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- Ruling Party Okays General’S Bid (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Aug 06, 2007)
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has formally endorsed the re-election of President Gen Pervez Musharraf in uniform from the current assemblies.
- Faith And Conflict (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
ORIGINALLY a place of belonging - spiritual, temporal or literal - Dera Sacha Sauda is now something that causes fear and anxiety among many people in Punjab.
- Soon, Monica Bedi May Be Out Of Jail (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
Almost five years after her arrest in Portugal, a Bhopal court on Monday acquitted underworld don Abu Salem’s companion Monica Bedi in a fake passport case.
- Optimism Helps You To Wrest Victory (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jul 07, 2007)
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Does it sound like the late Mickey Spillane’s detective fiction hero Mike Hammer talking?
- Belated Sop To The Opposition (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 15, 2007)
In a not too concealed fashion, the government has decided to make a tactical retreat on the political front to mop up the debris of the mistakes made by President General Pervez Musharraf on March 9 . . . .
- Not The Lahore I Knew (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 13, 2007)
The story is apocryphal but like all such stories it is interesting. In any case it sounds authentic.
- Losing Friends, Fast (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 12, 2007)
It is true that there are no real friends in politics. By definition, political friendships are fickle, feeble and fleeting.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 12, 2007)
The transport minister, Subhas Chakraborty, and his mentor Jyoti Basu contend that the mass murder at Nandigram cannot be called “genocide” in terms of the UN definition.
- A General Battles To Hold His Position (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 08, 2007)
The anti-government movement in Pakistan appears unstoppable but a lot will depend on the Supreme Court's decision on Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary's petition.
- Time To Step Back From The Precipice (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 07, 2007)
After promulgating a draconian anti-press law, the government has gone and registered cases against 200 journalists under Section 144 for protesting against it.
- Talibanisation Of Sikhism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2007)
The Sikh fundoos have distorted out of all recognition the militant order of Khalsa that Guru Gobind Singh instituted in 1699. It is incomprehensible how anyone can project nine years of Khalsa as theraison d'êtreof Sikhism and give it . . . .
- Kalam Asks Leaders To Put Nation Before Themselves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
Octogenarian social activist from Assam Rabindra Nath Upadhyay and Delhi-based Institute for Socialist Education were presented the National Communal Harmony Awards for 2006 by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam here on Wednesday.
- Ruling Pml Leaders Flay Musharraf (Tribune, Afzal Khan, May 23, 2007)
In a fractious meeting of the central executive committee of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) several senior party leaders criticised the sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and the government handling of the Karachi carnage . . .
- Sc To Hear Mulayam's Petition In Assets Case On Monday (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the petition filed by former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members seeking review of March 1 apex court order directing the CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry in the . . .
- Sc Reserves Order On Case Against Nba (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved it orders on the petition seeking probe into the criminal activities of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) led by social activist Medha Patkar.
- Bsp Projected To Lead In Hung House (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2007)
Exit polls after the fourth round of voting in Uttar Pradesh on Monday continued to show Mayawati-led BSP in the lead as the single largest party in the hung State Assembly that is likely to emerge after the counting of votes.
- Fourth Phase Of Polling Begins In Up (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
Polling for the fourth phase of elections to 57 Assembly constituencies spread over ten districts in Uttar Pradesh began this morning amidst tight security.
- Fourth Phase Of Polling Begins In Up (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
Polling for the fourth phase of elections to 57 assembly constituencies spread over ten districts in Uttar Pradesh began on Monday morning amidst tight security.
- 2 Dms Shifted On Ec’S Order (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Apr 13, 2007)
On the eve of the second phase of polling, the district magistrates (DMs) of Barabanki and Sant Kabir Nagar have been transferred with immediate effect on the order of the Election Commission reportedly due to mounting complaints regarding their . . .
- Hasina, 56 Politicians Charged With Murder (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Apr 12, 2007)
The police on Wednesday pressed murder charges against 56 people of rival Awami League and Jamaat-i-Islami in two separate cases of violence filed in October last year.
- Centre Backs Sc's Right To Order Cbi Probe (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Apr 05, 2007)
The Centre on Wednesday upheld the Supreme Court's jurisdiction to order CBI inquiry into a matter without obtaining consent from the concerned State Government.
- Why Can't Cbi Probe Mulayam, Asks Govt (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Apr 05, 2007)
Serving a dessert of legal arguments and politics, the Centre on Wednesday firmly defended the Supreme Court's order directing CBI probe into alleged disproportionate assets of UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members.
- 'Foreign Hand Supporting Medha Patkar' (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Apr 02, 2007)
After Gujarat's demand for a high-level probe into the activities of Medha Patkar-led Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), the Madhya Pradesh Government has also accused "foreign hands" supporting NBA in disrupting relief and rehabilitation work concerning . . .
- Sc Order In Mulayam’S Case Violates Federalism, Argues Salve (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2007)
Seeking review of the Supreme Court’s direction for a CBI inquiry into the ‘disproportionate assets’ of UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and submission of a report to the Centre, his son and MP Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday told the apex court . . .
- Sc To Hear Mulayam's Assets Case On Monday (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
The marked departure made by the Supreme Court in entertaining the review petition filed by Samajwadi Party MP and son of UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in open court has met the first roadblock.
- A Myth That Became A Classic (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Mar 20, 2007)
Indian cinema has always revelled in costume dramas and extravaganzas. Not only myth and legend, mythicised history has been its regular source of romance.
- Life In The Footpath (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2007)
Accepting their condition is what distinguishes footpath dwellers from the rest.
- Citing A ‘Heinous’ Note, Sc Judge Pulls Out Of Mulayam Case (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
With folded hands and tears in his eyes, Supreme Court judge Justice A R Lakshmanan today expressed his inability to hear a review petition filed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son in a case that involves his father and his family’s
- Justice Lakshmanan Breaks Down, Recuses Himself From Mulayam Case (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 17, 2007)
Letter faxed to his residence says he was influenced to favour Mulayam
"The Bar is behind you," Sorabjee tells Judge
Another Bench to hear Mulayam assets case now
- Threat Makes Sc Judge Pull Out Of Case (Times of India, Manoj Mitta, Mar 17, 2007)
In a bizarre turn of events, an anonymous letter prompted Supreme Court’s Justice A R Lakshmanan to break down in open court on Friday and back out of hearing a petition seeking review of his politically sensitive verdict related to Mulayam . . .
- Lakshmanan Breaks Down, Recuses Himself From Mulayam Case (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 17, 2007)
Anonymous letter says the judge was influenced to favour Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh
The Bar is behind you, Sorabjee tells judge
Another Bench to hear case
- Judge Cries But Fails To Get Much Sympathy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
The Supreme Court was witness to an unprecedented event on Friday when the judge hearing the disproportionate assets case involving Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family openly wept in the court being pained by an anonymous letter that accused him . . .
- Mulayam Singh Plea Not In Order: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain an application filed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh seeking modification of its order directing a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into his "disproportionate assets."
- Mulayam Fails To Evade Cbi Assets Probe (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Mar 14, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rendered Mulayam Singh Yadav and three of his kin vulnerable to the uncomfortable possibility of being visited by CBI with an embarrassing questionnaire about their "disproportionate" assets bang in the middle of UP . . .
- Sc Refuses To Stay Mulayam Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s plea for a stay on the CBI inquiry against him and his family members for allegedly amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources of income till the . . .
- Mulayam Singh's Battles (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 14, 2007)
Mulayam Singh Yadav is now battling on two fronts: in court in a wealth case and outside it in a high-stakes election.
- Kashmiri Writer Awarded India’S Literary Award (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 10, 2007)
India accorded its highest literary award to eminent Kashmiri writer and poet Prof Rehman Rahi on Friday. Prestigious Jnanpith Award is known as India’s Pultzer and Booker prize.
- Lake Of Nectar (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Mar 09, 2007)
Amritsar was not only a religious city but also a flourishing trade centre.
- Mulayam’S Assets: Cbi To Probe (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Mar 02, 2007)
In a severe jolt to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav just before the Assembly elections in the state, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI inquiry into his and his family members’ assets by way of preliminary inquiry and gave free . . .
- Assets Or Liability? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 02, 2007)
Thursday's directive by the Supreme Court to the CBI to probe the charges of disproportionate assets against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members is a serious setback for him.
- Keep Out Bias In Confidential Reports, Says Sc (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Mar 01, 2007)
The annual Confidential Report (CR) of a government official is a vital document on the progression of his career and should not be used as a ‘fault finding’ process, but made a tool of human resource development (HRD) to help in improving the . . .
- Kabirdass Motor Launches New Electric Scooters (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
Chennai-based Kabirdass Motor Company has launched four models of their environmental-friendly, zero emission non-polluting vehicle scooterette series XITE - K101 LA, XITE - K100 LA, XITE K15 SI and Arrow.
- Change Within, Changes All Over (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Feb 26, 2007)
The basic principle of work study is that there is always a better way to do a job. In a similar manner, as applied to self improvement and search for excellence, there would still be scope for betterment, whatever be the levels already attained.
- Inclusive Identities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 25, 2007)
The spectrum of human diversity has always been multi-dimensional, without a centre or periphery.
- Sense In Nonsense (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2007)
In a dank forest an old crank asked if I would know/ ‘In half an acre of ocean how many jackfruit grow?’/ I estimated roughly and said, ‘Begging your pardon—/ Just as many as the prawns growing in your garden.’ (Sukumar Ray’s For Better or for Verse.)
- Jobs On Compassion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2007)
The Supreme Court judgement that dependents of employees who died in harness cannot claim jobs on compassionate grounds as a matter of right and that such benefit can be extended . . .
- Passing Passion Of Playing Games (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
The book, a fascinating account of Indian games, covers almost all the sedentary ones, played indoors, in terms of the board and card variety, writes Utpal K Banerjee.
- Help Turns Highrise Hunter (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2007)
When anxious neighbours climbed the servants’ staircase to enter the upscale seventh-floor flat, the 51-year-old woman “all of Calcutta knows” had been dead several hours, clutching a tuft of her killer’s hair.
- Supreme Court Criticises Ias Officers For Flouting Orders (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 15, 2007)
Case relates to re-fixation of seniority
"There is utter callousness and orders are flouted with impunity"
"We will teach a lesson to such IAS officers"
- Mulayam's Assets: Verdict Reserved On Pil For Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2007)
It Department submits particulars of tax returns
I have copies of sale deeds: petitioner Bid to tarnish image during election time: counsel
- Mulayam Assets: Sc Reserves Verdict (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2007)
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a petition seeking an independent inquiry into the wealth and assets allegedly amassed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members, including his son Akhilesh Singh Yadav.
- Mulayam’S Assets: Sc Reserves Ruling (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2007)
The judgement on a Congressman’s plea for a CBI probe into the assets of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and members of his family was today reserved by the Supreme Court even as lawyers fielded by the Samajwadi Party leader made a . . .
- Rent - A - Womb In India Fuels Surrogate Motherhood Debate (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2007)
Jyoti Dave is pregnant, but when the 30-year-old gives birth in March the baby will not be taken home to bond with her other child, but will instead be handed over to an American couple unable to conceive.
- Sc Asks Icici Bank To Submit Rbi Guidelines On Loan Recovery Agents (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the ICICI Bank to place before it the guidelines purportedly issued by the RBI and the Indian Banks Association (IBA) for appointment of "recovery agents" to collect loan repayments from defaulting customers.
- Prayerful Consciousness Means End Of Prayer (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 29, 2007)
Often one comes across people who, even as they sit at prayer, are constantly interspersing it with household instruction to the spouse, children or staff. Others attend to phone calls even as they pray. Some try to pray during bath time to save . . .
- Be Truly Regretful For All Mistakes (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jan 22, 2007)
It is human nature to be sensitised inordinately to the perceived difficulties and struggles having had to be faced in one’s life, disregarding the advantages or favours received.
- Indian Art’S Forgotten Genius (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Jan 22, 2007)
Benodebehari Mukherjee (1904-80) is a long neglected colossus of contemporary Indian art.
- Millions Gather For Indian Mela (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2007)
Thousands of Hindu holy men plunged into the Ganges river in the northern Indian town of Allahabad to mark the main day of the Ardh Kumbh festival.
- Ix Schedule Laws Open To Review (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 12, 2007)
Apex court to examine laws included after 1973
Power of judicial review can't be taken away
Insertion means unlimited power to nullify fundamental rights.
- Correct The Distortions (Pioneer, Davinder P. S. Sandhu, Jan 08, 2007)
In The Pioneer of December 19, 2006, Hari Shankar Vyas has mentioned his meeting with Mr Bhanu Pratap Singh from Narsinghgarh, who is quoted as saying that today Guru Gobind Singh would be turning in his grave.
- Promotion Can’T Be With Retrospective Effect, Rules Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2007)
The Bench rejected the plea of the employee Dinesh Kumar Sharma, who claimed that he should be promoted from the date of vacancy and not from the date as decided upon by the selection panel.
- Indian Movies Fail Because They Are Simply Too Long’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 18, 2006)
Nasreen Munni Kabir is an independent television producer and director, and author of ‘Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema and Talking Films’ and ‘Conversations on Hindi Films with Javed Akhtar’.
- Threading Kabir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2006)
The book, `Kabir - The Weaver Poet' will get you to rethink life, says the author
- Iran's President Faces Test Of His Support In Elections (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2006)
Iranians will go to the polls on Friday in elections that are expected to be a test of whether President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad still has the popular support that led to his victory 18 months ago.
- The Warp And Weft Of Kabir's Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
Jaya Madhavan's "Kabir - The Weaver Poet"
- Iran Students Disrupt President's Speech (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2006)
Iranian students staged a rare demonstration Monday against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, lighting a firecracker and burning his photograph as he delivered a speech at their university, the state news agency reported.
- Bangla Troops Take Position (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2006)
Troops took up positions around the Bangladeshi capital and in all major cities and towns today after the government ordered the deployment to ensure a peaceful run-up to elections next month.
- Supreme Court As Saviour (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Dec 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court, as the protector and custodian of people’s rights, has never failed in its duty in coming to the rescue of hapless citizens. Remarkably, in the latest case, it has departed from the traditional law by ruling that a divorced mother . . .
- In Bard's Own Country (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2006)
You'll bump into many figures of speech in the surprising and idyllic Stratford-Upon-Avon.
- Shards Of Memory (Indian Express, G.K. Gupta, Nov 27, 2006)
I was about four and learning the rudiments of the alphabet. One of my first attempts at handwriting was to lovingly etch the letter ‘S’ — the first letter of my mother’s name — on the surface of her dressing table.
- "Divorced Woman Entitled To Minor Child's Custody Even After Her Remarriage" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2006)
Give paramount consideration to child's welfare, says Supreme Court
- No Guarantee On Contract Employees’ Extension (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2006)
The Supreme Court has ruled that employees on contract cannot seek continuation of their services even though they may have completed 240 days in such employment. Such contract for a fixed period automatically stood terminated after the expiry of . . .
- Communal Quotas (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 15, 2006)
All of a sudden, unable to cope with mounting social and economic problems, not to mention the rapid collapse of the national security system, and the attendant criticism, the UPA Government, more so the Congress, has begun to voice the demand for . . .
- Of Name And Form (Hindu, V.K. Subramani, Nov 14, 2006)
This book contains 34 paintings by the artist, Arpana Caur and 34 short poems by Shailendra Gulhati. The authors claim that the book is a `jugalbandi' of name and form, in which the artist and the poet celebrate God's creation together.
- Four Troops Killed In Attack On Patrol Boat (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2006)
Four British servicemen were killed and three seriously injured in Basra yesterday, one of the worst days for UK forces since the start of the Iraq war.
- Iqbal And Muslim Nationalism (Dawn, Prof Sharif al Mujahid, Nov 09, 2006)
Allama Iqbal’s core contribution to Muslim regeneration lay in giving his people an idea, something to live and die for.
- Muslims And Sikhs Need Not Apply (OutLook, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 06, 2006)
Noted educationist and former parliamentarian Humayun Kabir was known, among other things, for being a prominent Bengali politician who did not subscribe to the Muslim League’s vision of Pakistan. Instead, he chose secular India, rose to be . . .
- John Abraham On Taliban Hit List (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
In a real case of life imitating art, two of Bollywood’s best known actors headed to Afghanistan to film a movie about war correspondents living on the edge only to find themselves facing threats from the Taliban.
- Ruling Reserved On Ambit Of Ix Schedule (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 04, 2006)
Arguments on Parliament's power to include any law in it
"Courts bound by provisions which do not offend basic structure"
Article-31-B is a device for saving laws.
- Pushpanjali (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 02, 2006)
Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed the soul.
Qur'an
- Ix Schedule Has Outlived Its Purpose: Nariman (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 31, 2006)
Article 31-B is not a vast reservoir to include any law
Nehru said it was a one-time measure to protect farm laws
Now 285 laws are in IX Schedule
- Full Sc Bench To Review 9th Schedule Scope (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time in the recent past Supreme Court is expected to sit in a constitutional Bench for five days in a row to decide the scope of judicial review of laws placed under the Ninth Schedule.
- Indian Voices Still In The Closet (Indian Express, Antara Dev Sen, Oct 16, 2006)
If you expect a book fair to be a kaleidoscope of ideas and emotions, you would have been delighted to be at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
- Accept Your Faults And Be Empowered (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Oct 16, 2006)
It was rightly said that the greatest fault is being conscious of none. Human nature instinctively shies from realising and owning one’s own faults and imperfections and instead gloats over one’s own contribution, accomplishments and merits often . . .
- The God Inside Us All (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Annihilate I, become He, that is the message of Shashi Verma whose "You are God" is being launched this Thursday in New Delhi, says ANUJ KUMAR
- Language Of The Rootless Beings (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Oct 11, 2006)
Amidst all this controversy and debate on whether children should be taught in their mother tongue in primary school, extreme positions have been taken by both proponents and opponents.
- Child Labour: Grand Plans, Little Action (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Oct 10, 2006)
There is a clear lack of political will in the State to eliminate this evil practice.
- Pakistan Quake Survivors Face 2nd Winter In Shelters (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Zafar Iqbal had hoped to have finished rebuilding his house before snow covers the mountains of Kashmir.
- 4 Cops, Civilian Killed In Srinagar Fidayeen (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Four J&K Police personnel and at least one civilian got killed when militants launched a suicide attack near a paramilitary encampment in the business hub of Budshah Chowk in the heart of this capital city today.
- Gandhigiri — A Philosophy For Our Times (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Sep 28, 2006)
The use of the term Gandhigiri highlights the fact that in an unjust world, change necessitates the use of force. It also emphasises that Gandhiji stood for action in the face of oppression. Not passive contemplation or individual salvation.
- Divine Plunge (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
A collaborative effort by a painter and a poet to capture their shared experience with God.
- Revolutionary Reader (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
Among the revolutionaries of India, Bhagat Singh is probably the most popular. On his martyrdom, he was praised even by Mahatma Gandhi, stating: “The grave blunder committed by the Government has increased our power of winning the freedom for which . . .
- Victims At A Loss Over Pakistan’S Rape Law Reform (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Rape Law Reform Lays Bare Pakistan's Political Morass (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 25, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- 5 Killed, 58 Injured As Bus Falls Into Gorge (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Five persons were killed while at least fifty eight others including a dozen students injured, when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near village Rihan on Rajouri-Kotranka road here this afternoon.
- Bangla Storm: 73 Dead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The Coast Guard and civil administration recovered most of the bodies from different points on the coast stretching from Patuakhali to Khulna, the sources said adding adverse weather was hampering rescue work.
- Delhi Streets Become Battleground ...As Anti-Sealing Anger Soars (Pioneer, Neeraj Chauhan, Sep 21, 2006)
On Wednesday, Seelampur was on fire. It was a day when policemen had to run for cover from the fury of the traders who dared the mighty Delhi Police and mercilessly pelted the force with stones. Initially caught unawares, the police soon . . .
- 40 Feared Dead As Naval Ship, Boats Capsize (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Sep 21, 2006)
At least 40 people are feared dead and nearly 1,200 fishermen and 40 navigators, including a naval commander went missing as 25 boats, 350 trawlers and a naval ship capsized in the Bay of Bengal during a storm that battered Bangladesh’s southern . . .
- The Outlaws (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 21, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
- Our India’ Fills Us With Pride (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Sep 20, 2006)
The Parliament Museum is a journey through the history of Indian democracy.
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