KILLING OF SHEHLA MASOOD Need to Expose Nexus between Criminals, Politicians and Officials
Vol. XLIX No. 24
Date: September 11, 2011
HWF Hosts Iftar Party for Rickshaw pullers and Labourers
Human Welfare Foundation, a national NGO working for the uplift of weaker sections of the society educationally, economically and socially
Bring BCCI under the RTI Act
In an era of transparency where even judiciary is sought to be under the public eye, it is ironical that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), calling…
Implement Poll Reforms with Lokpal
Lokpal probably now going to become a dream-come-true after long wait of 42 years since the Bill was first introduced is indeed a welcome curative measure for our system deep…
BJP MP in the Dock?
On the 1st of September 2011 BJP MP was all praise for the slain young RTI activist ShehlaMasood in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He has admitted that he knew her as a…
Maulana Dr. Kausar Yazdani (1935-2011)
Maulana Dr. Kausar Yazdani, a renowned Islamic scholar, author, journalist, activist and former Secretary for Dawah, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), breathed his last on August 29 at his residence in New…
MUSLIM SUES D.C. HOTEL OVER BIAS DURING ISRAELI DELEGATION’S STAY
A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation on August 29 filed a lawsuit against a Washington, D.C., hotel on behalf of a Muslim employee who says he faced…
NEW EGYPTIAN GOVT SEEKS TO SETTLE LAND, OTHER CONTRACT ROWS
The Egyptian government is seeking to settle disputes over the price of land and other issues with about 20 foreign and local investors in a bid to avoid costly arbitration…
72 PRISONERS EXECUTED: SYRIAN OFFICIAL SPILLS THE BEANS
Security forces killed at least two people as they moved into central and northwest Syria on September 1, activists said, urging fresh anti-regime protests under the banner of “death rather…
QADDAFI WANTS LIBYA ‘ENGULFED IN FLAMES’
Muammar Qaddafi, driven into hiding by his foes, on September 1 urged his supporters to fight on as dozens of world nations pledged to support Libya’s new leadership at a…
TURKEY EXPELS ISRAELI ENVOY, HAMAS WELCOMES THE MOVE
The Hamas movement on September 2 welcomed Turkey’s decision to expel Israel’s ambassador and its criticism of the Jewish’s state blockade of the Gaza Strip.“Hamas welcomes the decision
ISRAELI FLOTILLA RAID WAS ‘EXCESSIVE’: UN REPORT
A UN-mandated inquiry into a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish-led aid flotilla to Gaza in 2010 said Israel’s action was “excessive”. The report, which has not yet been officially…
KAUSAR YAZDANI, A GREAT HINDI WRITER AND JOURNALIST DIES AT
On August 29, 2011, Dr. Kausar Yazdani Nadwi, a prolific Hindi writer and journalist and a veteran leader of Jammat-e-Islami Hind died at the age of 75. Mr. Yazdani remained…
DOZENS OF VILLAGES YET TO HAVE ELECTRICITY
It has been more than 11 years since we embarked the 21st century, yet there are many villages in our free India where electric bulb is an alien concept. Although in…
FORBESGANJ CELEBRATES EID AS BLACK DAY
People of Forbesganj, who have been demanding justice for the past two months, celebratedEidas Black Day this year. The horrific firing that happened at Forbesganj in which a 6-month-old infant…
UP POLICE UNIFORM GETS TAINTED ONCE AGAIN
The already tarnished image of UP police is botched up once again. This time it happened in the Farukhabad district of UP. Four police officers have been suspended for allegedly…
SEARCH FOR MISSING PERSONS STARTS IN MORADABAD
Things have not returned to normal in Moradabad as yet. The communal riots that erupted in the city during the month of Ramadhan, on August 9 to be exact, caused…
12 INNOCENT MUSLIMS ACQUITTED IN HAREN PANDYA CASE
The Gujarat High Court has acquitted 12 Muslims implicated in the murder of HarenPandya, former Home Minister of Gujarat. Pandya was shot dead on March 26, 2003, near Law Garden…
I hadn’t Rejected Christianity so much as Embraced Islam
My abandonment of Roman Catholicism was spawned by a premature death, my mother’s at age 49, on the day before my 22nd birthday. I prayed like crazy for God to…
ARAB AUTHORITARIAN WORLD IS CHANGING But How to Make Sense
Individualistic absolutism is an epidemic across the oil enriched Arab world and has its own flourishing history. Paradoxical as it appears, changing fortunes of time have brought the cruel monsters…
Next, Regime Change in Syria
If the likeness between ravaging regime-change scenarios in Iraq and Libya is any indication, the future of Bashar al-Assad’s sovereignty in Syria might be hanging by a thin thread.
ADVERTISEMENT A Tool to Kill Women’s Modesty!
We live in an age that glorifies immodesty and immorality. On almost every commercial advertisement, whether it is on a billboard, television, newspaper or in a magazine, and regardless if…
Time Management
Reading is a key and basic managerial skill for all of us and we have to be selective in reading material since life is indeed very short both in comparison…
Can Libya Reap the Fruits of the Arab Spring?
Just as Saddam Hussein portrayed himself as the new Salahuddin Ayyubi of the Arab world, Muammar Gaddafi projected himself as the new Omar Mukhtar of Libya
LIBYA’S NEXT FIGHT Overcoming Western Designs
At a press conference in Tripoli on Aug. 26, a statement read aloud by top Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj was reassuring. Just a few months ago, disorganised and…
OVE MONEY MADE THROUGH CORRUPTION Rs. 910,603,234,300,000 Or US$ 20.23
Have you any idea about money involved in corruption in Bharat since 1947, i.e. Independence? Can you name the scams which gobbled up the tax-payers’perspiration? What miracles could that huge…
Helping the Oppressor?
The Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Help thy brother, whether he is doing wrong to others, or is being wronged.” A man asked, “O…
Whence areYou Deluded?
Ask them: ‘Whose is the earth and who are those who are in it? Tell us if you know.’ They will surely say: ‘Allah’s.’ Say: ‘Then why do you not…
Ankara’s Move to Expel Israeli Envoy an Eye-opener
The bilateral relationship between Turkey and Israel got a further dip when Turkey on September 2 expelled Israel’s envoy and froze military co-operation with Israel after a UN report on…
KILLING OF SHEHLA MASOOD Need to Expose Nexus between Criminals,
SYYED MANSOOR AGHA analyses the mysterious killing of Bhopal based RTI activist ShehlaMasood and alleged hands of politicians and police personnel in it.
