NRI: Indian Americans and Super Tuesday

Lalit K JhaThursday, January 31, 2008 (New York)
     The large Indian American community, which is gradually increasing its participation in the US political arena, are now geared up for the forthcoming Super Duper Tuesday next week on February 5.
Volunteers and community leaders are fanning out to the region in support of their leaders and [...]

Hindus traders Kidnapped in Pakistan

Press Trust of India

Thursday, January 31, 2008 ()

Hindus in two districts of Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Wednesday warned that the minority community would boycott the upcoming general election if authorities fail to trace three kidnapped Hindu traders even as armed men abducted another businessman’s son.The panchayats of Jaffarabad and Nasirabad districts demanded that the government [...]

Provoking Chauvanism: Raj Thakeray way

NDTV Correspondent

Sunday, February 3, 2008 (New Delhi)

A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray criticized superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan has slammed the MNS chief.She has said that if he donated land owned by him then the Bachchans would be happy to open another school in Aishwarya’s name. They had recently laid the [...]

UK :No right of appeal for failed visa applicants

No right of appeal for failed visa applicants
Sunday February 3, 2008
The Observer        A major tightening of the rules governing entry to Britain will be announced this week when the government proposes that failed visa applicants – mainly from the Indian subcontinent – will lose the right to launch a judicial appeal against the [...]

Dera Chief Attacked

    

Fanaticsm comes in different colors.

     SGPC and Badal have no love lost for the Dera chief, who has a mass following. His support helped Congress win quite a few seats in the last election. Akali Dal will not forget its loss. Clashes after attack on dera chief’s convoy
Extracts from Tribune
Vishal Joshi
Tribune News Service
Clashes after attack [...]

Afganistan: Swampland for NATO troops

That the Afganistan affair has been handled badly, daftly even, is a no brainer.
What is to be seen is how the great NATO countries will pull out their troops.
Extracts from Sunday Times
           Britain’s commanders ignored every warning that the Taliban were the toughest fighters on earth
Simon Jenkins
The American secretary of state, Condoleezza [...]