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Aug Month Articles
- 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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