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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. ....
- Bangladeshi infiltration
is serious problem: Buddhadeb
- by Pradip Kumar Datta
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Wednesday admitted that
the entry of illegal aliens and terrorists through the Bangladesh border
was a serious problem faced by the state. ....
- 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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