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Telangana to become a reality Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the UPA government gave nod to the much talked about Telangana Bill and paved the way for its tabling in parliament after a presidential assent. The cabinet approved the bill after a meeting held at the prime minister's official residence. In a meeting of the Group of Minister, the decision to convene a cabinet on Telangana was taken a day before the bill got approval. There was no proposal to give union territory status to Hyderabad, which would be the joint capital of the two states after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, said Continued on page 26
BCCI chief’s son-in-law indicted for betting
The Supreme Court appointed probe committee indicted Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan for his involvement in betting and passing information about the team in the sixth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. Meiyappan is associated with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lead by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The conclusion of the three member committee headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal came as a major setback to Srinivasan, who is also ICC chairmandesignate. The committee also concluded that con-
Gurunath Meiyappan
trary to the assertions of the Srinivasan camp that Meiyappan had no official status in CSK, he was "in fact acting as a team official if not the de-facto owner of CSK". The panel also recommended for a further
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Indian diaspora denounce proposal to scrap OCI and PIO cards
Rupanjana Dutta
The Indian diaspora globally have reacted angrily to the proposed changes to their O v e r s e a s Citizen of India (OCI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards, issued by the Indian government, which replaces the need to apply for a tourist visa while visiting India. This comes after the Indian Government proposed a new bill to issue a new Overseas Indian card, that will replace the existing OCI and PIO cards.
The bill, that has already been passed by the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament), is likely to come up
before the Lok Sabha (Lower House) for passage in the current Parliament session, ending on 21st February 2014. Continued on page 2
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