0815 HRS 23rd August, 2014 THE HEADLINES :- Assam government decides to recommend CBI inquiry into recent violence along Assam-Nagaland border. National Investigation Agency files charge sheet against 10 Indian Mujaheedin men in connection with Patna serial blasts during Narendra Modis rally last year. Anti-Corruption Bureau seeks Maharashtra governments permission to conduct inquiry against Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and State NCP Chief Sunil Tatkare in 12 irrigation projects. 34 lawmakers of Imran Khans PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf Party resign to step up pressure on Nawaz Sharif government; Khan offers to return to talks. India maintains its second position in ICC ODI team rankings after Australia. {}{} The Assam government has decided to recommend a CBI inquiry into the recent incident of violence along the Assam- Nagaland border. In a press release last night, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said the state government will hand over the case to the CBI to find out the truth. He said, the first priority of the government is to restore peace in the affected areas and to send back displaced persons to their homes. More from our correspondent: The CBI probe would find out the truth behind the violence at Assam Nagaland border in Golaghat district. Official sources said , miscreants from Nagaland killed 9 persons at Uriamghat on 12th of this month and torched down 600 houses. Around 10 thousand displaced villagers have taken shelter at relief camps. Following the killing of innocent people at border areas, protest emerged in Golaghat district. Situation is improved now in Golaghat district as no untoward incident has been reported during last 48 hours. Manas Pratim Sarma, AIR News, Guwahati. {}{} The National Investigation Agency, NIA, has filed a charge sheet against 10 Indian Mujahideen, IM terrorists in connection with the Patna serial blasts during the then BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modis rally last year. All 10 IM men have been charged with causing explosions and keeping explosives in a lodge in the Hindpidi area of Ranchi in Jharkhand. More from our Correspondent: Ten terrorists of Indian Mujaheedin have been charged with terror activities, while the Special judge and Principal Judicial Commissioner of NIA, S Z Kazmi of Ranchi has declared one terrorist juvenile on the basis of metric certificate by which his age was shown 17 years 10 months and 11 days on the date of terror strike in Patna and he will be sent to Reformatory Home. Rajesh Sinha, AIR News, Ranchi. {}{} The Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Maharashtra police has sought permission from the state government to conduct an open inquiry against Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare following a complaint by an activist who has alleged corruption in 12 irrigation projects. Besides the two top NCP leaders, the social activist has also sought inquiry against several public servants of the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation. Our correspondent has filed this report; The Permission sought by the Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau to conduct an enquiry comes in wake of a complaint registered by social activist Pravin Wategaonkar alleging corruption in 12 irrigation projects in the state. The complaint alleges that Pawar and Tatkare during their stint as Water Resources Minister along with officials of the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation had allegedly favoured a particular group in the past decade in complete violation of rules. Besides there were irregularities in awarding tenders resulted in losses to the public exchequer and were contrary to the public interest. SONALI GHADYALPATIL, AIR NEWS, MUMBAI. {}{} An Ananthpur sessions court in Andhra Pradesh has issued bailable warrants against former Union Ministers P. Chidambaram, Gulam Nabi Azad and Susheel Kumar Shinde as they did not respond to the notices issued to them with respect to the Telangana agitation. The court had earlier issued notices with regard to a complaint seeking registration of FIRs against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and several Union Ministers. Two lawyers filed a complaint alleging that the then central ministers were responsible for the violence that took place during the Telangana agitation and they sought registration of a criminal case against all of them. The court issued bailable warrants as Chidambaram, Shinde and Azad have not responded despite receiving the court notices. The court will further hear the case on September the 8th. {}{} Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has denounced the hooting of non-NDA Chief Ministers at functions attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that political parties must maintain decorum. He also rubbished RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement on Hindutva saying “India is a secular state inhabited by people of different religions, castes, faiths and communities”. The Chief Minister, while interacting with media persons at a function in Ludhiana, said the “unhealthy practice of hooting” was not only undemocratic but also ethically and morally deplorable. He called upon representatives of all political parties to avoid such unsavoury incidents. {}{} Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the decision not to allow the release of the controversial Punjabi film Kaum De Heere on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhis assassination was taken in the larger interest and within the legal framework. He was briefing reporters on the sidelines of three-day film festival Fragrances from the North East in New Delhi last evening. I think the Censor Board Chairman has already narrated. Its within the legal framework that the decision is taken in the larger interest. The government had on Thursday barred the release of the film citing apprehensions of law and order problems. {}{} Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari has urged parliamentarians to allocate funds from their MPLAD for construction of toilets in villages, schools and anganwadis. In his letter to MPs, Mr Gadkari said this will help achieve the vision of Nirmal Bharat by 2019 and in eliminating the scourge of open defecation. He said, the sanitation in rural areas is not adequate and that about 60 per cent of the rural population defecates in the open. {}{} In Pakistan, 34 lawmakers of Imran Khans party have resigned to step up pressure on the Nawaz Sharif government but Khan offered to resume talks after the failed first round. For the second time since it mobilised thousands of supporters for anti-government protests in Islamabad demanding Sharifs resignation, the core committee of the Imran Khan-led PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf Party met and discussed the current crisis. The meeting took place after senior leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi handed over the resignations, including that of Khan, to Secretary of the National Assembly Muhammad Riaz, mounting further pressure on the beleaguered government. The resignations do not affect the stability of the government which enjoys a majority with ruling the PML-(N) having 190 members in a House of 342. Khans PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf Party is the third largest party in the National Assembly. Following the core committee meeting, Qureshi told reporters that their party is ready for talks. After the first round of talks on Wednesday both Khans PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf and the cleric the Tahirul Qadri-led Pakistan Awami Tehreek had suspended dialogue with the government. {}{} back home: In Jammu and Kashmir, a portion of land close to a sensitive forward area near the Line of Control caved in last night, triggering apprehensions of a cross-border tunnel near an Indian post in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district. The Army has launched an on-the-spot investigation. A senior Army officer said that during patrolling in the area, army troops found the ground caved-in at the forward area along the LoC. The caved-in spot was near the stretch where militants had made an infiltration bid on the 22nd of July last year. A militant and a jawan had been killed in that incident. {}{} One child and his father died and three other family members were injured in the Pakistan Army firing last night along the Line of Control (LoC) in R S Pura Sector. Defence sources told AIR that Pakistan forces late last night targeted BSF Border Outposts in Arnia sub sector in RS Pura sector along International Border in Jammu district. {}{} A towering figure in the world of letters, Jnanpeeth Award Winner Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who died in a hospital in Bangalore yesterday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his literary works and questioned many deeply-held beliefs. Like his literary works, Ananthamurthys strong political views were also striking, often landing him in unseemly situations and controversies. A multi-faceted personality and rated as one of the best writers in the country, Ananthamurthy had won acclaim from critics and fans alike. {}{} Karnatakas government has announced a three day state mourning and holiday for public offices today as a mark of respect to the literary giant. His last rites would b e carried with full state honours. President Pranab Mukharjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi have condoaled the death of Ananthamurthy. {}{} Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has criticized the government over the removal of Sanjeev Chaturvedi from the post of Chief vigilance officer of AIIMS. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, he demanded that Sanjiv Chaturvedi should be reinstated and the matter be referred to the CBI for investigation. He also demanded resignation of Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. {}{} India has maintained its second position in the latest ICC ODI team rankings after Australia despite not having played ODIs for quite some time. Australia has 115 points while India has 112 followed closely by South Africa and Sri Lanka with 111 points each. Among the batsmen, Virat Kohli is placed third while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is sixth and Shikhar Dhawan is ranked eleventh in the rankings list. {}{} To receive AIR news updates free-of-cost through SMS, you can register on our website newsonair.nic.in NEWSPAPER HEADLINES :- The Supreme Court stressing on the importance of the Post of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha - at a time when the Congress group has been denied recognition as Leader of Opposition in the Lower House, is covered extensively by this mornings Press. The Times of India top headline reads Respect dissent, SC tells Government, asks why no LoP post for Congress. In a similar vein the Asian Age report that the Supreme Court is to interpret the LoP provision for appointment of the Lokpal selection process, and has asked the Centre to make its stand clear within two weeks. Government sources, however, said that designating the LoP is entirely left to the Speakers discretion, as per long existing rules. 8 member think tank likely to replace plan panel - is the lead headline in the Times of India. The paper writes that the new entity which will replace the Planning Commission is likely to have 8 members, 4 from the government and 4 from outside. The entity could be headed by the Prime Minister and is expected to be announced within a few weeks. BJP led NDA hits the fast track to revival, writes Mail Today. The government has cleared no fewer than 16 major industrialised projects and the newly created National Board for wildlife has cleared a whopping 133 proposals. The critics though state that this does not go down well with the future of Indias wildlife. The Hindu reports that the Narendra Modi government is likely to name Arvind Subramanian its Chief Economic Advisor. Mr Subramanian is the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Development. And finally the Economic Times asks - what if you had to pay just one rupee for a lecture that will help you get into the Indian Institute of Technology? Anand Kumar, the man behind super-30 that coaches under privileged children for the IIT entrance exam, plans to take this formula online to raise funds for helping more under-privileged students. {}{}
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