GoM on Telangana to submit report in 6 weeks

NEWDHILLI,October 5:   A day after the Union Cabinet cleared the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create Telangana, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde  said,  a 10-member Group of Ministers (GoM) would give its report within six weeks comprising recommendations on various crucial issues, including the boundary of the new State, so that the bill on the new State could be tabled in Parliament in the winter session. The GoM includes Ministers for Home, Finance, Law, Water Resources, Human Resource Development, Urban Development, Road Transport and Highways, Power and Personnel Ministers, besides the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman. It would make recommendations on the boundaries of Telangana, division of bureaucracy and sharing of assets and resources, including river water and irrigation projects. ” The GoM has also been mandated to “go into the various issues which concern both States  and suggest appropriate measures to address them.” It will also “work out the modalities for provision of special financial disbursements required for the setting up of a new capital for the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh and to meet the special needs of the backward regions and districts of the two States.”Since the Cabinet has recommended that “the city of Hyderabad will function as the common capital for both the States for a period of 10 years,” the GoM would have to look into the legal and administrative measures required to ensure that both State governments function efficiently from Hyderabad. The GoM will also study issues related to law and order in the region. 

4 militants killed in Keran sector...

Jammu,October 5:  The Army on Saturday foiled a major infiltration bid along the LoC in Keran sector of Kashmir, killing four militants, as the operation against the infiltrating ultras in the area entered the 12th day. Six AK rifles were recovered from the spot, the spokesman said. A group of heavily-armed militants had tried to infiltrate into Kashmir through Keran sector on September 24 but were intercepted by the Army.