India

British memorial plaque invites Meerut resident’s fury

Vajpayee’s statement on comeback puts BJP leadership issue in deep freeze

New Delhi/Bhopal, Sep 22 : With former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee opting out of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive meet citing health reasons, party’s veteran L K Advani was all set to take the lead, but the former’s recent open letter to his party men has once again put the issue of party leadership in deep freeze.

South Indian Communicates Chikungunya To Italy

New Delhi: The health officials stated that an unnamed chikungunya-infected tourist, visiting relatives in Castiglione town of Italy’s Ravenna region, from south India has been found responsible fo

Congress releases N-deal booklet, as US watches political debate in India

London, Sept 21: Lava flow could have covered features on Mars that appear to have experienced catastrophic flooding, and this could make future landing missions for search of past water on the Red Planet more troublesome, according to a new NASA study.

The results follow the detailed examination for more than three months by the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the valley system called Athabasca Valles, which has long been interpreted as having been carved out by sudden, catastrophic flooding.

Ganesha festival brings Hindus and Muslims together

Mumbai, Sep 20 : In many areas of Mumbai, Muslims joined Hindus in celebration of Ganesha Chaturthi, the festival that marks the birthday of Lord Ganesha.

Dozens of Muslims prayed together with Hindus at many temples in the city, offering flowers and performing religious rituals.

The men belonging to the two communities have been visiting mosques and the temples to pray.

Salim Khan, a Muslim devotee said they are all one regardless of religion or caste.

`We must promote a Kashmiri interest,' says JKLF leader

London: People of Jammu and Kashmir must think and act as Kashmiris and should not promote national interest of either India or Pakistan, said Dr Shabir Choudhry, a prominent leader of the London -based Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front at a seminar held at the UN Human Rights Council building in Geneva.

The seminar was organised by Interfaith International and the title was: Towards a confederation of Peoples in South Asia, and the Seminar was moderated by Dr Charles Graves.

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