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Terror rocks Assam, 66 killedAt least 66 people were killed and about 470 injured in serial blasts in Guwahati and three other districts of Assam, as suspected HuJI militants struck terror, considered by far the worst attack. The first of the 13 bombs, suspected to have been planted by the Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) … [...]

Anand is world champion Viswanathan Anand is the world chess champion again. The Indian maestro won the 12-game world chess championship match against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia 6.5-4.5 with one game to spare on Wednesday. Playing with white, Anand drew the 11th game at the Art and Exhibition Hall here to retain his title. The [...]

Yasin Malik to wed Pakistani national Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik will soon marry a Pakistani national. The engagement ceremony took place in Islamabad without him, as he is in jail. The 36-year-old Malik’s fiancee is Mashaal Malik, a painter. Three of his friends attended the ceremony on his behalf. [...]

China: Award for Dissident Criticized China has strongly condemned the decision by the European Parliament to select a jailed Chinese dissident, Hu Jia, for a prestigious human rights award. “We express strong dissatisfaction and stern opposition,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, said in a written statement issued late Thursday evening. The European Parliament selected [...]

VHP office in Nashik attacked Suspected activists of the NCP students wing on Saturday attacked the office of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Nashik in protest against the alleged involvement of Hindu right wing organisations in the Malegaon and Modasa blasts, police said. The activists of NCP student wing attacked the VHP office in the [...]

VHP office in Nashik attacked Suspected activists of the NCP students wing on Saturday attacked the office of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Nashik in protest against the alleged involvement of Hindu right wing organisations in the Malegaon and Modasa blasts, police said. The activists of NCP student wing attacked the VHP office in the [...]

India, China join hands to tackle financial crisisHu and Manmohan Singh discussed in some detail how the two Asian economic powers can join hands to assist in the global economic recovery. President Hu Jintao said on Saturday that China and India should have a “far-sighted, strategic and long-term perspective” even as they join hands to [...]

Why join the police?A thought provoking article in Times by Tarun Vijay on how govt. honors police men.    Send article as PDF   

Pope Pius XII supported Nazis?Isreal’s social Affairs Minister Yitzhak Herzog, who is in charge of government relations with Christians in Israel, told the Israeli daily Haaretz Pius’s beatification would be “unacceptable.” Pius XII was pope from 1939 to 1958, heading the church during World War II. During the entire period of the Shoah the Vatican [...]

Bill to ensure social security for unorganised workers passed A bill aimed at ensuring social security to and welfare of the workers in the unorganised sector was passed in the Rajya Sabha. The passage of the bill saw several official amendments being adopted while two amendments moved by CPI(M) member Tapan Sen, which were pressed [...]