National
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Ishrat case: CBI Court orders top Gujart IPS officer’s arrest
May 18, 2013
Ahmedabad: A Special CBI Court on 2 May ordered the issuance of arrest warrant against top Gujarat police officer P P Pande, an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter of Mumbai teenager student Ishrat Jahan and three others. The 1...
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Gujarat encounters: CBI makes headway
May 18, 2013
Ahmedabad: Be it the action at the special task force (STF) headed by Justice (retd) HS Bedi, investigation in the Ishrat Jahan or Sohrabuddin fake encounter cases, the state may witness major developments soon. Bedi visited the city rece...
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Half of dalit population lives in 4 states
May 18, 2013
Four states account for nearly half of the country’s dalit population, reveals the 2011 census. Uttar Pradesh stands first with 20.5% of the total scheduled caste (SC) population, followed by West Bengal with 10.7%, says the data released...
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4.47 crores unemployed in the country
May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Union minister for labour and employment Malik Arjun Kharge said in a written reply to a question in Parliament on 22 April that at present 4.47 crore unemployed persons are registered in employment exchanges of the country, adding t...
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“Nutritious” meal kills child
May 18, 2013
Rajkot: Meal packets distributed by government staff claimed the life of one child while the other is struggling in hospital. Anganwadi staff distributed door to door food packets of “nutritious” meal in Maliya Miyana town of Rajkot...
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33% Indians feel offering cash to win business is justified
May 18, 2013
Mumbai: Over a third of respondents in India feel that offering cash payments to win or retain business is justified, says a survey by E&Y. “India has robust policies but the issue is compliance. In the current challenging market cond...
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1336 rape cases in Kashmir in seven years, conviction rate woefully low
May 18, 2013
With the entire country up in arms against the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old student in a moving bus, Jammu and Kashmir’s rape victims despite fighting for justice from past many years have remained a disappointed lot as the culprits ...
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White Paper on Terrorism
May 18, 2013
The issue of fake terrorism charges and the unjust arrests and defamation of our community, especially since 2001, is the biggest challenge facing the community ever since. A grand conspiracy hatched by the powers that be, IB, Police and media,...
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Delhi police’s five crimes within 24 hours
May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi police on 3 May committed five crimes in a row within twenty four. First, it trampled on the democratic rights of JKLF chief Yasin Malik and his colleagues and supporters by cancelling the two-day hunger strike which was to sta...
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“Judiciary has collapsed”
By Afsana Rashid
May 16, 2013
Life across the Kashmir valley remained disrupted on 10 May following a strike call given by the J&K High Court Bar Association (HCBA) alleging ‘collapse of judiciary’ in the state. The strike call was supported by separatists. ...
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Abdullah on water and other issues
By Afsana Rashid
May 16, 2013
Castigating Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for shifting its omissions and commissions on Indus Water Treaty on National Conference, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on May 13 alleged that the party is carrying "false bogey and shedd...
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Govt & people serious to develop tourism
By Afsana Rashid
May 16, 2013
As the tourism season has already set in here, hopes of many families associated with this important sector of Kashmir for their survival and sustenance have been rejuvenated. Those associated directly or indirectly with tourism, including hote...
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Disturbed areas bill gets nod
By Abdul Hafiz Lakhani
May 16, 2013
The 'Gujarat prohibition of transfer of immovable property and provision for protection of tenants from eviction from premises act (amendment) Bill-2009' has been signed by President Pratibha Patil. The approved bill was sent to the...
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More trouble for Guj. police over Kauserbi
By Abdul Hafiz Lakhani
May 16, 2013
Suspended police officer N.K. Amin may also become the crown witness in the CBI investigation related to Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Though no CBI official confirmed Amin's readiness to become a crown witness, sources said that ...
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Modi is soft on Naxals, hard on Muslims
By Abdul Hafiz Lakhani
May 16, 2013
Modi is changing. At Aligarh, we saw new Narendra modi. Totally diffrent from his original hard posture.The hard-talking Gujarat CM voiced his preference for peace in tackling the Naxal menace, while even after almost eight years of the infamou...
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Modi-Syeda Hameed spat on Muslims education in Gujarat
May 16, 2013
Chief Minister Narendra Modi who was in Delhi on 21 May to meet Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia for the finalization of the annual plan for Gujarat, raised the question if it was proper for Plan panel member Syeda Ham...
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Advani shows concern for Gujarat Muslims!
By Abdul Hafiz Lakhani
May 16, 2013
BJP's senior most leader Shri LK Advani on 17 May revealed the reality of Muslims in Gujarat. Following is his blog post about the situation of Muslims in Gujarat - word to word: "In my blog dated 3rd May, I had written about the S...
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With abusive language, Gadkari begins image makeover of the BJP
May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Gadkari was forced on the BJP by the RSS to revive the party by putting an end to infighting, groupism and indiscipline within the saffron outfit. But his recent outburst using foul language against Yadav chieftains Lalu and Mulayam ...
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Muslim Civil Service Aspirants of Bihar Win Hurdle Race
May 16, 2013
By Soroor Ahmed Patna: Muslim Civil Service aspirants of Bihar finally learnt from the experience. Thirty-seven out of 362 candidates, who qualified in the Bihar Public Service Commission examination, are Muslim. The result was published o...
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India’s loophole-filled anti-torture law
May 16, 2013
The Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s parliament, approved a bill titled “The Prevention of Torture Bill” on 6 May 2010. Ostensibly it will bring India - a country whose police and security forces are notorious for their h...
