EFFECTIVE LOKPAL NOT IN SIGHT
Vol. XLIX No. 15
Date: July 10, 2011
Kolkata Celebrates Budding Artists from across the Country
A gala Cultural Evening was the perfect conclusion of the 3-day National Cultural Workshop organised by the Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) in the cultural capital of India, Kolkata…
Who will Bell the Cat?
Income Tax Department has now made providing PAN number compulsory for jewellery-purchase worth rupees five lakh and above. But this is not enough because it is customary to show sale…
Futile Exercise
Indians against corruption [IAC], an impromptu group formed during the heat at Jantar Mantar, is out to go to people on the streets of Mumbai to gather support for Anna’s…
Let Them Come under Public Scrutiny
There is a heated debate as to whether Prime Minister and the Judiciary should come under the ambit of the proposed Lokpal bill. In the milieu, where we have seen…
VILLAGERS BUILD FIRST STRUCTURE IN BIL’IN’S LIBERATED LAND
Residents of West Bank village of Bil’in, supported by hundreds of international and Israeli peace activists, laid the first structure on the lands they liberated from the Israeli occupation. Ratib…
IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATHS AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE JANUARY
The number of civilians killed in violence in Iraq rose to 155 in June, the highest monthly level since January, according to government figures released on July 1. The Health…
MOROCCANS VOTE ON NEW CONSTITUTION
Moroccans were tipped to pass a referendum on a revised constitution offered by King Mohammed to placate “Arab Spring” street protesters, despite boycott calls by opponents
FRENCH SENATOR CALLS ISRAELI KNESSET MEMBERS ‘COLONIALISTS’
Members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee were assaulted by a French senator Tuesday while meeting with a number of senators in Paris. Among other things, she called…
GREECE BARS BOATS LEAVING GREEK PORTS FOR GAZA
Greece on July 1 banned ships heading to the Gaza Strip from leaving Greek ports, and a vessel carrying several dozen Americans which left port without permission was asked to…
SADR INTENSIFIES CAMPAIGN FOR US FORCES’ WITHDRAWAL
Muqtada Sadr is leading a campaign to bar US troops from cities and government buildings to pressure Baghdad and Washington to remove American forces from Iraq by year-end, reports said.…
EGYPT’S BROTHERHOOD HAILS IDEA OF US CONTACTS
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has welcomed any formal contacts with the United States as a way to clarify its vision but no such contacts have yet been made, reports said on…
RELIGIOUS FANATICISM SHOULD BE DEALT WITH FIRM HAND: HC
Observing that religious fanaticism should be dealt with a firm hand, the Kerala High Court on June 27 dismissed bail applications of two accused in the case relating to the…
ERADICATION OF CORRUPTION VITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT: ABDUL KALAM
With the chorus getting strident over rooting out corruption, former president APJ Abdul Kalam on June 26 threw his weight behind the anti-graft movement. Kalam launched the ‘What can I…
MP GOVT SCHOOLS INCLUDE LESSONS FROM ‘GITA’
Students of Classes 1 to 10 in Madhya Pradesh government schools will be taught lessons from the Bhagvad Gita from the current academic year. Top state government officials on June…
IAMC CONDEMNS INTIMIDATION OF ANHAD
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, has strongly condemned the harassment and intimidation of Human Rights Organisation ANHAD (Act…
DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE SHOWS CULPABILITY OF GUJARAT GOVT.
The admission by the Government of Gujarat that all records and intelligence reports pertaining to the Gujarat Carnage of 2002 have been destroyed, should shock no one! This admission before…
SALMAN KHURSHID’S SACHAR REPORT REMARK EARNS WIDE CRITICISM
The June 25 statement made by the Union Minister for Minorities Affairs Salman Khursheed, calling for critical examination of Sachar Committee report, has evoked wide criticism. Delivering a lecture on…
US Foreign Policy Invigorated at the Expense of Gaza
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made a series of stern and fiery statements recently, giving the impression that war is somehow upon us once again. Oddly, Clinton’s sudden…
Without Force or Farce?
“The fast of the saint could not break the spell of Brahmin, might or ability to talk to God is a task, shorn of foundation.
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY Ramdas Athawalay Allies with Shiv Sena
Electoral politics has its own strange logic. While Gopinath Munde, a leader of BJP, was hobnobbing with Congress (June 2011), in recent times the leaders from Shiv Sena, Narayan Rane…
Open Letter to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Forbesganj Police
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Anti-Islamic Hate Speech is Now Legal in the Netherlands
Geert Wilders, the far-right Dutch politician has been acquitted of all charges in his hate speech trial in Amsterdam. According to the judge, comparing Islam to Nazism might be offensive,…
Media is Judge, Jury and Executioner, Dr. Manmohan Singh
No Editor came out wiser after an hour-long interaction with the Prime Minister at 7 Race Course Road, his official residence in New Delhi on June 29. The less-than-impressive show…
India, Pakistan Talk Peace No More War Mongering, Please
The history of independence of India and Pakistan’s creation is soaked in human blood. Fear of insecurity caused by partisan moves and presence of a strong lobby of Hindutva leaders…
Conditions for Paradise
Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “A person who gives surety to (safeguard)…
The Truth They Disdain
Or is it that they were unaware of their Messenger and were therefore repelled by him for he was a stranger to them? Or do they say that there is…
Derailing Justice by Destroying Records
In a shocking revelation Gujarat State’s Consul, appearing before Nanavati-Mehta Commission probing Godhra train fire and post-Godhra anti-Muslim riots, has claimed that many relevant records and documents pertaining to those…
EFFECTIVE LOKPAL NOT IN SIGHT
A restrained approach by the government alone can prevent a mass collision with the masses who are determined to vigorously pursue their struggle for an effective Lok Pal, observes RAJINDAR…
