SHRI D.V. SADANAND GOWDA Sir, you are fully aware of the situation that has arisen with regard to the border issue between Maharashtra and Karnataka. The controversial resolution passed by the Belgaum City Corporation recently on the merger of Marathi-speaking areas with Maharashtra and the violence that followed due to the assault of the Belgaum Mayor in Bangalore has created a chaos between the two States of Karnataka and Maharashtra. The

SHRI ANANTH KUMAR : Thank you, Sir. I rise to condemn the brutal murder of Shri S. Manjunath, a brilliant student and a sales officer of IOC who hails from KGF, Karnataka. The entire thing can be attributed to the adulteration of diesel with kerosene. Actually in 1994, the Tata Economic Consultancy Services study said that around 30 per cent of the PDS kerosene is diverted for black marketing and adulteration. In September 2005 also, there is a NCAER study that 38.6 per cent of the PDS kerosene was being diverted. The economics works like this. If 400 litres of kerosene is mixed with 600 letres of diesel

Alleged involvement of some Indian entities and individuals as non-contractual beneficiaries of the UN Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq

MR. SPEAKER: I have to inform the House that I have received two notices of Adjournment Motion from Sarvashri L. K. Advani and George Fernandes regarding “the Central Government’s failure to take proper action against the involved Indian entities and individuals as non-contractual beneficiaries of the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq, as reported in the Report of the United Nations’ Independent Inquiry Committee (Volcker Committee) and its efforts to cover up these serious crimes”.