Playing Chinese Chequer on Mountains of Nepal
Vol. XLVII No. 7
Date: May 17, 2009
3 Arrested for Fatima Masjid Blast
Three persons, including an SSC student, was arrested by the police on May 5 allegedly for exploding the bomb at Fatima Mosque in Ghatsavli village in Beed district near Aurangabad,…
Disservice to Islam
The name ‘Islam’ is derived from the word ‘salam’ which means peace. Over a billion Muslims living in the world are guided by the holy Qur’ān and the sayings of the…
Women Power
By acquiring three first positions as well as 10 in top 25 for Civil Services Examinations conducted by UPSC, Indian women have exhibited that they are not less than men…
Shun Belligerent Israel
By successfully launching the Israel-made satellites TecSAR and Risat-2 into the space, ISRO has indeed added a new feather in its cap.
Corruption Our Main Enemy
The Swiss Banking Association has allegedly stated that Indians have $1456 billion in secret accounts. This is more than the total amount held by persons of all other nationalities.
People of Truth, People of Lies
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
Ziaur Rahman, the ‘Jim Corbett’ of Assam Passed Away
Well-known hunter and wildlife expert, popularly known as ‘Jim Corbett’ of Assam, Ziaur Rahman passed away on March 27, following a massive cardiac arrest at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH). Regarded as…
DOCTORS PROBE MASS POISONING OF AFGHAN GIRLS
Doctors are investigating whether dozens of girls were poisoned at a high school in northern Afghanistan on May 11 after 61 girls went to the hospital because of sudden illness,
SAUDI ARABIA REASSURES WOMEN ON JOBS
Women with solid higher education will find their rightful place in jobs to serve their country, said Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the…
IRAN FREES JAILED US REPORTER ROXANA SABERI
US-born reporter Roxana Saberi, 32, walked free from a Tehran jail on May 11 after an Iranian court reduced her prison term for spying to a two-year suspended sentence.
INDONESIA HEADING FOR GRAND COALITION
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whose Democratic Party (DA) has won the biggest vote share in the general elections, still needs to reach out to several parties to be able to…
UN PROBE BLAMES ISRAEL FOR GAZA ATTACKS
The United Nations Headquarters Board of Inquiry on May 5 accused Israel of deliberately targeting its facilities and civilians taking shelter under UN flags during its recent three-week war on…
ISRAEL’S SECRET PLAN FOR AL-QUDS
The Israeli government, in alliance with rightwing Jewish settler groups, is secretly executing an ambitious eight-year plan that will dramatically alter the area in and around the Old City of…
DALIT FAMILY ATTACKED FOR REFUSING TO VOTE FOR BSP CANDIDATE
Angry over their refusal of casting vote in favour of the ruling party candidate, as many as 12 assailants attacked a Dalit family, including four women in Ursan village under…
SC ISSUES GUIDELINES TO CHECK RAGGING
The Supreme Court on May 8 directed all state governments to constitute committees to look into the incidents of ragging and curb the menace. Passing a slew of directions to…
CBI GRILLS LT COL PUROHIT IN 06 NANDED BLAST
After reopening the probe into the Nanded blast of 2006, CBI recently took over custody of Army’s tainted Lieutenant-Colonel, Srikant Purohit, and questioned him at length about his role in the incident,
MURDER, AND NOW DESTROYING EVIDENCE CHASE KODNANI
Facing a murder charge in some post-Godhra riots cases, the jailed former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani was also booked for destruction of evidence along with other accused for allegedly trying…
9 SESSIONS JUDGES APPOINTED TO CONDUCT TRIALS IN GUJARAT 2002
Gujarat High Court on May 7 appointed nine sessions judges to conduct trial in nine different cases of 2002 communal violence that are being probed by Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation…
The General Election 2009 Relevant Lessons for the Muslim Indians
The General Election, 2009 for the 15th Lok Sabha is for all practical purposes behind us. Nearly 2/3 of the seats have been covered in three phases and the final lists…
WAR WITHOUT CONTEXT Fatah, Hamas and Flawed Language
From a distance, the struggle between Hamas and Fatah appears commonplace, a typical third world country’s political scuffle over interpretation of democracy that went out of control, or simply a…
LOK SABHA ELECTIONS 2009 Its Impact on the Polity
India is in the process of constituting 15th Lok Sabha and for that purpose election is going on. All rounds of polls have been almost completed and the results are awaited.…
Nemesis Approaching Modi
The question turned telling on May 5 during the Congress General Secretary’s interaction with media in New Delhi. Political observers had, much earlier, guessed his hidden hand in the party’s…
Community Radio is a Tool for Democratisation of Media
DR. SHAKEEL AKHTER clarifies the concept of Community Radio and also highlights the challenges he faces in ensuring greater participation from community members. Meet the Broadcaster Par Excellence transmitting brainwaves with SAAD…
THE URDU PRECIPICE Linguistic Victimisation to the Fore
Urdu is solely the language of Muslims. It is the language of Pakistan. Muslims divided India. Pakistan could not make Urdu the language of its Eastern wing, therefore,
Unbridled Use of Money in the Elections
The biggest democratic exercise of the world namely the Lok Sabha elections is over and the public attention is fixed on the emerging political equations and finally the formation of…
Playing Chinese Chequer on Mountains of Nepal
SOROOR AHMED comments on the recent developments in neighbouring Sri Lanka and Nepal, which had its impact on India at the height of electioneering.
