1. India: Domestic Situation
The General Secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP ) Praveenbhai Togadia has said that his party would not put off the date of construction of a temple to Hindu god Rama at the site in Ayodhya town where the 16th century Babri Mosque was demolished on Dec 6, 1992. J.P.Shukla's essay in the daily Hindu, India, argues that Hindu nationalist parties will continue to keep the issue alive for their own political purposes.
"Hindu leaders march on Delhi, demand temple"
"Unleashing a whirlwind"
The Hindu, India, reported on a conference in Bhopal, India, aimed at charting out an economic agenda for transforming the Dalits' (low-caste Hindus) socio-economic conditions.
"The Bhopal Dalit declaration"
R N Kaw, founder of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - India's foreign intelligence agency - died recently. A report in Tehelka.com gives a brief history of the agency.
"RAW: the house that Kaw built"
According to a report published by Tehalka.com, 70,000 tones of steel debris from the World Trade Center terrorist attack that is being shipped to India for recycling may contain toxic compounds.
"WTC wreckage for India:"