Moral Cowards Vs Moral Lepers

The ongoing Lok Sabha election has brought to discussion the crime of demolition of Babri Masjid. DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI raises certain pertinent questions regarding the crime which is still unpunished....

Middle East 'Spies' A New Front for Gaza Conflict

Following the war in Gaza, and earlier in Lebanon, the Middle East’s new conflict has been that of defining the new discourse which will ultimately dominate the region’s politics: that of resistance or ‘moderation’, wr...

Alleviation of Poverty-I

CHAUDHARI FARIDUDDIN examines the educational conditions and economic position of North Indian Muslims, and suggests concrete measures of poverty alleviation and sustained development....

Protest against TOI-Mumbai Mirror Concerned Citizens protest publication of FIR copy of a Rape Victim

A group of concerned citizens on April 20 held an impromptu demonstration outside the Times of India office in Mumbai, strongly condemning the publication of the FIR copy of the victim of gang rape of a TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) studen...

The World Shoe Conference

Shoes the world over organised continental conferences as well as a world meet on December 15, 2008 to register their anger and resentment against their “gross misuse” a day earlier in the capital of Iraq. They passed a strong-worded reso...

RSS-BJP: Father, Son and Unholy Mission

Lal Krishna Advani has been calling Manmohan Singh the weakest Prime Minister for quite some time. Recently Manmohan Singh decided to hit back and reminded the nation about the role of Advani in Kandhar episode, Babri demolition and Gujarat violence....

Rights Panel Voices Concern on Incidents of March 26-27 in Sabarmati Jail

An Independent committee of senior national human rights activists, in its Preliminary Report released on April 16, expressed its deep concern at the government handling of the beating up of 22 inmates of the Sabarmati Jail on March 25, and called fo...

AKIN TO OURS

In the affidavit furnished along with nomination papers, Ms. Mamta Banerjee has declared that she did not own a car, house or agricultural land.
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The Maoist Menace Why is It Under-reported?

On the eve of Lok Sabha elections SOROOR AHMED discusses the menace caused by the Maoists or Naxals in the various parts of the country, and answers the question why it goes under-reported....