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  • Hamburg Officials Raid Alleged Islamist Recruiting Site
    • by Spiegel.de
      German police on Monday closed a mosque that had been a meeting place for the 9/11 terror cell. They believe the mosque continued to promote jihad and may have been a staging site for Islamist extremists living in Germany who have traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan to participate in militant camps. ....
  • Mind over matter
    • by Claude Arpi
      The Tibetan Buddhist tradition draws its root texts from the Nalanda masters and describes itself as a 'science of the mind'. ....
  • Kashmir not for talks
    • by Sanjay Jha
      Will China hold talks with anyone on the future of Tibet? Has Pakistan ever involved India on the issue of Baluchistan insurgency? So, why should New Delhi engage Islamabad on Kashmir? K-word should be non-negotiable for us ....
  • Maoists offer money for arms
    • by The Times of India
      Maoists on Sunday offered money for handing over weapons allegedly being used by CPM cadres in the Naxal-hit areas, 12 days after the West Bengal government announced a surrender and rehabilitation package for the rebels. ....
  • New Kerala outfit on terror radar
    • by The Times of India
      A new outfit is under scanner in Kerala for its alleged anti-India ideology. The Popular Front of India (PFI) calls India its enemy and asks for 'total Muslim empowerment'. ....
  • Over to Mrs Prime Minister
    • by Aditya Sinha
      In keeping with the tradition of gratuitous advice offered by this unrepentant column, here's a humble suggestion to Congress president Sonia Gandhi: that she immediately sack Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and replace him with his spouse Gursharan Kaur. ....
  • Mothers to have same rights over child as fathers
    • by Nagender Sharma
      For the first time, women will be given the same rights as men to guardianship and adoption of children, even if they are single. A new law to make this effective appears set to become a reality this year. ....
  • When adultery means death
    • by Shirin Ebadi
      Stoning is an abhorrent punishment, meted out in inconsistently and secretively. Will Brazil's Lula shame Iran into ending it? . ....
  • The CBI is a habitual offender
    • by Sheela Bhatt
      The revived controversy over the withdrawal of an Interpol notice issued for Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors case is not the only example of how the Central Bureau of Investigation is subservient to the dictates of the United Progressive Alliance regime. ....
  • Intimidation Picks Up Ahead of Holy Month
    • by Nivell Rayda,Ulma Haryanto & Armando Siahaanf
      As Muslims nationwide count down the days until the start of the holy month of Ramadan, so are followers of Ahmadiyah, but for a very different reason. ....
  • You have no clue to J&K, Advani tells PM
    • by The Times of India
      In an effort to cool down tempers in embattled Kashmir Valley, the Government on Friday announced a slew of measures, including reactivating political process and holding talks for which it invited even hawks like Syed Shah Geelani. .....
  • Pak now stirring up civil unrest, says PC
    • by The Pioneer
      In an effort to cool down tempers in embattled Kashmir Valley, the Government on Friday announced a slew of measures, including reactivating political process and holding talks for which it invited even hawks like Syed Shah Geelani. .....
  • Don't overlook Centre's role
    • by Ashok Malik
      To understand the crisis-like situation the Commonwealth Games preparations have led India to, it is necessary to look beyond Mr Suresh Kalmadi and the mess he presides over at the Organising Committee. .....
  • Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati
    • by Sandesh Bharati
      Subramanya Bharati (1882 - 1921), poet and mystic, inspired hundreds and thousands of the Tamil people to rise in revolt against the British. .....
  • Moving a Mountain
    • by Sugata Srinivasaraju
      It's a journey from the world of art to the world of faith. A 41.5-foot granite statue of Bahubali is wending its tedious way on a 146-wheel trailer truck from Bidadi, Karnataka, where it was made, to Songadh, a Digambar pilgrimage centre in Gujarat. .....
  • Rockets hit Israel, Jordan resorts; one dead in Aqaba
    • by Arab News
      Rockets from Egypt's Sinai, an area where militants have operated in the past, struck Israel's and Jordan's Red Sea port resorts on Monday, killing a Jordanian civilian and injuring three others, Jordanian and Israeli police said. .....
  • The empire continues - I
    • by Tarun Vijay
      David Cameron was candid during his recent India visit when he said he was not ashamed to admit that the visit was an investment hunt. .....
  • Complicated encounters
    • by Ajit Kumar Doval
      Beware of half truths - because you may be holding the wrong half. After having seen and read so much about the Sohrabuddin episode in the last five years, one might believe one knows it all. Sohrabuddin is now cast as an innocent victim of police excess. .....
  • A case of exploded myths
    • by Mohammed Hanif
      Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, has been accused of many bad things in its own country. .....
  • The Great (double) Game
    • by Thomas L Friedman
      The trove of WikiLeaks about the faltering US war effort in Afghanistan has provoked many reactions, but for me it contains one clear message. .....
  • This is getting dirtier than the Yamuna!
    • by Rohini Singh
      IF YOU have a mania for fitness and want nothing less than the very best treadmill, Harrods of London can sell you the exercise machine for 10,000, or about 7 lakh. .....
  • Cameron not to apologise for Pak remarks
    • by Prasun Sonwalkar
      As Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari prepares to commence his visit to Britain, the Downing Street has ruled out that Prime Minister David Cameron will back away or apologise for his remarks made about Islamabad "exporting terror" as "he meant it". .....
  • J&K police on 'house' duty
    • by Mohit Kandhari
      In the wake of a fresh spell of violence in parts of Kashmir Valley, the State police department is finding it difficult to fully utilise its own manpower to restore law and order on ground zero. .....
  • Browbeaten cops join J&K protesters
    • by M Saleem Pandit
      The extent of frustration in the J&K police became glaringly evident when a posse of them were shoved and browbeaten into joining protesters on Sunday. .....
  • Centre suspects separatist hand, backs embattled CM
    • by The Times of India
      Though annoyed with him for his failure to lead, the Centre has decided to stand by J&K CM Omar Abdullah as it sees the current violence as part of a strategy by separatist forces acting in concert with Pakistan-backed terror groups. .....
  • Fear of Big Brother
    • by Coomi Kapoor
      Reports that phones of communication Minister A Raja were tapped and his private conversations leaked to the media has alarmed many central ministers. .....
  • Very important comrade said Manmohan Singh was at CPM beck and call: Somnath
    • by The Indian Express
      Launching a fierce attack on CPM general secretary Prakash Karat, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has accused him of going against the political formulation and ideas of the CPM by joining hands with "forces of crime and corruption" in the name of the Third Front during the last Lok Sabha elections. .....
  • Courting A Quiet Burial?
    • by Chandrani Banerjee
      Before he died in jail in rather mysterious circumstances, Ashutosh Asthana, the main accused in the provident fund scam at the the Ghaziabad district court, had named 33 judges as beneficiaries. .....
  • A conspiracy unravels
    • by Sandhya Jain
      Was the alleged rape of a nun, following the assassination of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four sanyasis in Kandhamal on Krishna Janmasthami .....
  • Pakistan a double dealing nation
    • by Tunku Varadarajan
      The United States must demand that Pakistan state unequivocally whether it is "with us or against us". For nearly a decade now, their caveat-linked policy has cost America untold harm, billions of dollars and hundreds of dead citizens. .....
  • Meet Shiv Kumar Kesri, the Shrawan of our times
    • by Giridhar Jha
      Meet the modern day Shrawan Kumar. Shiv Kumar Kesri, a devoted son, has sought inspiration from the mythical character of Shrawan in the Ramayana to fulfil the longstanding desire of his octogenarian mother in Bihar .....
  • For CBI, slander is evidence!
    • by Kanchan Gupta
      There have been more than 5,000 'encounter deaths' in this country. Over 1,700 'encounter death'-related complaints are pending in various courts and before the Human Rights Commission. .....
  • Govt muzzled CAG alarm on C'wealth Games delay
    • by Pradeep Thakur
      The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had submitted a report to the central and Delhi governments a year ago warning that preparations for the Commonwealth Games were way off target .....
  • CWG mess shows colossal ineptitude
    • by Swapan Dasgupta
      Among the parlour games intellectuals and amateur know-alls tend to play during moments of intense boredom is something called counter-factual history or, better still, Virtual History .....
  • Hindus in city face cremation problem
    • by Shahnaz Parveen
      The Hindus living in Dhaka city are facing a severe shortage of cremation grounds due to wholesale encroachment over the years .....
  • Business of education in the name of minority rights
    • by R L Francis
      Justice Ranganath Misra Commission report has caught the attention of the entire country. It has strengthened the demand of the Church and Christian organizations to provide reservation for Dalit Christians. .....
  • How ISI paid Taliban to hit Indians in Kabul
    • by Manu Pubby
      Backing New Delhi's finding that the ISI was actively involved in attacks on Indians working in Afghanistan, intelligence documents leaked Sunday reveal that the Pakistani spy agency paid the Taliban and the Haqqani terror network to target Indian missions, road workers, doctors and engineers working in the country. .....
  • Girls Uninterrupted
    • by Shafi Rahman
      Rathora would have been like any other Jat village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, but for the pioneering efforts of 70-year-old Jagbir Singh. .....
  • V-P by his side, 'godman' says Nepal's Hindu identity sold off
    • by Yubaraj Ghimire
      Nepal's Vice-President Paramananda Jha seated by his side, Indian 'godman' Kapil Advait, popularly known as Pilot Baba, created a flutter on Sunday when he told a gathering here that huge amount of money was involved behind the 2006 declaration of Nepal as a secular country that ended its identity as a Hindu nation. .....

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