An old man in Gaza held a placard that read: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all, but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back.” The old man's message provides the proper context for the latest episode in the savage punishment of Gaza. The crimes trace back to 1948...
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Autorickshaw drivers know the way to Sanjiv Bhatt's house in Memnagar, Ahmedabad. It currently resembles a campaign office as Shweta Bhatt, the IPS officer's wife, gears up for electoral battle against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Outside, a motley group of cops shuffles about with no obvious purpose. Inside, between many phone calls, the man who has taken on Modi, tells Amit Baruah that...
Bilateral trade between India and Israel has gone up from a mere $120 million to $5 billion since the two nations formally established relations in 1992, but as president of the Israel-India Friendship Association (IIFA) she sees a much higher potential. "I want to show the beauty of India to the world," says Bernstein-Reich, who serves as co-producer of the "Bharati Show - The Wonder that is...
Abrar Ahmad Ghulam Ahmad, 40, lives in a house with no number or calling bell in the Bage Mahmood locality in Malegaon, Maharashtra. Finding the man or the house is a difficult task. He anyway does not want visitors, and the people of Malegaon are not keen to drop in either. Abrar, however, was a 'wanted' man six years ago, when a number of bombs ripped the textile town apart on September 8, 2006...
Kanpur, December 1: Alleging that he was being labelled a “terrorist” in media reports despite having being acquitted after serving an eight-year jail sentence, a 40-year-old has filed writs against three Hindi dailies. Kanpur-based Syed Wasif Haider, who was arrested in August 2001 on 12 charges, has filed writs against Dainik Jagran, Hindustan Dainik and Amar Ujala, for “running his media trial...
Mumbai Police earned laurels for its restraint at Azad Maidan but bared its ugly face inside police stations and Arthur Road jail with the youth arrested in the wake of the rioting at the Maidan. One of its victims is 26-year-old Abbas Ujjainwala who was picked up by the cops for no rhyme or reason and seven of his teeth knocked out. Later, CCTV footage established that he was in Kurla at the time...
Open letter to Mr Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat from Joint Committee of Muslim Organisations for Empowerment, Delhi The Milli Gazette Published Online: Nov 23, 2012 16 November, 2012 Mr. Narendra Modi Chief Minister of Gujarat Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat As the Assembly election approaches, every one has noticed special attention being given by you and your party to the Muslim voters of...
In a corner of a dimly-lit room, Padsha Begum, 65—whose son was Thursday acquitted after 17 years by Delhi High Court in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast case—is on a prayer mat with both joy and sorrow reflecting on her face. Her daughter Nighat is reciting some verses from the holy Qur'an loudly. The acquittal of Begum's son Mirza Nissar Hussian has infused a new lease of life to this Srinagar family...