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Taliban furious, says we’ll punish WikiLeaks informersThe Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to behead informers who have been revealed following the explosive disclosure by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks has put out over 90,000 uncensored intelligence documents, causing a security scare. Countries which have their forces fighting in Afghanistan are pouring related stories With its India obsession, Pak [...]

Her mother ill, Sonia flies to US with Rahul Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has had to rush to the United States along with son Rahul Gandhi to attend to her ailing mother who is said to be undergoing a series of medical tests there. This is the reason for her absence in Parliament as well [...]

Indian lecturer barred from teaching by students for refusing burkaAliah University in Calcutta is the first Muslim university in India’s West Bengal state and has no formal dress code, but its student union has demanded that female teachers cover themselves with a Muslim veil in class. Sirin Middya told the Indian Express she had refused [...]

The Author Behind Samalochaka ResignsSyndicated blogging is a strange thing. Like politics, it makes for strange bed-fellows, and further it turns old friends into ideological foes. Who would have dreamt that after being invited to write in a blog (along with the companion blog – samAlochaka) this author would some day be shown the door. [...]

VS stands by his statement on PFIReiterating that radical outfit Popular Front of India was planning to Islamise Kerala, chief minister VS Achutanandan on Monday said his remarks were based on details reveled during investigation into the attack on college lecturer TJ Joseph. The veteran CPM leader told the assembly attempts to misinterpret it as [...]

Ayodhya title suits: High Court reserves its verdict After 60 years of legal wrangle, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved verdict in the Ayodhya shrine title suits. The proceedings had lingered in Faizabad civil court for about 39 years and thereafter the suits were summoned to the high court in 1989. [...]

MP ‘fakes’ caste, disqualified from LS The Kerala High Court on Monday annulled the election of five time Congress Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh, holding that he was ineligible to contest from the reserved constituency of Mavelikara in Alappuzha district. Justice Sasidharan Nambiar said that Suresh is not qualified to be a candidate in the [...]

Kerala CM Statement criticisedAs expected, the controversial statements made by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan on the Muslim community has stirred up negative responses from several Muslim organisations and political parties. Buzz up!The CPI(M) leader had earlier stated that the radical outfit Popular Front, which was involved in the attack on a lecturer, wanted [...]

French hostage executed by AlQuedaFrench hostage Michel Germaneau has been executed by his al Qaeda-linked captors in the north African country of Mauritania, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday. Sarkozy vowed that the “crime committed against Michel Germaneau will not be left unpunished.” “We are dealing with people who have no respect for human life,” [...]

Kapil to bring ashes of Pooran Singh after 63 years from AustraliaLegendary cricketer Kapil Dev will receive the ashes of Indian immigrant Pooran Singh in Australia for relocation to his homeland 63 years after he died. According to the Australian High Commission here, on June 24, a radio programme on June 24 revealed the story [...]