BRIC COUNTRIES LEADERS MEETING IN BRASILIA,BRAZIL,

The Leaders of BRIC countries, the President of Brazil, Mr. Lula da Silva, the President of Russia, Mr. Dmitry A. Medvedev, the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of China, Mr. Hu Jintao in a meeting, in Brasilia, Brazil on April 15, 2010.

(Photo by PIB No.CNR-31298)

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Chief Minister K.Rosaiah meeting with Ahluwalia,

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri K. Rosaiah meeting the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2010-11 of the State, in New Delhi on April 16, 2010.

(Photo by PIB No:CNR-31307)

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Identification of Minority Concentration Districts

Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) have been identified on the basis of substantial minority population and relative backwardness in terms of selected socio-economic and basic amenities parameters based on data of 2001 Census. There are 90 such districts in the country. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha , the Minister for Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid, said that there is no proposal to review/upgrade the list of already identified MCDs at this stage.

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Rajya Sabha adjourned till Monday

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till Monday with angry opposition MPs, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), creating a furore demanding a discussion on the IPL row involving Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.The upper house of parliament will reconvene at 11 a.m. Monday.The problem started Friday as soon as the house assembled at 11 a.m. and BJP members, S.S. Ahluwalia and Ravi Shankar Prasad, were on their feet demanding a debate on the issue. They were joined by MPs from the Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). The house was adjourned till noon.But the din continued when the house reassembled. Amid the din, Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan called for the official papers to be laid in the house.As opposition members continued to raise procedural issues, Home Minister P. Chidambaram stood up to read two paras from a statement laid by Tharoor in the Lok Sabha.In spite of an appeal to members to allow the house to function, the din continued and the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till Monday.======================================================