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What is the politics behind the Union government’s proposal to construct a multi-crore futuristic Ramayana museum in Ayodhya? With Uttar Pradesh going to polls early next year, the mythological Ram is back in the political discourse fighting the BJP’s battle with the political parties. BJP of course denies that it is a political agenda but is this for vote catching or is it for promotion of tourism as claimed or is it to satisfy the BJP’s core voters?

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh government has finalised preparations to hold yet another Global Investor Summit on October 22 and 23, 2016. Indore the biggest town, both in terms of population and having adequate infrastructure, has been chosen as the venue of the summit. About 3600 delegates from 26 countries are expected to attend the summit. Earlier summits, barring one which was held in Khajuraho, were also held in Indore.

The spectre of Dr Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai, the last communist president of Afghanistan, haunts the dens of increasingly isolated CIA-propped Islamic terrorists. Najibullah and his brother Shahpur Ahmadzai were killed by Afghan Talibans on the 26th of September 1996 in the UN compound in Kabul city, castrated openly on 27 September 1996 by the Talibans who dragged their bloodied body behind a truck through the streets of Kabul and got them hung from a pole, where it remained for more than a day.

The bilateral summit of India and Russia at Goa on October 15 has opened up a dynamic chapter in India’s massive efforts for energy security as the Narendra Modi Government seeks to diversify its oil import baskets and look for new routes for supplies. The giant Russian oil major Rosneft’s takeover of the leading Indian major Essar Oil has completely changed the energy skyline of India redrawing the country’s oil routes and catapulting India to a position where it will have greater flexibility in bargaining for its oil supplies from different sources.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The crisis arising from the resignation on nepotism charges, of Industries Minister E P Jayarajan, has blown over thanks to the deft handling of the situation by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The Chief Minister took the wind out of the Opposition sails by promptly asking Jayarajan to resign. A firm directive from CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury that nothing short of resignation would do, also helped to tide over the crisis.

Not unexpectedly, Indian media analysts have applauded Delhi’s apparent success in consolidating international support against Pakistani terrorism during the recent BRICS summit in Goa. However, going forward from Goa and taking note of other developments in its immediate neighbourhood , short term prospects for India still remain somewhat mixed and more complex than before.

The Pakistani newspapers, Dawn and The Nation, have shown exemplary courage in letting the country and the world know about the differences of opinion, which marked a recent meeting between the civilian and military officials.

NEW DELHI: The central secretariat of the CPI has urged the government to immediately rollback the hike in petrol and diesel prices.

The India-Russia bilateral summit held in Goa on October 15 along with the BRICS summit, signals a significant chapter in the evolving relationship between the two old and tested friends. The slew of agreements signed during the summit indicate that India has kept full trust again in its ally for decades for defence deals. The purchase of S-400 Triumf long rage air defence system from Russia testifies India’s recognition of Russia as a power with high tech capability.

BRICS summit at Goa made a consequential shift from an economic forum to political symposium. Terrorism was the main agenda. Till 7th BRICS summit, economic issues like financial substantiality and infrastructure development were the key issues of the forum.