Cricket enzarzar excuse for India and Pakistan

New Delhi, Jan 30. - Demonstrations, protests against players of bilateral visits and suspensions are the faces of the latest controversy between India and Pakistan, following a boycott of the Indian Cricket League (IPL) against Pakistani players.
Cricket, undisputed "beautiful game" in South Asia, has served in the past to mend fences and to reduce bilateral tensions in both countries, which have atomic weapons and have fought several wars since independence from Britain in 1947.
But 't creek diplomacy "was torpedoed last week during the auction of players for the popular IPL, when none of the Pakistani criqueteros-proven quality, was selected by the Indian clubs.
"In any civil society should be a dialogue, and play cricket as part of the dialogue with Pakistan is important," the agency praised India IANS former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran during a visit to India.
The head of the IPL, Lalit Modi, was quick to deny any "conspiracy" and later the organization hinted that clubs do not bid up because they feared not have the players, because of bad relations between India and Pakistan.
But his explanation did not seem to convince dozens of Pakistanis protested in the streets of Lahore (east) and burned dolls with the figure of the now non grata commissioner, who is considered the real responsibility for what happened.
And, far from contributing as at present in the warming of bilateral relations, the boycott has crossed borders and has been sporting a new scuffle on the governments of Pakistan-pissed off by the "lack of respect" - and India.
"India or any other country that does not respect to Pakistan will be treated by us in the same way," said hot the interior minister, Rehman Malik, several Pakistani channels after learning the outcome of the auction league.
"If there is a desire to improve Indo-Pak friendship, we must pay respect to the Pakistani athletes," he added.
From India appeared Foreign Minister, SM Krishna, who said that the country granted visas to 17 players Pakistanis and said his government had "nothing to do with the IPL or the selection of players."
"I do not know why the IPL teams have done so. Cricket lovers are angry. It could have been avoided, "interjected the channel Timesnow Indian Minister of Interior, P. Chidambaram.
The new cricket controversy has hampered the prospects of a bilateral dialogue, and very weak after the terrorist attack in Mumbai in November 2008, attributed by India insurgent groups operating from Pakistan.
Following the auction of cricket, Pakistan has canceled the planned visit to India because of a parliamentary delegation, said the president of Pakistan Parliament, Fahmida Mirza, players were victims of a "planned conspiracy".
And the last possible-and odd-victim side of the controversy has been the book fair in New Delhi, which starts today in India's capital but without the presence of the National Book Foundation of Pakistan, which was picked up at the last minute.
On the boycott of cricket have spoken prominent writers and activists such as Pakistan Asma Jahangir, and, of course, Bollywood actors, the other great magnet for the masses of the subcontinent.
They have shown mildly in favor of the boycott Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta, actresses co-owners of two teams in the league, but has criticized another actor, Shah Rukh Khan, who incidentally has earned a boycott of the fundamentalist Hindus Shiv Sena training.
On one occasion and at the height of cricket diplomacy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, told the national parliament that nothing approaching both people of the subcontinent as his "love for cricket and Bollywood."
But New Delhi and Islamabad have been forced to split hairs these days not to break his curious dialogue channel on the tracks and let things, as stated by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, "are back along with the time. "

New large salad ingredient for india: Telangana region

New Delhi, December 10, 2009. - The Great Indian salad identities will soon have a new political ingredient, after the government's decision to create southwest Telangana region following a hunger strike "until death" undertaken by a local leader.
"It will start the process of forming Telangana state. An appropriate resolution will be presented at the Regional Assembly (Andhra), "said Indian Minister of Interior, P. Chidambaram, according to a statement issued last midnight.
The people of Telangana had decades complaining of government neglect and economic backwardness suffered in the State of which are broken off, Andhra, the Telugu language sharing the twists and turns but with an accent of its own.
Telangana leaders began calling for the separation of the two regions in the 1970s, and took a violent protest in 1979 when 369 people were killed in clashes and police firing.
And popular pressure led to major Indian parties, the Congress Party government today and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party - to support the claim of the telanganos in different elections, but none took the final step in coming to power.
Until I decided to be brave regionalists: twelve days ago, the leader of the formation Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), K. Chandrasekhara Rao, initiated a "fast unto death" which generated a wave of student protests and seems to have softened the present Government, the Congress Party.
Minister's announcement was greeted with joy in the city of Hyderabad, a major service center, and the ten Telangana districts that make up supposedly located in the impoverished inland areas in north Andhra.
According to IANS, several leaders and activists of TRS went last night to celebrate the decision outside the Nizam Institute of Medical Science (NIMS) where Chandrasekhara Rao announced shortly after ended his fast and drank lemon juice.
"It's a step in the right direction and welcome. Expect to see a clear roadmap for the formation of Telangana state, "said the son of the striker, and also a deputy-, K. Tarakarama Rao on the announcement of Chidambaram.
The resolution must obtain the approval of the Assembly of Andhra, where the Congress Party has a majority, and from there travel to the central Parliament, to be approved by law the status of State for the Home of the telanganos.
To complete the division of Andhra and Telangana, will be in the first 13 coastal districts-nine, the richest, and four inside-with some 40 million people, while the second will have a population of about 35 million people.
Besides, the Government shall decide the role of the city of Hyderabad, located in the heart of Telangana but considered key by the Andhra leaders, who have called him a status of "Union territory" to serve as capital to both states .
Since independence in 1947, the creation of the Indian states has pursued an ad hoc: some regions achieved their goal by cultural or historical reasons, while others were merely an attempt to accommodate interest in the complex Indian political puzzle.
Under the process set beats the feeling of belonging in India, subject to breaches of religion, ethnicity and caste, which often serve overlapping and make it a challenge to form regions based on a single block of identity.
After a period of stability only apparent, the Government of India it agreed in 2000 to the creation of three new regions, driven by the urge local leaders: Jharkhand (northeast), Chattisgarh (center-east) and Uttarkhand ( north).
After Telangana, everything suggests that the fragmentation process will not stop: strongly demand the status region of Gorkhaland political leaders in Bengal (northeast), or of Bundelkhand in Uttar (north).
To achieve its goal, will accompany the 28 regions and seven territories currently drawn on all maps of the country, which in any case must be replaced to include Telangana if the Government concludes the legislative process promised.

The new duel Ambani remain at the top of the Indian economy

New Delhi, June 17, 2008. - An agreement with a South African company, MTN, has brought to the surface again the bitter rivalry that maintaining the millionaire brothers Anil and Mukesh Ambani Indians, which have a combined wealth of almost 100,000 million.
MTN is in talks with Reliance Communications (RComm)-Anil-owned shares to be exchanged, but this week stepped in Mukesh's flagship company, Reliance Industries, which sent a letter to MTN ensuring that your group has a right of veto over any offer.
The mess is because Anil and Mukesh in 2006 divided the paternal empire to death, although the agreement has been reached so far hardly respected by the brothers, engaged in a constant professional rivalry.
Such factor is the competition, even the Indian Minister of Finance, P. Chidambaram, has referred to the differences between them: "Who cares if they fight? Markets grow by rivalry between the two, "he acknowledged.
The patriarch of the Ambani, Dhirubhai, was originally a gas station employee who had founded the company Reliance Industries and built a huge textile and steel empire with a network of over 300 subsidiaries.
"People thought that by separating the business would suffer, but the opposite has happened. The brothers are increasing their wealth. Both companies are complementary and the group has an important role in India's economy, "a source told Efe the company.
The patriarch's death in 2002, Reliance was already the largest in India and led the global list of shareholders by number, with operations in the petrochemical field, telecommunications, textile and finance market.
But the gap was opened to his death just two years later broke out the differences between the two heirs, when Mukesh recognized "ownership issues" with his brother by the company, whose business accounted for 4 percent of India's economy.
"The agreement reached in mid-2006. The mother, Kokilaben, fell 30 per cent stake, gave 30 percent to each son and a 5 percent to his two daughters. Anil and Mukesh have no problem greeting, at least in public, "became the source of Reliance.
Under the pact, Mukesh, an engineer, retained control of Reliance Industries in the petrochemical and gas, while his brother Anil took over the branch of power, telecommunications (RComm) and the group's financial arm .
Both signed a clause that prevented them from entering into competition for ten years, although only a year after and fought for the construction of a bridge and development of the airport in Bombay, and Anil has recently shown interest in prospecting for oil.
The small attempts to develop its own brand (ADAG, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group), but both groups, which keep track of activity on the other, have kept the name Reliance as the emblem and the name used in all its activities.
And above all, the two brothers have been implemented ambitious expansion plans that touch and every corner of the Indian market and have bellows to runaway stock promotions prior to the outbreak in January the U.S. financial crisis.
Anil has diversified interests in energy, entertainment, hotels, property and communications, while Mukesh has increased its presence in the oil market, has invested in refineries and jumped to the commercial distribution sector.
Your competition has fired their fortunes: Mukesh has, it is estimated, about 49,000 million dollars, but his brother is right behind the top of the list of billionaires in the world, with 45,000 million dollars.
That still has overtones informal competition to increase with the appearance of MTN and the threat of legal action to resolve the ever-difficult relationship of the two brothers by Reliance, the largest titan of the Indian economy.
"People read 'Reliance' and buy without question. With the name is enough: the company is so popular in India as the Statue of Liberty is for America, "Efe said market analyst Basant Maheswari.