By Our Special CorrespondentLucknowNov. 6: Tension prevailed in Tulapur village in Jaunpur district on Thursday following the desecration of Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s statue by some unidentified persons.The local people came out on the streets demanding immediate action against the culprits and shouted slogans in protest against the incident. According to the local police officials, a case has been registered against unidentified persons who desecrated the statue on Wednesday night.The police suspects the incident could be a fallout of a land dispute between a group of dalit Buddhists and other residents.Govt asked to investigate US murdersBy OUR CORRESPONDENTNew DelhiNov. 6: Rajya Sabha member V. Hanumantha Rao submitted a memorandum to Anand Sharma, minister of state for external affairs asking the Indian government to take up the issue of students from Andhra Pradesh being attacked in the US. &ampquot;Atleast five students, including Arpana Jinaga, who was found murdered in her apartment in Seattle have been attacked in the past two years,&ampquot; Mr Rao said.Naveen fares poorly in poverty plansBy Akshaya Kumar SahooBhubaneswarNov. 6: Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s scorecard in implementation of poverty alleviation programmes reads very poorly.Of the 65 programmes implemented under the Union government supported 20-point programme, Mr Patnaik has got &ampquot;very good&ampquot; rank in six and &ampquot;good&ampquot; in two subjects.In the rest 57 subjects, he has been awarded &ampquot;poor&ampquot; rank.Morocco, EU forge closer tiesBY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHINov. 6: The European Union has accorded an &ampquot;advanced status&ampquot; to Morocco in recognition of the Kingdom’s special standing in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership and in reward for its democratic reforms.At the political level, the EU and Morocco have since decided to launch a strategic dialogue and to institutionalise dialogue between their respective parliaments, which is to be held on a regular basis.