Bharat Daily
Pak asks India to share info on Taliban
Thursday, 02 July 2009 20:31 | 
Author: Administrator | 
Taking a very serious view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that Pakistan-based Taliban were a serious threat and were trying to interfere with the Indian election process, Islamabad has asked New Delhi to share specific information in this regard. It summoned the Acting High Commissioner of India Manpreet Vohra on Saturday night to convey that Pakistan wanted the government of India to share with it any specific information available with New Delhi which had prompted such a statement by Singh, the foreign office spokesman here said. In a statement, the spokesman said Pakistan took a very serious view of the Prime Minister's remarks during a public interaction in New Delhi on Friday. It noted that Singh had expressed the apprehension about a possible terrorist attack in India during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Pakistan territory.
Maoists attack CISF camp in Orissa Thursday, 02 July 2009 20:31 | Author: Administrator |
Maoist rebels on Sunday night mounted an attack on a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) camp near a Nalco-run mine in Orissa's Koraput district, said the police. "The rebels have surrounded the CISF camp at Panchpatmali Hill at about 9.15 pm. An exchange of fire between CISF personnel and the rebels is on," said district SP Deepak Kumar."We are not able to communicate with the camp. We are moving additional police forces to the region," he said, adding that he was not in a position to disclose more details.
Kachchh in Gujarat experienced mild earthquake Thursday, 02 July 2009 20:31 | Author: Administrator |
Kachchh, Apr 13: Gujarat's Kachchh district has reportedly experienced a mild earthquake measuring on Monday morning, Apr 13. There has been no loss of life or property reported. The quake measured an intensity of 3.5 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the quake was located 80 kilometres north-east of the city of Bhuj in Kachchh district.In 2001, Gujarat had suffered an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale that claimed a high death toll, left millions injured and homeless.
|
Food grain causes problem of plenty Thursday, 02 July 2009 20:31 | Author: Administrator |
Owing to a bumper crop this year, the ministry officials are in a quandary whether to go ahead with the lifting of the export ban or wait till the new government assumes office at the Centre, as pressure has been mounting on them to allow the export of food grain. "If we lift the ban, then we may incur the wrath of the new government as it might need huge stocks of food grain to fulfill the poll promises," an official in the ministry told Deccan Herald.As per data, the food stocks with the government till date is 13.9 million tonnes (mt) of rice and 14.99 mt of wheat. Another 20 mt of wheat is expected to arrive, as the state-run agencies are procuring the commodity from farmers under the minimum support price (MSP).Though the country's requirement of food grain in terms of the public distribution system, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the mid-day meal scheme was just 13 mt of rice and 4.5 mt of wheat, it was not clear how the government became indecisive on the fate of the surplus food stock, said the official.Moreover, the record increase in MSP for wheat to Rs 1,080 a quintal has resulted in the expansion of wheat cultivation in many states leading to increase in production. Though the officials argue that the lifting of the ban on wheat would ease the burden of the surplus crop, they are worried that it would be counter productive to the new government.The big challenge before the government is to store food grain. The government has already received complaints regarding rotten food grain due to poor storage facility. By allowing the export, farmers may benefit due to increase in the selling price, officials argue.The government banned the export of wheat and non-basmati rice in February 2007 and April 2008, respectively, to maintain adequate supply of food grain in the country.The Congress has promised to give to 25 kg of food grain at Rs 3 a kg to families of below poverty line, while the BJP has assured voters of 35 kg of wheat/rice per family at Rs 2 a kg.
Jaish militant gunned down in Kashmir Thursday, 02 July 2009 20:31 | Author: Administrator |
One militant of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit was killed and an army officer injured in a gunfight in south Kashmir Sunday, police said. The shootout erupted after security forces in the morning surrounded a house in Pulwama district's Aglar Kandi village, 40 km from here, following specific information about the presence of two guerrillas there. A residential house was also damaged in the gunfight.
|