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Modi summoned on riots, Congress wants him to go
(Credit: IANS) The 2002 Gujarat riots returned to haunt Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday when a Supreme Court-appointed investigation team summoned him for questioning March 21. The Congress immediately asked him to step down. According to ...
Malaysian Hindu woman wins custody battle with Muslim husband
(Credit: IANS) Malaysia's High Court on Thursday granted a Hindu woman custody of her child after a bitter court battle with her estranged Muslim husband, who converted their children to Islam and then took possession of them. Kindergarten teacher ...
Indian-origin ex-MP's acquittal for cocaine sparks outrage in Canada
(Credit: IANS) An Indian-origin former MP in Canada is in the eye of a political storm after his acquittal by a court on cocaine possession and drunken driving charges. Thirty-eight-year-old Rahim Jaffer, an Ismaili Muslim of Indian origin from ...
Swedish newspapers reprint Prophet cartoon
(Credit: IANS) Several Swedish newspapers on Wednesday reprinted a controversial caricature of the Prophet Mohammed as a dog, the day after an alleged plot to murder the cartoonist was disclosed. Seven arrests were reported on Tuesday in Ireland ...
Four Indians die in Malaysia shophouse fire
(Credit: IANS) Four Indians were killed in a fire that gutted a shophouse in Malaysia on Wednesday, an official said. The fire broke out in the shophouse located in Jalan Pasar, Masai, near Johor Baru. Johor Fire and Rescue deputy director ...
Government will pass women's bill before March 16: Bansal
(Credit: IANS) The government intends to pass the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha before the house adjourns on March 16 for a three-week break, said Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal in New Delhi on Wednesday. "The ...
Sajjan Kumar gets bail in anti-Sikh riots case
(Credit: IANS) Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and nine others were on Wednesday granted bail by a city court in two cases related to their alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar granted ...
India steps into history with women's Representation bill
(Credit: IANS) India's politics took a decisive step towards change on Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, crossing the biggest hurdle in the road ...
Indian courts can't decide NRI family disputes: high court
(Credit: IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled that Indian courts have no jurisdiction to adjudicate family disputes of India-born foreign nationals.Justice S.N. Dhingra quashed the order of a lower court that allowed an Indian-American wife ...
One-fifth of Australia's private colleges visa factories: Report
(Credit: IANS) Nearly a fifth of Australian private colleges are "permanent residency factories", a new report in the education sector has revealed. The education sector, which is the country's third largest export industry, has been ...
Jaitley rues 'shameful incidents' in Rajya Sabha
(Credit: IANS) The BJP "unequivocally" supported the women's reservation bill, party MP Arun Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, but added that the privilege of supporting it had been diluted by "some of most shameful incidents ...
Yadav trinity asks PM for all-party meeting on women's bill
(Credit: IANS) Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the women's reservation bill and asked for an all-party meeting to ...
Rajya Sabha postpones voting on women's bill till Tuesday
(Credit: IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Monday postponed voting on the Women’s Reservation Bill after supporting opposition parties insisted on a debate before it is put to vote. After repeated disruptions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called a ...
PM calls all-party meeting over women's quota bill
(Credit: IANS) Following continuous adjournments of the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called an all-party meeting to work out modalities of passing a historic Women's Reservation Bill that was moved in the house earlier in the ...
Mayawati too has reservations on women's quota bill
(Credit: IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday expressed strong reservations against the women's reservation bill to be introduced in Rajya Sabha on Monday. In a letter to Prime Minister ...
Much to cheer this women's day in Delhi
(Credit: IANS) Women in the national capital had lots to look forward to this International Women's Day. Not only were they cheering the government's efforts to clear the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, free makeovers, complimentary ...
BSP and JD-S indicate reservations on Women quota bill
(Credit: IANS) Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, two other parties -- the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) also ...
No Indian embassy staffer in Kabul wants to return: Krishna
(Credit: IANS) Amid reports about the increased security threat to Indians in Afghanistan after the Feb 26 terror strike, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Saturday said no Indian embassy staffer in Kabul wanted to return, but the government ...
Thirty three percent reservation for Indian women, PM assures the nation
(Credit: IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday stressed his government's commitment to political empowerment of women and said India was moving towards 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state legislatures. "We ...
Toddler's death in Melbourne shocks India
(Credit: IANS) The body of a three-year-old Indian boy was found dumped by a roadside in Melbourne, Australia, triggering shock and outrage in India. New Delhi termed it a "most unfortunate incident" as Canberra launched a major probe to ...
