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LTTE blames Sonia for Tamilian deathsThe Tamil Puthinam website, which is said to be linked with the LTTE’s political wing, has launched a vicious campaign against Congress president Sonia Gandhi blaming her for the death of Tamilians. Another website called Nitharsanam, which is also associated with LTTE, recently carried a caricature of Sonia in which [...]

Bible for India The New Community Bible (NCB) is an annotated Bible published, with official Church approval, by a Roman Catholic group in Mumbai last summer. The novelty is not the text itself but the extensive footnotes comparing and contrasting Christian teachings with Hinduism. The illustrations are also clearly Indian — in the drawing … [...]

Devil’s Advocate: Arun Shourie on black money issueActually, several studies have been done. The figures actually are much larger than that i.e. the Indian share that might be there. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) paper which was put out on October 2008 cites the range of estimates of money in tax havens. [...]

CBI chief gave Tytler a clean chit, his officers had said prosecute himPerhaps, journalist Jarnail Singh’s shoe carries a lot more weight than the words of the Joint Director (JD) of the Central Bureau of Investigation or of its Deputy Inspector General (DIG).    Send article as PDF   

Surrendered terrorist ‘sings’, says he was trained in PakSrinagar: Militant groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir have set up their own separate training centres across the line of control but the Taliban do not operate in the Kashmir valley, a surrendered Pakistani militant said. “Every group has its own training mechanism. Each ‘Tanjeem’ (group) has [...]

Global crisis appears to be easing: USThere are signs that the global downturn in economic activity is easing, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said. “Without underestimating the challenges we still face, there are signs that the pace of deterioration in economic activity and trade flows has eased,” Geithner said in a statement at the end [...]

Cornered LTTE using civilians as human shieldThe Sri Lankan army claims that the battle with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) s in the final stages. Sri Lankan air force on Saturday released a video showing a LTTE tank positioned behind temporary shelters built by Tamil civilians and firing from inside the no-fire zone [...]

Rahul flays Bengal govt, Left pride hurtCommunist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday termed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s attack on the Left government in West Bengal as “tantamount to insulting the people of Bengal”.    Send article as PDF   

No ground to revoke Varun’s detention: CentreThe Centre has declined to interfere with the March 29 Uttar Pradesh order detaining BJP candidate Varun Gandhi under the National Security Act.    Send article as PDF   

EC issues notice to DigvijayThe Election Commission has issued notice to Congress general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh Digvijay Singh for allegedly threatening Chief Minister Mayawati that the CBI would be used against her if she continued to “harass” Congress workers.    Send article as PDF