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"Why can"t Muslim women also lead the community"
Zakia Nizami Soman, one of the founder members of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, speaks of her organisation and and reflects on the daunting challenges facing Muslim women in India today....
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Special: How Rahul Gandhi"s clout is growing
Sheela Bhatt explores and explains the Rahul Gandhi phenomenon and what it means for the Congress party and the nations politics....
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The Karnataka crisis explained
There appears to be no solution in sight to the ongoing crisis in the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party....
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26/11: "Local angle needed greater attention"
I do feel even today that the local angle has not received the attention it deserved. I find it difficult to accept that only two Indians were involved. There has been very strong evidence of their involvement, but the possible involvement of others should be looked into, says B Raman....
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The stench of money in politics
When business interests begin deciding who will rule, democracy is in trouble, writes Mahesh Vijaypurkar...
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26/11 judge puts curbs on media"s "communal" cover..
Special Judge M L Tahilyani, who is presiding over the 26/11 trial, on Thursday passed an order under Section 44 of the Indian Penal Code prohibiting the media -- print and electronic -- from reporting content that could lead to communal violence....
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Ulema of Bareilly support fatwa against Vande Mata..
Ulema of Bareilly sect on Thursday endorsed the fatwa issued by Deoband clerics against reciting of national song Vande Mataram....
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Sonia summons Andhra CM to Delhi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has summoned Andhra Chief Minister K Rosaiah to New Delhi on Saturday to discuss the future of member of Parliament Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, and his supporters....
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9 terrorists" bodies at 4 degrees Centigrade
A Ganesh Nadar visits the mortuary in Mumbai, where the bodies of the terrorists killed in the 26/11 attacks are kept....
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Orissa CM unsure about start of anti-Naxal joint o..
Uncertainty prevailed over beginning of a joint operation against Naxalites in Orissa with the state government today accusing the Centre of not sending adequate paramilitary forces for the purpose....
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Cops yet to put a face on Maoist Kishenji
I cannot say for sure. There are several people who are known as Kishenji. There is also a possibility of existence of dummies, West Midnapore SP Manoj Kumar Verma told PTI....
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India rising global military power: Think tank
The paper Indias Strategic Defense Transformation: Expanding Global Relationship by Brian Hedrick of Strategic Studies Institute of US Army Department of Defense, was released oN Wednesday, takes a global view of Indias rise as a regional and future global military power....
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Secrecy fundamental to NSG operations, Centre tell..
Opposing a special courts summons to three National Security Guard commandos who took part in the anti-terror operation during the 26/11 attacks, the Centre said on Wednesday that secrecy was fundamental to their duty....
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Images: Captured in the wild
Rediff.com brings before you some such snapshots that recently won laurels at the 2009 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition....
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No controversy should be raised over Vande Mataram..
Hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party sought an apology from Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Vande Mataram issue, the Congress on Wednesday said the matter is a sensitive one involving religious sentiments and no controversy should be raked up over it....
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