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"Once polls are announced all will fall in line"
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Orissa: 3 held for Swami Lakshmananda"s killing
Three persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the killing of VHP leader Lakshmananda Saraswati and his four associates, about six weeks after the murder....
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Terrorists operating in Kashmir: Zardari
India has never been a threat to Pakistan. I, for one, and our democratic government is not scared of Indian influence abroad, Zardari told Wall Street Journal in an interview....
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Patil Forgets Terror in India, Goes after Orissa gov..
Pressure appeared to be mounting on the Centre for effective intervention in Orissa in the wake of continuing violence against Christians by Sangh Parivar outfits and the demand for imposition of Presidents rule.Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who was asked by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Fridays Cabinet meeting to come out with an apprisal of the situation, is understood to have sought a report from the Governor.Patil spoke to Governor M C Bhandare....
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Pak flag in Assam: Muslims Steal Cows, 12 Killed
Eight burnt bodies were found on Saturday from two Bodo villages taking the toll in the ongoing group clash to 10 in Udalguri district where a shoot-at-sight order was on, official sources said. The bodies were found from Sonaripara and Jhargaon villages, under Udalguri police station, which were attacked in the wee hours by illegal Bangladeshi migrants with bows and arrows. Several houses of a neighbouring village were also torched, the sources said....
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BJP wants good ties with US, Advani tells Rice
Bharatiya Janata Partys prime ministerial candidate L K Advani on Saturday reportedly told United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that his party wanted best of relations with the US, but opposed the nuclear deal after the Hyde Act was passed, as it closed Indias strategic options.Advani told Rice that the BJP developed strong objections to this present treaty only after the Hyde Act was passed because we believe that it impairs our nuclear programme....
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Durga Puja: It"s a million dollar business
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Heed the cry of the armed forces
A nation neglects its soldiers at its peril. Instead of structural tinkering through pay commissions, it makes sense to have a separate pay commission for the defence forces....
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Sop for poor: Rs30,000 worth health care for Rs30
Pay Rs. 30 and insure free treatment up to Rs. 30,000. That is the latest slogan of the Manmohan Singh government, which has provided such a unique insurance cover to those below the poverty line (BPL) for the first time in the history of the country....
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Deal with US raises troubling questions
The deal on offer creates a Tarapur-style trap of gigantic dimensions. In fact, the latest Act specifically empowers the US to do what it did in 1978 -- retroactively rewrite the rules of cooperation with India by enacting a new domestic law....
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India N-test will have most-serious consequences: US
Faced with killer amendments tabled by two Democrats in the Senate, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday said that a nuclear test by India will result in most serious consequences, including automatic cut-off of US cooperation as well as a number of other sanctions....
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Why bother with news about blasts!
A time may come when human rights activists, liberals, intellectual elite, eminent persons, secularists and other lumpen elements may argue that it is okay for the State to fund the activities of such violent groups who according to them mean well to liberate those people who vibe on the same wavelength with them!...
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VHP: Once a Hindu converts, his loyalties shift
Regarding the attacks on churches, I can say that most were politically motivated. When some activists were protesting against conversions, vested interests in some cases have taken advantage and gone on a rampage. I blame the politicians for this, says M B Puranik, VHPs Karnataka convenor...
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140 killed in stampede in Jodhpur temple
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Majlis Chief: Delhi Cops Killed Late M C Sharma
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