- Cabinet clears four-laning of Jammu-Srinagar highway
- Congress for security to Husain, BJP says he can settle anywhere in world
- Lo, I'm here to take up my brother Shahid Azmi's cause
- Away from home, 95-year-old Husain offered Qatar nationality
- India's Haj goodwill delegations: Some chilling facts
- Taj Corridor case reverted to original bench after drama
- Burqa: Don't let obscurantism abet poll-riggers
- CPI-M seeks security for Husain, BJP says he's safe in India
- Woman dies after doctor removes both kidneys
- Unable to return home, Husain gets Qatar nationality?
- 3-day solidarity fast for Irom Sharmila begins in Imphal
- AMU issues charge-sheet to 'gay' professor
- Indo-Pak peace talks and Taliban provocations
- Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes
| Cabinet clears four-laning of Jammu-Srinagar highway Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:23 AM PST By IANS, New Delhi: The government Thursday approved implementation of projects for four-laning of the mountainous Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 1A - the only road link to the Kashmir Valley which is extremely vulnerable to inclement weather. With this, the Kashmir Valley will get all-weather connectivity. Besides, the journey time from Jammu to Srinagar and strategic border areas in the state will also be reduced. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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| Congress for security to Husain, BJP says he can settle anywhere in world Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:04 AM PST By IANS, New Delhi: The Congress Thursday said the government will provide security to M.F. Husain if he wants to return to the country, following reports that the artist had been given Qatari nationality, even as the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party said his works had hurt people's sentiments. Husain, 95, under attack from the Hindu right wing groups for his paintings on goddesses and hopping between Dubai and London because he is unable to come home, reportedly has been given Qatari citizenship.
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| Lo, I'm here to take up my brother Shahid Azmi's cause Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:54 AM PST By Mahtab Alam for TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Instead of mourning long over the murder of Adv. Shahid Azmi, his younger brother Adv. Khalid Azmi is now preparing to represent the case of 26/11 accused Fahim Ansari. On Wednesday, the court accepted him as counsel for Fahim Ansari. However, the final arguments in the case, likely to begin on March 9, will be made by senior counsel R V Monakshi.
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| Away from home, 95-year-old Husain offered Qatar nationality Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:44 AM PST By IANS, New Delhi: Under attack from sections of the Hindu right and shuttling between Dubai and London as he lives out his last years as a homeless itinerant, India's most celebrated artist Maqbool Fida Husain has been offered Qatar nationality, sparking fresh demands for his return to the country he was forced to leave four years ago.
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| India's Haj goodwill delegations: Some chilling facts Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:35 AM PST By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Even a pious journey of Haj has not been left clean. Corrupt practices, it seems, have permeated the official process for selection of members of government's Haj goodwill delegation sent every year to Saudi Arabia. There is no criteria, or at least the government does not want to disclose, for selection of members for the delegation, and thus has crept in favoritism. Result: E Ahmed has performed Haj three times between 2000 and 2008 on government expenses. Syed Shahnawaz Hussain two times, and he is not alone.
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| Taj Corridor case reverted to original bench after drama Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:31 AM PST By IANS, Lucknow: Much drama was witnessed Thursday in the court of the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench, when a battery of lawyers vehemently opposed withdrawal of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that had sought prosecution of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for her alleged involvement in the Rs.175-crore Taj Heritage Corridor scam.
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| Burqa: Don't let obscurantism abet poll-riggers Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:26 AM PST |
| CPI-M seeks security for Husain, BJP says he's safe in India Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:41 AM PST By IANS, New Delhi : The government should give an assurance of security to M.F. Husain and bring him home, the CPI-M said Thursday following reports that the artist had been given Qatari nationality while the BJP maintained that his art had hurt people's feelings. The Congress maintained a middle of the road stance and said it was his personal decision.
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| Woman dies after doctor removes both kidneys Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:33 AM PST By IANS, Patna : A 22-year-old woman died after a doctor allegedly removed her kidneys during surgery, her family said Thursday. Sabila Khatoon, mother of a six-month-old baby, died at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) Wednesday night. A resident of Tangaul Patti in Bihar's Hajipur district, about 30 km from here, Sabila was admitted at the PMCH in early February after her condition deteriorated following a surgery for stone in a kidney. Doctors at the PMCH found that both her kidneys had been removed and immediately put her on dialysis.
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| Unable to return home, Husain gets Qatar nationality? Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:10 PM PST By IANS, New Delhi : Under attack from sections of the Hindu right and hopping between Dubai and London as he lives out his last years as a homeless itinerant, India's most celebrated artist M.F. Husain has reportedly been offered Qatar nationality. The 95-year-old celebrity painter, who has hundreds of lawsuits against him across the country for his paintings on goddesses that many Hindus find sacrilegious and has been living abroad as a fugitive since 2006, said he has been "honoured" by Qatar.
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| 3-day solidarity fast for Irom Sharmila begins in Imphal Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:54 PM PST By TCN News, Imphal: To express solidarity with rights activist Irom Sharmila who is on prolonged fast for a long period, some civil and human rights activists gathered here in the capital city of Manipur and sat on 3-day fast. They are demanding withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
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| AMU issues charge-sheet to 'gay' professor Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:53 PM PST By TCN News, Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University today issued a charge-sheet to Dr. S. R. Siras, Department of Modern Indian Languages who was suspended on February 9 on the ground of prima facie case of homosexuality.
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| Indo-Pak peace talks and Taliban provocations Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:46 PM PST By Ram Puniyani, There are reports (February 23) in Indian media that two Sikhs were killed by Pakistan based Taliban militants in Khyber and Orakzi areas near Peshawar. These Sikhs were part of a group of many Sikhs who had been kidnapped by the Taliban over a month ago. The Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for the release of this group and killed two of them after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, Jizya. Two persons, Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh amongst others are still believed to be in the custody of the militants.
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| Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:36 PM PST By TCN News, New Delhi: The Railway Budget 2010 has just short of disappointment for the minorities as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today in her second budget did not offer any new scheme to them except the announcement to raise special women railway security force preferably from minorities, SC/ST, OBC and economically backward classes. Presenting her second budget as Railway Minister in the UPA Government, Mamata Banerjee presented a populist railway budget with no hike in passenger fares and freight tariffs besides more than 100 new trains.
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