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BJP plans revival of delimitation bill
In what could prove to be a political hot potato, the BJP government plans to revive in the coming budget session of Parliament the long-pending delimitation bill which seeks to redraw the demographic map of the country. One of the top items on the electoral reforms agenda, the bill will unfreeze the ban on redrawing and restructuring the contours of some of the larger Parliamentary constituencies in order to create more small ones.
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Ex-Fertiliser Minister rebuts Paul's claim
Former fertiliser minister R Prabhu has disputed Swraj Paul's claim that one reason he (Paul) fell out with Rajiv Gandhi was because he refused to oblige Italian Ottavio Quattrocchi. Prabhu said Paul was granted a license to set up a fertiliser plant in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in 1985. But he did not take any effective steps to implement the project for three years.
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24 Indians dead in Haj tragedy
Embassy officials camping at Mecca began the process of identifying 24 Indians among the pilgrims killed in the stampede during "stoning the devil" ritual at Mina, 10 km from the holy Mecca city. Of the 24, 13 were men and 11 women and that not many Indians were injured in the stampede which claimed the lives of at least 150 Muslim pilgrims, mostly elderly and sick.
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Govt rapped on Excise promotion policy
AM Prasad, Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi came down heavily on the government for the false promises made to the Excise Department with regard to the promotion policies and pay parity with the Central Bureau of Investigation and IB employees. For the past decade the officers of the Central Excise have been demanding pay parity with the CBI and IB officials.
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