Beef ban: Caught in the lingo of Indian politics Deccan Herald Salil Misra | Should the question of cow slaughter be settled through legal and constitutional enforcement? Or should it be resolved through mutual accommodation? | On this and many other such sensitive questions, the makers of Indian Constitution were confronted with a genuine dilemma. Simply put, ...
Chandrababu Naidu ‘forked’ his Congress opponents The Times Of India The fork is a move in chess where two of the opponent’s pieces are simultaneously threatened so that one of them has to be forfeited. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo Chandrababu Naidu appears to have ‘forked’ his Congress opponents with his in...
CBI plea to shift cases an insult to Gujarat judiciary: Modi The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Lambasting the CBI over its plea to the Supreme Court for shifting the Sohrabuddin fake encounter trial outside Gujarat, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said the plea was an insult to the judiciary of the state. | He even asked if the...
The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre by Michael H Fisher The Guardian | William Dalrymple marvels at the tragic and extraordinary life of Britain's first Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, painted by Charles Brocky. | At around 4am on 21 September 1843, a man recently certified as a lunatic escaped from his ...
Bar Association boycotts work for second day Indian Express | The District Bar Association and advocates of the sessions court boycotted work in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Birbian for the second consecutive day on Saturday. Termed her style of functioning as arbitrary, the Association alleged the ...
Teenage robber produced in Mohali court Indian Express | The last absconding member of an inter-state gang of armed robbers, which was busted with the arrest of its five members on July 26, was produced before a Mohali court on Saturday. The 17-year-old boy had surrendered on Thursday before a Ropar cour...
Suspended babu seeks FIR against VB chief Indian Express | Court to hear both parties on August 14 | A suspended Punjab-cadre IAS officer, Vijay Kumar Janjua, who is at present out on bail after being arrested in a corruption case registered against him by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) in Mohali on Nove...
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Soybean could boost bone health: Study Zeenews Washington: Scientists are exploring the role of natural estrogen-like substances in foods, like soybean isoflavones, in boosting bone health. | Agricultural Research Service (ARS)...
Venezuela sends troops to Colombian border: Chavez Zeenews Caracas: President Hugo Chavez said that Venezuela has deployed military units and troops to the Colombian border, because outgoing President Alvaro Uribe is "capable of anything,"...
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A deepening relationship The Hindu | Writing on his blog before his 2006 visit to India while he was Leader of the Opposition in the British Parliament, David Cameron said he was going for "a simple reason: India ma...
Is Gujarat an enemy state? Modi asks Centre Indian Express | A day after CBI's plea to shift the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case outside Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Centre, asking whether it considered Gujarat a part of "enemy" country. | "Do you not co...
Twin port towns set for shutdown Indian Express | With talks between the Gandhidham Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Kandla Pot Trust (KPT) over fees for the transfer of leasehold properties having failed on Saturday, the twin port towns of Gandhidham-Adipur will observe a complete ...
Shakeel men sentenced in MCOCA case Mumbai Mirror | Mumbai Mirror Bureau | Posted On Sunday, August 01, 2010 at 02:58:16 AM | A Special MCOCA court, on Saturday convicted and sentenced two Chotta Shakeel gang members to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for trying to extort money from the ex-wife of Sa...
Beef ban: Caught in the lingo of Indian politics Deccan Herald Salil Misra | Should the question of cow slaughter be settled through legal and constitutional enforcement? Or should it be resolved through mutual accommodation? | On this and many other such sensitive questions, the makers of Indian Constitution were confronted with a genuine dilemma. Simply put, their predicament was: should the Constitution be ...
