Month: August 2014

New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): Expressing its displeasure over reports that the Karnataka government is mulling a ban of private television channel cameras inside the state assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said the media plays a very important role in a democracy, and added that people of the country are entitled to know what their representatives are doing inside the legislative assembly or Parliament. According to reports, the Karnataka Government is expected to take a decision soon on not allowing private television cameras inside the assembly when the House is in session.

Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), Aug. 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Naresh Tikait accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for failing to control unrest in Muzzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh even after one year of the riots between two communities that claimed immense loss of life and property. The clashes triggered on August 27, 2013 when a Muslim youth was stabbed to death by two Hindu youths after being accused of sexually harassing their sister.

Kiev, Aug 28 (IANS) Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk Thursday called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over the Russian military presence in the country. “I consider it necessary to ask our Western partners to call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council because Russia has significantly increased its military presence in Ukraine,” Yatsenyuk said during his meeting with the representatives of the Ukrainian World Congress. Yatsenyuk also asked the US, the European Union (EU) and the countries of the Group of Seven industrial nations to step up economic pressure on Moscow by freezing the assets of Russian companies, Xinhua reported. “We ask to freeze Russian assets and finances until Russia’s withdrawal of its troops and equipment from the territory of Ukraine,” Yatsenyuk said.