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Temple not on people’s agenda in Ayodhya

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:54:39 +0000

Ayodhya, Feb 9 (IANS) The Ram temple was clearly not on the agenda of those who voted in this Hindu pilgrim town in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections. Ordinary men and women showed much more interest in development issues than the temple, which has ceased to be a talking point [...]

Polling picks up pace in UP, 42 percent turnout till 3 p.m. (Fourth Lead)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:50 +0000

Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) Election day in Uttar Pradesh started off cold and damp with people huddled indoors but the scene changed as it grew warmer and long queues could be seen outside polling booths by afternoon Wednesday, in the first round of the staggered assembly polls. Till 3 p.m., two hours before [...]

Cold keeps voters indoors in UP (Second Lead)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:43:29 +0000

Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) Voting proceeded sluggishly in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday with the rain and cold keeping people away from polling booths in the state, where the first phase of the staggered assembly elections are on. Till 11 a.m., four hours after polling began at 7 a.m., there was only 13.38 percent turnout [...]

UP elections kick off

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:38:24 +0000

Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) Thousands queued up outside polling booths in Uttar Pradesh as the first of the seven-phase elections to choose a new assembly began Wednesday morning. Polling began at 7 a.m. in 55 constituencies of the 403 assembly segments in India’s most populous and politically crucial state. It ends at 5 p.m. A [...]

Slow start to UP elections (Lead)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:37:45 +0000

Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh elections got off to a slow start Wednesday with people reluctant to move out early morning due to the cold and incessant rain in several parts of the state, where 55 assembly constituencies go to polls in the first of seven rounds. In the first two [...]

Elections 2012: UP poll battle begins Wednesday

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:27:24 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The high-decibel battle for the ballot in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous and politically crucial state, starts Wednesday, when 55 assembly constituencies go to polls in the first phase. A total of 1.70 crore people are eligible to vote in this round. Campaigning for the first of the [...]

Advani kicks off BJP’s UP poll campaign with Ram temple

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:19:07 +0000

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 4 (IANS) Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani Saturday reiterated his commitment to a grand Ram temple in this Hindu holy town as he kicked off the party’s campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Even as BJP has seen the futility of the temple issue in several [...]

Petition seeking Narendra Modi’s deposition before Nanavati panel rejected (Second Lead)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:04:48 +0000

Ahmedabad, Feb 1 (IANS) In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots in the state. “The court has dismissed the appeal filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch challenging the order of the commission [...]

‘Narendra Modi needn’t depose before Nanavati panel’ (Lead)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:36:40 +0000

Ahmedabad, Feb 1 (IANS) In a breather for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots in the state. “Narendra Modi does not need to depose before the commission,” the high court said in its ruling on [...]

BJP manifesto is against minority reservation; for Ram temple

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:08:16 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls Friday said it was against the announced 4.5 percent reservation for minorities within the backward castes quota and also revived its promise to build a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya. In its manifesto, released [...]

Congress betrayed Muslims: Mayawati

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:04:35 +0000

Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday accused the Congress of betraying Muslims, saying the party had failed to check communal riots during its rule at the centre. Addressing a ‘Muslim, Kshatriya and Vaishya Mahasammelan meeting’, Mayawati said Muslims had considered Congress their benefactor but the party had “betrayed them”. “It [...]

Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser, police tell apex court

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:57:51 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Delhi police Monday told the Supreme Court that yoga guru Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser and was responsible for the events culminating in the police operation to evict him and his anti-graft supporters from Ramlila ground here past midnight June 4. It was Baba Ramdev who transformed a crowd of [...]

Are you ready for your date with 11.11.11?

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:08:01 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Thousands of weddings, hospital rooms fully booked for deliveries and many lining up to start a new venture - a lot more is waiting to happen on Friday 11.11.11. It is a date that has arrived after a century and astrologers say the date is the best on [...]

On Kartik Purnima, thousands take holy dip

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:07:21 +0000

Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) A large number of devotees converged on the pilgrim towns of Allahabad, Varanasi and Ayodhya Thursday for a holy dip in the Ganges and other rivers on Kartik Purnima, considered auspicious by Hindus to worship Lord Shiva. Religious activities along the banks of the Ganges in Allahabad and Varanasi, and [...]

BJP to launch campaign against Mayawati

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:06:47 +0000

Lucknow, Oct 8 (IANS) In its attempt to reach out to the masses in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the state 2012 assembly elections and exposing the alleged corruption in the Mayawati government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday announced it would undertake a ‘Janswabhiman Yatra’. Under the ‘Janswabhiman Yatra’, BJP activists will be [...]

BJP units to chip in for Advani yatra

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:18:31 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday announced senior leader L.K. Advani’s rathyatra for “clean politics and good governance” would start Oct 11 and said local party units will contribute to it. “The rathyatra will be carried out with the participation of the people and with austerity,” BJP General Secretary [...]

Advani to launch ‘yatra’ against graft

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:58:45 +0000

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Two decades after his ‘rath yatra’ for a Ram temple at Ayodhya, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Thursday said he will undertake another such journey against corruption. “I have decided to take out a yatra against corruption. Its focus will be on good governance and [...]

High alert in Uttar Pradesh

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:29:43 +0000

Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS) A high alert was sounded across Uttar Pradesh Wednesday after a bomb blast in the national capital killed nine people. Uttar Pradesh Police spokesman D.P. Srivastava said security had been specially tightened at the Allahabad High Court and its Lucknow bench as the Delhi High Court had been targeted. Police chiefs [...]

New Indian overseas cultural centre in Seoul

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:56:56 +0000

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) India has taken yet another step in furthering its cultural diplomacy in south-east Asia with a new Indian cultural centre in Seoul. President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Karan Singh, left for a week-long visit to Seoul where he will inaugurate the centre Thursday, ICCR said [...]

Civil society members divided over Ramdev’s fast

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:46:13 +0000

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Even as yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday drew thousands of supporters at the Ramlila Ground here for his fast against black money, some civil society members present at a similar fast by social reformer Anna Hazare in April either delayed their decision to reach the venue or distanced [...]

19 years after Babri speech, legislator sent to jail (Lead)

Thu, 26 May 2011 06:53:35 +0000

Patna, May 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Ramadhar Singh was Thursday sent by a court to 14 days judicial custody for making an inflammatory speech after the Babri Masjid razing in 1992. A court in Aurangabad rejected his bail petition after the four-time legislator, who had been declared an absconder in [...]

Muslim groups agree with Supreme Court’s ruling on Ayodhya

Mon, 09 May 2011 11:32:52 +0000

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Indian Muslim groups like the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Monday said they agreed with the stay on the Allahabad High Court verdict, that divided the site of the razed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya into three parts, which the Supreme Court termed as “strange”. “That it [...]

Air surveillance mounted in Bengal’s Maoist-hit districts

Mon, 09 May 2011 09:57:54 +0000

Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Three helicopters are conducting aerial surveillance of the Maoist affected districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura as part of security measures for the final round of West Bengal assembly polls to be held in these areas Tuesday, an official said. “Two helicopters were conducting surveillance in West Midnapore, Purulia [...]

Wakf board satisfied with Supreme Court stay

Mon, 09 May 2011 08:59:57 +0000

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Sunni Wakf Board Monday said it was satisfied with the Supreme Court staying the Allahabad High Court verdict that ordered division of the site of the razed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya into three parts. “I would not like to comment upon the observations of the Supreme Court, we [...]

BJP leader welcomes Supreme Court ruling on Ayodhya

Mon, 09 May 2011 07:56:14 +0000

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad Monday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict staying the Allahabad High Court verdict dividing the site of the razed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya into three parts and terming it “strange”. “I agree with it. In fact, the petition (on behalf) of [...]

Supreme Court stays Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi verdict (Lead)

Mon, 09 May 2011 07:41:23 +0000

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Calling it a strange and surprising order, the Supreme Court Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court’s verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi disputed site by which it had directed the site be divided equally between the three contending parties. Assailing the judgment of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High [...]

Anna phenomenon shows middle class disenchantment: Tharoor

Fri, 06 May 2011 10:39:46 +0000

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Anna Hazare phenomenon expresses the widespread disenchantment in middle class India, politician-writer Shashi Tharoor has said. It reflected the “widespread disenchantment of the educated middle class,” Tharoor, former minister of state for external affairs, Thursday told a packed audience in the capital at a literary session, “Writer’s [...]

Status quo at Ayodhya site extended till Aug 31 (Lead)

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:36:10 +0000

Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Thursday extended till Aug 31 its order for maintaining status quo at the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya town. The earlier order was to expire May 31. While a special appeal against the high court’s verdict on the issue was pending [...]

We have complete confidence in Supreme Court over Godhra case: BJP

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:49:11 +0000

New Delhi, Apr 22(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that it has complete confidence in the Supreme Court in the matter of the 2002 Godhra riots case. Speaking to mediapersons, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said they are waiting the court’s decision over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s involvement in the case, despite [...]

Sanjiv Bhat has shown courage, says Jafri’s widow

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:20:11 +0000

Gandhinagar, April 22 (IANS) Former Congress parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri’s widow Zakia Jafri Friday hailed senior Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhat’s affidavit in the Supreme Court directly naming state Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 anti-Muslim riots, saying he has shown courage. “We were aware of what happened at the meeting and what [...]

Congress criticizes Narendra Modi’s supporters

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:11:50 +0000

New Delhi, Apr 22(ANI): The Congress party on Friday took a dig at social activists, actors and industrialists who supported Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, after a senior police officer filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, alleging complicity of the Chief Minister in the 2002 Godhra riots. IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has filed an [...]

Godhra case: Ex-Gujarat police chief Sreekumar commends Bhatt’s affidavit against Modi

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:28:03 +0000

Ahmedabad, Apr.22 (ANI): Former Gujarat Director General of Police R B Sreekumar on Thursday commended fellow police officer Sanjiv Bhatt for implicating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Godhra riots. Bhatt has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court alleging that Modi categorically issued instructions that Hindus should be allowed to express their [...]

Congress attacks BJP over police officer’s affidavit

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:26:45 +0000

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Congress Friday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the affidavit of a senior police officer accusing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 riots, saying it should have compelled its leader to resign and subjected him to rigours of the judicial process. Congress [...]

Sanjiv Bhatt - the man who took on Narendra Modi

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:06:49 +0000

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Top Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt, who has openly challenged Chief Minister Narendra Modi by accusing him of wanting to teach Muslims a “lesson” after the Godhra train attack in 2002, joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1988 after his post-graduation from IIT Mumbai. The 47-year-old police officer, [...]

Top cop implicates Modi for Gujarat ‘carnage’ (Lead)

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:31:27 +0000

Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) Senior Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt has blamed Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 “communal carnage”, saying he wanted Muslims to be taught “a lesson” for the train burning in Godhra that left 59 Hindus dead. In a scathing attack on Modi, Bhatt also said in an affidavit [...]

Modi wanted Muslims to be taught a lesson, says top cop

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:46:33 +0000

Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) A senior police officer from Gujarat, Sanjiv Bhatt, has accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of wanting to teach Muslims “a lesson” after the Godhra train attack in 2002 killed 59 Hindus. Modi reportedly told senior officials that emotions were running high among Hindus following the burning of the Sabarmati [...]

Arunima shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:16:21 +0000

New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Volleyball player Arunima Sinha, who lost her leg after being thrown out from a running train near Bareilly last week, has been moved to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre here after it was detected that her amputated left leg had been infected and swollen. The [...]

Sports Minister Maken promises to bear medical expenses of Arunima

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:11:31 +0000

New Delhi/Lucknow, Apr 18 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday promised to bear the medical expenses of injured national volleyball player Arunima Sinha, who lost her leg after being thrown out from a running train near Bareilly earlier this month and is presently undergoing treatment at Lucknow’s CSM Medical University. Maken said he had [...]

Hindus urged on Ramnavmi to seek ideal characteristics exhibited by Lord Ram

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:38:09 +0000

Nevada (US), April 6 (ANI): Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged Hindus world over to take a vow on upcoming Ramnavmi to aspire to emulate ideal characteristics of an individual as displayed by “maryada purshottam” Lord Ram. Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, sending Ramnavmi greetings to one billion Hindus of the [...]

Kashi Vishwanath temple security to be beefed up

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:32:35 +0000

Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) Security in and around the historic Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi would be beefed up. A decision to this effect was taken after an on-the-spot review carried out by Additional Director General of Police K.L. Meena Thursday. According to Varanasi Deputy Inspector General of Police Lalji Shukla, “Five watch-towers will be [...]

I have never seen the Sabarmati Express, says Godhra ‘mastermind’

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:28:56 +0000

Godhra (Gujarat), March 26 (IANS) The man who spent eight years in jail on charges of burning the Sabarmati Express in Godhra and killing 59 people has now been declared innocent and walks free. But Saeed Umarji is a bitter man and says he is a social worker who had never even [...]

Engineers’ confederation threatens to go on strike

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:06:30 +0000

Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) Demanding arrest of Ayodhya-Faizabad Development Authority (AFDA)’s former vice-chairman, who is accused of harassing an engineer and driving him to suicide, an engineers’ confederation here Wednesday threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Saturday. The Uttar Pradesh Development Authorities Diploma Engineers’ Confederation announced it would stall work in developmental [...]

Harassed engineer commits suicide

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:06:08 +0000

Faizabad, March 21 (IANS) A government engineer here in Uttar Pradesh Monday committed suicide allegedly after being harassed by his seniors, police said. Anoop Bajpai, 50, deployed with the Ayodhya-Faizabad Development Authority (AFDA), consumed poison at his residence in Civil Lines. Bajpai’s family and colleagues alleged that he was depressed for days as some senior [...]

Recovered bodies may be of missing IB officer, teacher: Police

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:52:31 +0000

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Two decomposed bodies recovered near the Maoist hotbed of Ayodhya Hills in West Bengal’s Purulia district will be subjected to DNA tests to confirm whether they were of an Intelligence Bureau official and his friend suspected to have been abducted by the left-wing rebels, police said Saturday. Security personnel recovered [...]

Delhi priest held for kidnapping, five minors rescued

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:03:29 +0000

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) A 50-year-old priest was arrested in the national capital for kidnapping five children in the last one year, police said Friday. The children have been rescued. Prem Dass, a priest at a temple at Fatehpur Beri in south Delhi, was apprehended Thursday. His latest crime, kidnapping a 13-year-old boy from [...]

Supreme Court issues notice to Advani and others in Babri Masjid demolition case

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:46:44 +0000

New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sent notices to top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar leaders, including L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, on the CBI’s plea against dropping conspiracy charges in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The notice was issued on a CBI petition seeking prosecution of [...]

31 convicted, 63 acquitted for Godhra train burning (Roundup)

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:31:55 +0000

By R.K. Misra Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) A fast track court here Tuesday convicted 31 people for hatching a conspiracy to burn the Sabarmati Express train in Godhra in Gujarat in 2002, killing 59 people and sparking one of the bloodiest communal riots in India. But it let off 63 people, including a key accused, [...]

Godhra verdict travesty of justice: Prashant Bhushan (Second Lead)

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:04:47 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Prominent Supreme Court lawyer and public interest activist Prashant Bhushan Tuesday said the verdict in the Godhra train carnage case coming nine years after the incident was a “travesty of justice”.”It is a travesty of justice. I understand most of the 63 persons let off today were denied bail and [...]

31 convicted in Godhra train burning, sentencing Friday (Third Lead)

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:20:58 +0000

Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Nine long years later, a court Tuesday convicted 31 people but acquitted 63 for the 2002 burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra town in Gujarat that killed 59 people and triggered one of the worst communal riots in Indian history.Additional Sessions Judge P.R. Patel delivered the verdict within the [...]

Everybody must respect Godhra verdict, says prosecutor

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:34:47 +0000

Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Saying he was satisfied, special public prosecutor J.M. Panchal Tuesday asked everyone to respect the judgment of a fast track court that convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case. “It is a judicial verdict and everybody must respect it,” he said. Additional sessions judge P.R. Patel [...]

Timeline of Godhra train carnage case

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:00:29 +0000

Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) The timeline of events related to the 2002 Godhra train carnage case in Gujarat:Feb 27, 2002: 59 people killed as mob attacks S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express — en route from Ayodhya to Ahmedabad — near Godhra railway station in Gujarat. May 22, 2002: First chargesheet filed by investigation agency, no [...]

CBI moves SC against clean chit to Advani in Babri demolition case

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:57:35 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the clean chit to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani and other leaders in the Babri mosque demolition case. Earlier on May 20, former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and 20 other Bharatiya [...]

Mosque demolition: Clean-chit for Advani challenged by CBI

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:48:25 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The CBI Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict discharging Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani and 20 others of the allegation of demolishing the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya Dec 6, 1992.Advani and 20 others were discharged by the high court May 20, [...]

Government treats militancy with kid gloves: RSS leader

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:18:03 +0000

Mathura, Feb 14 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) spokesperson Ram Madhav has accused the Central Government of tackling the issue of militants with kid gloves. Addressing a public meet here on Sunday, Madhav said: “Eliminating terrorism, means eliminating the terrorist physically. You cannot guess who said this. General Musharraf who was a dictator of Pakistan says [...]

Abducted intelligence officer’s wife threatens hunger strike

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:35:03 +0000

Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The wife of an Intelligence Bureau officer, believed to have been abducted by Maoists 82 days ago along with a school teacher in West Bengal’s Purulia district, Thursday threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike if the state government did not take steps to rescue them.”The government is still clueless [...]

Parliament must empower Ram temple construction: VHP

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:37:01 +0000

Ramnathi (Goa), Jan 9 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Sunday appealed for a parliamentary act empowering the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and claimed it had received letters of support from 353 non-BJP members of parliament.The three-day conclave of VHP trustees and members of the governing council has also vowed to [...]

Ram temple, Hindu terror, Brahmaputra dam top VHP meet agenda(Lead)

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:46:41 +0000

Ramnathi (Goa), Jan 7 (IANS) An aggressive nationwide campaign for the Ramjanmabhoomi temple at Ayodhya and ways to work around “Congress-engineered saffron terror” tag are among major issues Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) top officials will discuss at their three-day conference, which began at Goa Friday.Speaking at the inaugural session of the VHP’s international [...]

Sonia creating Hindu terror bogey: Singhal

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:38:12 +0000

Ramnathi (Goa), Jan 7 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders Friday denounced Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying her party was branding Hindu saints and groups as terrorists.Speaking at the inaugural of a three-day convention here, VHP international president Ashok Singhal accused the central government of pushing Hindus to a corner. “Sonia Gandhi is trying [...]

Congress escaping by blaming individual for Emergency: BJP

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:57:33 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress is not owning up to the Emergency excesses and is trying to blame an individual for this, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Wednesday and faulted its portrayal, in a book brought out to mark the party’s 125 years, of the anti-government struggle under Jayaprakash Narayan in [...]

Pro-Maoist shutdown hits parts of three Bengal districts (Lead)

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:36:36 +0000

Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Normal life was thrown out of gear in parts of three Maoist-affected West Bengal districts Wednesday, the second day of the 48-hour shutdown called by the pro-rebel Peoples’ Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). The tribal group is protesting the arrest of its leaders. No buses moved on the roads in Junglemahal [...]

Pro-Maoist shutdown cripples life in three Bengal districts

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:58:20 +0000

Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Normal life was thrown out of gear in portions of three Maoist affected districts of West Bengal Wednesday, the second day of the 48-hour shutdown enforced by the pro-Maoist Peoples’ Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA). The tribal group is protesting the arrest of their leaders.No buses moved on the roads in [...]

Hindu leaders want law to build Ram temple in Ayodhya

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:01:19 +0000

Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Hindu leaders and members of a city-based NGO Sunday demanded the enactment of a law for constructing a Ram temple at the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya.”Ayodhya is national pilgrimage centre. Everyone, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, should support the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya as a mark of [...]

Television Follows Bollywood Path, Explores Out Of Mumbai

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:24:02 +0000

The television industry of India has come a long way and is now crossing the boundary of sets in Mumbai while trying to explore the original location for their stories. This gives not only a realistic feel to the story but also a fresh pace to any show that tries to venture the arena. It [...]

Top athlete Sudha Singh not to run for Uttar Pradesh

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:42:30 +0000

Rae Bareli, Dec 19 (IANS) Asiad gold medallist Sudha Singh, who was ignored by the Uttar Pradesh sports minister at an athletic event Saturday, says she will not to run for the state anymore.”Enough is enough. What is the point playing for a state where you are not even recognised by your own sports [...]

Sanatan Sanstha not invited to top VHP event

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:00:37 +0000

Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing Hindu outfit whose members were accused of carrying out the Diwali-eve blast in Goa last year, is excluded from the reception committee list of an international conclave organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) here next month.Responding to queries from the media on the exclusion of the [...]

Maoists kill seven Forward Bloc leaders, workers in Bengal (Lead)

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:25:57 +0000

Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Seven Forward Bloc members, including a woman leader, were shot dead by suspected Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal’s Purulia district early Friday, police said.”They were shot dead in Jhalda-I block area near the Ayodhya Hills. State police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have rushed to the area,” Purulia Police [...]

Sunni Waqf board files appeal on Ayodhya in Supreme Court

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:20:01 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Sunni Central Waqf Board Tuesday filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court for setting aside the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. “Our appeal on behalf of Sunni Waqf Board was filed today,” Zafaryab Jilani, the board’s lawyer, told reporters here. A three-judge [...]

Need a month to decide future: Uma Bharti

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:33:50 +0000

Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti, whose return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been indicated by party veteran L.K. Advani, said Sunday that she may need about a month to decide on her future.”Advani ji will always be my leader and (BJP chief) Nitin Gadkari is like [...]

From jail to stage - reforming prisoners through cultural therapy

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:10:18 +0000

By Sabyasachi Roy Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Once hardened criminals and now do-gooders for all of society, Nigel Akkara alias Vikki and Debashis Chakraborty bring to life in more ways than one the old age story of robber Ratnakar who metamorphosed into sage Valmiki. Leaving behind long years spent in jail, Vikki now runs a business [...]

Maoist shutdown in Bengal evokes partial response

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:56:51 +0000

Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) The first day of the 48-hour shutdown the Maoists have called in West Bengal evoked some response in the Maoist-affected districts, police said. “The shutdown was observed successfully in Junglemahal areas (Maoist affected forested areas of three western districts - West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura), but there were no reports of untoward [...]

IM e-mail tracked to Mumbai: Police sources

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:45:04 +0000

Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) The e-mail sent by terror group Indian Mujahideen claiming responsibility for the blast at Varanasi Tuesday has been traced to Mumbai’s northern suburb of Malad, police sources said. Several search teams were rushed to Malad to track the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the e-mail in which the group said the attack [...]

Girl killed, more than 20 injured in Varanasi blast (Intro Night Lead)

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:14:29 +0000

Varanasi/New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A small girl was killed and over 20 people, including a few foreigners, were injured when a bomb exploded on the banks of the Ganga during Tuesday evening’s ‘maha aarti’ watched by hundreds and sparked off a stampede, authorities and witnesses said. Terror group Indian Mujahideen, in an e-mail, [...]

Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility for Varanasi blast

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:48:48 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Terror group Indian Mujahideen Tuesday owned responsibility for a bomb explosion in Varanasi that killed a small girl and left 20 injured, saying it was to avenge the 1992 demolition of Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid. In an e-mail to media houses soon after the blast, the terror group said: “Indian Mujahideen attribute(s) [...]

Babri demolition anniversary passes off peacefully (Roundup)

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:30:46 +0000

New Delhi/Ayodhya/Hyderabad, Dec 6 (IANS) The 18th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya Monday passed off peacefully amid tight security, with no incidents of violence reported from the Uttar Pradesh temple down - the site of the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhumi dispute - or other states. “It is an unprecedented record. The day was [...]

Dec 6 like any other day in Ayodhya

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:45:01 +0000

Ayodhya, Dec 6 (IANS) With most markets open, people going about their daily life and work, and muted activity by some Hindu and Muslim groups, it was only the heavy presence of policemen on the roads in the temple town of Ayodhya that hinted Monday was the 18th anniversary of the Babri Mosque’s demolition. [...]

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