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Hamza faces extradition
Abu Hamza al-Masri, one of Britain’s
most controversially radical Muslim
clerics, currently serving a
seven-year jail term for inciting
racial hatred and murder, on Thursday
suffered a setback in his legal battle
against being extradited to America to
face terror charges.
Pakistan facing Commonwealth
sanctions
Pakistan
was on Monday facing the prospect of
serious sanctions including possible
suspension from the Commonwealth in a
move by the 53-member organisation to
put pressure on President Pervez
Musharraf to lift the Emergency and
restore democracy in the country.
A sorry tale of Saudi King’s U.K.
visit
King Abdullah’s four-day visit to
Britain descended very nearly into a
farce thanks to some breathtaking
tactlessness on both sides.
India falls off the league table of
top universities
For the first time, no Indian
university figures in Britain’s most
authoritative league table of the
world’s top 200 universities while
China is in with six universities
revealing a wide gap in higher
educational standards ...
Ex-U. K. soldier held for “spying”
for Russia
A former British soldier is reported
to have been arrested for allegedly
spying for
Russia
raising fears of further escalation of
diplomatic tensions between the two
countries.
Brown’s policy termed employment
apartheid
In an extraordinary attack on Prime
Minister Gordon Brown’s immigration
policy, Britain’s most senior Labour
Asian MP and a former Minister, Keith
Vaz, has challenged him over his
pledge about “British jobs for British
workers” calling it an “employment
apartheid.”
Pressure mounts in U.K. for tougher
stand against Musharraf
The debate in
Britain
over the current turmoil in Pakistan
has been dominated by questions about
what commentators have termed as
British and American “impotence” in
the wake of their favourite dictator’s
second ...
U.K. court overturns discriminatory
rules
The High Court’s decision on Friday to
uphold Britain’s overseas doctors’
appeal against rules that require
medical graduates from outside the
European Union to obtain work permit
before coming to Britain is expected
to benefit thousands of overseas
doctors.
Major gain for Indian doctors in
U.K.
Britain’s
overseas doctors, who had been
battling against new discriminatory
recruitment norms, on Friday won a
major legal battle when the High Court
upheld their appeal against rules that
require medical graduates from outside
...
Blow for U.K. in BAE scandal
In an embarrassing development for the
British government, the High Court on
Friday allowed two pressure groups to
challenge its controversial decision
to drop a criminal investigation into
allegations that BAE Systems,
Britain’s biggest arms supplier, paid
millions of pounds in secret
commissions to win a £43-billion
defence contract with Saudi Arabia in
1985.
Constrained Hegemon
The
US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
dissuaded General Musharraf from
imposing an Emergency a few weeks ago.
Karuna’s Trial For “War Crimes” Urged
Britain’s human rights groups have
demanded investigation into
allegations of “war crimes” against
the rebel LTTE leader, “Col.” Karuna
Amman, who was arrested here last week
for allegedly travelling on a false
passport.
Macho Vs Mature
Unfamiliarity with the many ways of
speaking English can create diplomatic
hiccups.
To China, With Love
As someone who is convinced that
Indian Communists serve as a Chinese
fifth column in our beloved Bharat
Mata, I look for every chance to
expose their treasonous behaviour.
Generally, it’s hard to catch our
comrades red-handed.
Karuna In Immigration Detention Centre
The rebel LTTE leader, Vinayagamoorthi
Muralitharan, better known as “Colonel
Karuna Amman,” who was arrested here
on Friday for allegedly travelling on
a false passport, is being held in an
immigration detention centre.
Modi Must Be Punished
Some serious-minded secularists feel
that the sting operation showing
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s
foot soldiers boasting about
conducting the Gujarat pogrom with
state support should not have been
publicised.
A Winter Of Transformation In Kashmir
“I think the agenda is pretty much
set,” All Parties Hurriyat Conference
chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq told an
interviewer in April this year.
Debating Points
The CPI(M) has announced that it is
set for a debate, but not voting. But
what will its argument be based on?
Wages Of Zombie Rule
At the risk of sounding facile, I
would hazard the suggestion that while
the political class has discounted the
India-US nuclear non-agreement, the
middle classes have become bored silly
by the prevarication and brinkmanship
surrounding it.
Musharraf Maelstrom And India
India had reasons to mince its words on General Pervez
Musharraf’s second coup that suspended
Pakistan’s constitution, emasculated
the higher judiciary that was
beginning to show signs of
independence, and pulled the plug on
the vibrant . . . . . .
Resign, Scotland Yard Chief Told
The head of Scotland Yard, Ian Blair,
was on Friday under growing pressure
to resign after a damning court
verdict over the killing of an
innocent Brazilian youth, Charles de
Menezes, who was shot dead by the
police at a London . . . . . . .
Debating Points
The CPI(M) has announced that it is
set for a debate, but not voting. But
what will its argument be based on?
Coming Up: Floor Test
The suggested parliamentary debate on
the 123 agreement will be among the
most important discussions held in
Parliament in Independent India.
Us - Or Chinese - Poodle?
Ever since Shri Prakash Karat took
over the stewardship of the Communist
Party of India (Marxist), it has come
out in the open as a strong defender
of Chinese interests.
Public Face Of The Tamil Tigers
SP Thamilselvan - who died in a Sri
Lankan air force raid on Friday
morning - is the most senior Tamil
Tiger leader to have been killed in
recent years.
Raj Dharma Fails In Gujarat
I HAVE reasons to believe that Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, when he was Prime
Minister, wanted to dismiss Nahrendra
Modi and had planned to do so after
his visit to Ahmedabad.
Cautionary Tale
In April 1972, while walking aimlessly
down Free School Street, a friend and
I chanced upon a hawker selling forms
that would enable travel between the
newly-liberated Bangladesh and India.
Resolve Palestinian Issue: U.K.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on
Thursday emphasised Saudi Arabia’s
role in finding a solution to the
Palestinian problem as King Abdullah
wound up his four-day visit to Britain
amid continuing protests by campaign
groups over his country’s . . . . .
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