HYDERABAD: Intelligence sleuths claim terror suspect Haroon, who was arrested by the Kolkata police for his role in the Mumbai blasts, had visited the city in June and spent some time with suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Danish Riyaz to discuss about recruitment of youth and carrying out strikes. According to sources, Haroon, who came to the [...]
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Mumbai blasts: Gujarat police hunt for mystery woman
Posted by admin on July 19th, 2011
AHMEDABAD : The Gujarat police is tracking a mystery woman who they claim to belong to the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen. She reportedly came to Ahmedabad on July 8. Two days ago, the Madhya Pradesh police informed their Gujarat counterparts about a 25-year-old woman IM member who travelled as Kalpana from Indore to Ahmedabad on a [...]
Syrian forces head for second northern protest town
Posted by admin on June 14th, 2011
Syria’s harsh and stagnant dictatorship at first seemed immune to the wave of unrest that swept through most of the Arab world after the revolution in Tunisia in January 2011. But in mid-March, demonstrations broke out in several cities, and grew rapidly after security forces fired on protesters. The country’s president is Bashar al-Assad, the son [...]
Baba Ramdev discharged from Dehradun hospital
Posted by admin on June 14th, 2011
DEHRADUN: Ramdev, who conitnued with his fast in the hospital, eventually took fruit juice on Sunday after several leaders, including Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar urged him to break his fast. Baba Ramdev has vowed to continue his fight against corruption and black money. Speaking to mediamen after being discharged from hospital in Dehradun, [...]
Obama Abroad: Ambitious Realism
Posted by admin on June 9th, 2011
Hate did not deal Obama an easy hand. Taking office in January 2009, the new president faced a country mired in two wars (one from which it struggled to exit, and one it seemed unable to win); an ongoing terrorist threat, ominously accompanied by a standstill in all efforts to reduce nuclear proliferation; a low [...]
‘The government does not want a strong Lokpal bill’
Posted by admin on June 8th, 2011
Anna Hazare and Kejriwal are members of the joint committee that is drafting the Lokpal bill. According to them, if the government is hesitant in bringing a strong Lokpal bill, they will be left with no option but to go back to Jantar Mantar and agitate again. In conversation with rediff.com‘s Sheela Bhatt, Kejriwal responds to criticism that [...]
Both govt and Ramdev have dented their credibility
Posted by admin on June 8th, 2011
The anti-corruption movement that has picked up since the expose of the 2G spectrum and the Commonwealth Games scam and led the nation’s attention to the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi is now acquiring the colour of communal politics. After seeing everything go wrong in handling of Baba Ramdev’s hunger strike even after the Manmohan [...]
ramdev
Posted by admin on June 8th, 2011
HARIDWAR: After striking a conciliatory tone,Baba Ramdev again took up the issue of police crackdown on his supporters, saying he would set up a 11,000-strong force to deal with police and anti-social elements attempting to disrupt his anti-corruption movement. The police also said Baba Ramdev and his associates refused to accept the letter cancelling permission for his [...]
Baba Ramdev resumes ‘satyagraha’ in Haridwar
Posted by admin on June 7th, 2011
Haridwar: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is continuing his fast against corruption here, on Tuesday said he had forgiven the government for the action against him and his supporters at Ramlila ground in Delhi. But he said police could try to destroy evidence of the “hooliganism”. “The atrocities on me and thousands of my followers, [...]
Tradition,sprawl confront next Tata Group leader
Posted by admin on May 27th, 2011
Tata’s new boss must manage a group that was founded as a textile company, but now spans everything from cars and consultancy to telecoms and tea, and embodies India’s global ambitions. Two-thirds of Tata’s revenue is generated abroad. No announcement is imminent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters earlier this week.Succession [...]