The Centre has finalised a developmental action plan in Naxal affected districts particularly in eastern India. Talking to reporters in New Delhi yesterday, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the 'Saranda Action Plan', prepared by Rural Development Ministry, will be implemented firstly in Jharkhand's Naxal-hit Saranda district after a meeting with the state's Deputy Chief Minister Sudesh Mahato, CRPF Director General Vijayakumar and other top officials. He said, a seven-member team from the Ministry is going to Saranda to discuss the issue. According to the plan, immediate priority is to distribute solar lanterns and bicycles, construction of prefab houses for BPL families under the Indira Awas Yojana and bridges with the help of the Army and special water supply - hand pump schemes.
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...
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