In a surprise development kept secret until their meeting was over, Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisers led delegations for talks in Bangkok on Sunday.
In a joint press release announcing the meeting between Pakistan NSA Lt. Gen (Retd.) Nasir Khan Janjua and Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretaries Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhury and S. Jaishankar, and other officials, the MEA said the discussions covered “peace and security, terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, and other issues, including tranquillity along the LoC.”
The statement said the parleys were pursuant to the meeting between PMs Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif in Paris on November 30.
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Senior officials have confirmed to The Hindu that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Islamabad this week, leading the Indian delegation to the ‘Heart of Asia’ donor conference on Afghanistan. Ms. Swaraj, whose visit is yet to be announced, will leave on Tuesday for a two-day visit from December 8 and is expected to meet the Pakistani leadership.
The meeting of NSAs in Bangkok and Ms. Swaraj’s Islamabad visit are part of the government’s decision to reset the engagement with Pakistan that has suffered after the cancellation of Foreign Secretary talks in 2014 and NSA talks earlier this year, and will ensure that the governments meet at four levels: of PM, EAM, NSA and Foreign Secretaries within a span of 10 days.
The developments were welcomed by the Opposition parties, including the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir. However Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari questioned the secrecy over the talks, calling it a “grand betrayal of the position the BJP government held so far.”
Sources told The Hindu there were several reasons for holding the NSA talks away from the public glare in Thailand, and came after both sides agreed to compromise on their previous positions that led to the cancellation of NSA talks in August.
While the government agreed to include Jammu and Kashmir in the talks along with terrorism, which it had earlier refused to, the venue of a third country obviated Pakistan’s requirement of meeting with the Hurriyat conference.
The statement issued in Bangkok said the talks “were held in a candid, cordial and constructive atmosphere” and “It was agreed to carry forward the constructive engagement.”
According to the sources, some of the details of the Bangkok dialogue were ironed out between the existing channels of communication between the NSA and Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit, and through Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad TCA Raghavan with the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
Reliable sources also indicated that Indian NSA Ajit Doval may have spoken directly to his Pakistani interlocutor Lt. Gen. Nasir Khan Janjua prior to the talks.
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The newfound bonhomie between Delhi and Islamabad has also raised hopes from the cricket authorities over the possibility of a series to be played between India and Pakistan later this month.
India”s total forest and tree cover has increased by 5081 sq km in the past two years, the latest Indian State of Forest Report (ISFR 2015), released by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), says. Released on Friday by Union minister of environment, forests and climate change, Prakash Javadekar, under whose ministry the FSI comes, the mood among FSI officials and the minister was celebratory, as the biannual report was held up as a sign of India solidly on the path of achieving its INDC targets, as the climate change talks went on Paris.
Forest covers of a geographical area includes all lands having a tree density of 10 per cent and more and have a minimum area of one hectare. Tree cover estimation is a sample based exercise and the report explains that it comprises tree patches less than a hectare in the form of block plantations, linear plantations and scattered trees.
The report says forest cover has increased by 3,775 sq km to take it to a total of 7,01,673 sq km, which is 21.34 per cent of the country’s geographical area (GA). Tree cover has gone up by 1,306 sq km to a total of 9,2,572 sq km or 2.82 per cent of the country’s GA. The mangrove cover of the country has increased by 112 sq km to 4,740 sq km.
Maharashtra, however, saw a decrease in the forest cover to 50,628 sq km out of a total geographical area of 3,07,713 sq km. In 2013 its forest cover was 50,632 sq km, which was also a decrease from the 2011 data. Both reports attributed the decrease to encroachment on forest lands, with the 2015 report adding rotational felling and diversion of of forest area for non-forestry purposes as reasons.
These numbers are all as compared to previous assessment carried out in 2013.
The 2013 ISFR too reported such an increase at least in forest covers. The forest cover of the country had increased by 5871 sq km taking it to 697808 sq km country-wide as compared to the 2011 data. However, mangrove cover decreased by 34 sq km as compared to 2011 data, while in 2011 the mangrove cover had increased by 23.34 sq km as compared to 2009.
The 2015 report shows the growing stock — the volume of all living trees in a given area of forest or wooded land more than a certain diametre at breast height — has increased by 110.34 million cubic metre. In 2013, there had been a decrease of 389.11 million cubic metre.
India’s carbon sink, crucial in the current need to reduce carbon dioxide from the air, has increased by 103 million tonnes to 7044 million tonnes in 2015. In 2013 too there had been an increase of 278 million tonnes.
Javadekar, buoyed by the report and the good news it carried, declared that such a report had been complied by using high resolution satellite data, so that each tree was accounted for. He added that he would ensure that afforestation meant trees that survived more than just 5 years. He took a dig at a “previous environment minister, whom he declined to name, who had apparently called this government’s environmental targets impossible.
Javadekar also added that the government would also focus on reducing encroachment and chulhas that ran on wood for fuel, bringing LPG connections to every household.
The Delhi cabinet on Thursday cleared two amendments to the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015.
The amendments are in line with those proposed by social activist Anna Hazare, who Aam Aadmi Party leaders had visited after the bill was tabled in the assembly.
One amendment proposes a seven-member panel to select two members and chairperson in the institution of Jan Lokpal.
The original bill said the panel consisting chief minister, leader of opposition, assembly speaker and Delhi High Court chief justice will select the members and chair of Jan Lokpal.
Now, the proposed new members will include another judge from the high court, any eminent personality selected the rest of the committee members and the Lokpal chairman from the next term.
For removal of Lokpal, there would be a high court enquiry first before referring the matter to the assembly, two-thirds of the Delhi assembly can vote to remove the Lokpal.
A reliable source had stated that either Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal or his deputy Manish Sisodia will announce today that about the changes being made in the Bill proposed by Hazare.
Faced with a harsh winter ahead, Nepal’s top political leadership has now reached out to spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to lean on the NDA government to remove what Kathmandu calls an “unofficial blockade” and help resolve the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
Sources told The Indian Express that Nepal’s Deputy PM Kamal Thapa — who also holds the foreign minister’s portfolio — met Ravi Shankar on Tuesday in Bengaluru, before coming to Delhi. Thapa is a devout follower of Sri Ravi Shankar.
Officials from both Indian and Nepalese side confirmed Thapa’s meeting with the spiritual leader, who is the founder of the Art of Living foundation.
The meeting between Thapa and Ravi Shankar, who enjoys a rapport with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, assumes significance as he is believed to have “influence” on the Indian establishment, Nepal sources said.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Modi, who have known each other since 2000 when the PM was an RSS pracharak, have met each other a few times in the last year-and-a-half.
Thapa on Wednesday also met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and briefed her on the political dialogue with various stakeholders on four key issues — constituency delimitation, political representation, citizenship and demarcation of provinces.
Swaraj asked Nepal to normalise the situation as soon as possible. She also told him that India has always stood for a peaceful and prosperous Nepal which also is in India’s interest. She also told him that India has gone out of the way to ensure medical supplies to the Himalayan nation while rejecting any hindrance to supplies from the country.
Thapa, who is visiting India for the second time in less than two months, hoped for an early resolution of the issues, official sources said. During his first visit in October within days of assuming office, Thapa had met Modi and Swaraj after which Indian officials had agreed to re-route the vehicles carrying essential supplies to Nepal from those border points which are less disturbed.
Fellow protesters set Madhesi youth on fire
By: Yubaraj Ghimire
Kathmandu: The ongoing movement by the United Democratic Madhesi Front is getting more and more violent as its supporters on Wednesday set on fire an 18-year-old youth in Nawalparasi district, four days after a similar incident in Morang district. The protesters briefly detained the youth, Sandeep Yadav, and then set him on fire after sprinkling petrol on him. Yadav had been accused of not cooperating with the movement by smuggling fuel from across the border. Another youth had been burnt alive on similar charges four days ago.
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Six schoolchildren and the driver of the SUV they were travelling in were killed when a truck collided head on with the vehicle at Rampur in Chakulia on NH31 this afternoon.
Four other children were injured in the crash.
The deceased children, Himesh Sen, 8, Arnab Majumdar, 10, Gopal Sarkar, 9, Rik Das, 8, Mehdat Hossain, 8, and Shaheen Azmi, 8, were students of St Xavier’s School in Kishenganj, Bihar.
The children, studying between Classes II and IV, were from Chakulia in North Dinajpur, 12km from Kishenganj.
The deceased driver, Jaffar Ali, 35, was also a resident of Chakulia.
Following the accident around 3.30pm, local people blocked NH31 at Rampur, 30km from here.
The area in North Dinajpur is about 3km from Kishenganj.
The agitators hurled stones at policemen and their vehicle when they tried to disperse the crowd.
Police sources said, around 6pm, the crowd tried to set the coal-laden truck on fire. The police burst tear gas shells and baton charged to disperse the mob, sources said.
All the children were taken to the MGM Medical College and Hospital in Kishenganj where six were pronounced brought dead.
“An eight-year-old girl, Parikha, has been admitted to the hospital. There were 12 children in the pool car. Two boys got off at Rampur moments before the accident. Three children have been referred to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri,” a police source said.
Himesh’s father Bakul, who runs a fertiliser shop at Chakulia, said: “I cannot say anything. My son used to go to school with his friends and now, all of them are gone.”
Mehdat’s uncle Anjum Ali said the vehicle in which the children were travelling was a hired pool car. “The kids used to take the car to school and back. Mehdat’s father Manirul Hossain owns a medicine shop in Chakulia bazaar. He is in shock after this tragedy. My nephew left home around 9am today. His school gave over at 3pm like any other day,” Anjum said.
Subdivisional police officer of Islampur, Vaibhav Tewari, said the truck driver fled after the crash.
“It seems that the truck was going towards Siliguri. The driver fled after the accident. There was a road blockade and the police were attacked by a mob at the spot. We had to burst tear gas to disperse the crowd,” Tewari added.
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Welcoming RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on construction of a Ram temple during his lifetime, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said he should announce a date for its commencement.
“We welcome the stand taken by Mohan Bhagwat on the issue. He should now announce a date for the commencement of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya to give an impetus to the issue…. If a temple cannot be built there despite the bloodshed that happened over the issue, what about the hundreds of people who sacrificed their lives for the cause,” the Sena said in an editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’
It said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the “courage” to build a Ram Temple in Ayodhya and that his popularity will only increase once he takes the issue in his hands. “To show that it is not only the minorities who are pampered by the government, construction of a Ram temple is a necessity…. If it is not built now, it can never be built,” it said.
“This issue cannot be prolonged anymore. It needs to be finished now. The blood that has been shed over the issue should not be disrespected,” the Sena, which is an NDA constituent, said.
Bhagwat had on Wednesday said, “The grand goal may be realised in our own time. May be we can see it with our own eyes.” “None can say when and how the temple will be constructed, but we need to be prepared and ready,” he had said.
The Delhi government announced on Friday each private car and two-wheeler will be allowed on the city’s roads only every other day from next year in a bid to even the odds stacked against authorities in their efforts to clean up the Capital’s toxic air.
Private vehicles will be allowed to run on the streets on alternate days depending on whether their licence plates end in even or odd numbers, the government declared a day after it faced criticism from the Delhi high court over the city’s mounting pollution problem.
The method, more commonly known as road space rationing, is followed in various forms across the world, though experts said implementation could prove to be a major challenge as well over two million vehicles would have to be kept off the roads every day.
“We are talking about implementing this plan in a city where no one is ready to follow basic traffic rules,” said a senior government official on condition of anonymity.
The model is already in force in Beijing, which Delhi surpassed last year to be ranked as the world’s most polluted city in a WHO report.
The decision taken at a meeting headed by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will not apply to CNG-driven buses, taxis, auto-rickshaws and emergency vehicles but will cover automobiles entering Delhi from other states.
Officials say even-numbered cars will be allowed to run on even days and odd-numbered ones on odd days.
A committee comprising members of the environment department, traffic police, transport department and the divisional commissioner will decide how the policy will be implemented.
Till then, traffic police may get interim powers to penalise errant drivers under the new rule.
The sweeping move, like the one adopted by Beijing in 2008 ahead of the Olympics, will apply to a large bulk of nearly nine million vehicles registered in Delhi, which adds about 1,500 new vehicles to its roads every day.
The city’s vehicular population, which causes choking jams on all weekdays, includes about 2.7 million cars.
The government also announced a slew of other measures that could help curb air pollution, including stopping roadside parking to battle congestion, a improving the public transportation system and bringing cleaner fuel to the city before the rest of the country.
The city also plans to shut down one of its oldest and least efficient thermal power plants. The Badarpur plant, commissioned in the early 1970s, uses outdated equipment and often breaks down.
Traffic police will also be told to ensure that diesel-guzzling trucks, which transit through the city at night, enter only after 11pm. Currently trucks are allowed to enter the city at 9pm, often resulting in massive traffic jams.
It was not immediately clear when the measures would take effect or exactly how long they would continue.
Earlier this year the city ordered all private cars older than 10 years to be taken off the roads, becoming the second major city in the world to do so after Beijing.
Last year, the World Health Organization named the Indian capital as the world’s most polluted, with 12 other Indian cities ranking among the worst 20.
In November and early December the city’s air quality slumped to hazardous levels, with levels of PM2.5 pollutants, the very fine particles that get lodged inside the lungs and cause the most damage, soaring to 12 times above WHO’s safety level of 25 micrograms per cubic meter.
The city has been blanketed in grey smog, and while there is no reliable data on respiratory diseases, most doctors in the capital report a sharp spike in pollution-related illness during the winter months.
Sunita Narain, director of The Center for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based research and advocacy group, said the government had responded “to a public health emergency.”
“I would like to thank the Delhi government,” she told reporters.
*Beijing started road space rationing in 2008 to curb pollution levels ahead of Olympics.
*Rationing was done for two months. Implementation was through automated traffic surveillance
network.
*Car owners were compensated by exemptions from paying vehicle taxes for three months.
They claim to not have any rivalry between them despite parting company as close pals some years ago.
But it seems for Paris Hilton it is still a case of anything you can do when it comes to her frenemy Kim Kardashian.
The 34-year-old blonde is one of the four cover stars for Paper magazine’s Fandemonium issue, which also features Chloe Sevigny, Lucy Hale, and Marc Jacobs’ dog Neville.
Mumbai, Dec 2: The financial condition of Maharashtra is reeling under severe conditions with more than a debt of more than Rs 3 lakh crore, and a revenue deficit to the extent of 7,000 crore. With the economy cornered in a poor shape, the Maharashtra state government is experimenting with direct democracy in a bid to acquire ‘out of the box’, innovative and expert opinion from the general masses in order to improve the financial environment. (ALSO READ: Arvind Kejriwal’s Janta Ka Budget: Delhi Chief Minister seeks public opinion on budget)
The notification was cleared by the Maharashtra cabinet on Monday. It proposes to include 27 of the best suggestions provided by the citizens and incorporate it in the fiscal budget prepared for the year 2016-17. To register their suggestions, the citizens could write to – “The Finance Minister or additional chief secretary, finance, Finance department, Mantralaya, Madam Cama Road, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk, Mumbai – 400032.” People are also provided the option of sending their suggestion online on the following website: ‘http://aaplesarkar.maharashtra.gov.in’.
In order to lure the citizens to provide genuine, well-thought, innovative and practical solutions, the government has announced an award prize of Rs 10 lakh to the person whose suggestion would be regarded as the best. The second best would be granted Rs 7.50 lakh by state exchequer, while the remaining 25 selected suggestions would garner Rs 1 lakh to the provider.
This participative form of budget preparation is replicated from the concept of ‘AAP ka budget’ introduced by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Aam Aadmi Party government held mohalla sabha in various parts of the capital listening to the opinion of general public before preparing the final draft of budget. Kejriwal, along with his deputy Manish Sisodia, himslef attended a number of sabhas listening to the ideas provided by the people. The subsequent state budget released was termed as ‘Janta ka budget’, claiming to have incorporated the suggestions of electorates.
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