recovery in the rich
> countries remaining fragile, FDI inflows to India dipped for
> the second consecutive month, falling by about 7 per cent to
> USD 1.6 billion in November 2010 over the same period last
> year.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In
> November 2009, FDI stood at USD 1.72 billion.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">During
> the first eight months of 2010-11, India received Foreign
> Direct Investment (FDI) inflows worth USD 14.02 billion, a
> decline of 27.4 per cent over the corresponding period of
> previous year, an official told PTI.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">During
> April-November 2009-10, the foreign inflows stood at USD
> 19.32 billion.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> inflows remained low despite a recent World Bank study
> stating the FDI flows into developing countries, including
> India, is expected to recover over the next couple of years.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Business, Energy or Environmental regulations or
> discussions</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Singur locals asks Tatas to set up a plant,
> offer co-op</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1240899_Singur-locals-asks-Tatas-to-set-up-a-plant--offer-co-op" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1240899_Singur-locals-asks-Tatas-to-set-up-a-plant--offer-co-op</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Singur
> (WB), Jan 4 (PTI) The locals of Singur have assured Tata
> Motors of full cooperation for setting up a plant, prompting
> the industrial giant to consider meeting the representatives
> in this regard.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Tata
> Motors has indicated it will meet Representatives of
> landlosers who had given land for Tata&#39;s Nano manufacturing
> plant before the company withdrew from the state in 2009
> following violent local protests.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">They
> were seeking higher land price besides other demands from
> Tatas&#39;.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;I can
> call on you during one of my visits to Kolkata&quot;, Tata Motors
> Vice President (Govt Affairs and Collaborations ) A S Puri
> said in his response on December 9.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He was
> responding to a letter by president of the Singur Shilpa
> Vikash Unnayan Committee, Uddayan Das, apprising him of the
> locals&#39; changed attitude towards Tata&#39;s enterprise.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">RBI allows 7 more banks to import gold,
> silver</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/rbi-allows-7-more-banks-to-import-gold-silver/articleshow/7216008.cms" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/rbi-allows-7-more-banks-to-import-gold-silver/articleshow/7216008.cms</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">MUMBAI:
>
> The the Reserve Bank of India has allowed seven more banks,
> including four associate banks of State Bank of India , to
> import precious metals gold and silver. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">With
> the addition of the seven banks -- South Indian Bank , Karur
> Vysya, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Bikaner, State
> Bank of Travancore , State Bank of Mysore , and Punjab and
> Sind Bank -- the number of banks allowed to import the
> precious metals now stands at 30. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">According
>
> to a data of the RBI , banks like Allahabad Bank , Axis Bank
> Ltd, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canara Bank , Federal Bank Ltd ,
> HDFC Bank Ltd , ICICI Bank Ltd , Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd ,
> Standard Chartered Bank, Syndicate Bank and Union Bank of
> India , are some institutions that are already allowed to
> import gold and silver. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;This
> will increase competition and consumers will have choice
> among banks to take the benefit. Also, the banks can use the
> gold to lease out to manufacturers,&quot; commodity brokerage
> firm Religare Commodities President Jayant Manglik told PTI.
> </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">India,
>
> the world&#39;s largest gold consumer, imported a record 624
> tonnes of the yellow metal in 2010, against 559 tonnes in
> the previous year, according to the World Gold Council. </font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Similarly,
>
> silver imports are also estimated to have increased by 25
> per cent to 1,200 tonnes from 1,000 tonnes in the same
> period, the Bombay Bullion Association said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Banks
> contribute more than 80 per cent of the annual imported
> bullion traded at the wholesale and retail markets.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Banks able to lend Rs 50k cr more to SMEs:
> CRISIL</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/banking/finance/banking/banks-able-to-lend-rs-50k-cr-more-to-smes-crisil/articleshow/7214121.cms" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/banking/finance/banking/banks-able-to-lend-rs-50k-cr-more-to-smes-crisil/articleshow/7214121.cms</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">MUMBAI:
>
> Banks have the potential to lend an additional Rs 50,000
> crore more to small and medium enterprises, a report by
> ratings firm Crisil said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Banks
> have only funded on an average of about 60% of their
> incremental working capital towards the small and medium
> enterprises, or SMEs, where the turnover is less than Rs 50
> crore, between 2007 and 2009, where the requirement is for
> about 75%, said the report released to the media on Monday.
> The shortfall was funded by SMEs from their own funds. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">However,
>
> bankers say the SME sector is an area of focus for them,
> though the sector is ridden with structural issues that need
> to be addressed if aggressive lending towards the sector is
> to take place. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&ldquo;The
> SME sector is very much in our focus. In fact, we have
> identified clusters in every district to lend to the
> industry,&rdquo; said Corporation Bank chairman CN Pradeep. &ldquo;The
> government has passed the SME Act and it is part of the
> prime minister&rsquo;s 15-point programme. Banks are doing the
> needful. But the major problem is lack of financial
> discipline, which discourages lending ,&rdquo; he added. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mr
> Pradeep also underscored the need to develop
> entrepreneurship skills to develop SMEs. &ldquo;They need
> protection from large-established industry players,&rdquo; he
> said. Corporation Bank had an exposure of about Rs 8,130
> crore as of October towards SMEs. The government has made it
> compulsory for stateowned banks to allot 20% of their credit
> exposure towards the sector. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> report emphasised the unexploited opportunity that the
> sector presents for banks. &ldquo;We believe that the SME sector
> will continue to drive India&rsquo;s economic growth and present a
> significant business opportunity for banks. The banks will
> derive commercial benefits from lending to SMEs,&rdquo; said
> Crisil director Ramraj Pai. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He
> also said there were problems that did not let banks to make
> full use of the opportunity in lending to SMEs. &ldquo;Why banks
> have not made use of the opportunity is something only banks
> can answer, but there seems to be an element of conservatism
> in lending to the sector. The sector itself is widespread
> and highly diversified, which makes lending to the sector a
> challenge. Again, there is always an element of
> vulnerability involved,&rdquo; he told ET. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> study also showed that bank branches in urban areas have a
> greater scope than their counterparts in semi-urban and
> rural areas to increase funding support to the sector. It
> covered more than 2,000 SMEs across the country from FY08 to
> FY09.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Jindal saw inks pact with Rajasthan govt to
> mine iron ore</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/metals--mining/jindal-saw-inks-pact-with-rajasthan-govt-to-mine-iron-ore/articleshow/7216234.cms" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/metals--mining/jindal-saw-inks-pact-with-rajasthan-govt-to-mine-iron-ore/articleshow/7216234.cms</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">NEW
>
> DELHI: Jindal Saw, an OP Jindal group company, today said
> it inked a lease pact with Rajasthan government to mine
> iron ore for 30 years from a deposit containing an
> estimated 180 million tonnes of resources. </font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Jindal
> SAW Ltd. ..today announced the execution of their Mining
> Lease Agreement with the State of Rajasthan for Iron Ore
> Mines in Rajasthan. The lease is for a period of 30 years,&quot;
> the total pipe solution company said in a statement. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> total area covered under the lease is 1556.78 hectares and
> based on the initial estimates, the mines have about 180
> million tonnes of reserves of various categories of iron
> ore, it said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> statement added that the company is setting up a
> beneficiation (rpt) beneficiation plant to produce about
> 6000 tonnes of concentrate per day and other required
> infrastructure for treatment of the extracted material. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> produce will be used initially for the company&#39;s in- house
> requirements for production of iron pipes and subsequently
> the material will be used for producing value added products
> as per the agreement. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;The
> Management believes that such acquisition of mines would
> result in significant improvement in the overall performance
> of the Company, over a period of time,&quot; the company said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Jindal
> SAW Ltd is a part of $ 12 billion O.P. Jindal Group, and is
> the leading production hub of pipes primarily used for
> transportation of oil and gas. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Tanishq to open 15 new retail stores in next
> fiscal</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/fashion-/-cosmetics-/-jewellery/tanishq-to-open-15-new-retail-stores-in-next-fiscal/articleshow/7216451.cms" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/fashion-/-cosmetics-/-jewellery/tanishq-to-open-15-new-retail-stores-in-next-fiscal/articleshow/7216451.cms</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">KOCHI:
>
> Country&#39;s first and largest jewellery retail store chain
> Tanishq will open 15 new retail stores in various parts of
> the country in the 2011-12 fiscal. </font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Of the
> 15, five would be large format stores of 10,000-15,000
> square feet which would be company stores, Tanishq General
> Manager, Saumen Bhaumik, told reporters here. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A
> 22,000 square feet showroom is coming up at Mumbai soon,
> besides large stores at Kolkata and Delhi, he said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> Tanishq retail chain includes 121 exclusive boutiques,
> including two Zoya stores, in 76 cities. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Tanishq,
>
> today, relaunched its Kochi showroom as an all- diamond
> showroom, first of its kind in the country. The store would
> be having the largest range of diamonds, Bhaumik said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> diamond business is doing very well and growing far more
> than 50 per cent. During the last one year there has been
> 10-15 per cent increase in diamond prices. Tanishq&#39;s
> turnover from diamond business during the last fiscal was Rs
> 900 crore.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Sebi bars Rose Valley from raising public money</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/regulation/sebi-bars-rose-valley-from-raising-public-money/articleshow/7216020.cms" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/regulation/sebi-bars-rose-valley-from-raising-public-money/articleshow/7216020.cms</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">MUMBAI:
>
> Market regulator Sebi has barred West Bengal-based Rose
> Valley Real Estates &amp;amp; Construction from raising
> money from the public on the charge that it did not seek the
> watchdog&#39;s permission for running a scheme. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">While
> Rose Valley claimed that it was mobilising funds for real
> estate business, Sebi came to the conclusion that the
> company was in fact running a Collective Investment Scheme
> (CIS) and did not seek market regulator&#39;s permission,
> mandatory for these products. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As
> such, Sebi directed Rose Valley, &quot;not to collect any money
> from investors or to launch any scheme, not to dispose of
> any of the properties or delineate assets of the schemes and
> not to divert any fund raised from public at largest kept in
> bank account and or at the custody of the company.&quot; </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> company has been raising funds from the public in certain
> areas of West Bengal in the name of sale of plots of land
> under its Ashirbad scheme. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">However,
>
> all investors in the scheme get a piece of land at a fixed
> price. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">It is
> this feature of the scheme, on the basis of which Sebi said
> the product cannot be called a real estate business. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A
> typical real estate business would price its land banks,
> depending on location, terrain, current and future potential
> of use of the land, Sebi said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;It is
> a prevalent and innate feature of real estate that even
> within the same location, there may be differential pricing
> taking into account the floor rise etc. However, the schemes
> of the company claim to be a pure real estate developer on
> the premise that all investors in this scheme get a piece of
> land at a fixed price,&quot; the watchdog said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Pointing
>
> out that land or land banks at different places would be
> valued differently in real estate business, Sebi said
> however, in the current case no demarcation was made in
> terms of pricing of land. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;The
> land is proposed to be sold according to the plans offered
> under the Ashirbad scheme and not on the basis of pricing of
> land based on its locations or otherwise,&quot; Sebi said. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As
> such, Sebi said it appears that land units are fungible and
> irrespective of location, the price remains the same. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">CIS is
> a scheme in which payments made by investors are pooled and
> utilised for the purpose of the scheme. Under the scheme,
> contributions are made with a view to receive profits,
> income, produce or property. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In
> CIS, the investors do not have a day-to-day control over the
> management, operation of the scheme or arrangement. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In
> Ashirbad scheme, the company first receives earnest money in
> installments from a purchaser, pools the fund so mobilised
> and uses it to develop the land labs and thereafter provides
> return at the option of the investor on the amount invested
> at the end of the scheme in the form of credit value. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Calling
>
> the scheme a CIS, Sebi said, &quot;Investors have an option to
> receive the credit value after making payment of the entire
> earnest money instalments. It is observed that investment is
> made with a view to earn profit.&quot; </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> company has land banks spread across West Bengal in
> Rajarhat, Durgapur, Siliguri, and also in Tripura, Madhya
> Pradesh and Orissa.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Activity in the Oil and Gas sector (including
> regulatory)</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Militant Activity/Terrorism (Particularly in
> Bangalore, Mumbai, Noida, Chennai, Coimbatore)</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&#39;ULFA Must Give Up Sovereignty Demand for Ban
> Lifting&#39;</font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>Guwahati | Jan 04, 2011 PRINT SHARE
> COMMENTS </font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?707219" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?707219</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
>
> Assam government today said ULFA will have to give up its
> demand for sovereignty and use of violence before the ban
> on the outfit was lifted.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&quot;ULFA
>
> will have to formally give up its demand for sovereignty
> and abjure violence before steps can be taken to revoke
> the ban,&quot; Assam Health minister Himanta Biswa Sharma told
> reporters here.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">He
>
> said the government will grant special permission to
> ULFA&#39;s top brass, including its chairman Arabinda
> Rajkhowa, for holding their central executive council
> meeting.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">On
>
> January 1, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had announced that
> the ban on ULFA can be lifted if necessary, though
> operations will continue against those outfit members who
> still resort to violence.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">ULFA,
> which was formed on April 7, 1979, in the Upper Assam town
> of Sibsagar, was declared a banned organisation by the
> Centre in November 1990 under the Unlawful Activities
> (Prevention) Act.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Terror alert: Cops crack whip on cyber cafes
> again</font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Ujjwala
>
> Nayudu,UJJWALANAYUDUPosted: Jan 04, 2011 at 0154 hrs IST</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/terror-alert-cops-crack-whip-on-cyber-cafes-again/732935/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/terror-alert-cops-crack-whip-on-cyber-cafes-again/732935/</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
>
> Gujarat Police has once again begun a crackdown on cyber
> cafes across the state in view of the Intelligence Bureau
> alert of possible terror strikes across the country. After
> the 2008 blasts, the Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police had
> issued a notification to check the licences of all cyber
> cafes in the city and had asked the cafe owners to record
> the details of the customers.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>The notifications said that those
> disobeying the order will be liable for punishment under
> Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code &iquest; disobedience of an
> order given by a public servant.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>A drive was conducted to see whether
> the instructions were followed and to check the
> photocopies of the identity cards collected by the cafe
> owners to ensure that no suspicious elements visit the
> cafes. Orders for developing an association of cyber cafes
> and registering new cafes were also issued. The police was
> also asked to ensure registration of the association and
> maintain records of it at the office of the Commissioner
> of Police.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>The Ahmedabad police had also given
> special instructions to the ATS and the Crime Branch to
> keep a close watch on cyber cafes in Ahmedabad to keep
> track of terror mails.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>But the police move lost steam within a
> few weeks. </font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The
>
> searches were conducted at random and no seizures were
> made in the last one year, barring one case, where the
> Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested one person in
> April for running a cyber cafe &iquest; Crazy 88. com &iquest; without a
> license in Krantinagar (Isanpur).</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>Incidentally, the terror threat for
> Ahmedabad has continued for two years after the blasts,
> but the police are yet to form a mechanism to keep a track
> of customers at cyber cafes.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>Managers of Manali Cyber Cafe and
> Icenet in the Gurukul area said they maintain records of
> customers for precaution. They said they saw extensive
> checking a few days after the blasts, but in last two
> years, nothing much happened.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>&ldquo;The ID cards customers get along are
> checked by the cyber cafe owners and then returned. None
> maintain copies of the same, which leaves enough chance
> for customers to carry fake or duplicate ID cards,&rdquo; said a
> manager of one of the cafes.</font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Naxal show of strength after PC visit</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Naxal-show-of-strength-after-PC-visit/articleshow/7212586.cms" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Naxal-show-of-strength-after-PC-visit/articleshow/7212586.cms</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">NAGPUR:
>
> Naxalites conducted rallies and openly raised slogans
> urging people to join the anti-government movement for
> securing rights of the tribals. The open rallies of armed
> Naxalites and their supporters, unheard of in the recent
> past, were taken up towards the end of December. </font></font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> rallies, intentionally conducted close to police posts, were
> learnt to be organised as a part of strategy to continue the
> pressure on security forces following visit of Union Home
> Minister P Chidambaram in the Naxal-affected district on
> December 28. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
> action of the rebels are being seen as their effort to
> assure the tribal populations that Chidambaram&#39;s visit and
> pep talk to security forces had not intimidated them. During
> the rallies, the Naxals had also raised slogans against
> paramilitary forces and condemned &quot;Operation Green Hunt&#39;.
> They also raised slogans celebrating recently concluded
> People&#39;s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) month. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;On
> the day of Chidambaram visit, Naxals burnt gram panchayat
> building at a village within six kilometres of the Murumgaon
> post in Dhanora tehsil. The Naxals had also managed to block
> the traffic flow on the Dhanora-Chhattisgarh road by felling
> trees. Before and after the visit, Naxals continued to
> eliminate people whom they thought were police informers,&quot;
> said a district source. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Sources
>
> from security agencies said that Naxals conducted one big
> rally at Pendhri on December 31 late in the evening. A band
> of 70-80 Naxals in uniform assembled the villagers from
> Pendhri and addressed them. Later, they raised slogans at a
> place close to police post but security forces opted to
> ignore them. &quot;The cops are discouraged to venture out of the
> posts after the sun down and Naxals take advantage of this,&quot;
> said a security source. </font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Naxals
> had organized a rally and village meeting at Uruptola
> village near Sawargaon, close to Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh
> border recently. They had also conducted anti-government
> propaganda through rallies and village meeting at Kasansur
> village in Etapalli. According to a source, around 75-80
> Naxals and their supporters held rallies at Kasansur not far
> from police post. </font></p>
> <h1 style="text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0in 3pt;"><u><font size="3">Labor/Social Unrest</font></u></h1>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Bandh observed to protest teen&#39;s killing in
> cop firing </font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241259_Bandh-observed-to-protest-teen-s-killing-in-cop-firing-" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241259_Bandh-observed-to-protest-teen-s-killing-in-cop-firing-</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Deoria
> (UP), Jan 4 (PTI) Markets remained closed here today after a
> bandh call given by BJP and Hindu Yuva Vahini to protest
> against the alleged killing of a temple priest by
> unidentified persons and the death of a teenager in police
> firing, even as a police inspector was suspended.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">BJP
> and Yuva Vahini of Yogi Adiyanath, MP from Gorakhpur,
> submitted a memorandum with additional District Magistrate
> Nebulal demanding that an FIR be lodged against
> sub-divisional magistrate Gyan Prakash Srivastava and deputy
> SP R K Mishra for the death of a youth in police firing.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Rajeev
> Singh, SHO of Rampur Karkhana police station where the
> priest was immolated and the youth was killed in police
> firing yesterday, has been placed under suspension.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Situation in Assam-Meghalaya border areas
> tense</font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241176_Situation-in-Assam-Meghalaya-border-areas-tense" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241176_Situation-in-Assam-Meghalaya-border-areas-tense</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Shillong,
>
> Jan 4 (PTI) More security forces were sought to defuse
> tension at the ethnic violence-hit Mendipathar area along
> Assam-Meghalaya border, where curfew was clamped after
> sporadic incidents of arson were reported overnight.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Several
>
> houses were torched last night in remote villages. However,
> no one was hurt grievously, administration sources said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;The
> situation is still tense. The curfew will not be relaxed as
> of now. We have sought more forces to tackle the situation,&quot;
> East Garo Hills deputy commissioner Pravin Bakshi told PTI.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A
> government release said clash had broken out due to &quot;some
> misunderstanding&quot; between the two groups.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;Sufficient
>
> forces have been deployed in the areas and public are
> requested to remain calm and not to listen to any rumour or
> take law into their own hands as there might be miscreants
> who will like to take advantage of the situation to disturb
> peace and tranquillity in those areas,&quot; the release said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><font size="3"><font face="Times
> New Roman">Police uses canes to disperse PDP protesters
> </font></font></b></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241413_Police-uses-canes-to-disperse-PDP-protesters-" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.ptinews.com/news/1241413_Police-uses-canes-to-disperse-PDP-protesters-</font></a></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Jammu,
> Jan 4 (PTI) Police used canes to disperse an anti-government
> rally held by opposition Peoples Democratic Party today
> against price rise and alleged failure of the Omar Abdullah
> government on all fronts in Jammu and Kashmir.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Over
> 1,000 activists of PDP led by Vice-President T S Bajwa took
> out a rally from the party headquarters in Gandhinagar and
> marched towards the city raising anti-government slogans.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As
> they proceeded towards the city, the police blocked their
> entry at Bikram Chowk leading to a clash with the security
> personnel, a police spokesman said.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Police
> then used canes to disperse them, he said adding there was
> no injury to anyone.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Lashing
>
> out at the Omar Abdullah government on the issue of price
> rise and alleging failure on all fronts particularly in
> security matters in the state, Bajwa told reporters that the
> common man has been badly hit by inflation.</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>
> </blockquote>
> <br>
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> Ben West
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> STRATFOR
> Austin, TX
> </pre>
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