Irom Sharmila, 39 year old woman of Manipur has completing her 11th year of her hunger strike on 4th November 2011. She has been fasting to repeal the Armed Forces Special Power act 1958(AFSPA 1958). Against this act, 12 mother of Manipur had challenged the government of India by showing their body without any clothes in public on 15 July 2004. A student’sleader PabemChitaranjan self-emulated himself on the independence day...
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FDI protest: Traders' shutdown complete in many states
-The Times of India Traders across the country have downed their shutters to join the protest against government's decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail. The impact of the strike has been visible in several cities. In some cities, shopkeepers took out marches demanding a rollback of the government move. In Maharashtra, around 35 lakh small and medium traders have kept their shops shut in response to the bandh. "We have received...
More »No rollback on FDI, but no rollout soon
-The Times of India UPA partners Trinamool Congress and DMK rejected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal to drop their opposition to FDI in retail on Thursday, enhancing the possibility that the government may have to announce that it will not roll out the decision. Although a formal notification to make the Cabinet decision operational has already been put off, the unrelenting opposition from Trinamool and DMK may force the government to put...
More »Centre makes fresh bid to woo states on retail FDI by Sidhartha
The commerce & industry ministry has decided to make fresh efforts to get state governments on board on the issue of allowing foreign direct investment ( FDI) in retail trading. In addition, commerce & industry minister Anand Sharma is also expected to meet trade and farmer bodies over the next few days in a bid to garner their support for the controversial move. Officials said industry secretary P K Chaudhery is...
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-The Indian Express The breakthrough that the joint anti-Naxal operations achieved in West bengal last week, in the Kishenji encounter, was preceded by a visible regress in the battle against the Maoists in the state. This step back was the result of a hesitation on the part of West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to pursue the police and paramilitary operations which had begun to yield gains in the last days...
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