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  • Pakistan army has contacts with Taliban leaders: Abbas
    • by The Pioneer
      The Pakistan army has admitted that it is in contact with Afghan Taliban leaders, including Mullah Mohammad Omar, and can bring them to the negotiating table with the US if its concerns with India are addressed. ....
  • Tamil Nadu temple murals effaced on a large scale
    • by T.S. Subramanian
      An array of striking paintings has been whitewashed out of existence at the Rajagopalaswamy Kulasekara Alwar temple at Mannarkovil in Tirunelveli district. These were images of the coronation of Rama, the Dasavataram, Narasimha, Garuda, a wrestler fighting an elephant and so on. Estimates put their antiquity at 150 to 250 years. ....
  • An unending tale of repression
    • by Claude Arpi
      On the Dalai Lama's birthday on July 6, the news flash said that in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang (The New Dominion in Chinese), violence had erupted the previous day, resulting in at least 156 people dead and more than 1,000 wounded. The background to the bloodiest-ever riot in this restive region is still not clear. ....
  • Farewell to an India I Hardly Knew
    • by Anand Giridharadas
      The country was lost to us in America, where I was born. It had to be assembled in my mind, from the fragments of anecdotes and regular journeys east. ....
  • Jeningrad - What the British media said
    • by Tom Gross
      Israel's actions in Jenin were "every bit as repellent" as Osama bin Laden's attack on New York on September 11, wrote Britain's Guardian in its lead editorial of April 17. ....
  • Foreign funding to Orissa NGOs on rise
    • by Odisha Today
      With rightwing Hindu nationalist, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha and its all affiliated bodies alleging large scale foreign funding was responsible for conversion and subsequent violence in tribal dominated Kandhamal, the issue might snowballed into a major controversy as 1,007 NGOs from Orissa receiving funds from outside, mostly from western countries. ....
  • Behind Lalu's 'surplus' claim: A shift in accounting policy
    • by Raghvendra Rao
      Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's proud declaration, made while presenting the Railway Budget this February, that Indian Railways (IR) would generate a cash surplus before dividend of Rs 20,000 crore in 2006-07 has turned out to be inflated. ....
  • Lashkar planning another 26/11 type strike on Mumbai: IB
    • by Vicky Nanjappa
      Mumbai is back on the radar with the Intelligence Bureau handing out a fresh warning that several parts of the city could be targetted by Pakistan-based terror outfits. The warning was issued based on the interrogation of a militant who was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir. ....
  • Islam and the Myths of Unity and Peace
    • by Lee Jay Walker
      The so-called Islamic world is in crisis because many see enemies all over the place, be it democracy, Westernization, liberalism, socialism, and so forth. ....
  • Landowner fires at villagers over road
    • by The Telegraph
      Nearly 20 labourers in a village in Karandighi suffered gunshot wounds when a gang led by a local landowner fired at them after an argument broke out over the construction of a road. ....
  • Jihad and the state
    • by Dawn
      Twice this week President Zardari has spoken about the root of Pakistan's problems with religious extremism and militancy. ....
  • Bangladesh as a jehadi hub
    • by Shyam Khosla
      Massive popular uprising against the Pakistani military junta that unleashed a reign of terror against Bangla-speaking people, including Hindus, and resisted the legitimate demand for power to Awami League that had won a majority of seats in the National Assembly did play a part in defeating the evil designs of the Pakistani rulers. ....
  • Muslims getting more than fair share
    • by Shridhar Pant
      This refers to Mr N Jamal Ansari's article, "Muslims let down" (July 1) that reminds the Congress of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark which arrogates minorities, particularly Muslims, first claim over national resources. ....
  • 'India's stand vindicated by Zardari's confession'
    • by The Indian Express
      A day after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari made the startling confession on "creating and nurturing" terrorists, India said its stand has been 'vindicated". New Delhi said it is for Pakistan to "expose" and "take action" against the "conspiracies and conspirators" responsible for terrorist attacks originating out of its soil against India. ....
  • Muslims getting more than fair share
    • by The Pioneer
      This refers to Mr N Jamal Ansari's article, "Muslims let down" (July 1) that reminds the Congress of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark which arrogates minorities, particularly Muslims, first claim over national resources. ....
  • To feel India's connect with Kashmir, go to Amarnath
    • by Asian Age
      Few of the present generation of Indians know that Swami Vivekananda, accompanied by a couple of his European disciples, undertook a yatra to the Amarnath shrine from July 28 to August 8, 1898. ....
  • Chat friend 'abducts' girl
    • by The Telegraph
      Social networking has landed a college girl in trouble after a man who she got acquainted with abducted her when she went to meet him in Bangalore. ....
  • Learning Hindi Was Hard, but It Was Just the Start
    • by Susan Dominus
      It is not unusual for Katherine Russell Rich, an author and a former magazine editor, to break out into song in the back of a taxi, and not just any song, but a song in Hindi from one of her favorite Bollywood movies ....
  • Maoists, India's enemy within
    • by Deependra Jha
      What is happening in Lalgarh today can by no means be termed a coincidence. The Maoist menace, which can be traced back to the ideological differences that cropped up within the CPI(M) in the late-1960s, has over the years ....
  • Blast materials were of terrorist grade: Police
    • by The Pioneer
      The special police team probing the blast occurred at the Ernakulam district collectorate building last week was yet to make any arrests in connection with the incident. Sources in the police said they had got certain leads in the case but more information was needed to make any arrests. ....
  • SC judge apologises for 'Taliban' remarks on Muslims
    • by The Indian Express
      Under criticism from Mulsim groups, Supreme Court judge Justice Markandeya Katju apologised for his controversial comments that Muslim students cannot insist on sporting beards as it would lead to 'Talibanisation' of the country ....
  • 'Rs 1000 cr will go into CPM's pocket'
    • by Ravik Bhattacharya
      The budgetary grant of Rs 1,000 crore by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to the state government for relief and reconstruction of the Aila-devastated areas of Sunderbans has left the Congress ally Trinamool unhappy ....
  • Problem persist
    • by The Day After
      The number of illegal migrants in India is on a rise and unless and until the Indian Government takes a strong step to tackle the situation, it would lead to more complications for both India and Bangladesh, says Shib Shankar Chatterjee ....
  • Living in the Moment
    • by Elizabeth Kadetsky
      My sister and I had inklings of a slow atrophying of my mother's mind, perhaps of her very self, before she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in April, 2008. ....
  • Riding the tiger in Tehran
    • by Irfan Husain
      Now that Iran's religious leaders have demonstrated their contempt for domestic and international opinion, it is hard to see how Barack Obama will be able to keep the dogs of war on a leash. ....
  • British Islamists plot against Pakistan
    • by Nicola Smith in Lahore
      British militants are pushing for the overthrow of the Pakistani state. Followers of the fundamentalist group Hizb ut-Tahrir have called for a "bloodless military coup" in Islamabad and the creation of the caliphate in which strict Islamic laws would be rigorously enforced. ....
  • Withdrawing AFSP Act will hit fight against terrorists
    • by Rahul Datta
      Amid reports that the Central Government is likely to withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir, security forces have expressed concern saying it will seriously hamper the fight against terrorism and insurgency in the State. ....
  • Pak N-weapons face threat from insiders: Ex - CIA
    • by The Pioneer
      Pakistan's atomic weapons face the threat from insiders in the nuclear establishment colluding with outsiders, as authorities there have "a dismal track record" in thwarting such dangers, a former top American intelligence official has warned. ....
  • The hills grow distant
    • by K. Subrahmanyam
      After the end of the Kargil war, a veteran Pakistani journalist and confidante of Field-Marshal Ayub Khan wrote a series of four articles in the Pakistani daily Nation titled "Four wars, one assumption." ....
  • Run over the banks
    • by Inder Malhotra
      Three years after the tsunami of criticism over the devaluation of the rupee had driven Indira Gandhi to a policy switch, from pragmatic to populist, she startled the country by nationalising 14 commercial banks. ....
  • 'For me, my son is still in Drass and can't come home due to operations'
    • by Manu Pubby
      Ten years after Captain Vijyant Thapar died a hero's death while capturing an impossible peak in the Drass sector, his father will make a final pilgrimage to the spot to honour his son's last wish. In his last letter, Vijayant, who fell after taking the 4,700 metre high 'Knoll' peak in Drass had wished that his father could "come and see where the Indian Army fought for your tomorrow". ....
  • J-K police arrest cross-LoC trader for 'hawala payments to militants'
    • by Mir Ehsan
      Nine months after trade resumed through the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route, a leading Srinagar businessman has been arrested by the J&K police for alleged hawala payments to overground workers of a militant outfit in lieu of goods received from PoK via the Kaman bridge. ....
  • Infiltration problem
    • by Biswajit Barooah
      It is mockery of our leadership that several parts of the Indo-Bangladesh border, both 170 k.m.land and 92 k.m. riverine kept open, the illegal Bangladeshi migrants move freely from one country to another and on the other hand various forums and tribunals, ....
  • Reliving the era of jizya
    • by Prafull Goradia
      Jizya was conceived as an instrument of truce in the jihad between momins and kafirs. A demand for Rs 60 lakhs in jizya is reported to have been made on the Hindus of Battagram in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province on June 28. ....
  • Inculturation and the Hybrid Bible
    • by G.P.Srinivasan
      It is not at all surprising for me to know that the Archbishop of Mumbai lied to editor, Hindu Voice while answering his question on The New Community Bible during the press meet held on 12th June 2009, 3.30 p.m at the famous Shanmukhanada Hall, Mumbai. ....
  • To see who China fears and tortures, visit Tibet
    • by Maura Moynihan
      When Americans discovered that the Bush administration replicated torture techniques described in a Chinese Communist military manual from the 1950s, citizens and legislators across the nation were outraged and demanded an investigation. ....
  • Troops in Siachen issued torn clothing: CAG
    • by The Times of India
      Troops posted at the Siachen Glacier, once known as the world's highest and coldest battlefield where the weather claims more lives than combat, have been issued "partly torn" and recycled special clothing for the winters due to its untimely procurement, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed. ....
  • Continue steps to check Bangladeshi infiltration: court
    • by The Hindu
      The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to continue the steps taken by it to check illegal immigration and infiltration from Bangladesh and for their effective deportation after proper identification. ....
  • Bangladeshi Infiltration's - A Silent Invasion
    • by Nithin Sridhar
      Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh was formed in 1971, under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after the bloody Bangladesh Liberation War, in which it was supported by India. ....
  • Pakistan's wages of sin
    • by Premen Addy
      Mumbai yesterday, London tomorrow! This is the message sent out by BBC's investigative reports on 26/11 which have revealed Pakistan's skulduggery in its starkness. Terrorists have been called terrorists, not 'militants'. Violent Islamism has been ruthlessly exposed. ....
  • Hindus demand removal of 'offensive ad' by Burger King
    • by Expressindia.com
      A US-based Hindu advocacy group has asked American fast food chain Burger King to immediately remove an advertisement campaign featuring goddess Lakshmi, which it says is "offensive" to the people of the faith. ....
  • Homosexuality is not a virtue
    • by S Gurumurthy
      The progressive writer Mark Twain admitted that "Prejudice is the ink with which history is written." Post-modernism, in order to contest this defect, appreciated the subjectivity of historical interpretation which is often mediated by ideological baggag. ....
  • NCERT History Texts: hopelessly degraded
    • by Saurav Basu
      The progressive writer Mark Twain admitted that "Prejudice is the ink with which history is written." Post-modernism, in order to contest this defect, appreciated the subjectivity of historical interpretation which is often mediated by ideological baggag. ....
  • Liberhan: Rock and a hard place
    • by Sandhya Jain
      By a curious coincidence, the Justice S.C. Mohapatra Commission probing the Kandhamal riots of 2008 submitted its interim report almost simultaneously with the final report of the Justice Liberhan Commission on the post-1992 violence following demolition of the Babri structure in Ayodhya. ....
  • Pakistan army still considers India a threat: Mullen
    • by The Times of India
      Despite President Asif Ali Zardari's assertion that a Taliban insurgency, not India, was the biggest threat to Islamabad, the Pakistani army still considers India a "threat," US' top army official indicated. .....
  • 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. .....
  • Horrors inflicted in the name of Islam
    • by Irfan Hussain
      ALL too often, natural disasters and human atrocities make only a fleeting impression. We watch fascinated and horrified as TV anchors give us their impressions while images of death and disaster roll across our screens. .....
  • 13 years on, Purulia heroes given Rs 10k
    • by Debajyoti Chakraborty
      The two youth who had risked life and limb to inform police on the night of the sensational Purulia armsdrop have been handed Rs 10,000 cheques by the state government. .....
  • Silence is not an option
    • by Soli J Sorabjee
      The judge must disclose the Minister's name to avoid speculation and prevent politicisation, says Soli J Sorabjee, former Attorney-General of India .....
  • Shahbir Shah has links with LeT: Police
    • by The Pioneer
      In a confidential report, Jammu and Kashmir Police has accused moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Shabir Ahmed Shah of having links with Pakistan-based terror group Lashker-e-Taiba. .....
  • EU warns of collapsing Pakistan, upbeat about India ties
    • by The Pioneer
      Warning of the "danger of the collapse of Pakistan" to the region, the European Union (EU) plans to expand cooperation with India in countering terrorism, with the EU's counter-terror coordinator expected in New Delhi soon. .....
  • Duplicity exposed
    • by The Pioneer
      In an unsurprising about-turn, Pakistan's Punjab Province Government has made it clear that it will not be challenging the June 2 Lahore High Court order that saw Lashkar-e-Tayyeba chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed walk away a free man. .....
  • Advani airs concern at jizya on Hindus, Sikhs in Pakistan
    • by The Pioneer
      Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has expressed concern at Taliban-imposed jizya - protection money being forcibly collected from religious minority in Pakistan - and urged the Indian Government to take steps "to prevent hardships and persecution of Hindus and Sikhs" in that country. .....
  • Mehsud buying children for suicide bombings: Reports
    • by The New Indian Express
      Turning suicide bombing into a "production output" Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud is spending up to Rs One million to buy children who could be made suicide bombers, US media today quoted Pakistani and American officials as saying. .....
  • Now, Kerala church to help family 'unplanning'
    • by Ketaki Saksena
      Worried by the dwindling numbers of its flock, the Catholic Church in Kerala is planning a host of schemes to promote larger families among the financially sound. .....
  • Now, Kerala church to help family 'unplanning'
    • by Ketaki Saksena
      Worried by the dwindling numbers of its flock, the Catholic Church in Kerala is planning a host of schemes to promote larger families among the financially sound. .....
  • Is Lashkar the new al-Qaida?
    • by Indrani Bagchi
      The evidence is tumbling out of the closet: Pakistan's creation Lashkar-e-Taiba is not merely allied to al-Qaida but can now be described as the new al-Qaida. .....
  • Pak N-weapons face threat from insiders: Former CIA official
    • by The Times of India
      Pakistan's atomic weapons face the threat from insiders in the nuclear establishment colluding with outsiders, as authorities there have "a dismal track record" in thwarting such dangers, a former top American intelligence official has warned. .....
  • British warning: Summer is forced marriage season
    • by Aidan Jones
      Duped by her parents into visiting the poor, pious, hilly district of Mirpur in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, she arrived to a village abuzz with preparations for her wedding - a ceremony she knew nothing about. .....
  • 'Youngistan' Politics
    • by Vani Tripathi
      Yes! This does seem to be the new 'it' word or 'now' word of Indian politics. 'Youngistan' seems to define India and also the new parliament that has been sworn in. .....
  • SIMI meet: Probe focus on former top cops
    • by The Pioneer
      Even when complaints are coming up from several quarters that the Kerala Police's Anti-Terror Squad has lost its initial enthusiasm in the investigations into the terror network in the State .....
  • US sanctions Pak Lashkar man, cites his Samjhauta blast link
    • by The Indian Express
      The United States has imposed sanctions on four Pakistan-based terrorists including a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative accused in the 2007 Samjhauta blasts and 2006 Mumbai train bombings, freezing their assets and travel in the US. .....
  • 'Conversion led to Kandhamal riots'
    • by Mumbai Mirror
      Conversion and re-conversion were among the major factors which led to the riots in Orissa's Kandhamal district last year, a judicial commission probing the violence has said. .....
  • Monumental Mistake
    • by Amrit Dhillon
      Standing beside the dirty Gomti river in Lucknow, looking at the structures Mayawati has built on its banks in her quest for immortality, is enough to make you weep. .....
  • LeT fast emerging as the new Al Qaida
    • by Indrani Bagchi
      The evidence is tumbling out of the closet-Pakistan's creation Lashkar-e-Taiba is not merely allied to Al Qaida but can now be described as the new Al Qaida. .....
  • Ban the Burqa
    • by Mona Eltahawy
      I am a Muslim, I am a feminist and I detest the full-body veil, known as a niqab or burqa. It erases women from society and has nothing to do with Islam but everything to do with the hatred for women at the heart of the extremist ideology that preaches it. .....
  • See no evil, hear no evil…
    • by Free Press Journal
      Two separate incidents involving senior UPA members offer an early test of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's political skills .....
  • Govt to stonewall probe
    • by The Pioneer
      The Government seems to be in no mood to initiate any steps for identifying the Union Minister who put pressure on Madras High Court judge R Raghupathy to grant anticipatory bail to a father and son.
  • Truth about Lalgarh
    • by KPS Gill
      As I briefly toured West Midnapore district during the police action in Lalgarh (I was prevented from going into the affected area on "security" grounds), the most dramatic lessons of the crisis .....
  • Atma Jyoti Ashram: Wolf in sheep's clothing
    • by Swami Devananda Saraswati
      The sponsorship of Ramana Ashram and the publication of the Atma Jyoti Ashram brothers' articles under assumed Hindu names in the Ramana Ashram journal Mountain Path is not really surprising. Sri Ramana Ashram is a family business headed by a hereditary trustee. .....
  • Sharia Courts Rule Against British Law
    • by Trumpet.com
      At least 85 sharia "courts" now operate in Britain making decisions that sometimes contradict British law, according to a report by independent think tank Civitas. These Islamic courts, or arbitration tribunals, make rulings on marriage, polygamy and child custody that are illegal, the study shows. .....
  • Why dialogue with Pakistan is futile
    • by Sushant Sareen
      Considering that 2009 marks the 20th year of full-blown insurgency in Kashmir, it is somewhat surprising that there are not many books that go behind the scenes and beyond newspaper reports to lay bare what actually was happening on the ground and to the people of the state. .....
  • Sanitizing terrorism
    • by N.V.Subramanian
      The story of the November 2008 Bombay terrorist attack has one puzzling aspect. Were there only ten Pakistani terrorists involved (including Ajmal Kasab) in it, or did they get local help also? .....
  • Raja denies calling up HC judge
    • by KS Narayanan
      Union Communications Minister Andimuthu Raja on Wednesday denied calling up Justice R Regupathi of the Madras High Court in an attempt to influence him in the forged mark-sheet case. .....
  • Whistleblower in Judge-Minister case was murdered
    • by Gopu Mohan
      Madras High Court Justice R Reghupathy's claim that a Union Minister tried to pressure him in a case involving alleged forgery of mark sheets in an MBBS exam has given fresh lease of life to a murder case that lies at the heart of the scandal.. .....
  • Inculturation and the Hybrid Bible
    • by G P Srinivasan
      It is not at all surprising for me to know that the Archbishop of Mumbai lied to editor, Hindu Voice while answering his question on The New Community Bible during the press meet held on 12th June 2009, 3.30 p.m at the famous Shanmukhanada Hall, Mumbai. .....
  • Madni ordered to be handed over to Kolkata police
    • by Times Now
      Mohd Omar Madni, an alleged aide of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, was on Monday (June 29) ordered by a local court to be handed over to Kolkata police in a case relating to seizure of fake currency. .....
  • The three dangers that India faces
    • by Bharat Verma
      Very few policy makers in India dare to acknowledge the danger to the nation's territorial integrity. The security and integrity of the nation has become hostage to vote-bank politics. Democracy and more than eight percent economic growth will be of no avail if the country as such withers away. .....
  • Taliban ask Pak Hindus to pay Rs 6 million as tax
    • by The Pioneer
      An unidentified caller claiming to represent the Taliban demanded Rs 6 million as "jiziya" from the minority Hindu community of Battagram district in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province on Sunday. .....
  • Bangladeshi woman whipped over 200 times, critical
    • by The Hindu
      A widow was whipped 202 times and a man 101 times following a fatwa by a religious leader for their alleged involvement in "anti-social activity" in a village in southeastern Bangladesh, prompting local protests and action by the police. .....
  • Rs 100 cr grant for minority concentrated districts
    • by Zee News
      In a bid to speed up implementation of multi-sectoral development plans in minority concentrated areas, the Ministry of Minority Affairs has sanctioned Rs 100 crore to nine such districts in various states. .....
  • Banned Pakistani groups 'expand'
    • by Syed Shoaib Hasan
      Militant groups banned in Pakistan are expanding operations and recruitment in Pakistani-run Kashmir, according to a government report seen by the BBC. .....

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