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  • The good doctor
    • by Amitabh Srivastava
      The relentlessly rising cost of healthcare has drowned every home in medical bills. In his own way, Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, 73, has helped many find some relief. This doctor from Ranchi wields his stethoscope at the cost of Rs 5 per patient, irrespective of their economic background. .....
  • Hierarchy Of Hurt
    • by Smruti Koppikar
      Way of Some Help... 26/11 Terrorist Strike, 2008 .....
  • Contempt for the truth
    • by The Pioneer
      India's Muslim clergy, or at least a vast section of it, clearly disregards both the truth about homegrown jihadi terror and the danger posed by agitprop anchored in theology. It is equally indifferent to national sentiment and popular mood inflamed by repeated attacks by terrorists who claim their deeds are aimed at furthering their faith. .....
  • Heroin haul from Samjhauta Express
    • by Dharmendra Rataul
      Close on the heels of a major haul of narcotics from an IPS officer in Maharashtra, 14 kg heroin worth Rs 70 crore in international black market was found stashed in alarm clocks and baggage, belonging to two Indian nationals on board Samjhauta Express from Pakistan. .....
  • IIT Council meets today after 5 years
    • by Anubhuti Vishnoi
      When the IIT Council meets on Wednesday, it will be the first and probably only meeting of the top governing body of all IITs during the tenure of Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh. The meeting convened at the fag end of the HRD minister's tenure, largely to avoid legal complications, will discuss a series of belated ratifications to 'regularise' all the decisions and appointments that the Ministry made bypassing it. .....
  • Heroin pushed by IPS officer has Pak markings: ATS
    • by The Indian Express
      In a new twist to the alleged heroin racket run by former zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau Saji Mohan, who was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Saturday, the IPS officer has reportedly told ATS investigators that consignments of heroin sourced from Pakistan were delivered to his house in Chandigarh by a smuggler operating on the Jammu and Kashmir border. .....
  • SC spanner in Cong-SP joyride
    • by The Economic Times
      The Centre's brazen attempts to wind up the DA case against ally Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members hit the judicial roadblock on Tuesday when the Supreme Court disallowed the CBI to take a fresh line in the case. .....
  • Indonesia outlaws yoga for Muslims
    • by The Times of India
      Indonesian yoga teachers disputed on Monday that the practice was damaging for Muslims after the country's top Islamic body issued a fatwa banning followers from yoga that includes chanting, mantras or mediation. .....
  • Woman cop faces net attack for crackdown on eve-teasing
    • by Anju Agnihotri Chaba
      Some may call it poetic justice: the woman who has struck fear into the hearts of hooligans and eve-teasers in Jalandhar colleges is a Police Inspector called Sita Rani, who received an award in recognition of her work on Republic Day this year. .....
  • Is he the best ever?
    • by Ranjan Das Gupta
      His compositions have everything except divinity. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is happy but not overwhelmed by A.R. Rahman winning the Golden Globe for his original score in "Slumdog Millionaire". .....
  • Change Terrorists Can Believe In
    • by Joseph Klein
      As he promised during the campaign, President Obama has signed an executive order directing the closure of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay within a year. This is clearly an offering to his leftist base of supporters, who will be immensely grateful. .....
  • 'India protecting western world from Lashkar's hate'
    • by Amitabh Sinha
      The US Senate was told that India "unfortunately" had become the "sponge" that was protecting America and the western liberal world from the hate unleashed by Lashkar-e-Toiba which had emerged as second only to the Al-Qaeda in being a threat to global security. .....
  • Is Slumdog Millionaire worth the praise?
    • by Matthew Schneeberger
      Sitting inside a crowded movie theatre in Nariman Point, South Mumbai, surrounded by other pasty-skinned foreigners and a few overtly wealthy Indians, I was forced to stifle an audible groan. .....
  • Mumbai-style attack in the U.S. 'not inconceivable'
    • by Peter Budoff
      The United States must increase coordination between the public and private sectors in order to be prepared for a Mumbai-style terrorist attack that focuses on "soft targets," according to a panel of experts who testified before Congress on Wednesday. .....
  • I am ashamed to have ever been a Muslima
    • by Komal
      I never thought I would be writing this ever in my life. The first time I read your discussion was with some lady over the rights of women in Islam. .....
  • US shortlists Pakistan's Dirty twenty
    • by Rajeev Sharma
      India is hopeful that its relentless pressure on the US - especially the manner in which New Delhi is trying to work on its all-too-real levers with Pakistan - would yield dividends soon and Washington may shortly announce some concrete measures, including dubbing of some wellknown ISI operatives as sponsors of terrorism. .....
  • SC no to centre for Mulayam bailout
    • by Abraham Thomas
      The Supreme Court on Tuesday said a firm 'no' to the Centre's attempt to bail out Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. The apex court declined permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to proceed on Mulayam's representation for a review of his case based on fresh documents provided by him. .....
  • Book Review - 'Chasing a Mirage' by Tarek Fatah
    • by Craig Read
      The great myth is that all Muslims are moderates and only a few extremists tarnish the holy ideology called Islam. It is about as intelligent as saying that for 3 generations from Bismarck to Hitler, all Germans were moderates, more interested in brautwurst und bier, than in world supremacy and that the great unwashed German mass of course did not support Germany's run of dictators from 1865 to 1945. So it goes with Islam. .....
  • Militants shifting camps out of Bangladesh
    • by Sunat K. Chakraborty
      Several Northeastern separatist groups dug in Bangladesh are in the process of shifting their camps and hideouts to safer locations either in Myanmar or Bhutan. .....
  • Easy to criticise, but tough to act: PC on Kandhahar
    • by ExpressIndia.com
      The NDA government's decision to release dreaded terrorists in exchange for hostages in the Kandahar hijack 10 years ago had come under attack from several quarters but Home Minister P Chidambaram is "not sure" saying it is a "very difficult" decision. .....
  • 26/11: More clues point to Bengal connection
    • by Rajib Chatterjee
      A team from Maharastra police, that recently came to the city, found that the man arrested in connection with the terror attack on 26 /11 had obtained his driving licence from Hooghly. .....
  • China detains 81 people in Tibet crackdown
    • by Gillian Wong
      China is launching a security sweep in Tibet ahead of one of the region's most sensitive anniversaries in years, with state media saying at least 81 people have been detained. .....
  • Kashmir not in the mandate of Holbrooke: US
    • by The Times of India
      Allaying India's apprehensions, the US has said that Kashmir is not in the mandate of Richard Holbrooke, who has been appointed the Special Representative to the region "to deal strictly with the Pakistan-Afghanistan situation". .....
  • Thin Storyline
    • by Smruti Koppikar
      The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad finally filed the chargesheet in the Malegaon blasts case on January 20. But even as the 4,528-page document offered insight into the grand design of the conspirators to establish a Hindu nation, it fails to provide key links in the September 29 incident that saw a motorcycle bomb kill seven and injure nearly 90 in a Muslim-dominated area. .....
  • Malegaon to Mangalore
    • by Swapan Dasgupta
      An unintended consequence of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai was the dismantling of the contrived moral equivalence drawn between jihadi terrorism and Hindu extremism. The scale of the carnage and the professional ruthlessness of the attackers brought home the absurdity of putting a global network of Terror on par with amateurish grandstanding. .....
  • 14th century temple in TN set for renovation
    • by The Hindu
      Neglected for over a century, an ancient Vaishnavite temple, believed to have been built by the Hoysala dynasty in the 14th century at a village near here, is finally getting a facelift, fulfilling the dreams of generations of its residents. .....
  • Reaching Indians Looks Different than Reaching Other Internationals
    • by Matthew Agrafiotis
      India, known for its diverse spiritual richness, is the number one sending country of international students to the USA. A majority of these students are Hindu, believing in many gods, and are therefore open to including the Lord Jesus in their life. Yet, few Christian student ministries see extensive Indian participation in their activities. .....
  • Applying Meaning to Management With Ancient Hindu Mythology
    • by Rama Lakshmi
      Fifteen young managers with a top Indian retail company met in their office basement recently to sip coffee and listen to a talk about their specialty: brand building. The speaker, renowned mythology expert Devdutt Pattanaik, is also the company's "chief belief officer." .....
  • How Gehlot tried to grab public land at cheap rates
    • by Lokpal Sethi
      Launching a major offensive against Ashok Gehlot, the BJP has come out with documents revealing that in his previous term as the Chief Minister, Gehlot had tried to get a large plot of Government land allotted at a throwaway price to a trust managed by him. .....
  • Break all ties with Pakistan
    • by A Surya Prakash
      Since Pakistan has failed to take any credible initiatives even two months after 26/11 to bring to book the persons who planned and executed this dreadful terrorist strike, the time has come for the United Progressive Alliance Government, which has vigorously pursued the peace process with Pakistan since 2004, to take some hard decisions, which could include a complete break in diplomatic relations. .....
  • The Saudi-isation of Pakistan
    • by Pervez Hoodbhoy
      A stern, unyielding version of Islam is replacing the kinder, gentler Islam of the Sufis in Pakistan. .....
  • PAKISTAN: Young women held in military torture cells and forced into sexual slavery
    • by Asian Human Rights Commission
      Ms. Zarina Marri, a 23-year-old schoolteacher from Balochistan province, was arrested in late 2005, and has been held incommunicado in an army torture cell at Karachi, the capital of Sindh province. She has been repeatedly raped by the military officers and is being used as a sex slave, to induce arrested nationalist activists to sign state-concocted confessions. .....
  • ACLU to sue TIZA charter school in Twin Cities
    • by Randy Furst and Sarah Lemagie
      The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed suit Wednesday against a publicly funded charter school alleging that it is promoting the Muslim religion and is leasing school space from a religious organization without following state law. .....
  • Sainudheen spills more on Riaz Bhatkal
    • by M P Prashanth
      Interrogation of Sainudheen alias Abdul Sattar, arrested by the police in Hyderabad on Tuesday, has yielded vital information on Riaz Bhatkal, one of the most wanted Indian Mujahideen leaders in the country. .....
  • Two Pakistani terrorists gunned down in Noida
    • by Sharat Pradhan
      Two Pakistani terrorists believed to be Lashkar-e-tayiba members, were gunned down by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad in Noida, bordering the national capital ,New Delhi, early on Sunday morning. .....
  • On the Making of an Unbeliever
    • by Abul Kasem
      Quite Often I Receive E-Mails asking me why I have so much dislike for religion in general and Islam, my religion at birth, in particular. This question is not easy to answer. A person's religion is the most sacred, and to some, the most valuable asset one may claim to possess. .....
  • Slumdog is about defaming Hindus
    • by Kanchan Gupta
      In keeping with American politics of the times, Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for as many as 10 Oscars and our deracinated media, which constantly looks for inspirational 'good news' stories that invariably revolve around Western appreciation of 'truthful' portrayal of the Indian 'reality', has gone into a tizzy. .....
  • Pope Rehabilitates Holocaust Denier
    • by The New York Times
      Pope Benedict rehabilitated on Saturday a traditionalist bishop who denies the Holocaust, despite warnings from Jewish leaders that it would seriously harm Catholic-Jewish relations and foment anti-Semitism. .....
  • India hails Obama remark on terror from Pak
    • by The Times of India
      Welcoming US President Barack Obama's statement that Afghanistan and Pakistan are the central front in the America's war against terrorism, defence minister A K Antony said on Friday the world must take action to tackle terror emanating from Pakistani soil. .....
  • Statement attributed by ATS a pack of lies: Savarkar
    • by The Pioneer
      Abhinav Bharat(AB) President Himani Savarkar on Friday said that Maharashtra ATS' contention that the Malegaon blast conspiracy was discussed in her presence by Lt Col Prasad Purohit in April 2008 in Bhopal, was a "pack of lies". .....
  • UK a sanctuary for jihadis
    • by B Raman
      It is not surprising that British Foreign Secretary David Miliband should have so crassly sought to provide legitimacy to the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Pakistani terrorists by linking the Mumbai terror attack to the 'Kashmir issue'. Britain plays host to Islamist terrorists and Labour uses their votes to win elections .....
  • Roots of extremism lie in India
    • by Prafull Goradia
      The Indian Union Muslim League, led by Janab Panakkad Syed Mohammadali Shihab Thangal and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs E Ahamed, has called for India snapping ties with Israel for launching military offensive on Hamas-infested Gaza strip. .....
  • Villagers fight off goons in Malda
    • by M J Akbar
      1947 divided us, but did not separate us. We still met, through family and media. Separation came with war in 1965, instigated by fantasists like General Ayub Khan and Z A Bhutto. It extinguished the flickering embers of trust. .....
  • Villagers fight off goons in Malda
    • by The Times of India
      Tension gripped a Ratua village on Thursday morning after locals fought off a gang of 18 criminals all blood brothers who had unleashed a reign of terror in the area. .....
  • Self help, best help
    • by News Today
      When the new US President Barrack Obama, in one of his first moves, told Pakistan that the $ 11 million dollar aid given by Bush administration was not for military upgradation, but a 'conditional' one for fighting against terror and that Pakistan's performance against terror would be monitored, India's hostile neighbour was shell-shocked and has resorted to its usual practice of threatening to withdraw from Afghanistan. .....
  • Mourning the end of Bush era?
    • by Swapan Dasgupta
      David Miliband, on a poverty tour of Amethi. The outcome was not very fulfilling for India. Stimulated, presumably, by his night out in the 'real India', Miliband arrived at the scene of the 26/11 outrage in Mumbai and gratuitously proclaimed that the "resolution of the dispute over Kashmir would help deny extremists in the region one of their main call to arms..." .....
  • The terror mindset
    • by Balbir Punj
      In the fight against terrorism, the UPA Government's Janus face has been thoroughly exposed. On one hand it is taking strict action to curb the menace, whereas on the other it is promoting the very mindset on which terror organisations - whether SIMI or Lashkar-e-Tayyeba or Al Qaeda - are founded. .....
  • Pakistan's Partial Crackdown Lets Imams Preach Jihad
    • by James Rupert
      A dozen Pakistani policemen stood watch last week outside a Lahore mosque known to be a stronghold of the Lashkar-e-Taiba guerrilla group -- while the imam inside preached jihad to thousands of worshippers. .....
  • The Maya of power
    • by The Pioneer
      An age-old adage goes, "There is no kitchen big enough to accommodate two women". The present political scenario in the country could not exemplify this any better. .....
  • 26/11: More clues point to Bengal connection
    • by Rajib Chatterjee
      A team from Maharastra police, that recently came to the city, found that the man arrested in connection with the terror attack on 26 /11 had obtained his driving licence from Hooghly. .....
  • ATS misleading people, says Himani Savarkar
    • by Vaidehi Sachin
      Abhinav Bharat president Himani Savarkar told this newspaper that the Maharashtra ATS' contention that the Malegaon blast conspiracy was discussed in her presence by Lt Col Prasad Purohit in April 2008 in Bhopal was a 'pack of lies.' .....
  • Where Hamas Gets Its Money
    • by Rachel Ehrenfeld
      Amid international condemnation of Israel, one would never guess that humanitarian aid and even cash is flowing into Hamas coffers, while its rockets continue to hit Israel. .....
  • Hindu woman priest in Obama inaugural prayer service
    • by The Hindu
      A Hindu woman priest will be among six religious leaders specially invited to participate in the National Prayer Service on January 21, a day after Barack Obama is sworn-in as the President of America. .....
  • Samajwadi Sanju shocks Priya
    • by The Telegraph
      Priya Dutt, Congress MP and sister of actor Sanjay Dutt, has expressed "shock" over her brother's association with the Samajwadi Party which wants him to be its Lok Sabha candidate from Lucknow. .....
  • Vatican Defends Proselytizing
    • by IslamOnline.net
      The Roman Catholic Church on Friday, December 14, defended its "right and duty" to spread its message to non-Christians and stressed the importance to avoid "undue pressure" to convert. .....
  • An Open letter sent to Seema Mustafa
    • by Sivaram Srikandath
      At the outset, let me introduce myself. I am Sivaram Srikandath, a concerned Indian citizen. I belong to a family that has always cherished the best of secular ideals and I consider myself to be a rational, thinking Indian, brought up by my parents to value and respect the traditions of cultural and religious diversity. .....
  • Children at work
    • by Ambreesh Mishra
      They are too young to register an organisation, open a bank account or receive donations. Still, the founders of the Children Friends Association (CFA) walk the streets of Bhopal, putting child labourers in school and improving their workplace environment. Their efforts have paid off, with employers admitting 16 children to schools, reducing work hours and introducing weekly off days. .....
  • The Lashkar And The ISI...
    • by Prem Shankar Jha
      After Six weeks of confrontational rhetoric, India and Pakistan are edging towards cooperation over Mumbai. But they have a long way to go, because the essential ingredient required for doing so is still notably absent. This is Trust. .....
  • We were hurt that Pak singers didn't call: Sonu
    • by Mahafreed Irani
      Singer Sonu Niigaam can feel the weight of responsibility as he prepares to perform at the closing ceremony of the Saptarang Festival at the Gateway of India on Republic Day. As an artiste and entertainer, he thinks this is will be his chance to uplift the spirit of terror-battered Mumbaikars, spreading the message of patriotism. "I feel highly burdened. It's a huge responsibility,'' he says. .....
  • IPS officer held in Mumbai drug bust
    • by The Indian Express
      An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, currently posted as the deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate in Kochi, has been arrested by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) for allegedly running a drug racket. The officer, Saji Mohan, 41, was posted as the zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Chandigarh for two years, until December 31 last year. .....
  • Lavalin scam: When power and politics collide
    • by Rajeev PI
      The 13-year-old SNC Lavalin case remains one of Kerala's biggest financial scams, and the CBI decision to seek prosecution of state CPM secretary and Politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan could impact even political and power equations here in days to come. .....
  • Terrorist-recruiter held in Hyderabad
    • by P Pavan
      A court on Wednesday handed custody of Abdul Sattar, suspected of recruiting youths from Kerala and Karnataka for terrorism, to the Karnataka police. Sattar is suspected of being the key person filtering potential recruits, giving them preliminary military training in Hyderabad before sending them to Pakistan via J&K. He was arrested on Tuesday. .....
  • Having Her Cake And Eating It Too
    • by Srawan Shukla
      As she turned 52 on January 15, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati added an estimated Rs 12 crore to Rs 15 crore to her personal wealth through donations and gifts on the occasion of her birthday, which was celebrated as Aarthik Sahyog Diwas (economic cooperation day). .....
  • The return of Ram
    • by Nirmala Ravindran
      As one walks through the narrow lanes of Mylapore, Chennai, the lilting melody of P. Susheela's voice crooning, Raman ethanai Raman adi… (Ram, there are so many Rams my dear) drifts onto the streets. From the film Lakshmi Kalyanam, this song continues to symbolise the role of Ram in the popular imagination and in the arts, endlessly fascinating poets, dancers, musicians, scholars and filmmakers. .....
  • Hold That Pose
    • by Anuradha Raman
      He is the undisputed master of the spiritual airwaves, prime mascot of Astha, our No. 1 religious TV channel. He's also a man who has had his share of controversies, most notably when his Haridwar ashram was lammed for distributing ayurvedic medicines allegedly mixed with bones. .....
  • Was Miliband really speaking for Britain?
    • by Inder Malhotra
      For two reasons it is necessary to return to the subject of Kashmir and the penchant of the United States and Britain to meddle in it, though the days of their mediation ended long ago. The first is the appalling behaviour of the British foreign secretary David Miliband who was visiting India from January 13-15, linked the Pakistani Lashkar-e-Tayyaba's horrific attack on Mumbai with the Kashmir issue. .....
  • Pak gives China 'blank cheque' to deal with India
    • by The Times of India
      A day after the Barack Obama administration warned Pakistan that it would be held accountable for security along the Pak-Afghan border, Pakistan seemed to cosy up to China as its foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi flaunted its "all weather" alliance with China by saying that Islamabad had given a "blank cheque" to Beijing to negotiate on its behalf with India. .....
  • Abdul Sattar handed over to Bangalore police
    • by Omer Farooq
      Terror suspect from Kerala, Abdul Sattar, who was arrested in a joint operation by police of the three southern States, was on Wednesday handed over to Bangalore police for questioning in the Bangalore bomb blasts case. .....
  • Australian PM condemns Muslim cleric's view on domestic violence, marital rape
    • by The Pioneer
      Australia's prime minister joined Muslim leaders in condemning a cleric's comments that husbands are entitled to smack disobedient wives and force them to have sex.Samir Abu Hamza made the contentious comments in Sydney during a lecture in 2003, but they were first reported on Thursday after they appeared in a video posted on the Internet. .....
  • Crude Miliband snubs India
    • by G Parthasarathy
      Ever since Britain's young, inexperienced and immature Foreign Secretary David Miliband was seen by millions of Indian television -viewers patronisingly putting his arms around Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee - a person many years his senior in age, wisdom and experience - it was evident that his visit to India was heading to end in disaster. .....
  • Muted protests won't do
    • by Zubeida Mustafa
      Pakistanis have perfected the art of protest. Karachi has posters plastered on the walls calling on people to demonstrate their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. .....
  • Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits
    • by Aditya Raj Kaul
      On 19 January 1990, Kashmiri Hindus were asked to quit home and hearth in their own country. Lakhs were killed, homes looted, girls and women subjected to unspeakable atrocities. The Central Government provided them refuge in camps lacking even basic amenities. .....
  • Roots of extremism lie in India
    • by Prafull Goradia
      While the Government turns a blind eye to divisive forces, the Muslim League, AMU and Darul Uloom Deoband continue to sow seeds of religious extremism in India .....
  • UK a sanctuary for jihadis
    • by B Raman
      It is not surprising that British Foreign Secretary David Miliband should have so crassly sought to provide legitimacy to the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Pakistani terrorists by linking the Mumbai terror attack to the 'Kashmir issue'. .....
  • Swami Vivekananda: A legacy denied
    • by Saurav Basu
      Several newspapers editorial pages display a remarkable conspicuity in their absence of remembrance of Swami Vivekananda"s birth anniversary. In the same vein, political parties have remained averse to appropriating the man and his message unlike the passionate exhibition of their characteristic voyeurism during Gandhi, Nehru and his parivar"s anniversaries. .....
  • This time India will not let Pak get away: Pranab
    • by Diwakar & Indrani Bagchi
      Foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday made it plain that India would not let Pakistan get away without acting against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks, and dismissed as unconvincing and unacceptable Islamabad's response so far. .....
  • Islam's selective outrage
    • by Riazat Butt
      Much has been been written about the Gaza conflict and several pieces concern the impact that events are having on British Muslims - whether it's alienating them from the political process or driving them to radicalisation. .....
  • With Provocation towards all
    • by Virendra Kapoor
      Nexus between Andhra CM & Satyam crooks! Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Reddy, whose mafia antecedents were well-documented by an economic and political weekly when he first came to power, is resisting a thorough probe into the multicrore Satyam scam. Any fair and independent inquiry will thoroughly expose the systematic theft of Satyam funds and their part-diversion into the pockets of Reddy and his family. .....
  • Pak action against terror an eyewash: India
    • by The Pioneer
      Raising the pitch against countries that harbour terrorists, India on Monday said that there should be zero tolerance to the scourge of terrorism and nations, which do not follow it should be made to "pay a heavy price" by the international community. .....
  • Is caste an economic development vehicle?
    • by S. Gurumurthy
      Traditional caste, by reorienting itself, seems to be handling modernity well. It is modernity that appears clueless as to how to handle caste. .....
  • Israel finds more sympathy in Europe
    • by Robert Marquand
      Concerns about Islamist threat have influenced traditionally pro-Arab Europe's view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. .....
  • India faces threat of Mumbai re-run: US study
    • by Rediff.com
      India can expect more terror attacks like the Mumbai [Images] carnage from Pakistan-based terrorist groups with high body counts and symbolic targets in an escalating terror campaign in South Asia, a study by a leading US think tank has warned. .....
  • Idol desecration in Goa
    • by Yadnesh Sawant
      Condemnable incidents of idol desecration date back to the black history of Portuguese invasion in Goa. During their rule, the Portuguese compelled the Hindus to convert to Christianity. They committed horrible atrocities on the Hindus, attacked their temples and desecrated the murtis in order to create terror. Goa has a black history of the infamous Inquisition. .....
  • CPM MP suspended for praising Modi
    • by NDTV.com
      Acting tough for refusing to fall in line with the party stand, CPM suspended its MP from Kannur A P Abdullakutty on Saturday. Abdullakutty had defended his remarks praising the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's development model. .....
  • US court dismisses $20m lawsuit against anti-Sonia ad
    • by The Times of India
      A third US court has dismissed a $20 million defamation suit filed by the Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC), which claimed that an advertisement in the New York Times maligned its parent party, its president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. .....
  • Congress changes stance on Bangladeshis
    • by Sunetra Choudhury, Kishalay Bhattacharjee
      Home Minister P Chidambaram's tough stance on Bangladeshi migrants on NDTV's Walk The Talk programme has come as a bit of a surprise for many. .....
  • India will not sign CTBT or NPT: Pranab Mukherjee
    • by The Pioneer
      India has asserted that it will not sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) or Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) notwithstanding its bilateral atomic agreement with the US, which is expected to pursue these pacts during the Obama Government. .....
  • Non-violence cannot tackle terrorism: Dalai Lama
    • by Expressindia.com
      The Dalai Lama, a lifelong champion of non-violence candidly stated that terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed. .....
  • Nourishing terror with US dollars
    • by Kanchan Gupta
      Commenting on America's response to the multiple terrorist strikes of 9/11, the most spectacular of which was Mohammed Atta and his fellow jihadis flying two passenger jets into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and reducing the glittering chrome-and-glass symbol of American power to twisted steel and rubble, Gen Pervez Musharraf writes in his memoir .....
  • Islamic factor in Pakistan
    • by Ashok Kapur
      Pakistan is in trouble and so is India's Pakistan diplomacy. India's demand to return fugitives to Indian justice or to try them in Pakistan has been rebuffed. Indian claims that evidence exists of complicity of "elements in Pakistan" in the recent Mumbai attacks is considered vague and lacking as "firm evidence" by President Zardari. .....
  • Hasina must deal with ISI clone
    • by Hiranmay Karlekar
      If Sheikh Hasina Wajed has to faithfully implement the mandate of a secular, tolerant and corruption-free democracy that the parliamentary election of December 29, 2008, has given her so overwhelmingly, an institution she has to reform drastically is the premier intelligence agency of Bangladesh, the Directorate-General of Forces Intelligence. .....
  • Act tough, India!
    • by News Today
      In its first ever 'official action' since 26/11, Pakistan has stated that it would sternly deal with any of its national found involved in the terror act under the Anti-Terrorism Act. .....
  • ISI recruits 10-year-olds for jihad: IB
    • by Vicky Nanjappa
      Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has instructed terror modules in India to begin recruiting boys for the cause of jihad from the time they are 10 years old, claims an Intelligence Bureau report. .....
  • The Lashkar-e-Taiba's army in India
    • by Praveen Swami
      Our most pressing threat comes from Lashkar operatives who will not have to cross the oceans or scale the mountains across the Line of Control to attack India. .....
  • Pak textbooks build hate culture against India
    • by Arif Mohammed Khan
      The empowerment of terror in Pakistan has not happened overnight. This is the logical culmination of the politics and policies pursued by Pakistan for years now. .....
  • Bangladesh: Muslims Drive Christian Grandparents From Home
    • by Compass Direct News
      Couple's grown sons expel them after neighbors threaten to ostracize grandchildren. Muslims in a village in western Bangladesh have forced two brothers to expel their parents from their home for converting to Christianity. .....
  • 'Lashker commander furious with JuD'
    • by Hindustan Times
      Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the chief operational commander of the Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group that India blames for the Mumbai mayhem, "is furious at the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) leadership's decision to publicly disown him in his hour of trial instead of trying to bail him out", a media report said on Thursday. .....
  • Sarkaryavah Shri Mohan Bhagwat in Delhi
    • by Pramod Kumar
      "Hindutva is the remedy to all ills. If all the people who know and understand Hindutva get united, all the problems of the country will be resolved in a very short span. The RSS has been working to unite all such people for the last 83 years. The man making is not an easy task and it has to be done continuously. .....
  • More dollars for Pakistan
    • by The Pioneer
      Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, the new chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr John Kerry, has pledged to promote enhanced American aid for Pakistan, regardless of the fact that billions of dollars provided by Washington, DC, to Islamabad by way of military and non-military aid since 9/11 have disappeared down a big black hole. .....
  • Marad carnage case: 62 held guilty, given life term
    • by IBNLive.com
      A sessions Court in Kozhikode on Thursday pronounced life sentence on 62 of 63 convicts in 2001's Marad carnage case. One convict, who has already served five years in jail, was released. .....
  • The Evolution of a Muslim Mind
    • by Dr Omar Zia
      This year (2009), the world will be celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of history's greatest naturalist Charles Robert Darwin. To pay tribute to this genius of modern era, people around the world will study his works; ponder over the wonders of our evolution through natural selection, and attempt to foresee where this could take the humanity in future. .....
  • What India wants
    • by Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd)
      Mumbai has shown that India has not found a suitable antidote to stopping cross-border terrorism inflicted on it by Pakistan since the early 1990s despite the threat to go to war over it in 2002 after the attack on Parliament. Initially limited to J&K, the scourge has become an all-India menace after jihadis crossed the red line demarcating the disputed territory. .....
  • Deadly Cargo
    • by Alex Perry
      As it headed for port through the midwinter dusk, there was little about the M.V. Mecca that stood out from the other boats plying the waters off southern Bangladesh. Portworkers and fishermen noted the same squat deckhouse and plump hold that for centuries have sheltered fishermen from the cyclones of the Bay of Bengal. .....
  • Gutter inspectors
    • by News Today
      'Slumdog Millionaire', a film made by British director Danny Boyle based on the novel 'Q & A' authored by Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup, won four top awards this year at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. .....
  • Try '71 war criminals
    • by Hiranmay Karlekar
      A promise made in the Awami League's election manifesto, whose honouring will have a wide and salutary impact on Bangladesh's public life, is the trial of the war criminals of 1971. The latter's ranks include a number of leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (Jamaat), including its Ameer, Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami, and its general secretary, Mr Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid. .....
  • Omar scotches beer plans
    • by Muzaffar Raina
      Vijay Mallya's Kashmir beer dream has crash-landed, with chief minister Omar Abdullah ruling today that the liquor baron can't grow hops in the state. .....
  • 'Christians a minority among minorities'
    • by The Statesman
      Bangiya Christiya Pariseba, the apex body of Christians in West Bengal, have lodged a complaint with the National Commission for Minorities, claiming that both Centre and state authorities place more importance on the Muslim community, while Christians are treated as "a minority among minorities". .....
  • Modi locks adoring business in bear hug
    • by The Telegraph
      Breathe easy, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Forget Nandigram, forget toxic air, forget the roasting your government gets in court every now and then. All will be forgiven if you can give land in two days. .....
  • KSU closes down mosque
    • by Raju Das
      Continuing its drive against illegal Bangladeshi migrants, the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) on Monday closed down a mosque in Jaintia Hills district, believed to be a 'safe haven' for illegal Bangladeshis. .....
  • Book on Islam triggers row in Bihar
    • by Sify.com
      A bookseller in this Bihar capital was arrested and the publisher was detained after an Urdu book allegedly made objectionable references to Islam, officials said on Wednesday. They had received a complaint last week. .....
  • Where democracy shines through
    • by Ravi Shankar Prasad
      The voters ignored boycott calls and sent a strong message through the ballot box to separatists in J&K and naxalites in Chhattisgarh. .....
  • Woman terrorist spills the beans on PoK terror camps
    • by Pawan Bali
      Security forces have unearthed the new face of terror. In a stunning confession, a young woman arrested while crossing the Line Of Control (LOC) revealed how hundreds of women were being trained in the terror camps of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). .....
  • Blame Hamas for this terrible war
    • by Kanchan Gupta
      Here's the latest news from Gaza, as monitored from wire services: Israeli Defence Forces on Tuesday pushed deeper into Gaza City, overcoming resistance from Hamas fighters, and by nightfall were a short distance from the heavily crowded city centre. .....
  • 'Baptising' Thiruvalluvar to 'besiege' the Hindus!
    • by B R Haran
      History is always written by the victors and whoever controls the writing of history books control the past. Without doubt, the most consistently powerful force in the western world over the last two thousand years has been the Roman Catholic Church and consequently history has often been what it wanted to be George Orwell in his novel '1984'. .....
  • US slaps sanctions on AQ Khan, 15 others
    • by The Times of India
      The US on Monday announced sanctions on disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan and 12 other individuals for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear proliferation network providing atomic weapon designs and technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya. .....
  • We were all set to hit Bangalore again last year: Lashkar operative to police
    • by Johnson T A
      The arrest in February last year of Sabahuddin Ahmad, linked to the Lashkar-e-Toiba and now being investigated in connection with the Mumbai attacks, foiled plans for a second fidayeen attack in Bangalore. This was planned on the lines of the December 2005 attack on the Indian Institute of Science. .....
  • Daring to tell the truth
    • by The Pioneer
      There is sweet irony in the fact that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has publicly acknowledged the danger to India's internal security posed by unrestrained illegal immigration from Bangladesh. .....
  • We must dump Lahore Club
    • by A Surya Prakash
      Though their numbers are dwindling, members of the 'Lahore Club' (a bunch of pro-Pakistan do-gooders who always advise India to exercise 'restraint' after every Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack) and some of its offshoots are still around. .....
  • Pak's crackdown on LeT-front Jamaat a hoax
    • by IBNLive.com
      Pakistan's claims of having cracked down on terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba's front Jamaat-ud-Dawa after the group was banned last month are false. .....
  • The So-called International Community
    • by Mona Charen
      Just for a lark, I decided to google "international condemnations of Hamas" this morning. You can guess what came up, right? Naturally, searching for condemnations of Hamas, one finds only international condemnations of Israel. An Australian report noted that the "British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is calling for an urgent ceasefire, while Russia's Foreign Minister says he's told his Israeli counterpart to urgently halt the military action." .....
  • Remember the Hindu Holocaust
    • by Sandeep B
      In the light of Mr Kanchan Gupta's scathing column on the defenders of the fidayeen who attacked Mumbai ("Mumbai's Butcher and human rights", December 17, 2008) and Ms Sandhya Jain's warning in her article ("Dark shadow of jihad, December 23, 2008), it is worth recalling yet again that this jihad against India is neither new nor will it stop. It is also imperative to trace what this jihad has historically cost India in general and Hindus specifically. .....
  • The Peace Process is in Jeopardy? I Wonder Why!
    • by Barry Rubin
      "With every image of the dead in Gaza inflaming people across the Arab world, Egyptian and Jordanian officials are worried that they see a fundamental tenet of the Middle East peace process slipping away: the so-called two-state solution, an independent Palestinian state coexisting with Israel." .....
  • Blame Hamas for this terrible war
    • by Kanchan Gupta
      Here's the latest news from Gaza, as monitored from wire services: Israeli Defence Forces on Tuesday pushed deeper into Gaza City, overcoming resistance from Hamas fighters, and by nightfall were a short distance from the heavily crowded city centre. .....
  • Not anti-Semitic - 'just anti-Israeli'
    • by Ian O'Doherty
      So, here's the deal -- you bring your kid, already nervous about starting his first day at a new school into the building, only to be told by the headmaster that your child is no longer welcome. He's never met your kid, but sorry, he'll have to find another school .....
  • 26/11 has potential to be replicated: Obama
    • by The Indian Express
      Voiced fear that Mumbai-type attacks can be replicated by terrorists in other parts of world, including the US, President-elect Barack Obama said his administration will focus on putting more pressure on "our major target" al-Qaida. .....
  • Saeed's family: 2 went to jail, one deported from US
    • by The Times of India
      He lived in the Boston area, working odd jobs until he started teaching at the Islamic Academy of New England and Islamic Center of New England in Sharon, Massachusetts. Masood was arrested in November 2006 and charged with visa fraud and other unnamed crimes. .....
  • Hard-up Americans turn to Yoga
    • by The Times of India
      As layoffs loom and pensions plummet, more people are unrolling their yoga mats and polishing their poses to find flexibility and sanity amid the financial chaos. Fitness experts say gym memberships are holding steady, or rising, and yoga classes are thriving. .....
  • Single mothers' fight with fate
    • by Shashi Priya
      When a severe heart attack caused the sudden demise of traffic police constable Baban Kathe, her five-month pregnant widow and three kids were left with no other option than to immediately vacate the police headquarters at Khadki and move to Janwadi, a slum in Gokhale Nagar. .....
  • We must dump Lahore Club
    • by A Surya Prakash
      Though their numbers are dwindling, members of the 'Lahore Club' (a bunch of pro-Pakistan do-gooders who always advise India to exercise 'restraint' after every Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack) and some of its offshoots are still around. .....
  • Wife's karva chauth costs pastor his job
    • by Hindustan Times
      A Pastor has been a dropped from the panel of pastors by the Assembly of Believers' Church after his wife observed the karva chauth fast. .....
  • India should follow Israel
    • by Ashoka Mehta
      Kudos to Israel for its consistent bombing of Hamas infrastructure in the Gaza Strip despite mounting criticism by the international community. This is the only way one can successfully deal with terrorist organisations. War is a cruel business. .....
  • When did proof matter to Pak?
    • by Sunil Thapliyal
      Accepting the truth has never been a virtue with Pakistan. Even after abundant proof has been given in the past by India about Islamabad harbouring terror elements, it has always claimed that India has given nothing substantial for it to take action against the terrorists and their training camps. .....
  • In US, LeT chief's kin raised funds for jihad
    • by Indrani Bagchi
      For all the protestations that the Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a charitable organisation and Hafiz Mohammed Saeed is an injured innocent, it's clear that the organisation and Saeed's family, in particular, have been in the crosshairs of US government for several years and a couple of Saeed's family members are already in US custody. .....
  • Pakistan's Jamaat 'ban' lie nailed
    • by The Times of India
      TV channel Times Now has exposed yet another of Pakistan's lies -- Islamabad may want the world to believe that it has cracked down on the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, but that is far from the truth. .....
  • Hamas and the Arab States
    • by Kamran Bokhari and Reva Bhalla
      Israel is now in the 12th day of carrying out Operation Cast Lead against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas has been the de facto ruler ever since it seized control of the territory in a June 2007 coup. .....
  • Resolution of Kashmir dispute will not normalize relations between India and Pakistan
    • by Ramtanu Maitra
      Over the years, a myth has been created through a sustained campaign, and that myth has come to be accepted as the self-evident truth. The myth says resolution of the Kashmir dispute is the only way to usher in a durable peace between India and Pakistan. This campaign is the handiwork of the Pakistani military, and has been swallowed hook, line and sinker by most of the western analysts. .....
  • Let Antulay face inquiry
    • by Balbir Punj
      Abdul Rehman Antulay has written himself into history as the Mir Jaffer of the 21st century. He has given Pakistan a perfect alibi when that country was under the pressure of several nations to arrest jihaditerrorists and destroy their camps. .....
  • Political class is its worst enemy
    • by Swapan Dasgupta
      Where are the young people?" a 34-year-old Canadian MP of Indian origin attending the Pravasi Bharatiya jamboree is said to have asked the veterans, prompting the sycophantic brigade to resurrect the 'Rahul Gandhi for Prime Minister' campaign. In terms of political positioning, External Affairs Minister Pranab Munkherjee did the right thing by signalling that the Congress had its youth heir-apparent waiting in the wings. .....
  • 'Entire' documents given to Pak on Mumbai attack: Pranab
    • by The Pioneer
      Refuting charges that India did not hand over all documents on Mumbai terror attacks to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that "entire" documents on the matter had been passed on to the neighbouring country. .....
  • Tarnishing the national image
    • by Ardeshir Cowasjee
      The members of the government of this flawed Republic, carved out of unfortunate circumstantial happenings, faulty and flawed themselves can but smile and smile. .....
  • The Gaza War: A Small Part of The Nationalist Islamist Conflict
    • by Barry Rubin
      In decades to come, when the Middle East's history for this era is written, the current war in Gaza will be deemed a skirmish in the great Arab-Persian; Sunni-Shia; Arab nationalist-Islamist; Iran-Syria versus Egypt-Saudi Arabia conflict that is going to be the region's--and perhaps world's--main feature for the rest of our lifetimes. .....
  • Whither Decency?
    • by H. DeSilva
      The world (or more correctly, the west) appears infatuated with "Muslim fanaticism." We are told over and over again that Islam preaches fanaticism, and that Muslims are allegedly violent and have a blind hatred of non-Muslims. But really, how true are these vacuous claims? .....
  • Benedict's Evangelical Blitzkrieg
    • by Ron Fraser
      From his onslaught on liberalism during the papacy of John Paul II, Joseph Ratzinger, the current Pope Benedict XVI, has possessed a determination to return Roman Catholicism to the global influence it exerted during medieval times. .....
  • Sadhus perform 'Samudra Arati' on Puri sea beach
    • by The Pioneer
      Hundreds of saints and sadhus from across the nation, alongwith the Gajapati king of Puri Dibyasingh Dev, on Friday evening participated in the Samudra Arati being performed by the Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, the Sankaracharya of Puri Goberdhan Peeth. .....
  • Reciting Ramayana non-stop for nine months
    • by The Times of India
      Verses from the Hindu epic Ramayana can be heard as soon as one alights at the main bus stop in this small Uttar Pradesh town. They can be heard from loudspeakers in various neighbourhoods. The chanting emanates from an ancient temple and has been going on non-stop for nine months. .....
  • Raju treated with kid gloves
    • by S. Nagesh Kumar
      The red carpet rolled out for the fallen information technology czar B. Ramalinga Raju stands out in sharp contrast to the rough treatment meted out earlier to Eenadu group chairman Ramoji Rao, who received no quarter from the Rajasekhara Reddy government over the Margadarsi issue. .....
  • China's internet 'spin doctors'
    • by Michael Bristow
      China is using an increasing number of paid "internet commentators" in a sophisticated attempt to control public opinion. .....
  • Time to look afresh at our fellow citizens
    • by M.V. Kamath
      The Taliban and other extremist organisations have "a real chance of winning in Pakistan". What they apparently want is power through bloodshed, not peace through economic progress. If our political parties do not understand that, they understand nothing. Constant appeasement is counter-productive. It betrays weakness. .....
  • The brigade that undermines national security
    • by Organiser
      Nobody can say that the media did not cover the murderous jehadi attacks on Mumbai inadequately. Actually the charge is that the media covered it too extensively and often with total disregard to unwritten norms that endangered the safety of hostages. .....
  • RK Nayak's involvement in Swami Laxmanananda's murder
    • by Debasis Tripathy
      After the incident of Swamiji's murder on August 23, some mediapersons asked Nayak regarding his sudden disappearance from Kandhamal and Bhubaneswar. In reply, he did not say anything on which day he left Bhubaneswar and why he apprehended the occurrence of an untoward incident. .....
  • Hang Ajmal at the Gateway: Slain constable's daughter
    • by DNA (Daily News & Analysis)
      Mohammad Ajmal Amir, the lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai carnage, should be hanged at the Gateway of India to pay a "real tribute" to those killed while saving lives during the attacks, the daughter of a slain constable has demanded. .....
  • FBI seeks questioning of more individuals in India's custody
    • by The Pioneer
      The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is helping Indian intelligence agencies and police in probing the Mumbai terror attack, has sought permission from New Delhi to interrogate more persons in its custody. .....
  • Attacks on city's Jews escalating
    • by Ben Doherty
      Anti-Semitic attacks on Melbourne's Jews have escalated since the latest outbreak of violence in the Middle East. .....
  • Three held for conversion bid
    • by The New Indian Express
      Three, including a woman, were arrested on charges of proselytism by the HAL Airport police on Sunday. They were allegedly trying to lure people to convert with promises of better jobs overseas. .....
  • Terror evidence in Indian dossier credible: US
    • by The Times of India
      The evidence contained in the dossier given by India to Pakistan about the involvement of Pakistanis in the November 26 Mumbai terror attack is "credible", the US ambassador to New Delhi David Mulford said on Wednesday in what marked a major endorsement of evidence that India has gathered against the perpetrators of 26/11. .....
  • India should learn to strike silently
    • by B Raman
      Ever since Israel started its military strikes in Gaza a week ago, against Hamas's terrorism, there have been demands from sections of analysts and the general public in our country that India should emulate Israel. They believe that India should retaliate in a similar manner against Pakistan, for its complicity in the terrorist attack in Novembe 2008 by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba in Mumbai. .....
  • Pak poses threat to India, US: Hadley
    • by The Pioneer
      The "biggest" foreign-policy challenge awaiting US President-elect Barack Obama is "Pakistan" as its "turbulent border" region posed a threat not only to American forces in Afghanistan but also India and the world beyond, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley has said. .....
  • Israel's problems are due to its enlightened founders
    • by Kevin Myers
      The death toll from Gaza is of course, shocking, dreadful, unspeakable; though it does not compare with the death toll amongst Israelis if Hamas had its way. Recurring in the current debate are allegations about the terrible deeds Israelis did in 1948. But that is history. .....
  • MI5 chief warns of threat from global recession
    • by Duncan Gardham
      Britain faces a new security threat as a result of the global economic crisis, the head of MI5 has warned, in the first ever interview by a director general of the Security Service. .....
  • Mumbai-like attack could happen in U.S. - Bush aide
    • by Randall Mikkelsen
      U.S. cities are vulnerable to an attack like the gun-and-grenade assault that terrorized Mumbai for three days and killed 179 people, the White House homeland security adviser said on Wednesday. .....
  • The Latest Gold Racket
    • by Ashok V. Desai
      Chand Mehra is a strange character: He is a jeweler who knows English. He went and did an MBA in the Peter Drucker School of Management of Claremont Graduate University in California, and came back with the ambition of making India a world power in gold jewellery. Of the world gold production of 3,000 tons, India consumes about a quarter. It is the world's largest market for gold, and hence naturally prized. .....
  • Tall threats, no action
    • by Ashok K Mehta
      Hopes are being raised in India that after the FBI has given its report of evidence it has put together on the role of elements in Pakistan involved in the Mumbai attack and India's own diplomatic offensive on 'material' nailing Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, Pakistan will play ball. .....
  • We can't forget or forgive Pakistan
    • by G Parthasarathy
      The coming visit of Home Minister P Chidambaram to Washington, with evidence of Pakistani involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, marks the end of the first phase of India's efforts to seek international understanding and support to compel Pakistan to irrevocably dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism that it has built to 'bleed' India. .....
  • Terror evidence in Indian dossier credible: US
    • by The Times of India
      The evidence contained in the dossier given by India to Pakistan about the involvement of Pakistanis in the November 26 Mumbai terror attack is "credible", the US ambassador to New Delhi David Mulford said on Wednesday in what marked a major endorsement of evidence that India has gathered against the perpetrators of 26/11. .....
  • Modi: UPA has made mockery of terror law
    • by The Asian Age
      Leading the charge of NDA chief ministers, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the UPA government for setting up the National Investigation Agency, saying that its constitution was contrary to the country's federal spirit and an attempt at "sidetracking" the states in the fight against terror. .....
  • The Mumbai massacres and Pakistan's new nightmares
    • by Cristina Otten
      Pervez Hoodbhoy, chairman of the physics department at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, is a distinguished scientist and a consistent voice for peace, democracy, and friendly relations between Pakistan and India. .....
  • Measuring security
    • by News Today
      Unlike the National Integration Council meeting, the Conference of Chief Ministers organised by the central government yesterday saw some useful discussions and exchange of ideas between the States and the Centre. .....
  • ISI plans 'Islamic Republic of Pakistan' by 2020 in India
    • by Sify.com
      Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) apparently has plans to destabilize India by influencing developments in the north and west of the country, particularly in Mumbai, as part of its multi-pronged strategy. Terrorists arrested in Jammu have made these revelations. .....
  • Make No Mistake
    • by G Parthasarathy
      It is now well established that for over a quarter of a century, China went on a spree of supplying Pakistan with nuclear weapons designs and technology. What is, however, not understood clearly is China's culpability in acting as a virtual accessory of the Lashkare-Taiba (LeT), renamed as Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), which perpetrated the Mumbai carnage. .....
  • Yemeni partners in local institute alarm police
    • by Preetu Nair
      Security agencies in the state are alarmed on discovering that a private teaching institute in Panaji is being funded by two Yemeni nationals on a student visa in India to study in Hyderabad. The matter has been reported to the union ministries of Home affairs and External affairs by the Goa Police and their intervention sought. .....
  • M for Mumbai, M for Mendhar
    • by Himanshu Jain
      It was said that ten terrorists entered Mumbai on 26 November, via the coast. Then, another ten entered Mendhar (district Poonch, J&K) over the last 40 days. The Mumbai encounter lasted 62 Hours. The Mendhar encounter has entered the seventh day (and still counting, though the army is now said to be closing in). .....
  • Yemeni Jews forced to leave their villages
    • by Nasser Arrabyee
      The Yemeni Jewish community in Raida, north of the country, will move to the capital Sana'a after receiving death threats from tribal and religious extremists, Jews and local official sources said on Friday. .....
  • Why the Israeli people have finally had enough
    • by Ian O'Doherty
      So, it's genocide now, is it? Or is it actually another holocaust, something which one typically restrained Palestinian analyst described as "worse than Hitler's war against the Jews"? .....
  • The advance of Taliban
    • by Indrani Bagchi
      Lahore is 48 km from Amritsar, closer than Gurgaon is from Ghaziabad. From Lahore, Islamabad is another 260 km and 160 km north-west from there is the tiny town of Buner. Beyond that, begins the state of 'Talibanistan'. Its ever expanding boundary is just 430 km from India's Wagah border. .....
  • India inadequately prepared to meet terror: PM
    • by Bharti Jain
      Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday formally junked his Havana declaration that accorded 'terror victim' status to Pakistan. Mr Singh, who had purveyed the incredible argument that terror groups in Pakistan were acting autonomously, admitted that Pakistan's agencies were behind terror outrages in India. .....
  • Assam parties seek deadline on border fencing
    • by K Anurag
      Opposition parties in Assam assembly on Tuesday raised a storm over inordinate delay in complete the fencing along the 263 km India-Bangladesh border in the state. .....
  • National Security Adviser Says Pakistan Is Top U.
    • by John D. Mckinnon
      The biggest foreign-policy challenge awaiting President-elect Barack Obama isn't Iraq or Afghanistan but Pakistan, President George W. Bush's national-security adviser said. .....
  • FBI moves step closer to Lashkar top brass
    • by Pranab Dhal Samanta
      While the first signs of Pakistan moving forward on the Mumbai investigation emerged on Wednesday in the form of media reports confirming the role of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, India was clear that any concrete result could only be expected when US investigators obtain access to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah - the two Lashkar kingpins that FBI wants to interrogate at the earliest. .....
  • Earnest in our impotence
    • by Ashok Malik
      Six weeks have passed since the Mumbai terrorist attack. In this period, the Government has undertaken an admittedly robust diplomatic campaign. Its dossier on Pakistani involvement in the planning and execution of the terror strike and, more important, the release of the dossier to world Governments and the public has been a good move. .....
  • Mumbai terrorists had links to UK, says MI5 chief
    • by ExpressIndia.com
      Warning that the Mumbai attacks, in which the terrorists targeted public places, could become a 'model' for future terror strikes, Britain's intelligence service MI5 chief has said his agency has uncovered links between the gunmen who struck in the Indian metropolis and the UK. .....
  • Ajmal not aware of Pak disowning him
    • by Expressindia.com
      Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone terrorist caught alive during November 26 terror attacks, is not aware that Pakistan has disowned him, a crime branch official said. .....
  • India gives Pakistan evidence over Mumbai attacks
    • by Sam Dolnick
      India handed Pakistan detailed evidence on the Mumbai attacks on Monday that included information on interrogations, weapons, and data gleaned from satellite phones that officials said proved Pakistani "elements" were behind the deadly siege. .....
  • Tehelka versus Nanavati Commission report
    • by The Hoot
      They refuted the Nanavati Report with their sting camera footage, much of which had already been shown in November last year on Aaj Tak. But DIPU SHAW finds holes in Tehelka's version. .....
  • CIA tracking 4000 UK terror suspects
    • by Tim Shipman
      The CIA has begun an unprecedented intelligence-gathering operation in Britain to help MI5 monitor 4000 terrorist suspects. .....
  • Media under Scrutiny
    • by G.P.Srinivasan
      This is a unique critique of Indian Media: "The Media on the Indian media - Post Mumbai Siege" by viewers. The coverage by the media, which earlier had many admirers including myself, who have now become averse, to the English media in India. .....
  • Sangh Pariwar demands interrogation of Cong MP RK Nayak
    • by OdishaToday.com
      The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and all its affiliated bodies including the BJP, on Tuesday demanded that the Crime Branch of Orissa Police must quiz Congress Rajya Sabha MP and former IAS officer Radhakant Nayak for his alleged role in Swami Laxmananda Saraswati murder case. .....
  • Ajmal letter foxes Pakistan
    • by Amir Mir
      Islamabad is in a fix on how to react to the letter written by Mohammad Ajmal, the lone Mumbai attacker captured alive. In his letter, Kasab claimed to be a Pakistani from Faridkot village and a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative who killed many people in Mumbai on November 26. .....
  • Smash terror hideouts: Kalam
    • by DNA (Daily News & Analysis)
      Former president APJ Abdul Kalam, on Saturday, advocated a three-pronged strategy to combat terror which included raiding and smashing militant hideouts both inside and outside the country. .....
  • Amartya Sen's blow to Left Front policy
    • by Uday Basu
      Year 2009 ended badly for the CPI-M. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, whom the homegrown Marxists look upon as one of the champions of their political creed, virtually dealt a knockout punch to their controversial industrialisation initiatives in general and the aborted Tata Motors small car project in particular. .....
  • ABVP declares war on illegal migration
    • by Pramod Kumar
      The atmosphere of Kishanganj town of Bihar was full of patriotic fervour on December 17 when the entire region reverberated with the slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram shouted by ABVP activists. Carrying tricolours and saffron flags, over 50,000 students warned the government against providing shelter to the Bangladeshi infiltrators and appealed to the government to take concrete steps to deport them. .....
  • Refugees Testify to Bengal Terror
    • by Noakhali1946.blogspot.com
      Unofficial reports reaching Calcutta indicate that acts of violence are continuing on an alarming scale in the districts of Noakhali and Tippera. This is despite the local Government's assurance that the communal situation in eastern Bengal had shown some improvement during the last twenty-four hours. .....
  • Remember the Hindu Holocaust
    • by Sandeep B
      In the light of Mr Kanchan Gupta's scathing column on the defenders of the fidayeen who attacked Mumbai ("Mumbai's Butcher and human rights", December 17, 2008) and Ms Sandhya Jain's warning in her article ("Dark shadow of jihad, December 23, 2008), it is worth recalling yet again that this jihad against India is neither new nor will it stop. .....
  • Tamasha over Pak culpability
    • by Swapan Dasgupta
      There are two wildly divergent debates raging in the world. The first, centred on the Israeli attacks on Hamas-run terrorist bases in Gaza, is about the definition of the term "proportionate". Article 51 of the UN Charter accords to every nation the right to engage in self-defence against armed attacks - there is no distinction made between State and non-State aggressors. .....
  • Is Hasina-II good news for India?
    • by Udayan Namboodiri
      Rajiv Gandhi commented after his landslide victory in the 1984 election: "People's expectations are scary". The same thought may have crossed Sheikh Hasina's mind this week after her party, the Awami League, was voted back to power with a margin that reminded many here in Delhi of Nehruvian era elections. .....
  • The Rules of War and The Rules of Logic
    • by Barry Rubin
      A major problem in debating about international issues nowadays is that it is so often hard or even impossible to respect our adversaries. It is quite possible to disagree with someone but to be impressed with their ability in constructing arguments, their grasp of logic and facts, their getting things partly right to the point that it makes you adjust your own thinking. .....
  • Seven years of missing the obvious
    • by K. Subrahmanyam
      In his interview to Time magazine on December 29, 2008, President-elect Obama has spelt out his foreign policy priorities. He has said, among other things, "Managing a more effective strategy in Afghanistan will be a top priority. Recognising that it is not simply an Afghan problem but it's an Afghanistan-Pakistan-India-Kashmir-Iran problem is going to be a priority." .....
  • India waiting
    • by The Indian Express
      External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has voiced India's frustration with the US efforts to make Pakistan yield on follow-up action after the Mumbai attack. Mukherjee said that US pressure hasn't produced tangible results. .....
  • Blame bandhs for Bengal's plight, says Amartya
    • by The Times of India
      Politics more than economics has come in the way of Bengal's development. The threat from political parties to stall production from time to time is going against the industrial atmosphere in the state that has suffered a downslide on this count. It is not yet another view coming from the chambers of commerce. This was said by none other than Amartya Sen, who loves to associate himself with the Left camp. .....
  • Order to spare Muslims in hotels
    • by Diwakar
      The details of the Voice over Internet Protocol has revealed that Pakistan-based jihadi leaders like Zarar Shah, Abu Hamza and Abu Qafa had told their wards at Nariman House to kill the Israelis. The terrorists were asked to spare Muslims in the two hotels. Ajmal Amir Kasab and Ismail Khan were told to open indiscriminate firing at the CST in order to deflect attention and enable their comrades to take control at the hotels. .....
  • An assault on faith
    • by Anuradha Dutt
      The latest manifestation of the social turmoil in Nepal is the sudden decision to replace Namboodiri Brahmin priests in the renowned Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu with local pandits. The move has not gone down well with traditionalists, who point out that priests from Kerala have been officiating at this Shiv shrine since 1747. Opponents have challenged the development in the Supreme Court. .....
  • Demolished once for all: Aryan Invasion Theory
    • by Virendra Parekh
      "An unknown Indian has taken on proponents of the Aryan invasion/migration theory, demolished their case, and established that northern India is the original home of the Aryans and the Indo-European family of languages. The importance of this remarkable achievement cannot be exaggerated. In course of time, it can compel the revision of the history not only of Indian but also world civilization." .....
  • There's a clash, don't deny it
    • by Swapan Dasgupta
      Before the "public intellectual" became fashionable, academia nurtured a deep abhorrence of anything "popular". Writing to a friend in 1950, British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, for example, apologised for hibernating in Oxford "writing a book of infinite pedantic exactitude on a character of infinite dullness; but I must rehabilitate myself with the learned world after writing a bestseller." .....
  • On the Offensive
    • by Monalisa Gogoi
      Sixty-five-year-old Lakhiram Bodo describes every moment of the past three months in the relief camp as 'harrowing'. Despite belonging to the Bodo community - the earliest inhabitants of Assam, and the supposed 'bhumiputras', he and the entire Bodo population of Dalgaon Batabari were thrown out of their homes by Bangladeshi immigrants in a matter of minutes. .....
  • A just war against Hamas in Gaza
    • by Kanchan Gupta
      The rally organised by the CPI(M) in Delhi last week to protest against Israel's bombing of Hamas establishments in Gaza was both comical and revealing. There was a crowd of mullahs in skull caps, their hennaed beard neatly combed, waving placards with an assortment of printed slogans, the least offensive of which said "Israel is the real terrorist". .....
  • Taslima Nasreen to settle in Paris
    • by The Times of India
      Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, under threat of death from Islamist extremists who accuse her of blasphemy in her writings, is to take up residence in Paris, the city hall said on Saturday. .....
  • Pak behind Mumbai attack: Rushdie
    • by The Times of India
      India-born author Salman Rushdie blames Pakistan for the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes and has asked Britain to warn the country that "as long as Pakistan harbours terrorists it's not going to get any Western aid". .....
  • India must act firm with Pakistan and talk less
    • by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
      India must take the lead in its own defence if Dr Manmohan Singh expects the international community to pressure Pakistan to respect the United Nations security council resolutions on terrorism. That means less talk and more action. .....
  • Assam contrinues to bleed
    • by The Pioneer
      The ghastly serial bombings in Guwahati on Thursday, which have claimed at least five lives and left 50 civilians injured, have served to highlight the precarious situation that prevails in Assam where extremists, separatists and terrorists of various hues, ranging from the United Liberation Front of Asom to the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, continue to strike at will without any let or hindrance. .....
  • Kayani comes out of the closet
    • by Rajinder Puri
      At last, General Pervez Ashfaq Kayani has come out of the closet to vindicate an apparent truth that the world had refused to acknowledge. Namely, that it is Beijing and not Washington that calls the shots in Islamabad. America wields clout with the politicians. China has control over the army. The army controls the politicians. Ergo, China controls Pakistan. .....
  • Walking Away From Islam
    • by Frontpagemag.com
      Frontpage Interview's guest today is Dr. Syed Kamran Mirza, the author of Roots of Islamic Terrorism and co-author of Beyond Jihad and Leaving Islam-Apostates Speak Out. .....
  • Maoists storm Pashupatinath temple
    • by Deccan Chronicle
      The customary worship, Nitya Puja, at Nepal's holiest temple Pashupatinath was disrupted on Friday for the first time in over 250 years following the storming of the shrine by Maoist cadres, defying an order from Nepal's Supreme Court. .....
  • There's a way to tame Pakistan
    • by Lt-Gen Harwant Singh (retd)
      It is more than two decades since Pakistan started the policy of "thousand cuts and bleeding India through a low-cost option". In Jammu and Kashmir, it has been a combination of insurgency and terrorism while elsewhere in India, simply terrorism. .....
  • China and India diverging
    • by Harsh V. Pant
      This year is ending with some troubling signs of future instability in Asia, as two of the most powerful states are increasingly at odds with each other. .....
  • Police hire protection in Malmö suburb
    • by The Local
      The police have contracted a security firm to help with the surveillance and protection of the police station in the Malmö suburb of Rosengård. .....
  • Taliban: Marry us or else...
    • by The Pioneer
      On the heels of their crusade against girls going to schools, the Taliban have now issued new dictum in the areas under their sway asking parents of the grown up daughters to marry them to militants or "face dire consequences". .....
  • The Trouble With Islam
    • by Tawfik Hamid
      Not many years ago the brilliant Orientalist, Bernard Lewis, published a short history of the Islamic world's decline, entitled "What Went Wrong?" Astonishingly, there was, among many Western "progressives," a vocal dislike for the title. It is a false premise, these critics protested. They ignored Mr. Lewis's implicit statement that things have been, or could be, right. .....
  • Words are all we have
    • by Brahma Chellaney
      On the ninth anniversary of India's Kandahar capitulation, it is evident that its costs continue to multiply. That cave-in set in motion a seemingly inexorable dual process - making India an easy prey for transnational terrorists, and the further softening of the Indian republic. .....
  • Gutsy statesmen, not politicos, needed
    • by News Today
      'Today, terrorism poses a challenge to integrity, sovereignty and unity of our country and it is the job of fearless and daring statesmen to root it out, not that of timid, corrupt politicians. .....
  • No noticeable change in Pakistan's attitude: India
    • by The Times of India
      Rubbishing Pakistan's "advice" for deactivating ground and air troops in forward areas, India on Friday said it has no right to give any such suggestion and pointed out that 30 terror outfits are still active in that country. .....
  • EC has to act hard
    • by News Today
      The ruling DMK has lodged a complaint against the Chief Electoral Officer Naresh Gupta saying that he has been biased against it. .....
  • A Hindu CM for J&K: Any Takers?
    • by Vivek Gumaste
      Earlier this year when the Hindus of Jammu rose up in arms, their gripe was not merely the revocation of land allotted to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, they were in effect protesting their marginalization for the last 50 years or so in this Muslim majority state of secular India. .....
  • PIS: Pakistani Immunity Syndrome
    • by Himanshu Jain
      Since 1947 we have fought three bloody wars with Pakistan, besides rebuffing the invasion of Kargil. Pakistan has post-1974 engaged in a cross-border proxy war, which has steadily escalated from a low-intensity war of attrition to a deadlier and more lethal denouement, the latest example of which was Mumbai 2008. .....
  • India and Israel: A bond is forged
    • by Harsh V. Pant
      As India grieved for those who died during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Israel also mourned the death of six of its nationals. This tragedy should further bring the people of India and Israel together in their determination to counter the menace of terrorism and extremism threatening democratic states. .....
  • Is the United States a true friend?
    • by M. V. Kamath
      The international media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict generally portrays Israel as an aggressive occupier and militant state. .....
  • Is the United States a true friend?
    • by M. V. Kamath
      When Margaret Alva spoke the truth, she was summarily deprived of the secretaryship of the Congress Party. When A.R Antulay sought to plant a lie, he is being hugged to its bosom by the same party which wants his unpardonable remarks to be quickly forgotten. .....
  • Has the Govt lost chance to teach Pak a lesson?
    • by M. V. Kamath
      Some 200 men and women who were shot dead in Mumbai would thus have died in vain. One can only say that the UPA government has lost a golden opportunity to bring Pakistan to its knees. It is a crying shame. One should not be surprised if, after a few more weeks, the jihadis will strike again at some other city and we will go through the same farce all over again. .....
  • Hamas rockets target peace
    • by Aron Heller & Matti Friedman
      As Arab rockets reach ever deeper into Israel, they may be weakening what for years has been a cornerstone of West Asian peace efforts - an exchange of land for peace. Israeli hard-liners have long warned that any territories Israel vacates will be used to attack it. .....
  • New anti-terror agency begins work today
    • by The Pioneer
      The National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up to deal with terrorism across the nation, would come into force on Thursday even as the Centre on Wednesday gave a legal cover to the multi-agency unit and mandated it to share information with all other intelligence agencies , including agencies of the State Governments and Union Territories and vice versa. .....
  • Kolkata could be the next target:IB
    • by Vicky Nanjappa
      Intelligence Bureau intercepts have pointed to the movement of terrorists from both the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Harkat-ul-Jihadi into West Bengal in order to carry out an attack on Kolkata. .....
  • Pakistan in denial mode, says India
    • by The Times of India
      India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for being in denial mode on involvement of elements based in that country in the Mumbai attacks and said Islamabad's "defiance" of the world opinion would not be conducive for the overall stability of the region. .....
  • What More Proof does Pakistan require: Chidambaram
    • by The Times of India
      Refuting Pakistan's allegations that India had not shared evidence with it on the 26/11 Mumbai mayhem, home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday wondered what more evidence was required after captured terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab's father had owned up to him on a television channel. .....
  • Coming next: 26/11 never happened
    • by Kanchan Gupta
      The Congress appears to have embarked upon a dangerous venture fraught with disastrous consequences for the nation. If the recent assertions of Minister for Minority Affairs Abdul Rehman Antulay and party general secretary Digvijay Singh, and the Government's official response to them, are any indication, the Congress is seeking to make political capital out of India's sorrow through the expedient means of 'politicising' the issue of terrorism. .....
  • Scribe as Prof stirs a hornet's nest in DU
    • by Yogita Sabberwal
      The Delhi University finds itself in a Catch-22 situation following a complaint lodged against the appointment of veteran journalist Achin Vanaik as the head of the political science department. Vanaik, in the ex officio capacity, is also holding the post of the dean of social sciences. Those opposing the appointment point to the fact that holding a PhD degree is a pre-requisite for becoming a professor in the university. .....
  • Target jihad's ideologues
    • by Shobori Ganguli
      How many deaths will it take till a man knows that too many people have died, Bob Dylan had once asked, and he found the answer blowing in the wind. Indeed how many more terror attacks must India sustain before we realise that we have bled enough? .....
  • Missing pieces of the terror jigsaw
    • by Vicky Nanjappa
      The Indian Mujahideen has become the face of home-grown terror in India. While some key IM members have been arrested by law enforcement agencies, its leaders continue to evade the security net. .....
  • New finds take archaeologists closer to Krishna
    • by Bhama Devi Ravi
      The conch and the Sudarshana Chakra are unmistakable. Although the figures do not match popular images of Kirshna sporting a peacock feather, archaeologists are convinced that the coins are of Krishna, revered as an avatar of Vishnu. .....
  • LeT's Zarar Shah confesses to involvement in 26\11 attacks
    • by Rediff.com
      Top Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zarar Shah captured in the crackdown on militants earlier this month in Pakistani-occupied Kashmir, has confessed the group's involvement in the terror attacks in Mumbai, a media report said on Wednesday. .....
  • Profile of a Terrorist
    • by Investor's Business Daily
      A new Gallup poll finds that richer, better-educated Muslims are more likely to be radicalized. This explodes the myth of the poor, dumb terrorist. .....
  • Pakistan's Probe Finds Local Links to Attacks on Mumbai
    • by Zahid Hussain, Matthew Rosenberg and Peter Wonacott
      Pakistan's own investigation of terror attacks in Mumbai has begun to show substantive links between the 10 gunmen and an Islamic militant group that its powerful spy agency spent years supporting, say people with knowledge of the probe. .....


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