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– Days after he kicked up a row by stat­ing that there are more tem­ples than toi­lets in India, Union min­is­ter Jairam Ramesh today urged women not to get mar­ried into fam­i­lies which do not have toi­lets in their homes. Link

– The arrest of a man in Switzerland on Friday in connection with payment of kickbacks in defence deals by Italian group Finmeccanica has raised fresh questions over the Indian deal for acquiring helicopters for VVIPs. Link

– 566 policemen killed in operations or attacks in one year. Link

– Over 68 per cent of milk in the coun­try does not con­form to the stan­dards set by the Food Safe­ty and Stan­dards Author­i­ty of India (FSSAI). Link

– All-weather LoC fence in Kashmir: Out of the 740 km long stretch of LoC, India has built fence along 550 km, work on which was completed in 2004. However, due to repeated damage to fence by heavy snow, terrorists from across the border used to take advantage and infiltrate into the Valley. Link

– The Indian nuclear liability law continues to cause problems, with the US insisting it does not meet “international practices”. Link

– Indian government is hoping to start implementing the second phase of its China border modernization project by mid-2013, when the programme’s first phase, including formation of two new Army divisions and activation of several advanced landing grounds, would be completed. Link

– Due to limited energy reserves and ever growing pressure on them, nuclear energy is the only option left before the country, Vice President M Hamid Ansari today said. Link