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Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu
India's ruling party
offer population solution
MADRAS, India
(AFP) India's ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party on Saturday
said it wants a ban on people with more than two childrens holding
government jobs.
"Our party would want the government to consider a legislation to prevent those having more than two children from holding a government post. This will be an effective way to check population," BJP chief M. Venkaiah Naidu told reporter here.
Naidu said there should be a national debate on the issue.
India's population passed one billion in 2000.
Five killed in raid on Kashmir TV center
SRINAGAR, India (UPI) At least five people were killed Saturday when armed Islamic rebels raided India's main radio and television center in the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Officials say that three attackers and two policemen were killed in the clash outside the complex in Srinagar.
Dressed in police uniforms, rebels detonated a car loaded with explosives at the building entrance. An intense gun battle ensued, killing three of the attackers. At least a dozen policemen were injured in the shootout.
More than a dozen Islamic rebel groups are fighting a 14-year-old separatist uprising seeking independence for Kashmir, which is the only Muslim majority state in India.