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February Month Articles
- The Lure of Jihadism,
or 'Boys Will Be Boys'
- by Raymond Ibrahim
According to a recent ABC report, "As many as three dozen criminals
who converted to Islam in American prisons have moved to Yemen where they
could pose a 'significant threat' to attack the U.S. ....
- Somalia: Al-Shabaab declares
jihad on Kenya
- by Garoweonline.com
The Islamic administration of Al-Shabaab that controls Somalia's southern
regions of Jubba has on Sunday declared holy war on Kenya over reports
that Nairobi is training Somali troops. ....
- Big B as brand ambassador:
BJP thrilled, Cong ruffled
- by The Indian Express
Amitabh Bachchan's acquiescence to become the brand ambassador for Gujarat
has thrilled the BJP-led state government. The Opposition Congress has,
however, taken it with a pinch of salt and disapproved both Modi and Bachchan's
move. ....
- Goa Kashi of the Konkan
- by GoaHolidayHomes.com
Goa called 'Kashi of the Konkanï' by the Hindus who hold it sacred
came to be considered the Rome of the East for its beautiful churches.
(Kashi, now called Varanasi or Benaras is associated with Lord Shiva and
is one of the holiest cities on the banks of the Ganges River of the Hindus.)
....
- Muslim chaplain 'smuggled'
box-cutter blades into jail
- by Reuven Blau and Dan Mangan
A city Department of Correction Muslim chaplain who served 14 years in
prison for murder and robbery was arrested today for carrying three utility
blades and a pair of scissors into a lower Manhattan jail, authorities
said. ...
- Difference of agenda: Terror
for India, composite dialogue for Pakistan
- by Pranab Dhal Samanta
Differences have already come to the fore between India and Pakistan on
the purpose of the Foreign Secretary-level talks, with Islamabad insisting
that this must lead to resumption of the composite dialogue. It is keen
to start from where the dialogue had halted after 26/11. ...
- Jab Sonia met Jaya
- by Aditya Sinha
A week ago, the UPA government postponed the auction of 3G spectrum till
the next fiscal. This despite the fact that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
was counting on collecting a cool Rs 35,000 crore to help tackle the massive
deficit India has racked up . ...
- Minority groups end silence
on Simi ban
- by Cithara Paul
Several Muslim groups have come together to question for the first time
the ban on Simi, the student group blamed by the government for involvement
in anti-national activities in the country. ....
- Sonia approved Azamgarh
trip: Digvijay
- by Bhaskar Roy
Faced with protests from the BJP and palpable discomfort within his own
party, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday claimed that he had
the approval of party chief Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi
for his Mission Azamgarh. ....
- Ex-MLA gave Delhi bombers
Rs 8000, ex-minister promised help
- by Rahul Tripathi
Investigators are zeroing in on politicians who helped Indian Mujahideen
terrorist Shahzad alias Pappu after his escape from the Batla House encounter,
with the role of a former MLA from Uttar Pradesh, currently based in Noida,
coming under close scrutiny. ....
- Bihar students force Rahul
Gandhi to flee campus
- by Jaibihar.com
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to
Bihar widely dubbed as an exercise to test the waters, had to leave Darbhanga
after students of Lalit Narayan Mithila University got agitated over his
Gujarat remarks. ....
- A Tale Of Two Trajectories
- by Arvind Panagariya
India-China comparisons often take 1980 or a later year as the starting
point. But a balanced understanding of the relative achievements of the
two countries requires a look at prior decades as well. ....
- Bitter realities of political
history of J&K
- by Bhim Singh
The political history of Jammu & Kashmir since 1947 has been a time
of tempests and tides affecting the political climate and economic growth
of the entire country. ....
- Delhi cops probing 'role'
of politicians who helped IM terrorist flee
- by Rediff.com
Suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Shahzad has reportedly named at
least three politicians, including a former member of the Legislative
Assembly from Azamgarh, claiming they helped him flee from Delhi after
the Batla House shootout two years ago, police sources said in New Delhi
on Friday. ....
- JuD chief Saeed wants to
meet Chidambaram
- by M Zulqernain
Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is accused of masterminding
the Mumbai terror attacks, on Friday said the only solution to resolving
problems between India and Pakistan is the 'liberation of Jammu and Kashmir',
failing which radical groups will resort to the 'option of Jihad'. ....
- Dangerous duplicity
- by The Pioneer
In making a public spectacle of himself by visiting villages in Azamgarh
and meeting members of the families of 17 terror suspects arrested for
bombings in Ahmedabad, Delhi and Jaipur, Mr Digvijay Singh has done a
disservice to India. ....
- PM fixated on Pakistan
- by Ashok Malik
After weeks of hint, suggestion and manufacturing media consent, the Government
has finally announced the recommencement of talks with Pakistan. ....
- Meaningless dialogue
- by The Pioneer
In end-November last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while waxing
eloquent on the need for good relations with Pakistan forged through dialoguet
....
- The Gujarat model
- by Uday Mahurkar
On the surface it looks like a paradox. When agricultural production in
most other states is plummeting, Gujarat, with large semi-arid tracts
that were alien to good crops, offers a turnaround story. Last year, it
posted an agricultural growth of 9.6 per cent against a national average
of 2.9 per cent. ....
- American Centre attack:
HC upholds death for mastermind
- by The Times of India
The Calcutta HC on Friday upheld the death sentence to Aftab Ansari and
his associate Jamiluddin Nasir in the attack on the American Centre in
Kolkata on January 22, 2002, that left five policemen dead and 12 injured.
The shooting turned out to be part of a global terror strategy with links
to 9/11. ....
- Avatar Leads The Pack In
Web Site's Most Spiritual Movies
- by Daniel Burke
U.S., January 22, 2010: Movies about aliens, air travel, cooking, and
the war in Iraq were all among the most "spiritually literate"
films of 2009, according to the Web site SpiritualityandPractice.com.
Chief among them is "Avatar," a movie where the Hindu concept
of the same name is loosely used. ....
- Pak continuing support
to Taliban and Haqqani group : US
- by The Pioneer
Pakistan is continuing support to the Taliban and the Haqqani network
as part of its back up plan to secure their western border in case the
US leaves Afghanistan, a top US intelligence official has said. ....
- 1.7 million throng Hindu
shrine in Malaysia
- by The Times of India
Over 1.7 million Hindu devotees on Monday thronged Lord Subramaniam's
temple at the Batu Caves near the national capital to celebrate the annual
Thaipusam festival. ....
- R-Days Kumbh Konnection
- by Azera Rahman
At the top of Delhiites R-Day getaway list is the Maha Kumbh Mela in Haridwar
. ....
- In The Name of Liberalism:
The Shah Rukh Khan Affair
- by Dr Vijaya Rajiva
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has managed to stay in the news for the
last few days prior to the screening of his film 'My Name is Khan'. His
comments about the inclusion of the Pakistani cricket team in the IPL
series were meant to be a statement on liberalism. ....
- Islamic Banking: Appeasement
leading to peril!?
- by B R Haran
As a continuation of its minority appeasement policy and votebank politics,
the UPA is contemplating introduction of 'Islamic Banking' in the guise
of attracting investments from Gulf countries to the tune of $ 1 trillion.
....
- Germany arrests 3 for recruiting
extremists
- by Daily Times
Forty-three apartments alleged to be belonging to radical Islamists were
raided in Germany on Wednesday and three people suspected of recruiting
extremists to fight abroad were arrested, the German police said. ....
- Christmas bomber was my
'student': Yemeni cleric Awlaqi
- by The Times of India
Radical Yemeni cleric Anwar Al-Awlaqi has praised a Christmas Day attempt
to blow up a US airliner and said the man accused in the attack was his
"student," according to an interview published by Al-Jazeera.
....
- India edgy as LeT eyes
Maldives base
- by The Times of India
Amid serious concerns that Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) has been trying to set up base in isolated islands in Maldives,
India has quickened efforts for a counterterror partnership with the southern
neighbour. ....
- Indian handler behind 26/11
attacks, says Chidambaram
- by The Times of India
The ten Pakistani terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008
could have been guided by an Indian handler whose true identity was yet
to be ascertained, home minister P Chidambaram has said. ....
- Jaya Bachchan's stand on
SRK vs Shiv Sena
- by VR Jayaraj
An apparently embarrassed Congress on Thursday distanced itself from party
leader Digvijay Singh's visit to Azamgarh to meet the families of suspected
terrorists but a combative BJP slammed Singh, terming his action as "naked
pursuit of votebank politics" ....
- Secular Left promotes Muslim
quota!
- by VR Jayaraj
An apparently embarrassed Congress on Thursday distanced itself from party
leader Digvijay Singh's visit to Azamgarh to meet the families of suspected
terrorists but a combative BJP slammed Singh, terming his action as "naked
pursuit of votebank politics" ....
- Cong distances itself from
Digvijay, BJP slams him
- by The Pioneer
An apparently embarrassed Congress on Thursday distanced itself from party
leader Digvijay Singh's visit to Azamgarh to meet the families of suspected
terrorists but a combative BJP slammed Singh, terming his action as "naked
pursuit of votebank politics" ....
- Kerala Christians Denigrating
National Flag and National Anthem
- by HaindavaKeralam.com
After denigrating Hindus and Hinduism, Missionaries had gone a step further
now they ridicules our National Flag and National Anthem. If Jihadis are
blunt in their game plan Missionaries are more wicked and crooked and
stabs you from back, when given a chance. ....
- Train blasts mastermind
nabbed
- by Atiq Khan
The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested Hamiduddin alias Hamiruddin
alias Salim, who was wanted in connection with the serial bomb blasts
on running trains in different parts of the country in 1993. ....
- Arrested IM terrorist to
be charged with M C Sharma's murder
- by The Times of India
A suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist arrested in Azamgarh in connection
with the 2008 serial blasts in Delhi will be charged with the murder of
Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma during the Batla House encounter by Delhi
Police, which have been granted his custody. ....
- Dhaka to honour Indian
soldiers killed in 1971 Liberation War
- by Anisur Rahman
Bangladesh would honour the Indian Army for its key role in the country's
'Liberation War' against Pakistan by inscribing the names of Indian soldiers
killed in the 1971 military operation at a special memorial in the heart
of the capital. ....
- Azamgarh: Fact-finding
visit, says Digvijay
- by The Indian Express
A day before his much-hyped visit to Azamgarh, AICC general secretary
Digvijay Singh said he was going there on a fact-finding visit to find
out "the reasons behind Azamgarh being named in terror attack cases".
....
- Maharashtra CM defends
Rahul Gandhi's remark on 26/11
- by The Pioneer
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday rejected Shiv Sena's
criticism that AICC general insulted the martyrs of Mumbai attack by commenting
that the city was saved by NSG commandos from all over the country, including
UP and Bihar. ....
- Why Pakistan can never
be a great neighbour
- by Vivek Gumaste
The polemics emanating from the IPL affront to Pakistani cricketers again
brings to the fore the confused morass that is the Indian psyche; a jumble
of misplaced morality and mawkish sentimentalism that revels in sadomasochistic
self doubt and translates into a gibberish that has no functional value.
....
- IM had plans to blow up
IITs, raise a youth brigade
- by The Hindustan Times
A senior Chinese official strongly warned President Obama on Tuesday against
meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of the Tibetans,
saying it would damage relations between China and the United States.
....
- China Warns U.S. on Meeting
With Dalai Lama
- by Edward Wong
A senior Chinese official strongly warned President Obama on Tuesday against
meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of the Tibetans,
saying it would damage relations between China and the United States.
....
- Mumbai and 370
- by Jug Suraiya
The Shiv Sena-sangh parivar spat about who has the right to live and work
in Mumbai with the Sena claiming that the city be reserved exclusively
for Marathi manoos and the RSS and the BJP counter-claiming that the metropolis
should be home to any Indian who chooses to make it home has taken a curious
turn. ....
- Indians singled out in
Australia: Krishna
- by Sify.com
Indian students are being "singled out" and targeted in Australia,
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said on Tuesday, urging Canberra
to do some introspection and address the issue. ....
- Rs 3 cr spent on Rajiv
ads, Rs 87L in 10 yrs on Shastri's
- by The Times of India
There is a disparity in government spend on advertisements to remember
national icons. The Centre spent nearly triple the amount to glorify Rajiv
Gandhi in two months what it did for Lal Bahadur Shastri in 10 years.
....
- Blow to Bangla religious
parties
- by Farid Hossain
The Bangladesh Supreme Court today upheld a ruling paving the way for
banning parties which base their politics on religion. ....
- Setback for China's territorial
aspirations
- by Sanat K Chakraborty
China may be claiming Arunachal Pradesh to be part of its territory but
people of the State are up in arms against the proliferation of made-in-China
goods in the State. ....
- Pak regards terror outfits
as key arsenal against India: US
- by S Rajagopalan
Although acting against militants threatening it directly, Pakistan continues
to believe that terror groups are a key element of its 'strategic arsenal'
to counter India's military and economic advantages, says the US's topmost
intelligence official. ....
- Arunachal students call
for boycott of Chinese goods
- by The Times of India
Angry over China's repeated claims on Arunachal, students across the state
are targeting Beijing's biggest economic weapon - exports - albeit in
a small way. A powerful students' group on Tuesday called for a boycott
of 'Made-in-China' goods from February 8. ....
- Arunachal students call
for boycott of Chinese goods
- by The Times of India
Angry over China's repeated claims on Arunachal, students across the state
are targeting Beijing's biggest economic weapon - exports - albeit in
a small way. A powerful students' group on Tuesday called for a boycott
of 'Made-in-China' goods from February 8. ....
- Fresh terror threat to
Vaishnodevi: CRPF
- by The Indian Express
The cave shrine of Vaishnodevi, one of the most revered places of worship
visited by about eight million pilgrims each year, faced a fresh terror
threat and security has been beefed up. ....
- IM terrorist to be charged
with M C Sharma's murder
- by The Indian Express
A suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist arrested in Azamgarh in connection
with the 2008 serial blasts in New Delhi, will be charged with the murder
of Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma during the Batla House encounter,
sources said on Tuesday. ....
- Indian supplies to Kabul
despite ban anger Pak
- by Omer Farooq Khan
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the petition of a dismissed
Muslim employee of Rajasthan Police whose service was terminated 22 years
ago for contracting second marriage in contravention of the service rule.
....
- SC upholds Rajasthan Govt
decision sacking Muslim cop
- by Zeenews.com
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the petition of a dismissed
Muslim employee of Rajasthan Police whose service was terminated 22 years
ago for contracting second marriage in contravention of the service rule.
....
- Former militant is a Padma
Shri, 2010
- by The Indian Express
This year's list of Padma awardees includes a surrendered Kashmiri militant
and counter-insurgent against whom cases of extortion and attempted murder
are pending. ....
- Dashing Weave
- by Nageshwar Patnaik
There are some revolutionaries who make money subsequently, enough money
to last them generations. And there are some who don't. They shun money
and publicity and live in a world of ideologies, not afraid to tackle
hardship. But they need to live as they think fit. ....
- Govt to prepare database
on NGOs
- by Arun Pratap Singh
There are more than 49,000 NGOs operating from the state according to
official sources. Government has decided to prepare a detailed database
of all the NGOs operating in the state. The Economic & Statistics
Department has been chosen as the nodal department for the purpose. ....
- England is 'cesspit' breeding
Islamists, says Soyinka
- by James Meikle
England is a "cesspit" and breeding ground for fundamentalist
Muslims, the Nobel laureate and political activist Wole Soyinka has said
in an interview in which he also accused Britain of allowing the existence
of "indoctrination schools". ....
- A Few Misread Signs
- by Anuradha Raman
It wasn't just liberals who were shocked at the fact that 30 professors
of the Jawaharlal Nehru University put on paper their dissension on implementing
caste quota in faculty appointments. ....
- Headley planned to set
up Delhi base in Nov
- by The Indian Express
American terror suspect David Headley was scheduled to visit India again
in November last year apparently to finalise the next target for Pakistan
based Lashker-e-Taiba group and set up a base in Delhi. ....
- 'ISI, LeT getting Indian
jihadis together in Karachi for attack'
- by Shishir Gupta
The ISI has put together a team of Indian jihadis in Karachi, and is waiting
to launch them into the country on a terrorist project, alleged terror
suspects David Coleman Headley and Mohammad Amjad Khwaja have told their
interrogators. ....
- Egypt arrests 26 suspected
of plotting terrorism
- by The Times of India
Egypt has arrested 26 suspects who the prosecutor said belonged to a cell
of militant group Islamic Jihad and were plotting terrorist acts against
tourists and state installations, the official news agency MENA reported
on Sunday. ....
- Maharashtra fugitive emerges
as 26/11 suspect
- by Praveen Swami
Mumbai police investigators say they may have succeeded in putting a face
to an until now unidentified Indian Lashkar-e-Taiba operative who played
a key role in guiding the operations of the team that attacked Mumbai
in November 2008. ....
- Change Makers
- by Ambreesh Mishra
Climate change, it seems, is impacting small Indian towns in unusual ways.
Even as world leaders gathered at Copenhagen last year to find ways to
cut carbon emissions, Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh was already doing its
bit to save the planet. ....
- Over a yr after 26/11:
Who was Lashkar's Indian hand?
- by The Times of India
Who is Abu Jindal, believed to be the lone Indian in the Lashkar's control
room in Karachi which directed the 26/11 attackers to their targets? The
question continues to beg for answer even more than a year after the outrage.
....
- Exclusive: Confessions
of a terrorist
- by Vicky Nanjappa
T Naseer was a prized catch for the Indian security agencies. The man
the intelligence agencies claim is Lashkar-e-Tayiba's chief of southern
India was picked up from the Bangladesh border a month ago. ....
- This
way lies disaster
- by The Pioneer
What has till now been talked about by strategic experts and debated in
the columns of newspapers may soon become a reality. ....
- The first learning is best
in mother tongue
- by Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar
A recent news report highlighted the fact that only 48.3% of Indian children
in Class 1 could read the English alphabet, even in big capital letters.
....
- Mind your language, we're
all Indians
- by Swapan Dasgupta
For someone whose fluency in the languages of the Aryavarta is fairly
basic, there are few things more exasperating than being caught in the
crossfire of incomprehension at social gatherings where, as a rule, you
meet people of your own social strata. ....
- Once bitten, US still seeks
Pak-American spies
- by Chidanand Rajghatta
There's nothing secret or subtle about it. Uncle Sam is seeking spies,
informers, linguists, and analysts from immigrant communities in the US
to diversify its intelligence work force and tackle national security
challenges. ....
- Shah Rukh deserves Nishaan-E-Pakistan:
Bal Thackeray
- by The Hindustan Times
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday said Bollywood superstar Shah
Rukh Khan deserves Pakistan's highest civilian award, the Nishaan-E-Pakistan,
for supporting the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the IPL. ....
- US legitimising the Taliban
- by Kanchan Gupta
It matters little to the 70 countries whose representatives met in London
last Thursday to discuss the modalities of striking a deal with the Taliban
in Afghanistan what Afghans think of the cowardly decision. ....
- Sachar to Ranganath: cannibalizing
Hindu society
- by Sandhya Jain
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance has, in successive incarnations,
been determined to give Muslims and Christians extraordinary precedence
and weightage, with a clear long-term objective of driving Hindus out
of public spaces. . ....
- Pak team denied visa for
book fair
- by The Indian Express
A Pakistani team was denied permission to participate in the Kolkata Book
Fair by the Union Home Ministry. Though the Booksellers and Publishers
Guild had allotted a book stall for the team from Pakistan after getting
their confirmation, the team could not reach as their visas were cancelled
at the eleventh hour. ....
- Akademi sets bad precedent
- by Balbir Punj
The Sahitya Akademi under the ministry of culture has selected the Telugu
novel Draupadi for its annual award in the outstanding literary work in
that language category. ....
- US invite to Taliban leaves
out Pak proxies
- by Chidanand Rajghatta
The Hamid Karzai-led and US-blessed peace initiative in Afghanistan does
not involve talks with the "really bad guys" including the Pakistani
proxy, Taliban chief Mullah Omar, clarified US secretary of state Hillary
Clinton. ....
- The alienation of Christians
- by Almasryalyoum.com
Christians have been alienated from Egyptian society ever since the country
witnessed an outward Islamicization, which people sought out to compensate
for their political and social frustrations. Unfortunately, this outward
religiosity has not contributed a single positive thing to Egyptian society.
....
- Shariah Targets 'Common
People' Only, Activists Say
- by Nurdin Hasan
Banda Aceh. Two human rights activists said on Sunday that the implementation
of Shariah law in Aceh was unfair and discriminatory, as it only applied
to the common people, while government officials and wealthy people were
never sentenced to public lashings. ....
- Democracy of a high standard
- ancient example
- by Dr. R. Nagaswamy
The inscriptions on the walls of the Sundaravarada temple in Uttiramerur,
near Kanchipuram, show how democracy was practised 1,000 years ago. DR.
R. NAGASWAMY elaborates. ....
- Change Makers
- by Ambreesh Mishra
Climate change, it seems, is impacting small Indian towns in unusual ways.
Even as world leaders gathered at Copenhagen last year to find ways to
cut carbon emissions, Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh was already doing its
bit to save the planet. ....
- Making A Virtue Of Taliban
- by B. Raman
The question is no longer how to win in Afghanistan. It is how to avoid
a defeat and an embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan. ....
- Local doctor pushes health
benefits of yoga
- by Carolyn Davis
When she was a child in India, Veena Gandhi and her four siblings greeted
the sunrise with a half-hour run to build their courage and 45 minutes
of yoga poses to stoke their souls. ....
- Taporis, cheats do not deserve
Padma: Uddhav Thackeray
- by Kiran Tare
After Shiv Sena targeted actor Shah Rukh Khan for his advocacy of Pakistani
players in the Indian Premiere League (IPL) its the executive chief Uddhav
Thackeray raised questions over awarding Padma Shri to actor Saif Ali
Khan and politician Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil ....
- Omar's angst over J&K
corruption
- by Mohit Kandhari
For the first time in the past year, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister
Omar Abdullah has made a candid confession that the coalition Government
headed by him has failed to tackle the 'menace of corruption.' .....
- Fresh terror threat to IMA
- by The Times of India
The Uttarakhand govt has sounded a red alert across the hill state following
intelligence reports of fresh terror threats to defence establishments
and Dehradun-based IMA. .....
- India happy with its role
in Kabul
- by Hindustan Times
The past week has witnessed needless debate about the current freeze in
India-Pakistan relations and the non-selection of Pakistani cricketers
for IPL 3. .....
- What peace? What talks?
- by Editorial
The past week has witnessed needless debate about the current freeze in
India-Pakistan relations and the non-selection of Pakistani cricketers
for IPL 3. .....
- Fraud getting murkier
- by J Gopikrishnan
The state-run BSNL's bid to save its political master -Telecom Minister
A Raja - from alleged fraud in shortlisting WiMax franchisees, is getting
murkier by the day. .....
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