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Telangana decision irreversible

Agencies, New Delhi

hile reiterating that the decision to go ahead with the process of creating Telangana was irreversible, the Congress today appealed to political parties in Seemandhra to give up violence and create a congenial atmosphere for dialogue. Noting that the agitation against the creation of Telangana was effecting essential services in the state, including the disruption of power supply, t h e Congress called upon the Andhra Pradesh government to invoke the Essential Services maintenance Act (ESMA), if necessary , if those agitating against the creation of Telangana did not agree to a dialogue. The Congress expresses its deep anguish on the situation in Seemandhra and makes a fervent appeal to the Seemandhra parties to give up agitation and create a congenial atmosphere for dialogue, AICC spokesperson P C Chacko told reporters. He said while the Congress felt that the apprehensions expressed by Seemandhra people on the future of Hyderabad are genuine and that the party was committed to address their concerns, at the same time he called on those agitating to come forward to dialogue as the continued agitation and violence had

brought life to a standstill in the state and was affecting people of the state. In this context, he called on the state government to take strong steps to bring the life back to normal by imposing ESMA, if necessary. Because of continued violence, the party wants the Government the

state Government as well as the Centre to take strong measures to bring life back to normal. There is a need to deal with the power crisis which is affecting many districts. The party feels that if the agitationists come to the table , many issues can be sorted out. However,i f despite all the pleas, they

do not come forward for dialogue, strong measures need to be taken. The situation cannot be allowed to continue. Invoking ESMA may become necessary, h e said. Mr Chacko said the party wants the state government to invoke ESMA, if necessary, to bring things under control.

N og o i n gb a c ko n Te l a n g a n ab y C o n g r e s s :D i g v i j a yS i n g h
New Delhi: Even as regions of Andhra Pradesh have been witnessing protests following the decision of the Union Cabinet to create Telangna region, a top Congress leader today asserted that there was no question on taking back its decision on Telangana and will do its best to make it possible. In an interview with a news channel, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said the decision to create Telangana was a conscious decision. We are a party with commitment and will do all that is necessary to see that the decision is implemented and address the concerns of people of Seemandhra and Telangana regions, he said. The decision had nothing to do with coming elections,he said. He said the issue of Telangana had been on the boil ever since 1999 when Late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was the Leader of Opposition and about 40 MLAs met the President seeking creation of Telangana State. After this, the UPA Government had consulted almost all political parties on the issue and each one of them had given their views in writing excepting Communist Party of India - Marxist. Almost all political party leaders from Seemandhra as well as Telangana including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Redddy, Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha and State Congress President Botsa Satyanarayana were consulted before arriving at a decision and the Congress Working Committee had taken its decision on the creation of the new state. Polavaram project was to be treated as National Project and build a second capital fully funded by the Central Government with Hyderabad as a joint capital for 10 years. Mr Digvijay Singh said he was in touch with Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy on a daily basis and all leaders were allowed to express their views. Mr Reddy may have a constituency to address. To a question, Mr Singh said it would be unfortunate if Mr Reddy were to term the decision to create Telangana as a huge mistake. The party leaders were allowed to express their views and they had given an assurance that they would go by the partys decision.

Asking the state government to take strong action to check the gravity of the situation in the state, Mr Chacko while replying to a question on Central intervention, said that situation has not come. There is a government which is in control. Stating that the decision to create Telangana was irreversible, Mr Chacko said, the CWC decision was the right decision at the right time. A l l the processes were undergone and a decision taken. It was a decision the previous Government at the Centre did not dare to take. No government had the courage to take this decision. BJP, Mr LK Advani and other political parties accused us of delaying the decision. N o w, after creation of Telangana by Congress, they are playing opportunistic politics, M r Chacko said. Why this historic decision was not taken by any other party? BJP government, even after supporting the idea, did not have the courage to take the decision of carving out Telangana from Andhra Pradesh, Mr Chacko added. The government has to take the difficult decision as it was part of the partys Manifesto and the common minimum programme.

PM arrives in Brunei with agenda to upgrade ties with ASEAN

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on arrival at Brunei Intenational Airport for EAS ASEAN Summits in Brunei Darussalam on Wednesday.
Agencies, Bandar Seri Begawan, (Brunei)

rime Minister Manmohan Singh today set foot on this capital of tiny nation of Brunei on a two day visit with an agenda to further upgrade Ind i a s ties with ASEAN, the 10-nation group of the countries of South East Asia, through his participation in the 11th IndiaASEAN Summit and the Eigth East Asia Summit. Dr Singh would be announcing Indias decision to have a separate mission f o r ASEAN headed by an ambassador to be set up in Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the seat of the ASEAN secretariat.

As he said before departing for Brunei from home today, I n d i a s engagement with the ASEAN and its member countries was the cornerstone of our Look East policy and has evolved into a strong, comprehensive and multifaceted partnership in recent years. It started with a strong economic emphasis, with focus on commerce and connectivity, but has increasingly acquired strategic content,Dr Singh said. Dr Singh, who will be travelling to Jakarta from Brunei for a bilateral visit to Indonesia said My visits to Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia will further inten-

sify our engagement to our East, which has been at the forefront of our foreign poli c y, and contribute to peace, prosperity and stability in the Asia Pacific. He also said India saw the East Asia Summit as a springboard to regional cooperation and integration. The Prime Minister who arrived here this afternoon would attend the gala dinner hosted by the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, tonight for the leaders attending the ASEAN Summit. He will participate in the East Asia Summit tomorrow morning and then in the 11th India-ASEAN Summit in the afternoon.

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Cyclonic storm hits Andaman, Nicobar

Visakhapatnam: A cyclonic storm today hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands and is expected to reach the coast of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha over the next 48-72 hours, According to Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) here tonight, there was a deep depression over the North Andaman Sea and East South East of Visakhapatnam and lay centered over East central Bay of Bengal near latitude 13.5 degrees North and longitude 92.5 degree East and about 220 km north-west of Port Blair, 950 km southeast of Paradip, 1050 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam here. Under the influence of this system, rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy fall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (25 cm) would occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the next 23 hours.

ongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today kickstarted the partys campaign in Uttar Pradesh for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, asserting that some political parties were fostering a divide in society for their personal interests and the process of development had been derailed in the state. The situation in UP is very critical as development has been stalled, communal harmony is at stake and non-implementation of Food Security Act was denying the people of their rights implemented by the Congress government, M r Rahul Gandhi said, addressing election rallies in Aligarh and Rampur. There has been zero development in the state whether it was the SP o r the BSP governments. If UP has to be truly transformed, people need to bring the Congress to power, he said. Hitting out at the Akhilesh Yadav government, the Congress leader questioned,Are the laptops working? Did it give you employment. It seems that the state government was only working on computers. He said now the UP government was trying to stall the Food

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressing a public meeting in Aligarh on Wednesday.
Security Act as it could benefit the Congress during the elections.People should stand up against the UP government and force them to implement it immediately, he said. On his criticism of the Ordinance which sought to protect convicted lawmakers that led to its retraction,

Mr Rahul Gandhi said,I was told that what I said on the Ordinance was at a wrong time. But I made a honest remark and is there any right time to speak the truth, he remarked, the comments coming at a time when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is abroad again. On the Muzaffarnagar riots, the Congress vice-president said both Hindus and Muslims died in the violence.I spoke to both communities during my visit there and they told me, there is no dispute between them,he said while alleging that politicians have created this rift for their own benefit. No politician dies in the riots, the commoners do. This is not the politics of the Congress. We want everyone to live in peace and talk development,Mr Rahul Gandhi asserted. He sai division in the society created by the political parties was the main reason for the backwardness of UP. Congress will fight these evil forces,he promised. Criticising UP minister Mohammad Azam Khan without taking his name, Mr Rahul Gandhi said in Rampur that, a minister of the region has closed all the factories of the area which is not done.

c o l l a p s e si nD e l h i
Agencies, New Delhi

hree people were killed and many more feared trapped under the debris of a three-storey building which collapsed early this morning in busy Azad market area of the c i t y, sources said. Three deaths have been confirmed and the injured are being taken to a nearby hosp i t a l , a fire department official said. The report of the building collapse reached us at 0745 hrs and we sent rescue teams immediately to rescue the trapped people, he added. The rescue operation was on in full

swing with police and fire officials assisting other local agencies in helping the affected people. Three-four fire engines and other rescue machinery have been pressed into service for rescue operations. The locals were also assisting the rescue workers to help the affected. The building, said to be quite old, collapsed with a thud as people were about to start their day. Some construction activity was going on in the adjoining building, which could could have triggered the collapse. Investigations are on, police said.

Transfer warrant issued against Asaram, teams formed to nab Narayan Sai
S e x u a lA s s a u l tc a s e
Agencies, Ahmedabad

Meira stresses need to dismantle terror neworks operating from Pakistan

New Delhi/Geneva: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today stressed the need for dismantling terrorist networks within Pakistans territory and upholding the sanctity of the Line of Control as the most important Confidence Building Measure. Ms Kumar conveyed her concern over continuing terror emanating from Pakistan and areas under its control at a meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on the sidelines of 129th Assembly of InterParliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva. India, Ms Kumar said, desires peaceful, friendly and cooperative relations with Pakistan and is also committed to resolving all outstanding issues bilaterally.

Father arrested for sacrificing 8 month-old baby in UP

Barabanki: A man was arrested for sacrificing his 8-month old child at Ramnagar area here today. Raj Kumar Kanauijiya was held after he admitted that he has sacrificed his son when his wife was preparing food in Nairaipurwa village. The accused, who was recently admitted to the mental hospital, admitted before the police that he was ordered in his dream by some one to sacrifice his son during Navratra.

team of Gujarat police has left for Jodhpur after a Gandhinagar court issued transfer warrant against self-styled godman Asaram. Rape cases are lodged against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai by two married women, both sisters, with Surat police. The team left for Jodhpur to get custody of Asaram, who is jailed in Jodhpur after Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gandhinagar issued a transfer warrant against him last evening.

The team will return Ahmedabad as soon as it gets the custody of the accused guru, the police said. Meanwhile, Surat police has intensified its search for Narayan Sai, who has disappeared alongwith with his mother and sister after the rape complaint was lodged against him in Surat. Surat Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana said that four teams have been formed to trace Narayan Sai to nab him. A lookout notice has already been issued

against him to prevent him to flee out of the country. The women, have alleged that they were raped during 2002-2004 when they were working i n Asaram Ashram. According to the comp l a i n t , Asaram raped elder sister in his ashram i n Ahmedabad whereas younger sister was repeatedly raped by Narayan Sai in his ashrams at Surat and Banaskantha. Asaram is already in a jail in Jodhpur in Rajasthan after a minor girl lodged a complaint of sexual assault against him with Jodhpur police.

Between Rahul and Modi: Strat for Assessment

Agencies, New Delhi

merican strategic experts have begun to take a close look at the leadership of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and the BJPs Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and their prospects at the hustings. Rahul Gandhi is an empty vessel compared to Modi, who is a new kind of hybrid politician: media-savvy and manifestly ambitious, according to two experts, who go on to describe Modi as the first authentically charismatic Indian

politician since Indira Gandhi and observe that there is simply little original one can say about Gandhi. Reforming a teeming, unruly, and diverse country like India is hard: Modi will certainly try; Gandhi might not even do that, they remark in their analysis of relative merits of the two leaders. W riting under the heading Indias Tryst with Destiny for Stratf o r, a Texas-based American think tank for global intelligence, Robert D Kaplan and

Michael Nayebi-Oskoui say Indias new Prime Minister in 2014 will have increasingly less room for miscalculation since the subcontinent is in a flux. Gandhi will likely play it safe and may confuse conciliations with strategy while Modi, on the other hand, will attempt to be his own man a force of nature overriding the bureaucracy and the New Delhi nomenklatura, the authors say observing that the challenges before India require both innovation and maturity.