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Troops pullout ‘disastrous’

WASHINGTON, 23 SEPT: Cautioning the Obama administration against withdrawing from Afghanistan soon, a powerful US lawmaker has said this would lead to Pakistan again supporting Al Qaida and Taliban as part of its policy to counter the Indian influence in the region. Amidst report that USA is considering withdrawal of forces and instead focus more on aerial strikes, Congressman Mr Ike Skelton said such a policy would be disastrous for the USA.
Meanwhile, twelve Afghan civilians died in roadside bomb blasts in the past 24 hours, officials said today.;PTI

Pranab to don a priest's mantle during Durga Puja
Suri (WB): Far from the hurly-burly of politics, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee plays another role at this time of the year -- a priest worshipping Goddess Durga.

Mukherjee worships the Goddess at Miriti, his ancestral village near Kirnahar in Birbhum district, 200 km from Kolkata.

"The puja is around 100 years old. Pranab's grandfather late Jangaleswar Mukherjee started the puja," said Goutam Roy, who has been looking after puja arrangements for the last couple of years.

"After him, Kamadakinkar Mukherjee, father of Pranab Mukherjee continued it. Pranab babu does the same," he said.

Mukherjee himself performs the puja on Mahastami puja, the second day of the four day festival, with thousands of people including villagers, party workers, family members visiting Miriti.

Source: PTI

Delhi alters Maoist strategy
- Anti-rebel operations first, development later
SANKARSHAN THAKUR

Security personnel during an anti-Naxalite operation in Bengal
New Delhi, Sept. 23: The Centre has effected a key, and contentious, shift in its anti-Naxalite strategy, delinking development imperatives from armed crackdown which is now being flagged as a top priority.

“Police action and development do not go hand in hand, as if they were lovers,” a top source in the Union home ministry said today.

“Police action has to precede development because development just cannot happen in territory where the government can’t enter. We must first rid areas of armed Maoists, establish our authority and then, of course, it is our intention to implement development programmes.”

This marks a significant change in the Centre’s approach to dealing with Naxalism, which has hitherto been to achieve a calibrated mix of addressing socio-economic grievances and neutralising armed rebellion.

Admitting that this was a meditated change in tack after P. Chidambaram’s arrival as home ministry boss, a source said: “We are on the confrontation path with Left-wing extremists, they have spread to 2,000 of the 14,000 police station areas in the country. We have to regain territory from them and establish and assert our authority, roads and schools and hospitals and telephones will follow. We cannot have any development in areas that we do not hold, so first they have to be rid of the extremists bent on violence.”

Leading internal security think tanks, such as the Institute of Conflict Management headed by K.P.S. Gill, have long been lobbying the Centre to give precedence to the “war on Naxalites” and not “confuse it with development issues”.

Articulating views that are already with the home minister, Ajai Sahni, executive director of the institute, said: “Unless and until we have totally eliminated the disruptive dominance of Maoists over large parts, there is no point talking of development, they are the biggest stumbling block to development, they have to be removed first.”

Home ministry sources repeatedly quoted the June 12 document of the CPI (Maoist) to argue that the Naxalites were “bent on violence and mayhem against the state and the people” and, therefore, the government had to “squarely meet” the threat posed by them.

The June document flays the government’s preparations to counter Naxalites in their strongholds and says: “We have to once again prepare the people of the area to resist the marauders and mercenaries sent by Sonia-Manmohan-Chidambaram combine to subdue them, destroy their culture and loot the resources of the region for the benefit of a handful of exploiters. This time the fight will be more long-drawn and more bitter than the one against the British imperialist armies.”

The sources said the government was prepared to negotiate with the Maoists if they “abjured arms” but asserted that the June document was proof they had no such intention.

“At the moment, the red terror can only be tamed by the state asserting its authority,” a source said. “They are the aggressors, not the state of India, they are blowing up roads and hijacking trains, they are destroying public property, they are the ones who have undertaken to violently overthrow the state, we have to stop them. Our forces will be deployed to rollback these so called liberators.”

The sources offered no insight into the anti-Naxalite offensive — no modus, no timelines — but underlined that the Centre was “determined to go after elements that were ideologically committed to the politics of violence”.

The Centre’s new stern line comes in the midst of a surge in state-Naxalite confrontation across several states including Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar.

In a move that could indicate the home ministry is laying the ground for a major offensive, it is also employing a high-voltage PR offensive against Naxalites, placing ads in a slew of newspapers.

It may be no coincidence that over the last month, police have picked up two top Maoists leaders — Amit Bagchi in Ranchi and Khobad Ghandy in Delhi — taking the number of politburo members in custody to seven — the result, officials maintain, of better and more cross-linked intelligence inputs.

Asked whether these arrests were part of a broader drive to mop up not merely CPI (Maoist) members but also Naxalite sympathisers, a source said: “These (the people being arrested) are committed to the overthrow of the state, they are top leaders of a proscribed organisation, the law applies to them and it is being applied. If we find them in Chhattisgarh they will be picked up there, if they are in Delhi they will be picked up here, but we are going by the due process of law, we are not bumping them off. We are totally against fake encounters, they are condemnable, but if people wage war on the nation, they are in violation of the law of the land.”
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Puja pick of right spirit
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Raima Sen at Model Puja 2008 Tridhara Sammilani last year
When the cars roll out on Thursday morning bearing the standards of CESC The Telegraph True Spirit Puja, both the visitors to the pandals they carry and the puja organisers they visit will be united in one goal — gifting the people of Calcutta and Howrah a safer, happier and more meaningful festival.

Of the 267 pujas to be visited over Sashthi and Saptami, those crowned last year are working extra hard.

Debashis Kumar of Model Puja 2008 Tridhara Sammilani on Manohar-pukur Road is confident of getting another thumbs up. “We have improved on last year’s showing with regard to fire-fighting and electicity supply gear. Another ramp has been added for physically challenged visitors,” he says, watching volunteers control the crowd queuing up to see Nepal’s Durbar Square in south Calcutta.

Tridhara’s soul is a medical centre, open thrice a week for the poor. “We treat about 100 patients a week.” Last year’s TSP prize money (of Rs 50,000) too has been pumped in here.

When Aila struck, Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durgapuja Committee raised Rs 50,000. “Our first destination was Gosaba where we distributed water barrels and dry food before sailing to Rangaberia, Kochukhali and Kumirmari,” recalls Suren Khara of the Five Star puja. Tridhara too handed over 300 saris and 100 mosquito nets to Aila victims.

Kalitala Sporting Club, off the Bypass, another Five-Star status bearer, has gone the extra mile to keep to the right side of the law. “We reduced the height of our Meenakshi temple pandal as soon as the court ruling (of a 40-ft vertical cap) came out,” says club president Prabir Das.

Holding a puja in an economically backward area means perennial budget constraints. “But we are committed to bring our rickshaw-puller neighbours under a group insurance scheme.” Just as TSP is committed to stand by pujas with a heart.
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SEEDS OF DOUBT
Months after the president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, unveiled his AfPak policy amid much fanfare, he was found asking himself on television last Sunday if this was the “right strategy”. The re-think has been inspired by the request for more troops by General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, who is also Mr Obama’s man for the job. Technically, the president should have little problem in acquiescing to the demand since the AfPak strategy, at its heart, is committed to defeating the Taliban in active combat through a surge in troops. Of course, development and the strengthening of the country’s civil institutions are also part of this policy. But the US and its allies have already shown their belief in the workability of the ‘surge factor’ by commissioning more troops in Afghanistan — immediately after the announcement of the policy, and before the August elections in Afghanistan. The situation must have changed dramatically in Afghanistan since that time to sow seeds of doubt in a man who has consistently wanted more active and prolonged involvement in the country. Unfortunately, other than two obvious developments, nothing in the subcontinent appears to have altered much, given the inconclusive presidential election in Afghanistan and the surge in Taliban activity. The two are connected. That the August elections threw up no clear verdict is as much an evidence of the ineffectual leadership of Hamid Karzai as of the effectiveness with which the resurgent Taliban have spread fear and throttled the political machinery. This could not have been entirely unforeseen. In other words, the Americans could not have been so foolish as to depend entirely on the winnability of Mr Karzai to facilitate their exit strategy.

Mr Obama’s reluctance to commit himself to more troops has to be explained by other changes then: first, his obvious domestic difficulties, which have increased steadily, and second, the role of the allies. Italy is as unwilling as Germany to chip in any more. Finally, the increasing possibility of using former warlords to fight the war against the Taliban on behalf of the foreign powers. The European powers are supposed to be already weighing the pros and cons of implementing this policy more forcefully. This can only mean that Mr Obama can sit on General McChrystal’s recommendations for a little longer.
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CMO nod
Calcutta, Sept. 23: The government has received the approval of governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi for creating a chief minister’s office, sources at Writers’ Buildings said.

The matter will be placed in the next cabinet meeting scheduled for October 29.

In the CMO, experts in various fields will work to help the chief minister by providing him information. The sources said a notification will be made on October 1 and placed before the cabinet.

Indians among most corrupt while doing business abroad: TII

23 Sep 2009, 2200 hrs IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: At least 30 per cent of 2,742 business executives surveyed across the world regard Indians among the most corrupt when doing business 10 highest salary-earners of India Inc
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abroad to "speed things up", according to a report by an NGO Transparency International India (TII) here.

"The Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector (GCR)" which was released today worldwide claims that Indian and Chinese companies play an active role in global business but engage in "bribery" when doing business abroad.

The Competition Act enacted in 2002 which promotes and sustains competition in markets and protects the interest of consumers has remained a non-starter in India, as per the report.

"A minimum of 100 senior executives each in 26 countries were questioned regarding the practices used by business persons from various nations," it says.

"TII has had some measure of success with public sector firms with the use of Integrity Pact, a tool to check corruption in procurement and tendering. We have not been able to generate similar interest among the private sector yet," says TII chairman RH Tahiliani in a statement.

Another concern the report addresses is how the sheer economic power of some firms and business sectors translates into disproportionate and undue leverage on political-decision making.

"Companies have no clear cut guideline on regulating and making transparent political contributions. Corporates report high-level strategic commitments to anti-corruption but they do not always report on the necessary support systems required to meet these commitments," says Anupama Jha, executive director of TII.

The report also points out that half of international business executives polled estimated that corruption raised project costs by at least 10 per cent.

"Ultimately it is citizens who pay: consumers around the world were overcharged around US $300 billion through almost 300 private international cartels discovered from 1990 to 2005," she adds.

Now, austerity drive in PM's visit

24 Sep 2009, 1459 hrs IST, IANS

PITTSBURGH: Austerity starts here! That's the message the Indian government, perhaps, seeks to convey during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit
here to attend the G20 Summit.

The first casualty of the austerity drive has been the strength of the media delegation accompanying the prime minister. It now stands reduced to 29 journalists from the 35 or more who are normally part of the entourage.

This apart, gone are the days when caviar was a part of the normal indulgence and champagne flowed freely. Now, instead of a rather elaborate food menu to choose from, the choice before the prime minister's fellow travellers was quite limited.

But scribes from south India, as also others with a taste for the normal cuisine in southern states, were not disappointed. The tradition of serving curd rice, started by former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, has not stopped.

Nilekani's book shortlisted for FT-Goldman Sachs award

22 Sep 2009, 2132 hrs IST, PTI
LONDON: 'Imagining India', a book written by IT czar Nandan Nilekani, has been shortlisted for the 2009 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business
Book of the Year award.

Besides the book of Nilekani, chairman of the Unique Identification Database Authority of India, five other books have been shortlisted for the prestigious award.

Announcing the short-list today, the judges, Lionel Barber, Lloyd C Blankfein, Mario Monti, Helen Alexander, Lynda Gratton and Alexander S Friedman said the books provided "the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues".

The winning author will receive £30,000 and the other five shortlisted authors will each receive £5,000.

The overall winner of the 2009 Book Award will be announced at an Award Dinner at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on 29 October, at which Lord Mandelson, UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, will be the keynote speaker.

24/09/2009

Rahul stays in Dalit hut again, Mayawati government fumes

Lucknow/ New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi has done it again. The Congress general secretary took his party colleagues and the state administration in Uttar Pradesh by surprise when he landed here unannounced and spent Wednesday night in a poor Dalit's hut in a remote village of Shravasti district without many in the state getting to know about it.

Caught unawares, a peeved Uttar Pradesh government of Chief Minister Mayawati shot off a letter to the central government complaining that it might create security problems for the highly protected politician.

To this the Congress in Delhi reacted strongly, saying Gandhi was not expected to inform other poliitical parties about his movements and that the Special Protection Group (SPG) was told about his visit.

"No politician informs other parties about his movements. The SPG was informed and after that his security is the responsibility of the state government," Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.

While Congressmen and the Uttar Pradesh administration alike sweated to track down his whereabouts as he went about moving from one place to another, Rahul decided to stay in Rampur-Deogan village under Bhinga sub-division of Shravasti district, where he spent the night in the hut of a Dalit, people in the lowest rung of India's socio-economic ladder.

He not only chose to share a meal with his host Cheddi Pasi, but also freely mingled with the villagers Thursday morning, asking them about their day-to-day problems and inquiring whether the benefits of various centrally sponsored schemes were reaching them.

Local cops and media were kept at bay till 12.30 p.m., when Rahul once again whizzed off to another undeclared destination, knowledgeable security officials said.

It was widely believed that he would drive through Gonda and Faizabad, making similar unscheduled halts before reaching his parliamentary constituency Amethi by Thursday evening.

Fuming at his wild cat movements, the state government dashed off a letter to the union home ministry expressing concern over violation of protocol by the Gandhi scion.

"Rahul Gandhi is a SPG protected VIP, whose movements have to be properly monitored and covered under a prescribed security cordon; but the manner in which he was spinning around the state on his own was a gross violation of the laid-down security norms; after all it is the responsibility of the state to provide him appropriate security apart from his SPG cover," pointed out a top police officer.

"We have conveyed our concern in this regard to the centre and I am sure they will take serious note of it," he said.

Besides maintaining that the SPG was informed of Rahul's tour, the Congress spokesperson claimed that the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) felt politically threatened. "It is the (result of) insecurity that the mass contact programme of Rahul Gandhi has generated," she said.

While Rahul's movements from Barabanki, where he made his first halt after zipping away in his Tata Safari from Lucknow airport, were reported by some local journalists who ran into him by chance, his subsequent drive to Shravasti and the night halt in a tiny village remained a secret until Thursday morning.

Local Congressmen were led to believe that he had driven off from Bahraich towards Gonda, from where he would head via Faizabad to Amethi where he would spend the night at the Munshiganj guest house.

Barabanki, Bahraich and Faizabad are all neighbouring districts.

Party workers in Amethi kept waiting for Rahul almost the whole night and it was only in the morning that they realised that their MP had chosen a village in Shravasti for his night halt.

On Jan 16 this year, Rahul and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband spent a night in a Dalit family's hut in Simra village, part of Rahul's Amethi constituency after his visitor wanted to get a taste of "real" rural life in India.

Source: Indo-Asian News Service

24/09/2009World stocks, oil fall ahead of G20 meet
London: World stocks slipped from the previous day's 11-month high on Thursday after oil prices fell and caution grew ahead of the Group of 20 summit meeting, prompting investors to cut back on risky assets.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as investors grew worried that the Federal Reserve may be closer to pulling back on extraordinarily loose monetary policy.

However, the Fed promised on Wednesday to hold interest rates very low for a long time after leaving them close to zero percent as expected, which supported government bonds across the board in Europe.

The timing for exit strategy -- or plans to unwind emergency economic support -- is a key issue for investors as the two-day G20 summit in Pittsburgh starts on Thursday. G20 leaders are seeking ways to nurture the recovery from the recession and build safeguards against future catastrophes.

Crude oil prices fell below $69 a barrel, adding to a nearly four percent drop on Wednesday, after data showing an unexpectedly high build up in U.S. oil and products stockpiles raised concerns oil prices may have risen too fast.

Thursday's decline in world stocks follows a near 27 percent rise since January in the benchmark MSCI world equity index, recouping more than half of last year's losses.

"It's a dose of reality. Although there is cash out there, investors are saying no thank you, we have gone high enough and want to take money out of the market," said Justin Urquhart Stewart, director at Seven Investment Management.

The MSCI world index fell 0.3 percent while the FTSEurofirst 300 index fell more than 1 percent.

Emerging stocks fell 0.9 percent.

Sterling hit

Sterling fell broadly after Bank of England governor Mervyn King said the weaker pound is helping a necessary rebalancing of the UK economy towards exports.

The UK currency fell as low as 90.89 pence per euro, its weakest since April, and was down 0.6 percent to $1.6238.

In the bond markets, the euro zone's benchmark September bund future rose 47 ticks.

The dollar rose a quarter percent against a basket of major currencies.

"Given the lengthy period of time it will likely take the economy and financial markets to fully recover, we do not foresee the Fed raising rates before the first quarter of 2011," Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch said in a note to clients.

Source: Reuters

Vijayan skips court, counsel wants Antony examined
Kochi (Kerala): Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan Thursday failed to appear before a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here in connection with the SNC Lavalin corruption case, but his counsel demanded that Defence Minister A.K. Antony be examined by the investigating team.

The counsel for Vijayan, M.K. Damodaran, said the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary was not in good health and would be unable to appear in court.

Damodaran filed a special petition asking that Antony should be examined by the investigation team because he was chief minister in 1995 - the year the consultancy agreement with Canadian company SNC Lavalin was inked.

The CBI had issued summons to six former officials of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB); SNC Lavalin; Claus Trendl, former vice-president of the SNC Lavalin; besides Vijayan to appear before the court here.

The court asked notices to be served to Trendl and SNC Lavalin company and posted the case for Dec 30.

Five former KSEB officials arrived in court Thursday morning and got bail. But former KSEB official K.V. Rajasekharan Nair also did not turn up and he too has been asked to appear before the court Dec 30.

Vijayan, according to the CPI-M party organ, last week filed a news report stating that all his official engagements till Sep 25 has been postponed because of ill health.

On Aug 31, the Supreme Court had issued notices to the Kerala government and the CBI on a petition filed by Vijayan challenging Governor R.S. Gavai's decision to grant permission to prosecute him in the SNC Lavalin case.

The CBI in June filed chargesheets against nine accused in the Rs.374 crore scam related to the company SNC Lavalin. Vijayan as the state power minister had inked the final agreement in 1997 for renovating three power plants in the state.

Source: IANS

24/09/2009UB will be world's No 1 spirits company next fiscal: Mallya
New Delhi: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya said his UB Group will overtake Diageo as the world's largest spirits maker by the next fiscal.

"This (fiscal) we will be selling 102 million cases of nine litres each. Next year we will be the single largest spirits company in the world," Vijay Mallya said at an Assocham event here.

He, however, did not elaborate how many million cases the group will sell in the next fiscal.

Currently, Diageo is the world's largest spirits maker and sold around 105 million cases last year.

Sharing his optimism, he said: "Bagpiper Whisky which I launched in 1979 as a trainee has taken over the largest selling whisky Johnny Walker in the world."

The UB Group has been scaling up its business through both organic and inorganic strategy in the quest for the top spot. In 2005, United Breweries acquired Shaw Wallace & Co, following which it was merged with the group's flagship company USL last year.

In 2007, UB Group company, United Spirits acquired Scotch whiskey major White & Mackay for 595 million pounds (about Rs 4,800 crore).

Lamenting the high taxes that are slapped on the spirits industry, Mallya said: "UB alone as single company has contributed Rs 15,000 crore as taxes in the last fiscal."

Source: PTI

At UN, Gaddafi drops 'Kashmir bomb'!Partnership in War against terror and Strategic Realliance in US Israel lead along with lessons of Internal security directly from NASA and Pentagon have combinedly made India a DECLARED Enemy of the Core Muslim World which is represented by elements like Gaddafi, once again the Virtual ROBOT in US hands to settle scores in global Diplomacy! India lost Saddam Husssai, the only Friend in Middle east endorsing Oil war and Shifting violently in the Zionist Camp.Thus, Libya’s maverick leader Muammar Gaddafi tossed a minor diplomatic grenade at New Delhi from the United Nations podium, saying Kashmir should be an independent buffer state between India and Pakistan.

In an exhausting 90-minute speech Gaddafi spoke about the political and diplomatic history of the world in the last half century in his first ever appearance at the UN.

Most of Gaddafi’s rant was aimed at US and the western world, although he did not spare others, including the UN Security Council. At one point, he even blamed India and Japan for robbing Somalia of its fishing wealth, forcing Somalis to take up piracy.

Gaddafi reeled off the various excesses of the big powers, calling for reform of the security council. “It should not be called the Security Council, it should be called the ‘terror council’,” he said.

Nuclear Armament and rocketing Defence Expanditure may not solve the Problems of a Plural society like India and Peripherry economy of the Tri Iblis satanic Corporate Galaxy Order! Please realise it! Why the Secular India is so much so HOSTILE against Minority Muslims, the answer of this intriguing question may open the Avenue of Resolution. As the Sustained Manusmriti Hegemony hates and tries to Finish the CONVERTED Muslims, Kashmir remains a Permanent Puzzle to be used by International Power Politics!

Anti Taliban indian Crused thus roots in our Sacred and damned caste system which keeps the majority Indigenous aboriginal minrity communities as Bonded Slaves suffering from inherent inequality and Injustice. Taliban is the basic Key Word linked to Terrorism which justifies the US Israel led war Agaisnt terror as well as Indo Us Nuclear deal and the strategic Realliance which gets open the Flood gates of Gloabl, specially US Weapon Industry recession inflicted in India and stimulates the Nuclear Armamaent and the Space Missios worthless! Majority masses have no escape route to free them from Enslaved status with Predestined Persecution and Murder! Whenever they stand united as a nationality or Region , are declared Branded Extremist or terrorist. Then the State Power acomplishes the agenda of economic reforms and Mass destruction with Repressive Arms, Military Option and zero Tolerance. hence, no wonder, India today said it does not make any distinction between a "good Taliban and a bad Taliban" and consider the extremist group as a
terrorist organisation.

"Taliban per se from the Indian point of view is a sheer terrorist organisation," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said here when asked about his reported remark seeking a political settlement in Afghanistan.

Denying the report, Krishna said, "India makes no distinction between a good Taliban and a bad Taliban." He said he had spoken about a "political settlement among the people."

"What the people of Afghanistan want is something that they have to decide for themselves," he added.

In a recent interview published in the Wall Street Journal, Krishna was reported as saying that India believed there was no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and that NATO combat operations should give way to a political settlement with Taliban.

BRAHMIN Finance Minister of India leads Manusmriti Hegemony to Invoke War Goddess Durga for the Final Kill! Meanwhile, the Crown Prince of Indian Ruling TRIBLIS Zionist Dynasty tries hard to TOPPLE equations in the Cow Belt to stengthen the Corporate Arms of Ethnic Cleansing!As Indian prime Minister, the Washington White House IMPLANTED Economist of world bank, to push for radical reforms of global financial institutions,Global food output needs to be increased by 70 pc by 2050, FAODecalres!The global food production must shoot up by 70 per cent to be able to feed an additional 2.3 illion people by 2050, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said today. Whereas, the Change Icon in Galaxy Order Brrrack Obama is lauded by Israel as Israel welcomes Obama's stand on negotiations with Palestine!Palestine has expressed displeasure over US President Barack Obama's declaration that negotiations with Israel should begin 'without preconditions',
even as the Jewish state welcomed his stand.Indian Scientists led by no one else but KAKODKAR, claims all successful the FRAUD Nuclear tests!As President Barack Obama
prepares to chair a historic UN Security Council summit on nuclear non-proliferation, the US has asked all countries to join the NPT, a controversial treaty which is yet to be signed
by countries like India and Pakistan.

Six companies led by India-origin people including banking behemoth Citigroup and soft drinks major Pepsico have been named among the greenest American companies by Newsweek magazine. The list of 500 Greenest big companies in the US compiled by Newsweek is topped by technology bellwether Hewlett-Packard.

Rubbishing doubts on the efficacy of the hydrogen bomb test in 1998, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Thursday said
scientists have achieved success in building deterrence capability of upto 200 kiltons.

"Once again I would like to re-emphasise that the 1998 nuclear tests were fully successful. We had achieved all the objectives in toto.

"It has given us the capability to build deterrence based on both fission and thermonuclear weapon systems from modest to all the way upto 200 kilotons," he said addressing a press conference here.

Kakodkar, who was Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 1998, termed as "unnecessary" the controversy over the Pokhran-II nuclear tests triggered after claims by a former DRDO scientist that the hydrogen bomb experiment was a failure.

R Chidambaram, Chairman of the AEC in 1998 and the current Principal Scientific Adviser to the Union Government, made a presentation on the results of the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.

Former DRDO scientist K Santhanam, who was the DRDO coordinator for the 1998 tests, had claimed that the thermonuclear test was much below expectation triggering a controversy.

Santhanam had also demanded an inquiry by an independent panel of experts into the test results.

Meanwhile, India will push for radical reforms of the international financial institutions and continuance of the stimulus package to speed up the recovery of the crisis-ridden global economy at the G-20 Summit here tomorrow.

On the other hand, Lashing out at the Uttar Pradesh government for obje