Malaysian Tamil Woman Torched By Elderly Relative Dies
KAJANG, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- A woman believed to have been torched by her 65-year-old relative Saturday morning in Taman Permai, Bangi, died last night.M. Uma Praba, 38, died 11.20pm of severe burns all over…
Old woman, grandson killed in exorcism rite
Muzaffarnagar, Aug. 26 (PTI): A 60-year-old woman and her grandson were allegedly killed in an exorcism rite that sought to cure an unidentified illness the entire family was suffering from at a village here, a…
Court orders Jama Masjid repair
Aug 26, 2006NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to immediately start repair works at the historic Jama Masjid here in the Capital.A Division Bench of the…
India's Fascist Right See Bush as Their Lost…
By PRATYUSH CHANDRAAugust 5 / 6, 2006, CounterPunch.ORG, Weekend Edition A drill parade of Hindu Militants The chameleon character of Indian fascism does not allow us to rely on its views except on its consistent…
Mumbai colony happy at return of detainees, shuns…
Mumbai, Aug 26. (PTI): Residents of the Memon Colony here were relieved today after the return of six men detained for two days in Amsterdam after a security alert on a US airliner, but a…
AHRC seeks support for rights activists
Source: The Sangai ExpressImphal, Aug 25: With the Human Rights Alert apprising the Asian Human Rights Commission on the arrest of TIPS general secretary L Umakanta and publicity secretary Y Langamba alias Thabi, the latter…
Nepal to jettison king as head of state
Saturday, August 26th, 2006Kathmandu - Four months after he was unseated as head of the government, Nepal’s King Gyanendra is now to be discarded as head of state as well with the upcoming constitution giving…
My biggest ally is the Indian Constitution: Anand…
Saturday, August 26, 2006, DNA INDIA.COMIt took 10 years and a bit of help from the Supreme Court, but celebrated documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan finally managed to get clearance for his film Father, Son and…