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Was Napoleon one of the great ones of the earth,Man of Destiny,as he was called ,a mighty hero ?

Will RSS & VHP cause Modi's downfall ?
People say whenever it comes, RSS & VHP would be responsible for Narendra Modi's downfall as all good works done by him are being nullified by the hatred that is being spread by the former duo.

Baba Ramdev's cadre bigger than RSS ?
There is talk in political circles that network of distributors and stockists of Patanjali in the country has become so huge that Baba Ramdev's cadre is now assumed to be bigger than that of RSS. Is it a fact ?.

Is NIA’s Dy SP’s killing linked to Punjab’s unholy nexus ?

In unholy nexus between a section of politicians across party lines, bureaucrats, police and drug mafia in Punjab linke4d to the killing of the National Investigation Agency’s Deputy SP, Mohammed Tanzil, who was shot dead by two unidentified motorbike-borne assailants near Sahaspur town in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh late Saturday, while he was returning from his native place after attending his niece’s wedding along with his family.

Durgand ke liye surgand....
I'm in Kolkata at the Iconic Flury's enjoying a Baked Beans on Toast and Coffee Breakfast with a friend who is a local.... and if I may say proverbial Local...very partisan... very volatile .....and very hungry..

Me: This Bridge looks hazardous even in photographs...

Friend: When it was conceptualised and projected it was projected like a God send by Commies ... who incidentally do not believe in God...

M: I've seen pics of residents being able to touch the lower portion of the bridge from their balconies ...

F: Chalo they'd have found ways to live with this had the bridge really solved problems....

M: Tell me who do you blame ...

F: They fight each other like Cats and Dogs ...but here both are responsible ...

M: But Bridge was not ordered by TMC....

F: But after they came to power ...what did they do... while giving 6 extensions did they check out the ground realities...why was the Contractor who was blacklisted allowed to continue ...and now I hear though there was no provision of Sub Contractor ... a Sub Contractor was allowed and this Sub Contractor allegedly is related to a TMC Leader ...

M: Rahul Gandhi came to express his solidarity with victims ..

F: In 15 minutes .... 2 minute noodle type solidarity ...what a joke ....he visited the Hospital and inconvenienced the patients....all for what .... votes... which if you ask me Congress will not get ...maybe could have lost votes.....don't forget in WB they are allying with Commies who are partly responsible for this Bridge ....

M: That's why they say Rahul's right hand does not know what the left one is doing ....

F: To me it seems he was coming here for electioneering and he took a detour to garner votes via a tragedy and ended up losing votes ...

M: What's this funny smell....

F: ( sheepishly)... New Perfume ....

M: Which one ....

F: It's a Samajwaadi Perfume ... Akhilesh Yadav has launched 4 Samaajwaadi perfumes ... you know my wife is from UP ...her brother came yesterday from UP and he brought the Perfumes and to please my wife I had to slosh on one of the perfume's....otherwise would not use the perfumes in the flush pot...

M: Samajwaadi Perfumes ...maybe Akhilesh has taken to heart the feeling that Samaajwaadi Party stinks of Nepotism ....its all within the family ...

F: And if he makes up with Laloo and accepts Laloo and his brood as extended family Samajwaadi Party Cabinet could be a totally family affair ... ha ha ...prices are again starting to rise...

M: I know .. I know ... fingers crossed hope the monsoon is good this time ..its never failed 3 years in a row...what India needs is a Green Revolution ...our dependency on imports for food grains is growing phenomenally ....

F: We need some out of the box thinking when it comes to agriculture .. improve productivity ....modernization of farming .....reduce the loss from farm to fork..

M: More Crop per drop needs to forcefully implemented.....what's your prognosis about the WB election......

F: Didi will win ....significantly lesser seats though...the anti incumbency beneficiary will be Commies .... Congress will flounder ..BJP will do better than is being expected.....

Disclaimer.... All alleged...based on Media Reports and Rumours . Kindly verify at your end before drawing any conclusions. Not meant to inform...only entertain
VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Rakesh Asthana to be Additional Director CBI !
Rakesh Asthana has been cleared to join CBI as Additional Director CBI. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Anita Kapur to be Member Competition Appellate Tribunal ?
Former Chairperson of the CBDT Anita Kapur is likely to be appointed Member of the Competition Appellate Tribunal .She is former 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Is CJI unhappy with the Government ?
There are rumours in the legal circles that the Chief Justice of India is unhappy over delay in appointment of High Court Judges.

1986 batch IPS officer to be ADG in GoI
1986 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Government of India in a month or two. The Expert Panel has given clearance of names.

Postal Secretary to retire in April
Ms Kaveri Banerjee, Secretary, Posts will superannuate by this month end. She is an 1978 batch IPOS officer.

Kamal Kant Mittal to return to parent cadre or remain to enjoy post of Secretary ?
Kamal Kant Mittal presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, will return to his parent cadre or remain on central deputation if he is empanelled for the post of Secretary? Mittal, who belongs to a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is completing his central deputation tenure in April, 2016.

Ms Preeti Sudan to return to parent cadre or remain to enjoy post of Secretary ?
Ms Preeti Sudan presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Women & Chil Development, will return to his parent cadre or remain on central deputation if she is empanelled for the post of Secretary. Ms Sudan, who belongs to a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is completing her central deputation tenure in April, 2016.

Why IAS officers want transfer from Delhi govt?
All is not well with the Delhi govt. Bureaucrats are not happy with the work culture of the Delhi Government. Chetan Singhi, a 1988 batch IAS officer and PS, PWD & Industries, Delhi Govt is on leave since January this year. Amar Nath, Secretary, Health, Delhi Govt has extended his leave. He is on leave since February. He has reportedly approached the MHA for central deputation. Both are AGMUT cadre IAS officers. Sanghi has also sought his transfer to the centre.

Nath empanelled as JS in GoI
Amar Nath, a 1994 batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, has been empanelled as JS with the central government.

Satya Narayan Pradhan likely to join central deputation at IG level
Satya Narayan Pradhan is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level post. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

56 posts of IPS officers vacant in MP
As many as 56 posts of Indian Police Service officers have been lying vacant in Madhya Pradesh.

GoI yet to appoint new Member (FT), TRAI
The Government of India is yet to declare the name of successor of Dr Vijaylakshmy K Gupta, Member (FT), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Dr Gupta's tenure is reported to have ended on March 2, 2016.

Tenure of P C Pankaj as CMD, NEEPCO ending in June
The tenure of P C Pankaj as Chairman & Managing Director, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) is coming to an end on June 30, 2016. A G W Kharkongor, presently Director, Finance in the same PSU, is expected to succeed him in July, 2016.

GoI yet to declare name for Director (Fin), KIOCL
The post of Director (Finance), Kudremukh Iron Ore Co Limited is expected to fall vacant on June 1 with the retirement of present incumbent Laxminarayana on May 31, 2016. Notably, PESB had held interviews for the same but no one turned up on November 2, 2015.

T V S K Kumar, Director (Fin), RINL retiring in May
T V S K Kumar, Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), is retiring on May 31, 2016. P K Purwar, Director (Finance), MTNL is expected to succeed him in June.

Post of CMD, THDC India Ltd advertised
The post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), THDC India Limited has been advertised by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). Those willing to apply for this post falling vacant in this year on December 1, 2016 can send their applications to the PESB before May 24, 2016.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Comm), MECON Ltd
The post of Director (Commercial), MECON Limited has been advertised by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). Those willing to apply for this post falling vacant in this year on November 1, 2016 can send their applications to the PESB before May 24, 2016.

PESB seeks applications for Director (E&D), OIL
The post of Director (Exploration & Development), Oil India Limited has been advertised by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). Those willing to apply for this post falling vacant in this year on April 1, 2017 can send their applications to the PESB before May 25, 2016.

Nidhi Khare promoted as PS in Jharkhand
Nidhi Khare, IAS, has been promoted to Principal Secretary grade and appointed as Principal Secretary Personnel & AR, Government of Jharkhand. She is a 1992 batch IAS of Jharkhand Cadre.

Ms Anita Pattanayak appointed as Additional Deputy CAG central region
Ms Anita Pattanayak, Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (North Eastern Region), will take over the charge of the post of Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Central Region).

Nirmal Kumar Azad empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Nirmal Kumar Azad has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Two IAS officers out of four from WB empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Only two IAS officers out of four belonging to 1998 batch from West Bengal cadre have been empanelled for Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Promotion from ACIT to DCIT in CBDT
As many as 169 IRS:IT officers of 2011 batch are promoted from ACIT to DCIT cadre.

Sulkhan Singh is new President of UP IPS Association
Sulkhan Singh has been appointed as the president of the Uttar Pradesh IPS Association. Dr Devendra Singh Chauhan was appointed as the vice-president.

Priyank Bharti to join GoI
Priyank Bharti is joining the Government of India as Director Road Transport .He is 2001 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Punjab
Some IAS officers have been given new assignments in Punjab. Accordingly, Abhinav has been posted as Special Secretary, Finance with additional charge of Director, Treasury and Accounts; Special Secretary, Planning; and Director, Planning while Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu was made Controller, Printing and Stationery with additional charge of Secretary, Punjab State Information Commission and Parveen Kumar Thind is Director, Local Government. Similarly, Pardeep Kumar has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur; Supreet Singh Gulati as Additional Secretary, Excise and Taxation with additional charge of Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner and Sonali Giri was posted as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Amritsar.

5 officers of UT segment awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of State Civil Service of UT segment have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers are: Azimul Haque, Mukesh Prasad M R M Rao, S K Jain and S B Shashank.

Satender Kumar accredited as High Commissioner to Barbados (UPDATED)
Satender Kumar, Ambassador of India to the Republic of Suriname, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Barbados with residence in Paramaribo.s

124 IRS-IT officers promoted to Assistant Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 124 IRS-IT officers have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax. They are: Ankita Singh, Raeev Garg, Smriti Bhardwaj, Nair Reshma Raghunathan, Ankita Singh, Mehul Bharat Jain, Ankita Singh, Rekha S, Pooja Hali, Ekta Chadha, Gagan Kundra, Shibanka Das, Biswas, Rijula Uniyal, Prabhu Desai Aditya Divakar, Saurabh Sharma, Anam Benish, Jangalal Subhash, Abhijit Ashok Chaudhari, Sowmya V, Bhawna Gulati, Venkata Siva Prasad S, Nakul Agrawal, Ajdiya Manish Jaisukhlal, Umakanta Dhrupati, Posu Babu Ali, Prateek Kumar Mishra, B V S Saikrishna, Lovish Shelley, Subash Kumar, Priyanka Dhar, Akshya Jainm, Hemant Suresh Shirsat, Ashwin D Gowda, Ved Prakash, Satyam Shrivastava, Neeraj Gupta, Agrawal Sourabh Satishchandra, Ahtesham Ur Rahman Khan, Rahul Sohu, Shubham Agrawal, Hitisha Ruhela, Sahil Kumar Bansal, Atul Kumar Abhishek Anand, Abhinav Prakash, Aditi Goyal, Prabhat Ranjan, Amrit Agrahari, Yogeshwar Sharma, Reuben Mathew Jacob, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Kadam Amit Sanjay Pawar Vinod Lalsasehb, Patil Swapnil Sharadrao, Aaradhi Harshad Sadashiv, S Sathiya, Meenu Singh Bist, Suhas Ganapatrao Dabade, Pooja Parekh Shrikantbhai, Ganesh Shankar, Saxena, Navaneet Agrawal, Guru Kumar sompalie, Deependra Kumar, Roopa I P, Dheeraj Kumar Jaiswal, Hari V R, Pratibha Chaudhary, Sankar Pandi P, G Shoba, Satya Narayan Takhar, Srinvasa Rao Bandaru, Senthilkumar S K, Venudhar Godesi, Tadimalli Sunil Gautam, Rahul Sinha, Srinath Sadanandal, Ajit Kumar, Prem Singh, Bacchav Jivan Kautikrao, Shilpa N C G Satish, Amit Kumar Soni, Priyanka Kumar Durbey, M Karthikeyan, S B R Kumar Laghimsetti, Jitendra Yadav, B S Anand, Himanshu Roy, Gaurav Amit Sanjay, Manikanandan S, Laina Balan, Rahul Singhania, Valanukonda Koteshwaramma, Prabhakar C, V Srivijay, Bipin Kumar Ahirwar, Swaroop Mannava, A S Sumanth Srinivas, Sanjeev Kumar Chahar, Dhivare Sanjay Keshwarao, Mohite tushar Shantaram, Pushpendra Singh, Maninder Kaur, Pramod Kumar, Vinay Kaushal, Sharda Meena, Khobragade Kranti Eknath, Sunil Kumar Rajwanshi, D Sankar Rajwanshi, D sankar Ganesh, Abhishek Gramin, Mathivanan S A, Chetan R, Manickam M, Venkataesha V, Balathoty Sunil Kumar, Veerabhadram Vislavath, M Mohan Babu, Renu B Raj, Deepak Kapoor, Praveen Kumar, K K Saravana Kumar, Jitendr Singh, Sourabh Narayan Nayak and Gwali Rajesh Punjaji.

169 IRS-IT officers promoted to Dy Commissioner of Income Tax grade (UPDATED)
As many as 169 IRS-IT officers have been promoted to the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (Senior Time Scale). They are: Milind V Patil, Anish Khan, Milind S Chavan, Mahesh P Pammani, Madhura M Nayak, Harshad M Karnik, G.G. Ranwlani, Surinder Kar Wariach, Neelam Sharma, M P Singh, Prem Veer Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Jitender Kumar Gogia, Nirmal Kumar Nangia, Kuldeep Sharma, Rajesh Dhingra, Amitabh Shah, Anurag Sharma, Anil Gandhi, Vivek Gulati, Rajashekar V, Nazeera Mohammed, Benakatti RL, Shelendra Srivastava, Nagendra Dixit, Vegeesh Chandra Mishra, Sumit Gakhar, Arun Bhowmick, V K Dubey, Mithilesh Kumar Shukla, MK Pandey, Anil Kumar Sharma, Satbir Singh, Adarsh Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Anuj Garg, Dinesh Gupta, Pardeep Kumar, Vivek Vardhan, Kavita Rani B, Bhushanam L, Jaswinder Singh, P K Kanojia, Kamal Kumar, Shivaprakash S, T Karjee, Ramdhan Meena, ,Narpat Singh, Ankita Singh, Rajeev Garg, Amriti Bahardwaj, Aditi Singh, Rkha S, Pooja Hali, Ekta Chadha, Gagan Kundra, Shibanka Das Biswas, Rijula Uniyal, Saurabh Sharma, Anam Benish, Abhijit Ashok Chaudhari, Sowmya V, Bhawna Gulati, Veenkata Siva Prasad S, Nakul Agarwal, Ajudiya Manish Jaisukhlal, Umakanta Dhrupati, Posu Babu Alli, Prateek Kumar Mishra, B V S Saikrishna, Lovish Shelley, Subhash Kumar, Priyanka Dhar, Akshay Jain, Ashwin D Gowda, Ved Prakash, Satyam Srivastava, Neeraj Gupta, Agarwal Sourabh Satishchandra, Ahtesham Ur Rahman Khan, Rahul Sohu, Shubham Agarwal, Hitisha Ruhela, Sahil Kumar Bansal, Atul Kumar, Abhishekh Anand, Aditi Goyal, Prabhat Ranjan, Amriti Agrahari, Yogeshwar Sharma, Ruebem Mathew Jacob, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Kadam Amit Sanjay, Pawar Vinod Lalasaheb, Patil Swapnil Sharadrao, Aaradhi Harshad Sadashiv, S Sathiya, Meenu Singh Bist, Subas Ganapatrao Dabade, Pooja Parekh Shrikantbhai, Ganesh Shanker Saxena, Navaneet Agarwal, Guru Kumar Sompalle, Deependra Kumar, Roopa I P, Dheeraj Kumar Jaiswal, Hari V R, Pratibha Chaudhary, Sankar Pandi P, G Shoba, Satya Narayan Takhar, Srinivasa Rao Bandaru, Senthiilkumar S K, Venudhar Godesi, Tadimalli Sunil Goutam, Rahul Sinha, Srinath Sadanala, Ajit Kumar, Prem Singh, Bachhav Jivan Kautikrao, Shilpa N C, G Sathish, Amit Kumar Soni, Priyanka Kumari Durbey, M Krithikeyan, Jitendra Yadav, B S Anand, Himanshu Roy, Gaurav Amit Sanjay, Manikandan S, Laina Balan, Rahul Singhania, Valanukonda Koteswaramma, V Srivijay, Bipin Kumar Ahirwar, Swaroop Mannava, A S Sumanth Srinivas, Sanjeev Kumar Chahar, Dhivrate Sanjay Keshavrao, Mohite Tushar Shantaram, Pushpendra Singh, Maninder Kaur, Pramod Kumar, Vinay Kaushal, Sharda Meena, Khobragade Kranti Eknath, Sunil Kumar Rajwanshi, D Sankar Ganesh, Abhishek Gramin, Mathivanan S A, Chetan R, ManickaM m, veNKATESHA v, Veerabadram Vislavath, M Mohan Babu, Renu B Raj, Deepak Kapoor, Praveen Kumar, K K Saravana Kumar, Jitendra Singh, Sourabh Narayan Nayak and Gawali Rajesh Punjaji.

Praveen Jha appointed as Additional Professor, IGNFA (UPDATED)
Praveen Jha has been appointed as Additional Professor, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

R Balakrishnan appointed as Chairman, SPV, VC, Bhubaneswar Dev Authority (UPDATED)
R Balakrishnan, Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary in Odisha, has been appointed as Chairman of the Special Purpose Vehicle, Vice-Chairman of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) as well as Managing Director. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

R Vineel Krishna appointed as CEO, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (UPDATED)
R Vineel Krishna has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer 'Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited' in Odisha. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Atul Saxena appointed as Director, Food Processing (UPDATED)
Atul Saxena has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IRSS officer.

Bimal Kumar Sikdar appointed as Director, Skill Development (UPDATED)
Bimal Kumar Sikdar has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IDSE officer.

A K Singh is no more (UPDATED)
1972 batch former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer A K Singh has passed away in Indore.Singh who was Secretary Textiles in GoI retired as Chairman of the PESB . He was 69.

CORPORATE

Rajeev appointed Non Exec. Director of Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd
Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd has appointed A S Rajeev who is
Executive Director of Indian Bank as a Non-Executive and Nominee Director of Indian Bank on the Board of Directors of the company.

Maheshwari resigns as Non Exec. Director of Shricon Industries Ltd
Nawal Kishore Maheshwari has resigned as Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of Shricon Industries Ltd

Rode ceases to be Officer Employee Director of Central Bank of India
S B Rode has ceased to be Officer Employee Director of Central Bank of India

Chalasani appointed Group CEO of Suzlon Energy Ltd
Suzlon Energy Ltd has appointed J P Chalasani as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the company w.e.f. April 4, 2016.

Chopra re-appointed MD of Camex Ltd
Camex Ltd has re-appointed Chandraprakash Bhanwarlal Chopra as a Managing Director of the company.

Sridharan appointed CS of The India Cements Limited
The India Cements Limited has appointed S Sridharan as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Somani appointed CS of Orient Press Ltd
Orient Press Limited has appointed Ms Prerna Somani as Company Secretary of the company.

Nair ceases to be CEO of Camson Bio Technologies Ltd
Santosh Nair has ceased to be Chief Executive Officer of Camson Bio Technologies Ltd

Udawat appointed Independent Director of Compucom Software Ltd
Compucom Software Ltd has appointed Rajendra Prasad Udawat as an Independent Director of the company.

Udwadia resigns as Independent Director of WABCO India Limited
D E Udwadia has resigned as Independent Director of WABCO India Limited due to personal reasons.

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Gets wiser on foreign policy
The recent visit of the JIT to spell out role of Pakistanis elements in the dastardly attack on Pathankot Airport, very lucidly and unambiguously brings out the shift in the foreign policy, taking it back to the days of Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh. The regime seems to have seen through the perils of pompous talks, vain-glorious sloganeering, and flexing not very strong muscles to browbeat its sovereign neighbours. The shift has broken the myth of fear and danger of ISI, as its member was present at Pathankot without bringing any harm. The government also needs to act with same maturity while dealing with centuries old friends like Nepal. The NIA team will now go to Pakistan to find out the truth about Pathankot adventure of the so called Pak fringe elements. But why Dina Nagar episode has been wrapped in covers is still a mystery. Do we know everything about it ? The answer is in the negative, if the reporting about the rejection of request of NIA by the Punjab government, to it enquiring into the matter ,is true. Why should NIA abdicate its authority in favour of Punjab Government, when the shocking episode has explicit international ramifications, is a sad commentary on the working of NIA .The government needs to show same maturity at home front too to contain fringe elements, who keep the government busy in petty politicking and street quarrels ,If the nation is to move forward
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

Time to do a Bangladesh in Balochistan
Many Indians are not aware of the growing turmoil in Balochistan and grave human rights violations by the Pakistan army. The situation might reach the flashpoint, soon. Let me come straight to the point.
The recent meeting of Hurriyat leaders with Pakistani officials in Delhi must prompt India to re-visit its candy floss foreign policy towards Pakistan. Recall Sharm-el-Sheikh fiasco. The mention of Balochistan in the Joint Statement of the then PMs-- Dr Manmohan Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani -- at Sharm El Sheikh in 2009, had created a huge furore in India and the same was interpreted as India's surrender to Pakistan. A serious blunder and utter foolhardiness on part of UPA government, it was. I have checked records. The BJP , as part of the Opposition, had in 2009, stoutly condemned UPA's stand. It is now BJP's turn to correct the perspective. Let India extend full support to the liberation of Balochistan. This would be a matching response to Pak's explicit support to the Hurriyat leaders.
The US, though sympathetic to Baloch cause, continues to extend financial assistance to Pakistan to counter the growing Chinese primacy in the region- through construction of Chinese assisted Gwadar port and the Makran highway project. But, this should not deter us.
The Balochistan Liberation Army, Lashkar-e-Balochistan and the Baloch Liberation United Front are the militant groups, ready to wage a full-scale war against Pakistan army. There is a long pending grievance against the Pakistan central government which is systematically suppressing development in Baluchistan to keep the poor Balochis under its thumb.
Against this background, the country has the right to know : What will be India's stand, in case, the Balochi separatists, on the analogy of Bangla Desh war, declare themselves independent from the clutches of Pakistan. Will India stand by Balochistan - militarily and diplomatically ? If yes, let India be ready for taking pro-active steps.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

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