India Today Tamil - August 20, 2014

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Highlights of India Today Tamil issue dated August 20th, 2014. The Cover Story deals important story analyses the reemergence of a new SIMI an Islamic outfit banned in the countrysince 2011 for their alleged indulgence in varoous terrorist strikes.

Another with how the 'Saffron' fringe groups including the Sangh Parivar puts pressure on the newly formed BJP Gopvernment at thecentre to achieve results favarouble to their gaols. Many prominent posts in the Government have been offered to people who are formerly associated with RSS, ABVP and similar organisations identified with Hindu Nationalism and Saffronisation of the country.

A special story focusses on uproar in Tamilnadu over an article published in the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry website that damagesthe image of TN Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. WIth the Sri Lankan Government and the President Rajapaksha tendering an unconditional apology over the issue, whether the agitations and condemnations deviate the attention from the BJP Government's closeness to the Sri Lankan Government? The story tries to find an answer to this question.

Another story looks at the calls to strengthen the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the PMK party and a few other caste groups filing a petition in Court to repeal the act.

Another story analyses the veracity of claims by RTE activists across Tamilnadut that the act has not been implemented properly inthe state due to the laxity of the Tamilnadu Information Commission.

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