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India crush England by 158 runs in Ist ODI at Rajkot

by: ashok November 15, 2008

Yuvraj Singh fighting a back injury and wearing a ‘black belt’ struck the second fastest One-day century by an Indian helped India to crush England by 158 runs in the first One-Day International on Friday at Rajkot
.The 26-year-old left-hander smashed 138 not out off just 78 balls to help
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Obama’s NRI Advisor has VHP Links

by: ashok November 8, 2008

Sonal Shah, the Indian-American picked by US President-elect Barack Obama as advisor in his transition team, has well established links with the Sangh Parivaar.
According to media reports, the 40-year-old economist has been associated with the overseas activities of the Sangh Parivar. She was a national coordinator of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America campaign to [...]

Mu”Barack”Ho;’Change Has Come To America’

by: ashok November 5, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama captured the White House on Tuesday after an extraordinary two-year campaign, defeating Republican John McCain to make history as the first black to be elected US president.

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Assam Blasts: New outfit claims responsibility; toll 77

by: ashok November 1, 2008

A new Islamic group called the Islamic Security Force-Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s serial blasts in Assam in SMSes sent to media organisations on Friday.
The SMS said, “We, ISF-IM, take the responsibility of yesterday blast. We warn all of Assam and India for situation like this in future. We thank all our [...]

Sena,MNS: Neither Means Nor Ends Are Justified

by: ashok October 30, 2008

 
In Maharashtra, the objective of the Shiv Sena or its spin off Maharashtra Navnirmaan Sena is to secure more representation for Marathis mainly in jobs. It now appears that neither the objective nor the means to achieve it is justified and have divisive undertones. A clear divide has been created between Indians and Maharashtrians by [...]

Thackeray issue: The onus lies with public

by: ashok October 21, 2008

I met a Bangladeshi in Sydney who had been a government servant in his country. During a casual conversation he asked me what was my nationality. I said Indian. He then repeated the question. I repeated the reply. He clarified that he was asking me if I was a Punjabi or a Marathi or Gujarati. [...]

MNS chief Raj Thackeray arrested

by: ashok October 21, 2008

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was arrested at Ratnagiri in the wee hours today for Sunday’s brutal attack on north Indian rail exam candidates by MNS workers.
A case was registered in this connection against Raj Thackeray and his supporters at a north-west suburban police station of Kharwadi, after MNS workers attacked 13 railway [...]

Bush signs N-agreement; allays fears on fuel supply

by: ashok October 9, 2008

Allaying India’s fears on certain provisions of the legislation on Indo-US nuclear deal which he signed into law, President George W Bush has said there are “no changes” in fuel supply commitments as provided in the 123 Agreement.
“This legislation does not change the fuel assurance commitments that the US government has made to the Government [...]

Bush to sign legislation on Indo-US N-deal on Oct 8

by: ashok October 4, 2008

WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush will sign the legislation on the Indo-US nuclear deal, approved by the Congress, into a law on Wednesday October 8 2008, the White house said.
Bush will sign the Bill H R 7081, named after Howard Berman, a Democrat who was strongly opposed to the deal on non-proliferation grounds but [...]

India, France sign Civil Nuclear Cooperation Pact

by: ashok September 30, 2008

PARIS: France and India on Tuesday signed a major nuclear cooperation pact which opens the way for the sale of French nuclear reactors to New Delhi
The atomic pact comes three weeks after India got the crucial NSG waiver that cleared the decks for New Delhi’s global nuclear trade.
The atomic pact is one of the three [...]