New Delhi, May 9, 2009
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CPM, Trinamool supporters exchange gunfire
Nandigram
(WB): At least 10 people were injured in firing after a clash erupted between
the CPI-M and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Jadubari chowk in Nandigram
today during a 12-hour shutdown called by the TMC to protest against the arrest
of three of its activists following clashes during Thursday's polling. Nine people
were reported killed in poll violence since Thursday. The clash, which saw guns
fired by both sides, broke out when the TMC was taking out a procession in the
CPI-M dominated area. Jadubari chowk had witnessed violence during the fourth
phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday in which three TMC supporters were injured.
Among the 17 constituencies spread over seven districts in West Bengal, Nandigram
and Singur, the epicentre of the land stir that turned the tables on the ruling
CPM in the 2008 panchayat polls, have been declared the most sensitive. Singur
falls under the Hooghly Lok Sabha seat and Nandigram is part of Tamluk. Both Singur
and Nandigram will play a key role in determining the results of these two Lok
Sabha seats.
Moily
is no more Congress media chief Top
New
Delhi: The Congress party removed its Media Chairman Veerappa Moily from the
post, a day after he made strong remarks against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Moily has been replaced by AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi, who had been
holding the charge earlier. According to party sources, Moily has been dropped
from the post because "the party High Command is unhappy with his stand on some
critical issues." It's clear the trigger was his speaking out of party's line
on Nitish Kumar. On Friday, Moily said the Congress would not make a hero of Nitish
Kumar who had rebuffed the party's overtures to reach out to him. He also accused
the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) of "insulting" the
Congress over seat-sharing in Bihar. "We should be more angry. We never wronged
them. It's only Paswan and Laluji for reasons best known to them, they left us
only two seats," Moily had said. Lalu and Paswan, key members of the Congress-led
United Progressive Alliance, seem annoyed over AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's
praise of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "What is the reality? Nitish Kumar
is with the BJP. And if anybody wants to talk with Nitish, then first he has to
leave the BJP. I don't think that he will leave BJP," Moily said.
Prachanda
says NC, UML buying CA members Top
Kathmandu:
Nepal caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ''Prachanda'' today accused
the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) of trying to pay out tens of millions of
rupees to the Constituent Assembly members of other parties in a bid to secure
majority for forming a new government. Addressing a programme here today, Prachanda
said that the UML and the NC were trying to buy MPs at the behest of foreign power
centres, and urged caution against such attempts. He also said that his party
is ready for big sacrifice in order to restore civilian supremacy in the country.
He described his resignation as a salvo against the foreign intervention and political
betrayers and warned of strong protest movement against "brokers and betrayers".
Nepalnews quoted him as saying that the ongoing attempts of other parties to form
a new government exclusive of the Maoists are the outcome of defeated mentality.
Saying he did not resign due to any rush of adrenaline, he said, "If we Nepali
people really want the independence of this country and want the institutionalisation
of democratic rights, the culture of army supremacy should end and civilian supremacy
should be established." Meanwhile, CPN (UML) leader KP Oli has claimed there is
no alternative to his party leading the next coalition government. Speaking at
a function, Oli said that the past nine months reflected the failure of the Maoist
to lead government. He said his party is ready to go ahead for majority government
if the Maoists do not show willingness for consensus government and warned to
take strong measures if the Maoists continued to obstruct the parliament sessions.
He also blamed the Maoists for the instability in the country, claiming the government
failed to respect the rule of law.
Pak
secretly testfires Babar cruise missile Top
Islamabad:
Pakistan has conducted a test fire of its Babar cruise missile without any prior
notice, the Nation reports. Although the test was conducted last Wednesday, the
Foreign Office disclosed the event this week only. Sources in the Foreign Office
said that the event was kept a secret to avoid any negative impact on the talks
between President Zardari and US President Barack Obama. According to an agreement
between India and Pakistan, both the countries need to inform each other prior
to conducting ballistic missile test, but there is no such accord in place for
cruise missiles.
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