Friday 2 January 2015


COAST GUARD INTERCEPTS SUSPECT BOAT CARRYING EXPLOSIVES

2 01 2015
An intelligence based midnight operation was conducted by Coast Guard ships and aircraft to intercept a suspect fishing boat in Arabian Sea near Indo-Pak maritime boundary, approximately 365 km from Porbander.
As per the intelligence inputs received on 31st December, a Pakistani fishing boat from Keti Bunder near Karachi was planning some illicit transaction in Arabian Sea. Based on the input, Coast Guard aircraft undertook sea air coordinated search and located the suspect fishing boat. Thereafter, Coast Guard ship on patrol in area was diverted and intercepted the unlit boat at about midnight of 31st December in position 365 km West-South West of Porbandar.
Coast Guard ship warned the fishing boat to stop for further investigation of the crew and cargo; however, the boat increased speed and tried to escape towards Pakistani side of maritime boundary. The hot pursuit continued for approx one hour and Coast Guard ship managed to stop the fishing boat after firing warning shots. Four persons were seen on the boat who disregarded all warnings by the Coast Guard ship to stop and cooperate with investigation. Soon thereafter, the crew hid themselves in below deck compartment and set the boat on fire, which resulted in explosion and major fire on the boat.
Due to darkness, bad weather and strong winds, the boat and persons on board could not be saved or recovered. The boat burnt and sank in the same position, in early hours of 1st January. Coast Guard ships and aircraft are continuing operations in area to search for any possible survivor. Coast Guard and other security agencies are maintaining high vigil in maritime and coastal areas since last couple of months due several inputs on seaward threat.




November core infra grows at 6.7%

2 01 2015
The core infrastructure grows to 6.7% (Y-O-Y) in November 2014 as compared to 6.3% (Y-O-Y) in October 2014. The combined index of Eight Core Industries stands at 166.2 in November 2014 with a growth rate of 6.7% in November 2014 as compared to 3.2% in November 2013. Crude oil and Natural gas registered a growth rate of (-)0.1% and (-)2.9% respectively in the month of November 2014.

   Sector wise trend in monthly production                                                           (% growth)
Sector Weight in IIP November’14 October’14
Crude Oil 5.22 (-)0.1 1.0
Natural Gas 1.71 (-)2.9 (-)4.2
Petroleum Refinery Products 5.94 8.1 4.2
Coal 4.38 14.5 16.2
Fertilizer 1.25 (-)2.8 (-)7.0
Electricity 10.32 10.2 13.2
Cement 2.41 11.3 (-)1.0
Steel 6.68 1.3 2.3
Overall 37.90 6.7 6.3
Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from the office of the economic advisor to the Govt. of India

In cumulative terms, core infrastructure industries registered a growth of 4.6% during April- November 2014-15 as against 4.1% during the corresponding period of the previous year.

     Sector wise trend in production                                                                         (% growth)  
Sector Weight Apr-Nov 2014-15 Apr- Nov 2013-14
Crude Oil 5.22 (-)0.8 (-)0.9
Natural Gas 1.71 (-)5.3 (-)15.5
Petroleum Refinery Products 5.94 (-)0.5 2.4
Coal 4.38 9.4 1.6
Fertilizer 1.25 (-)1.3 2.5
Electricity 10.32 10.4 5.3
Cement 2.41 8.5 4.0
Steel 6.68 2.2 11.7
Overall 37.90 4.6 4.1

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from the office of the economic advisor to the Govt. of India


Electricity generation grew by 10.4% during Apr–November 2014-15 as against 5.3% growth during Apr–November 2013-14, while steel production grew by 2.2% during Apr– November 2014-15 as against 11.7% during Apr-November 2013-14. The production in crude oil grew by (-)0.8% during Apr–November 2014-15 as compared to its growth at (-)0.9% during Apr– November 2013-14, whereas petroleum refinery production registered a growth of (-)0.5% during Apr–November 2014-15 as compared to 2.4% during Apr– November 2013-14. Fertilizer production grew by (-)1.3% during Apr–November 2014-15 compared to its growth at 2.5% during Apr– November 2013-14 and cement production grew by 8.5% during Apr– November 2014-15 compared to its growth at 4.0% during Apr– November  2013-14.
Trend in growth of steel, cement, electricity, coal and overall                                             (%)
 Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from the office of the economic advisor to the Govt. of India




AAP launches #Fund,Fund the only Funda

2 01 2015
AAP  has its sole object to gather money at any cost and to deliver the common is far from their agenda.AAP chief Arvind is gathering money in name of Tea,dinner and is charging huge sum from common man for his audience.Chief which charges for the common man meet one can imagine his intend,further his this poster boy of AAP has broken all record by putting solo poster in Delhi for ensuing assembly elections as if though there is no other leader in AAP.Arvind taxman converted to an activist is now recognized politician whose main aim is to make money by giving honey wrapped eloquence .Thus an official release is here from AAP party.


Aam Aadmi Party’s transparent fund-raising initiatives have brought a new dimension to political funding. AAP is the only political party in the country whose entire funds are in public domain and all donation details are published on the party website.
The AAP has always innovated on fund-raising and introduced new concepts in India, ranging from diverse and completely transparent fund-raising events to online donations and now Aap-Ka-Daan, a mobile app for collecting small cash from our donors.
In continuation of its fund-raising initiatives to mobilise resources for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, the AAP is pleased to announce its new campaign, the #IFundHonestParty Challenge.
This is a donor-get-donor programme appealing to donors to take the challenge, make a donation and send an appeal to 10 of their friends and family members to also donate and participate in the challenge. As more people join the challenge, a network of donors, referrals and participants will be built and the message of #IFundHonestParty shall spread to a wide number of people.
The #IFundHonestParty campaign will also figure prominently in the AAP’s ongoing political campaign. The party will highlight the unique differentiation of AAP from other parties which do not declare approximately 80% of their donations from regulators. Mobile app, Aap-Ka-Daan is being used quite successfully by volunteers to collect cash donations at sabhas, yatras and other political events.
The #IFundHonestParty campaign was flagged off by AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who was the first to take the challenge himself. Kejriwal will invite 10+ people from different aspects of his personal, professional and political life to join-in the challenge.
The AAP’s IT team has developed web and mobile based referral tool to help donors make referrals. Participants can invite their friends and family via email and/or using the Facebook social networks. Donors can also easily share their own donation proofs (certificate) on their Facebook pages and also via Twitter. The software will track all donations, referrals and acceptance of challenge.
AAP is looking to increase its overall donation reach with this campaign. In the current donation drive, which was kicked-off on 26 November to commemorate AAP’s foundation day, the party has been successful in raising donations via Rs. 2611/- campaign; 20k lunch/dinner events and also a unique volunteer-led donation campaign on twitter under the RT2Donate moiker.
Speaking at the launch event, Kejriwal said the AAP has set the gold standards for transparency in political funding and no other party comes close to matching AAP’s transparency.
Kejriwal informed that the AAP has over 100k donors since its inception and in-depth investigations by both the UPA and NDA governments have found all donations to the AAP completely in order and in accordance with law of the land.
Party’s national secretary Pankaj Gupta said through this campaign, the AAP want more and more citizens of this country to become direct stakeholders in our party and hence in defining the politics of this country.




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2 01 2015
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Telecom Scooping $20b Than Investing In Optic Broadband

2 01 2015
January01, 2015 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com
Going by the TOI story Telecom Department or DoT is to auction 570
MHZ* of spectrum for 1.2 lakh crores – this comes to just Rs.210 per
MHz when in 2010 ‘5 Mhz of 3G spectrum was sold out for Rs 16,751
crore or Rs.3350 crore per MHz’. * [airwaves 60 Mhz in 2G and 330 Mhz
in 3G, and 180 Mhz of existing airwaves.]
When GoI scoops Rs.1,20,000 crores as License Fee – just to recover
this with interest and profits would cost Consumers over Rs.500,000
crores over 10 years or Rs.5000 per head for 100 crore connections –
This doesn’t include Cost of Mobile Devices which could take Annual
Imports Bill of Electronics & Mobile Devices to $400b by 2020.
This is Suicidal Policy driving India in to Financial or Economic Melt Down.
At Rs.210 crore per MHz DoT gets practically nothing even as 2G and 3G
tariffs are too high presently compared to landline charges of Rs.1.25
for 3 minute call. Assuming minimum spectrum required is 2×4.2 Mhz or
2×5 Mhz blocks – is Rs.1764 crores or Rs.2100 crores. This is no
improvement over SCAMMED rate of Rs.1658 crores for Pan India Licence.
But biggest concern is that GoI is neglecting INDIGENOUS Optic Fiber
based Broadband Services.
Already Quality of Service 2G Voice has declined and call drop rate
zoomed due to Extended Use of 2G for providing data services.
Worst of All DoT is not Introducing ‘Optic Fiber Based Services
Broadband Services’ – one Connection Providing VoIP, IPTV, Broadband,
Wifi, Video Conferencing etc.
Developed countries are already Experimenting with 1000 Mbps Data
Speeds per user – 100 Mbps data speed is already a standard but DoT
promotes Outdated Costly & Very Slow 2G and 3G services compared to
present global standards.
Optic Fiber based Wire Networks can service Future Technologies
without ‘Upgrades of Technology’.
Finally there is no change in WEIRD PITRODA POLICY of Wireless
Broadband in Cities and Optic Fiber Based Wire Services in Rural Areas
where just Rs.500 worth of copper wire can deliver 100 MBPS connection
or even 1000 MBPS through Ethernet. In 2003 ISP in view of defect in
distribution server provided direct connection – I was getting over 80
MBPS speed which was over 1000 Times Faster than my contracted speed
of 64 KBPS. 4G Service can deliver Wireless Broadband to Tens of
thousands of consumers in scores of villages at low cost by a Shared
Tower.
In 2003 I was getting TV Channels on my computer with a Video Card
also before Encryption of TV Broadcast.
Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS
Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. Ph; 091- 9718280435, 9650421857
Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power,
Transportation,
Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Project




BASARNAS confirmed remains of six QZ 8501 passengers

2 01 2015
AIRASIA INDONESIA FLIGHT QZ 8501 UPDATE
AS OF 1 JANUARY 2015 20:00 HRS (GMT+7)
SURABAYA, 1st JANUARY 2015 – AirAsia Indonesia wishes to update on the development of the on-going search and rescue mission of flight QZ 8501.
 
The Disaster Victim Identification Police Department of Republic of Indonesia (DVI POLRI) today confirmed that the remains of one passenger on board QZ 8501 was identified as Hayati Luthfi Hamid (female). The confirmation was announced upon matching forensic and ante-mortem tests with the DNA evidence submitted by the families.
 
Sunu Widyatmoko, Chief Executive Officer AirAsia Indonesia handed the remains to her family at a ceremony held at Bhayangkara Hospital, Surabaya.
 
Sunu said, “On behalf of everyone at AirAsia, we extend our profound condolences to the family and friends of late Hayati Luthfi Hamid. AirAsia will support everything that the family may need during these difficult times.”
 
Earlier today, BASARNAS also confirmed that a total of six out of seven remains of QZ 8501 passengers which were recovered in Karimata Strait had been transported in Bhayangkara Hospital this morning for immediate identification by Disaster Victim Identificiation Police Department of Republic of Indonesia (DVI POLRI).
 
DVI team are now working on thorough identification which includes DNA check and forensics examination.
 
Meanwhile, the search and rescue effort still continues. Indonesian Minister of Transportation has deployed 5 additional vessels to the searching area. To date, there are more than 90 vessels and aircraft from numerous countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, United States, involved in the operation.
 
Further information will be released as soon as it becomes available.
 
Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and friends of our passengers and colleagues on board QZ8501.
 




Indian Railways & Kerala women stay undefeated

2 01 2015
Bhilwara, Rajasthan: Playing to their pedigree, the international stars of Indian Railways and Kerala kept their sides undefeated in the 65th Senior National Basketball Championship 2014-15. Kerala’s Jeena PS and Neenumol combined for more than 50 points in an early morning Level 1 league match against Maharashtra on New Year’s Day. The duo’s scoring had them take an 11 point lead at the end of the first quarter. The next two quarters saw Maharashtra fight back thanks to some effective work on both ends of the floor by ex-international Manisha Dange. Dange would go on to average a double double with 26 points and 13 rebounds, but Kerala’s size advantage at all the front court positions meant that they stayed ahead, eventually winning 84-69.
Indian Railways women stayed on top of their Level 1 Pool by running roughshod over a young Punjab side. As many as six players scored in double digits in this effortless team offense for Railways. The first and last quarters especially had Railways completely destroying Punjab offensively and clamping down on them on the defensive end in this lop-sided 113-54 win.
Delhi’s women team too has been on a tear, and sisters Pratima Singh and Prashanti Singh took their side to a close 72-64 win over Tamil Nadu.
In the men’s Level 1 section, Services stayed undefeated with their third straight win, this time over Kerala. Tamil Nadu too cruised past Haryana 91-66. The star studded Uttarakhand side joined Tamil Nadu with three wins by outclassing Indian Railways 88-50.
In some exciting lower level action, Delhi and Telangana men progressed to the pre-quarterfinals stage and into the upper Level 1 for next year. Joining them in the pre-quarterfinals stage from the women’s section will be Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.

Results from 1-1-2015 (upto 6:00 PM)

Level 1

Women

1)      Delhi (Pratima Singh 31, Prashanti Singh 17)  bt Tamil Nadu (R Ramya 18, P Divya 16) 72-64 [14-10, 18-16, 19-25, 21-13]
2)      Kerala (Jeena PS 28, Neenumol PS 25, Stephy Nixon 17) bt Maharashtra (Manisha Dange 23, Sruthi Menon 14) 84-69 [23-12, 19-18, 18-21, 24-18]
3)      Indian Railways (Renu Maurya 16, Bharti Netam 16, Sitamani Tudu 15, Appoorva Muralinath 14) bt Punjab (Samrithi 18, Kirandeep Kaur 15, Nagma Mirza 12) 113-54 [41-9, 23-20, 21-16, 28-9]

Men

1)      Services (Jairam Jat 19 pts & 16 rbs, Dalip K 19, Narender Grewal 13, Ramesh K 10) bt Kerala (Manoj R 22, Subash Shenoy 17 pts & 14 rbs, Albin Baby 11) 80-67 [17-20, 24-9, 17-17, 22-11]
2)      Tamil Nadu (Prasanna Venkatesh 23, Amjyot Singh 19, Pratham Singh 17, G Sivabalan 13, Arvind A 11) bt Haryana(Himanshu S 17, Deepak R 11, Vikas K 11, Hemant S 10) 91-66 [28-20, 24-19, 28-19, 11-8]
3)      Uttarakhand (Trideep Rai 27, Amritpal Singh 23 pts & 12 rbs, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 18) bt Indian Railways (Prakash Mishra 14) 88-50 [21-11, 25-13, 26-13, 16-13]

Qualifying Matches from Level 2 to Level 1

*Winning teams progress to pre-quarterfinals stage this year & will get elevated from Level 2 to Level 1 for next year.

Men

1)      Delhi (Pravin Dovan 22, Ajay Singh 18, Gaurav Ohlan 12) bt Maharashtra (Raj Kalbhor 29, Amit Gahlot 16) 78-69 [15-12, 19-12, 24-19, 20-26]
2)      Telangana (M Vijaykumar 15, L Sujith 10) bt Chandigarh (Atul 14, Puneet Khanna 13) 58-55 [18-14, 14-19, 11-9, 15-13]

Women

1)      Telangana (Gayathri 25, Purnima 9) bt West Bengal (Kamlesh Jat 20, Salma Devi 15) 57-54 [8-10, 19-14, 13-14, 17-16]
2)      Madhya Pradesh (Sakshi Pandey 15, Nima Doma Bhutia 13) bt Himachal Pradesh (Balvinder Kaur 13, Yogita 9) 53-38 [15-9, 13-14, 13-11, 12-4]

Loser’s Knockout Quarterfinals

Men

1)      West Bengal (R Prasad 14, MS Grewal 13, MK Singh 12, DK Yadav 12) bt Jharkhand (Nirmal Singh 34, Allen Peter 17, Devendra Melgaud 13) 85-82 [21-21, 21-15, 20-22, 23-24]
2)      Andhra Pradesh (CH Navin 16, J Tarun 12) bt Assam (Pradeep Kumar 9, Badan Dey 6) 66-36 [19-6, 19-10, 16-6, 12-14]

Late Evening Results from 31-12-2014

Level 1

Women

1)      Indian Railways (Ranjeeta 17, Renu 13) bt Uttar Pradesh (Radha 14) 86-31 [24-6, 30-0, 12-9, 20-16]

Level 2

Men

1)      Chandigarh (Atul 18, Syed Mohd 18) bt Puducherry (Manoj 24, Mohan 11) 79-57 [26-17, 25-20, 14-14, 14-6]
2)      Delhi (Ajay Singh 26, Manprit Singh 13) bt Gujarat (Vinay Kaushik 21, Harpalsinh Vag 20) 84-72 [22-16, 14-14, 21-27, 27-15]
3)      West Bengal (Sagar Joshi 35, DK Yadav 17) bt Himachal Pradesh (Anoop 19, Deepak 12) 76-65 [17-24, 16-12, 16-16, 27-13]
4)      Andhra Pradesh (Naveen 23, J Tharun 21) bt Goa (Malivai 21, Velly 11) 69-52 [23-16, 20-10, 18-11, 8-15]
5)      Telangana (L Sujith Reddy 20, Sri Ganesh 19, M Vijaykumar 17) bt Jammu & Kashmir (Iqbal Singh 19, Shubham Sharma 16) 80-79 [23-13, 15-14, 15-29, 18-15, 9-8 (OT)]




IT dept issues notice to firm of Robert Vadra

2 01 2015
The Income Tax department has issued notice to a business firm owned by Robert Vadra as part of its probe to understand the financial structure of the company and real estate projects undertaken by it. Sources said, the notice has been issued by the I-T Department to Sky Light Hospitality which has its offices in Delhi and Gurgaon and the tax men have asked company officials to disclose details about the transactions and sale deeds executed from the financial year 2005-06 by the firm. The department has also asked the firm to explain its real estate projects and deals struck in various parts of North India including loans taken in this regard from some prominent builders in the country.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Vadra, who has not been named in the notice, has been in the news regarding his land dealings and real estate projects in various parts of north India including the national capital region, Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the state government is proceeding in the Robert Vadra land deal case as the per the law. Talking to reporters in Panchkula yesterday, Mr Khattar said that the first priority of the state government is to ensure good governance, transparency and provide people a corruption-free system.




Netanyahu re-elected Israeli ruling party leader

2 01 2015
Jan 2
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has got a shot in the arm for a fresh term as the country’s premier ahead of snap elections in March this year. He has been re-elected as the leader of the ruling Likud party in the primary elections. The members of his party not only backed him overwhelmingly but also chose to elect a list of moderate candidates supported by him to contest the upcoming general elections. The Israeli prime minister won around 80 per cent of the vote in the party primary against his challenger, Danny Danon.




UPSWC affairs in UP from BSP to SP

1 01 2015
As soon as power was exchanged in UP from BSP to SP, Uttar Pradesh State Women Commission ( UPSWC ) receipt counters witnessed spurt in complaints from victim women  of UP  and situation is even worsening with SP nearing to complete its third year in Power. All the inaugurations and launchings, made by  Akhilesh Yadav, in the name of Women-empowerment or in the name of stalling the crimes against women etc. have proved to be mere rhetoric with no actual respite to the
half-population of the largest ( population-wise) state of India.
RTI data received under RTI from UPSWC paints a seriously grim picture of two & half year rule of Akhilesh Yadav, with is exactly half tenure of present Government (provided claims made by  Laxmikant Bajpai  of BJP about SP 70 MLAs being in touch with BJP are not true ).RTI data immensely downgrades Akhilesh Yadav  with respect to his predecessor Mayawati when it comes to safety and security of women in UP.
RTI data also exposes UP police department’s inability to properly
address cases related to crime against women because its an eternal
truth that a women approaches women commission only when she fails to get justice from the police.
Snapshots of data comparison of ending two & half year rule of
Mayawati & two & half year rule of Akhilesh Yadav reveals that crime against women increased by 42% in Tipu’s Raj as compared to Bahinji’s.
Victim Women became more helpless  in SP’s rule as disposal rate of
complaints received in UPSWC decreased by 45% as compared to BSP’s Rule. Even UPWC failed to properly address the traumatic problems of half-population of UP as pendency rose by a whopping 557% in Akhiles’s regime when compared to Mayawati’s.  Disposal rate at UPWC was 85% in Mayaraj which has diminished to a mere 33% in Akhileshraj despite there being 25 members working at UPSWC ( including Chairman ).
RTI shows that UPSWC’s other than salary budget is Rs. 1 crore but
during 8 & a half months time UPSWC has consumed less than 40 lakh rupees meaning thereby that during 71% time of this fiscal UPSWC has consumed 40% of its fiscal non-salary allocations. To me, this is just because of slack, indifferent, insensitive and corrupt mindset of members at UPWC towards problems of women who are there just to show-off there position and later be a part of general- loot-culture like all other  government departments  consuming there budgets during end of  month of march in that fiscal year.
If Akhilesh Yadav will still say that as a CM, he really feels the
woes of Women living in UP and is serious to address & resolve them?
To me he is only a good actor which he should be because he has long
been in the company of acting-stalwarts like Big B, Jaya Prada, Jaya
Bacchan and many more. But People don’t want actors acting while
sitting in the chair of Rulers. People want honest hearts and when one inaugurates something with honest heart, the whole world tastes
fruit of success cultivated out of this inauguration.
The big question is whether situation will not deteriorate in rest 2 &
½ year rule Akhilesh and will Akhilesh be able to move nearer and/or touch the benchmarks on women-safety, set by his predecessor Mayawati, leave alone the question of surpassing them.
My straight answer is, not at all and this answer is just because in
his first half tenure as CM, Akhilesh has, through his various acts
have proved that he is too immature a politician to effectively rule a
state like UP.
These are my views .Data Excel Sheet & RTI papers are being attached for wider circulation in public interest.


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Urvashi Sharma
Secretary – YAISHWARYAJ SEVA SANSTHAAN
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World trickles

1 01 2015

NY celebration fire torches Philippines slums

Hundreds of shanty dwellings in a slum in the Philippines’ capital, Manila, have been destroyed by a huge fire, which is believed to have been started by firecrackers set off by children during New Year celebrations. The fire erupted after dawn and was quickly spread by strong winds through a nearly kilometer-long row of shanty dwellings stretching along a creek. At least 14 fires were reported across the country on New Year’s Eve night, two of them killing a total of seven people, a firefighting official told the media.

​Lithuania becomes 19th state to join Eurozone

Lithuania becomes 19th state to join Eurozone
Baltic state of Lithuania has become the latest and the 19th country to join the Eurozone. At the stroke of midnight on the New Year’s Day, Vilnius swapped their old currency litas in exchange for euros. The exchange rate is set at one euro for 3.45 litas.

​Kim Jong-un open for talks with South Korea

In his New Year’s address, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he is open for talks with President Park Geun-hye “if South Korean authorities sincerely want to improve relations” between North and South. “If the atmosphere and environment is there, there is no reason not to hold a high-level summit,” Kim said in his address cited by Reuters. South Korea proposed on Monday to resume stalled talks that would cover co-operation projects and reunions for families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War.




North Korea’s leader calls for talks with South Korea

1 01 2015


​Kim Jong-un open for talks with South Korea

In his New Year’s address, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he is open for talks with President Park Geun-hye “if South Korean authorities sincerely want to improve relations” between North and South. “If the atmosphere and environment is there, there is no reason not to hold a high-level summit,” Kim said in his address cited by Reuters. South Korea proposed on Monday to resume stalled talks that would cover co-operation projects and reunions for families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War.




Around 170 militants active in Kashmir: Lt Gen Saha

1 01 2015
Cautioning more militant attack in future Army has said that around 170 militants are operational in Kashmir valley at present. This was stated by General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army’s 15 Corps Lt. General Subrata Saha, while talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at north Kashmir. However, he said that the army is fully prepared to face any kind of situation on ground and is ready foil any attempts that would be aimed to disrupt peace in the region.
He maintained that the militants are trying to infiltrate at present but army is keeping close vigil on borders to foil any infiltration bid of the militants. General Saha added that the attacks that were carried in Mahura, Uri in the starting of the last month could be carried in future as well as the militants are trying to disrupt peace in J&K. He remarked further that the security forces are fully equipped to cope up with the situation.
Claiming that 160 to 170 militants are operational in Kashmir valley at present, General Saha said more infiltration attempts are being made at LoC. AIR Srinagar Correspondent reports that the Senior Army Officer refused to comment over the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying the issue is a political one and its solution would be evolved politically.

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