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Increasingly, the UPA-II, one would hope, is re-learning from bitter experiences over decades of relative neglect of what basically ails India - alarmingly revealed by the Maoist challenge, dubbed as the “greatest threat” to internal security - in the headlong rush to higher growth as the 'mantra' for all ills and for the country to take its legitimate place in the hierarchy of nations.

The Congress and the BJP appear to be sailing in the same boat struggling to deal with their defiant rebels in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The three Reddys (Jagan Mohan in Andhra and Janardhan and Karunakar in Karnataka) hold the key for the survival of the two governments.

Amidst the string of agreements on civil nuclear cooperation that India has signed in the year gone by, it is the Canada-India nuclear agreement that merits top ranking for its wide-ranging impact on developing India's nuclear capability and operational benefits. Superior in some respects to the accords with big nuclear capability nations - France, Russia and the United States.

LUCKNOW: The manner in which Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav sought apology from Muslim community for having joined hands with Kalyan Singh in 2009 Lok Sabha polls has accelerated fight for Muslim votes for 2012 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

The wave of protests that gripped the Kashmir Valley for a month has abated with the calling in of the Army. But the public's anger against the targeted killing of Kashmiris—in daily confrontations between stone-pelting youth and armed police—isn't likely to vanish soon. The restoration of order has claimed a high political price: the Army had to be called into Kashmir for crowd control for the first time since the azaadi movement erupted in 1989.

The holy Amarnath cave, a natural splendour is located at 3888 mts (13,500 ft.). The holy cave, in which “Ice Lingam” is formed, is 120x100x60 ft. in diameter and can accommodate thousands of worshipers. According to a legend Lord Shiva had chosen this cave to reveal to Goddess Parvati the secrets of life and death.

July 15, 2010 turned out to be a historic day, as the Indian Rupee got the much awaited symbol, just like other leading currencies of the world viz – Dollar, Euro, Pound Sterling and the Yen. The new symbol is an amalgamation of Devanagari –‘Ra’ and the Roman ‘R’ without the stem. Till now, the rupee was written in various abbreviated forms in different languages.

New Delhi: Fissures in the left unity is now visible. Forward Block had already contested last asslembly elections in Tripura without CPM with it. The BJP is not now the greatest enemy for the CPM, but for the other allies it is. Of late, INC has become the greatest enemy for the CPM, the political stand that suits the other allies too in West Bengal, the citadel of the Left politics in India, which is going to polls next year. However, they seem to be under the grip of a fear of loosing grassroot support on account of softening stand of the left towards the BJP. Then there is a severe difference of opinion within the CPM on taking support from the BJP and withdrawing support from the INC. In this overall scenario, Trinmool Congress is gaining ground which is a disturbing trend for the Left.

KOLKATA: Hurricane Aila swept over Bangladesh and south West Bengal on May 25, 2009, leaving a massive trail of death, destruction and environmental damage.

Never before the capitalist system has been so much under public scanner in the United States of America (USA), the most ardent champion of laissez faire. The Obama administration is under pressure from growing numbers of US academics and political and economic thinkers for tightening the regulatory system and stronger state intervention to protect the society from evil designs of speculators, derivatives traders, greedy bankers, auditors, accountants and corporate executives.