By SHAHID RAZA BURNEY ARABNEWS MUMBAI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) plans to focus on Muslim issues in the run-up to the civic elections due to be held in six months time. To discuss the Muslim problems and their grievances, a meeting of the NCP’s Other Backward Class (OBC) cell […]
source:toi on line The news that flashed across television screens a few days ago had a numbing familiarity about it: 11 people had been killed in a bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court, scores more were injured. It was only some weeks ago that multiple bomb blasts, engineered by […]
Source:Times of India Rizwan Qaiser teaches history at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia. In his new book, Resisting Colonialism and Communal Politics, he explores nationalist leader Maulana Azad’s role in building an idea of India. Qaiser spoke with Kim Arora about Azad’s political foresight – and his continuing significance: How relevant […]
SRINAGAR, Sept 7(Agencies): The Kashmir Times. Kashmiri leaders own palatial houses, flaunt expensive accessories and lead flashy lifestyles, particularly the Abdullahs, Omar and Farooq. All this is thanks to the huge amount of money being pumped into the state by the Union government to contain the insurgency and by New […]
Source: The New York Times KALDARI, India — Ankaji Bhai Gangar, a 49-year-old subsistence farmer, stood in line in this remote village until, for the first time in his life, he squinted into the soft glow of a computer screen. His name, year of birth and address were recorded. A […]
Source: The New York Times PATNA, INDIA — While investigating child labor in India last month for a book, I found myself in the northern state of Bihar, an established source of children for trafficking networks. Here, alongside the expected stories of abduction, I heard of another unexpected and heartbreaking […]
Source: CNN News New Delhi (CNN) — Police probing a deadly blast outside the Delhi High Court on Wednesday have released two sketches based on descriptions of suspects from eyewitnesses and they are focused on leads that an Islamic extremist group carried out the attack. At least 11 people were […]
Source:Times of India Home minister P chidambaram inspecting the blast site outside Delhi high court. A powerful bomb, in a briefcase, exploded at gate no. 5 on Wednesday morning. NEW DELHI: Eleven people were killed and at least 76 others were injured in a powerful blast outside Delhi high […]
Source: Times of India WASHINGTON: A US-based Sikh community advocacy group has sought UN intervention to persuade India to pass a law for separate registration of Sikh marriages. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) Wednesday submitted a memorandum to UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Heiner Bielefeldt seeking UN […]
source. TOI on Line Just as the witticism in American politics today is that the intellectually challenged Tea Party activists are pitted against the snobbish Coffee House elites, a witticism for the current Indian situation is that ‘Anna’ Hazare is taking on what we might call the ‘Rupaiah’ politicians and […]
Source: BBC News Anna Hazare is no stranger to hunger strikes. The activist’s fast at Delhi’s sprawling Ramlila grounds was his 16th since 1980. But, at 13 days, it was his longest. It was also his most significant ever. He took on India’s troubled government by demanding the setting up […]
Source/Credit: Reuters The Kronos Global Absence survey conducted online in July and released this week found that respondents from countries where there is more paid leave for employees were much less likely to cry off work with an invented illness than those from countries with fewer holiday allowances. The Harris […]
Source: PR Web Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) August 22, 2011 According to a free new documentary film by producer Frank Huguenard, much of what is considered to be the basis for modern Christianity can legitimately be called into question. Is it possible that starting at the age of 13, Jesus learned to […]
Source: Voice of America In India, anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has begun a 15-day hunger strike in public after being released from prison. His demands for a tough law to fight endemic graft have gathered huge support across the country and put the government on the defensive. Rose petals and […]
Source / Courtesy BBC online Indian PM: Anti-corruption protest ‘misconceived’ Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told parliament that the hunger strike by the anti-corruption activist, Anna Hazare, is “totally misconceived”. He said the 74-year-old was trying to circumvent democracy by demanding the overhaul of an anti-corruption bill. Mr Hazare spent the night […]
Source: BBC News India has ambitious plans to increase graduate numbers in a way which would give it the size and status of an education superpower. The figures are staggering. India’s government speaks of increasing the proportion of young people going to university from 12% at present to 30% by 2025 […]
Source: The Economist A RITUAL familiar to students of the subprime and euro crises has started taking place on Indian banks’ conference calls with analysts and investors. The number-crunchers probe the lenders about their exposures to potential bad debts. Bank bosses insist that, although there are niggles, all is under […]
Source: BBC News An Indian militant group may be linked to last month’s deadly blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), the country’s home minister has said. Palaniappan Chidambaram said ongoing investigations pointed to the involvement of an “Indian module”. Twenty-six people were killed in the three blasts that […]
source:uktimelondon.com The bane of Pakistan has been that it did not stop just at declaring itself as an Islamic state. As it is, the Christians, the Hindus, and other minorities in Pakistan are treated and dealt as second-class citizens. But, Pakistan as an Islamic state has gone further in assuming […]
Source: Bloomberg News It’s possible that, in the long view, 2011 will be seen as Indian democracy’s summer of discontent. It’s hard to escape the sense of simmering mass unrest bred by the cynicism and cupidity of the political class. In the capital, the UPA coalition government, led by the […]