Friday, September 3, 2010

Mirwaiz invites Geelani, Malik for Eid, seeks to forge Hurriyat unity

Mirwaiz invites Geelani, Malik for Eid, seeks to forge Hurriyat unity

Mirwaiz invites Geelani, Malik for Eid, seeks to forge Hurriyat unity

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:56 PM PDT

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday invited the hardline separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and JKLF's Yasin Malik, to attend the Eid congregation next week.

Quran from Aurangzeb era to be auctioned in Germany

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:52 PM PDT

A 300-year-old manuscript of the holy Quran, parts of which were inscribed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, will soon be auctioned by its Emirati owner in Germany, a news report here has said.

With eye on Ayodhya, BJP puts off meet

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:50 PM PDT

With Bihar elections likely to be announced soon and the verdict on the Ayodhya title suit expected later this month, BJP decided to postpone its national executive meeting that was planned from September 17 in Jammu.

Traffic constables dragged me for over a km: Woman ASP

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:48 PM PDT

The Bareilly police arrested one of the three traffic constables who dragged a woman additional superintendent of police as she tried to stop them from getting away in a car after taking bribes from truckers.

Mayawati govt bans forced acquisition of farmers' land

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Having antagonised western UP farmers over land acquisition for Yamuna Expressway, the Mayawati govt got into damage control mode and banned forcible acquisition of agricultural land for any development project with immediate effect.

CPM men beat up scribes in Lalgarh

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:51 PM PDT

CPM cadres unleashed an unprovoked attack on a group of journalists, including a Times Now team, near Pirakata in Lalgarh, West Midnapore, on Friday afternoon.

Modi was in full control post-Godhra: Zadaphia to SIT

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Former junior home minister Gordhan Zadaphia has told the Supreme Court-appointed SIT that CM Narendra Modi was in complete control of the goings-on in the state after the Godhra train burning on February 27, 2002.

Gujarat riots: Retired tribunal judges testify

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:34 PM PDT

Two senior retired judges who were part of the Concerned Citizens' Tribunal, which conducted sittings in Gujarat in 2002 to find out what caused the riots, have testified before SIT.

Moily on his way out of Andhra Cong affairs?

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Prospects of changes in Andhra Pradesh govt and state Congress are expected to figure prominently when newly re-elected party president Sonia Gandhi will take up the revamp exercise in the third week of Sept, AICC sources said.

Glitzy wedding for Rajinikanth's daughter

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Politics, cinema, business and Page 3 rubbed shoulders as superstar Rajnikanth's younger daughter Soundarya tied the knot with Ashwin, son of a realtor, on Friday.

Arundhati flays cop killing, with a rider

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:59 PM PDT

"For the Maoists to kill the policemen they have kidnapped and are holding in custody in Bihar is as reprehensible as it was for the Andhra policemen to kill Azad and Hem Chandra Pandey in the way they killed them according to the autopsy report,'' said Arundhati Roy

Old sex workers popular with young boys: Expert

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT

Women sex workers past their prime may not be the most sought-after in red light areas, but they do retain a loyal clientele of young men.

Lakhisarai hostage crisis: Eerie calm in Tete's village

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:49 PM PDT

An eerie silence enveloped Jamtoli village in Jharkhand's Simdega district soon after Bihar police on Friday confirmed the execution of BMP havildar Lucas Tete at the hands of Maoists in Lakhisarai on Friday.

Filmmaker Vijay Kumar gets nod to leave US

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:48 PM PDT

A judge hearing the case of Indian filmmaker Vijay Kumar, jailed in Houston in the US for carrying a banned item in his luggage, has ordered Kumar's "voluntary departure" from the country, brightening his chances of returning home.

Bihar seeks 40 cos of Central forces

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:47 PM PDT

In what is being seen by many as a belated move, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday initiated a move for an all-party meeting to mull measures to resolve the crisis caused by the abduction of four policemen by Maoists.
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