Saturday, December 3, 2011

Top ULFA leader, Indian journalist detained in Myanmar

Top ULFA leader, Indian journalist detained in Myanmar


Top ULFA leader, Indian journalist detained in Myanmar

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 09:02 PM PST

A top ULFA leader and an Indian journalist have been detained by authorities in Myanmar, Union home secretary RK Singh said on Sunday.


Top ULFA leader, Indian journalist detained in Myanmar

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 09:02 PM PST

A top ULFA leader and an Indian journalist have been detained by authorities in Myanmar, Union home secretary RK Singh said on Sunday.


Will name Indians with Swiss accounts in 2012: Julian Assange

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 07:36 PM PST

The names of Indians holding Swiss bank accounts may be revealed by WikiLeaks sometime next year, its founder Julian Assange said on Saturday.


Legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand dies in London

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:42 PM PST

Dev Anand, the 'Evergreen Romantic Superstar' of Indian cinema, has passed away in London last night following cardiac arrest. He was 88.


Return of Buddha

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:32 PM PST

Are Buddhist nations coming together to form a bloc that is as much religious as it is political? And is India ready to assume leadership of the group? If it is, China is clearly unhappy about it. But a churning has begun. Sunday Times reports from the first Global Buddhist Congregation


Sufis strike back

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:31 PM PST

Under attack from Wahabi Islamists, the moderates are trying to reclaim lost ground


'Communication is creation'

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:29 PM PST

The Archbishop of Delhi, Vincent M Concessao, completes 50 years as a priest today. Known as one of the best theologians in the country, he talks about his belief in inter-faith dialogue and how he worries about social justice


'China overreacted to the conference'

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:27 PM PST

Vietnamese monk Thich Quang Ba, the founding abbot of Van Hanh Monastery in Canberra and the man who drafted the resolution adopted by the first Global Buddhist Congregation in Delhi this week, says no one is proposing a Buddhist empire:


'They want to delink Islam from India'

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:24 PM PST

Arshad Alam, who teaches at Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia, in his recent book 'Inside A Madrasa: Knowledge, Power and Islamic Identity in India' offers insight into the diversity of Indian Islam and attempts to dispel myths about madrasas. He talks to Sunday Times about the ongoing Wahabi vs Sufi debate


Aam bania is more powerful than the aam aadmi

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:42 PM PST

Last week, 50 million shopkeepers and traders staged a bandh against the government decision to allow 51% foreign investment in multi-brand retail chains.


Louvre cannot ignore indian art today

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:26 PM PST

Henri Loyrette, president of the Louvre Paris, one of the best known museums in the world, tells Archana Khare Ghose that his museum is keen on engaging with contemporary Indian artists


Liberal voices isolated after Egypt votes for Islamists

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:23 PM PST

Egypt's first post-Hosni Mubarak parliamentary elections finally began this Monday, and they are not going well for liberals.


Few Sanawarians want to join Army

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:59 PM PST

Winds of change are sweeping the century-old The Lawrence School, Sanawar, which once housed a military asylum and nursery of troops.


UP assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi to embark on second phase of mass contact from Dec 13

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:39 PM PST

Rahul Gandhi's Friday dressing down to Uttar Pradesh leaders betrayed apprehension that organizational weakness could again scupper party chances of regaining muscle in state politics after two decades of marginalization.


Hopes revive for India-Japan civil nuclear cooperation deal

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST

As India prepares to welcome new Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda later this month, it now has reasons to believe that the almost moribund negotiations with Japan for civil nuclear cooperation could soon be revived.


Bandh greets PM, Sonia in Manipur

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:01 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday pledged to protect Manipur's territorial integrity, as a sullen Imphal welcomed him and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi with empty roads and closed markets.


Bhanwari Devi case: Mahipal Maderna sent to CBI custody for 7 days

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST

The CBI produced sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and Luni MLA Malkhan Singh's brother Parasram Bishnoi in a local court on Saturday, a day after they were arrested in Bhanwari Devi case.


North Bihar is the new Azamgarh, says IB

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:55 PM PST

Agencies say Indian Mujahideen may have setup more than 7 sleeper cells in north Bihar. Youths are lured by hawala money or indoctrinated using videos of Iraq war.


Bhopal gas tragedy: Violence mars anniversary

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:49 PM PST

Police fired in the air, lobbed tear gas shells and baton charged as violence and arson rocked parts of Bhopal's old city on Saturday, the 27th anniversary of the 1984 gas tragedy.


Lokpal Bill: Sparks fly at anti-graft debate

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:46 PM PST

Even as tension mounts in Delhi over an impending face-off between the Centre and members of India Aganist Corruption on the anti-graft bill, the heat spilled over to Kolkata on Saturday evening.


Chidambaram to PSU heads: Train, hire J&K youths

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:42 PM PST

Union home minister P Chidambaram exhorted chiefs of public sector units (PSUs) on Friday to train and hire youths from Jammu & Kashmir.


CCS reviews safety audit on N-plants

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:39 PM PST

The cabinet committee on security has reviewed the safety of India's nuclear plants with a focus on their ability to withstand natural disasters like tsunami and earthquake.


Implement job quota for disabled: President

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:35 PM PST

President Pratibha Patil urged Union ministries to implement job reservation for the disabled and said private sector should, as part of corporate social responsibility, employ them where their skills can be used.


Grand homecoming for Kanimozhi

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:32 PM PST

After more than six months in Tihar jail, DMK MP Kanimozhi returned to Chennai to a rousing reception by family members and party cadre on Saturday.


2G scam: Spectrum pricing done by Chidambaram, Raja, says Subramanian Swamy

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:27 PM PST

Swamy told special CBI judge O P Saini that he would like to examine senior CBI officials and other government servants to prove that Chidambaram had taken a joint decision with Raja regarding fixing the price for the 2G spectrum.


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