Samba spy case: High Court order set aside

JudiciaryMarch 23, 2006

J. Venkatesan, The Hindu, March 23, 2006 Apex court remits matter for reconsideration New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Delhi High Court judgment declaring invalid the court martial proceedings initiated against…

Amend Hindu Marriage Act, Court tells Centre

JudiciaryMarch 23, 2006

J. Venkatesan, The Hindu, March 23, 2006 Make breakdown of marriage a ground for divorce New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given yet another reason for divorce. Since at present "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" is…

Sonia Gandhi resigns as MP, chairperson of NAC

ThisIndiaMarch 23, 2006

March 23, 2006 15:43 IST, Sonia Gandhi, Congress president and chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance government has resigned as Member of Parliament from Rae Bareli. She has also resigned as the chairperson of the…

Ramzy Baroud: The Jericho Prison Raid

World PeaceMarch 23, 2006

Thursday, 23 March 2006, Could it be possible that the Israeli army raid on a Jericho prison on March 14 was done without careful coordination between Israel, the United States and Britain? Could it also…

Politicising religion in India : Asghar Ali Engineer.

FascismMarch 23, 2006

March 23, 2006, India’s politicians hardly ever measure up to standards of democracy. They want to exploit every event for their purposes. It is indeed politicising of every such event that creates conflict between Hindus…

Violent protest by more than 5,000 workers over

Migrant WorkersMarch 23, 2006

By Eman Al Baik and Riyasbabu, Khaleej Times,   23 March 2006 DUBAI — A violent protest by over 5,000 workers over alleged mistreatment by their supervisors, arbitrary salary deductions, non-payment of overtime, and lack of…

Parents, brother meet Mahdhani

PrisonMarch 23, 2006

Coimbatore, Mar 22: A key accused in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blast case, Abdul Nasser Mahdhani from Kerala, lodged in the Central Jail here for the last eight years, sans trial, was today visited by…