August Month Article
- Labourer donates half
his wages to Hazare
- by Pooja Naik
At first sight, he seemed the least likely of people who could donate,
but Karan Singh, a 20-something casual labourer who lives on the pavement
at Hutatma Chowk donated half his day's wages to Anna Hazare's cause.
.....
- Dahi handi celebrations
to have Spanish flavour
- by Nitin Yeshwantrao
It promises to be a classic East meets West scenario when Mumbai's Govinda
groups and the famed Castellers from Spain slug it out on the streets
of Thane to form the highest human tower on Monday. .....
- The House wins
- by The Indian Express
Anna Hazare's brief detention and the calculations around it may have
made sense at the time for the government. .....
- Bihar govt to turn corrupt
babu's house into school
- by Faizan Ahmad
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's promise to confiscate ill-gotten properties
of officials and to open schools for poor children in their palatial houses
is close to becoming a reality. .....
- Silent invasion of India
- by Joginder Singh
Illegal immigration from Pakistan and Bangladesh poses a serious threat
to our internal security. Thanks to vote-bank politics, our politicians
are indifferent. .....
- Support for Anna Hazare
at IIM, IIT campuses
- by The Times of India
Young people joined the protest in their own ways - some skipped lunch,
others joined the crowd at Freedom Park and Electronic City and some even
wore T-shirts inside out. .....
- Maharashtra village turns
to Gujarat
- by Cordelia Jenkins & Makarand
Gadgil
Frustrated at the lack of development and infrastructure, a village in
Maharashtra tries to shame the state government into action. .....
- Anna supporter who immolated
self dies
- by The Times of India
Dinesh Yadav, a supporter of Anna Hazare who set himself on fire here
last week, succumbed to his injuries early Monday, police said. .....
- Fast and future
- by The Indian Express
Anna Hazare was supposed to break his fast at 10 am on Sunday, but in
the event he - and everyone else - was kept waiting while a member of
his "team" .....
- CBI a weapon of offence
- by Balbir K Punj
Whenever the Congress has been in power at the Centre, it has brazenly
misused agencies of the state, especially the CBI, to further its political
agenda. .....
- Crosstalk on Spectrum
- by India Today
In the box titled "Government Kept in the Loop", August 8, the
correspondent makes three points under the sub-heading that refers to
me .....
- Fast continues with fervour
at Maidan
- by Pratibha Masand
As the spotlight in the anti-corruption crusade shifted north on Sunday
the atmosphere at Azad Maidan, where many of Anna Hazare's supporters
had been fasting, remained charged as ever. .....
- 'Corruption leaves a bitter
taste'
- by Hemali Chhapia
The protesters fasting at Azad Maidan are a motley lot. Apart from the
Morgan Stanley exec, there was 60-year-old Ramji Rathod. .....
- Team Anna targets Agnivesh
over Youtube video
- by Zeenews.india.com
Swami Agnivesh, a close associate of Anna Hazare, was the target of the
core Anna team, which attacked him over a controversial video posted on
'youtube' .....
- Indonesia's Uncle Pai
- by Rimli Sengupta
I knew nothing about Indonesian comics until a chance meeting about a
year ago in an unlikely place. .....
- The disinherited
- by Swapan-dasgupta.blogspot.com
An unintended consequence of the Ayodhya movement was that it improved
middle-class India's knowledge of German history. .....
- Protests lock down heart
of Capital
- by Protests lock down heart of Capital
At least 350 protesters were detained on Thursday evening as they marched
to the Prime Minister's house following a call by activist Anna Hazare
to push for the Jan Lokpal Bill. .....
- It's power of the people:
Army chief
- by The Indian Express
Army chief General V K Singh has said that the support the anti-corruption
movement is getting in the country is an indication of the power of democracy
and of the people. .....
- Under A Dangerous Motto
- by Pushpa Iyengar
By refusing to take bribes, the Madurai collector has earned 18 transfers
in 20 years, a modest house and bank balance and lots of respect .....
- Setu on The Potomac
- by Seema Sirohi
It is Ramayana lite, a short and sassy interpretation of the ancient epic,
which transports instantly, teaches variously and satisfies ultimately.
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- Millionaire couple skips
honeymoon to join Anna
- by NDTV.com
What's a more romantic for a newlywed couple than an expensive honeymoon
at an exotic location? For Parag and Shivani Garg, it was the idea of
being part of a movement that can potentially shape the future of the
country. .....
- On a Historical Parallel
- by Arvind Panagariya
The story of India's march to socialism between 1969 and 1976 under Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi offers an interesting parallel (and contrast) to
the last seven years. .....
- Kanpur's crorepatis
- by Swati Mathur
At an indeterminate moment near the turn of the century, Dean Corso, a
rare book dealer, undertakes the task of verifying the authenticity of
a book that contains demon text. .....
- Jagan's jumbo jump
- by Sreenivas Janyala
When trucks laden with white, pink and green marble blocks started arriving
last July at a construction site in Hyderabad's upmarket Jubilee Hills,
very few knew what was being built, and for whom. .....
- Debate Jan Lokpal Bill
in Parliament: BJP
- by IBNLive.com
The BJP on Thursday asked the government to withdraw its Lokpal Bill and
make Jan Lokpal Bill the basis for discussion in Parliament on Friday.
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- DMK pumped Rs 5000 crore
for polls: Jayalalithaa
- by The New Indian Express
Completing 100 days in office, that saw her shower freebies and reverse
DMK's pet schemes, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today alleged
in the Assembly the M Karunanidhi-led party had pumped in Rs 5,000 crore
during the April 13 elections. .....
- Anna's army protests at
IIT convocation
- by The Times of India
The Anna agitation found echoes in the IIT convocation hall on Monday
as one graduate received his degree in a Gandhi cap while his batchmate
stayed away from the ceremony in protest. . .....
- New hue to Krishna's birthday
- by The Times of India
Over 3,000 youngsters in the city are busy these days practising electric
guitar leads and drum rolls. Some others are rehearsing for an upcoming
play. .....
- Crowding Glory Of Hazare
Annals
- by The Times of India
As Anna's army swelled across the country, the political class may have
got a sense of things to come when people picketed their homes on Sunday.
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- Ganesh mandals rally behind
Anna
- by Yogita Rao
Several Ganesh mandals in the city have come up with innovative ways to
show their support for anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. .....
- Voicing Anger
- by The Times of India
More than 100 medical students supported Anna's campaign and participated
in today's morcha. We feel strongly about how corruption is weakening
the society. .....
- The Day we found out
- by Inder Malhotra
Barely two days after he had begun the bizarre experiment of commanding
from his sickbed in Delhi his troops a thousand miles away. .....
- Met with silence
- by The Indian Express
Anna Hazare, from the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, seemed to expand the scope
of his movement on Saturday. .....
- Here's the real foreign
hand
- by Avinash Kalla
Blocking the body blows from an assault it had not expected, the Congress,
rather bizarrely ......
- Dahi handi celebrations
to have Spanish flavour
- by Nitin Yeshwantrao
It promises to be a classic East meets West scenario when Mumbai's Govinda
groups and the famed Castellers from Spain slug it out on the streets
of Thane to form the highest human tower on Monday. ......
- Dr Singh and Mr Hyde
- by A Surya Prakash
It is astounding that a Prime Minister who presides over limitless corruption
in the Government he heads should be referred to as a man of integrity!
......
- India needs reforms, not
a super babu
- by Kanchan Gupta
We were at Checkpoint Charlie. There it was, in real life no more than
an unimpressive white prefabricated cabin with a grey slanting roof straddling
the. ......
- Blind, but following Anna
all the way
- by Dipankar Ghose
They had never seen Anna Hazare, and nor could they see the number of
his supporters who had gathered at the Ramlila Maidan. ......
- Quitting their jobs for
fight against corruption
- by Linah Baliga
One is an architect and urban planner, the other an MBA. But both didn't
think twice before giving up their well-paid jobs with multinational firms
to be part of the fight against corruption. ......
- 'My neta contacts helped
Adarsh get plot'
- by The Times of India
Former MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani on Tuesday admitted that his "contacts"
with top politicians and bureaucrats helped the Adarsh housing society
get a plot to construct the building. ......
- Seeking Buddha in Gujarat
- by The Times of India
Known more for Hindu and Jain religious places, Gujarat is now hoping
to play host to Buddhist pilgrims too. ......
- Independence Day blues
- by Sandhya Jain
If a single event encapsulates the corruption, sleaze and political callousness
that bedevils the common man today ......
- The ideology of thought
control in Pakistan
- by Maheen Usmani
Denial is not just a river in Egypt. It has become something of a personality
cult in Pakistan. Nowhere is this cognitive dissonance more visible than
......
- Bank statements show Teesta
bought witnesses
- by Navin Upadhyay
Irrefutable evidence has cropped up to support charges that witnesses
of the Gujarat riot cases were allegedly manipulated at the behest of
social activist ......
- Afzal Guru must hang
- by The Pioneer
Nothing can be a more accurate reflection of our criminal justice system,
which is ultimately dependent on the commitment of the political class
to uphold the law of the land ......
- Will NAC listen?
- by Joginder Singh
One of the most outstanding police officers Joginder Singh (former Director
CBI) questions the rationale of the Communal &Targeted Violence Bill
......
- Will This Drape Set You
Agape
- by The Economic Times
Could the extensive coverage of Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani
Khars Birkin handbags have spurred Hermes to go beyond its bags and scarves
......
- CBI planted witnesses to
fix Amit Shah
- by The Pioneer
A sting operation by a private TV news channel showing that CBI put pressure
on witnesses in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case to implicate. ......
- Revisiting my homeland
- by Greater Kashmir.com
What An Experience It Has Been For Me To Smell The Fragrance Of My Motherland
After Two Decades of Separation,Writes Indu Raina. ......
- Centre as the Big Brother
- by A Surya Prakash
The proposed Communal Violence Bill aims to slip in provisions that will
restore the dadagiri of the Union Government over the States. ......
- Tariq Ramadan and Cultural
Jihad
- by Amil Imani
On July 27, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Richardson, Texas, the
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Dallas chapter, featured Dr. Tariq
Ramadan, a highly controversial Islamic scholar, for their annual fundraising
to Support Religious Freedom & Sharia Awareness ......
- Maharashtra village turns
to Gujarat
- by Cordelia Jenkins & Makarand
Gadgil
Frustrated at the lack of development and infrastructure, a village in
Maharashtra tries to shame the state government into action. .....
- Happy Sack's Farm
- by Lola Nayar
"Give grains to the hungry poor instead of it going down the drain."-Supreme
Court to the government, August 12, 2010. .....
- When Headhunters Came To
Corbett Country
- by Namrata Joshi
Peora is a tiny picturesque hamlet, almost hidden amid the giant pine
and oak trees, sitting at above 6,000 feet in the highlands of Kumaon
in Uttarakhand. .....
- My Name Is Blue
- by Arpita Basu
Introduction: Caste-based prejudice has long been a fact of life in Himachal
Pradesh. Now, new initiatives look to change that-with the state police
as catalysts. .....
- How Green These Barrens
- by Smita Mitra
Introduction: A magical oasis right in the middle of the suicide belt
of Maharashtra, Hivre Bazaar village shows what united thought and action
can achieve .....
- PC is backing delinquent
cops, says BJP
- by The Indian Express
A day after Home Minister P Chidambaram asserted that the Centre has the
right to look into the cases of two senior IPS officers in Gujarat, the
BJP on Saturday returned fire .....
- Situation is worse than
Emergency: BJP
- by IBNLive.com
The BJP reacted strongly to the detainment of Anna Hazare by the Delhi
Police before his fast on Monday saying that the government was acting
stubborn which will only make the fight against corruption difficult to
handle. .....
- Fixing Shah, by fabrication
- by S Gurumurthy
The climax of the CBI story is how it smuggled Amit Shah into the Sohrabuddin
case. Here is a brief, simple account of the complex episode. .....
- The hidden hand in Sohrabuddin
case
- by S Gurumurthy
The facts unfolded here reveal a conspiracy-a hostile political strategy
to communalise, thus weaponise, an illegal encounter killing to demonise
a selected state. .....
- Dynasty wrapped in needless
secrecy
- by Swapan Dasgupta
More than 85 per cent of Indians are consumers of the media in one form
or another. Consequently, it is only to be expected that almost every
citizen has definite views on the subject - the other being cricket. .....
- Congress backs discredited
cop
- by Ashok Malik
If the former Telecom Secretary's statements are meant to be brushed aside
as discredited nonsense, why should a discredited IPS officer be taken
seriously? .....
- Yonge-Dundas smackdown
- by Yonge-Dundas smackdown
Punched in the face, but fat chance charges will be laid .....
- Champagne, seminar and
ISI
- by Ramesh Rao
The genteel face of Track 2 diplomacy was given a crude scar by the FBI's
inquiry into the Ghulam Nabi Fai operation and this time the usual counter
.....
- Driver of change, not the
vehicle
- by Chandan Mitra
Civil society movements contribute to the expansion of democracy, but
cannot substitute democratic institutions or usurp law-making powers of
the elected legislature .....
- The Birkin effect: Our
jawans are beheaded
- by Kanchan Gupta
Pakistan's businesswoman-turned-Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar may
feign to be miffed that the media chose to focus attention on her Birkin
handbag .....
- ITBP constable's son beats
cancer, tops his class
- by IBNLive.com
An ITBP constable's son is earning laurels and has become the cynosure
of all eyes as he defeated odds like a growing bone cancer and the absence
of his father posted at far flung China border to top in his class X examination
with distinction. .....
- Jan Lokpal goes elitist
- by Dipankar Gupta
If the Lokpal Bill presented to Parliament is a dud, Anna Hazare and his
team must accept their share of the blame. .....
- Cash-for-votes scam: Supreme
court slams Delhi Police for probe
- by DNA (Daily News & Analysis)
The Supreme Court Friday slammed Delhi Police for its "half-hearted"
probe into the cash-for-vote scam and asked it to take the investigations
to its logical conclusion and submit a final report within three weeks.
.....
- FBI-ISI-Fai and the UPA
- by Sandhya Jain
America's startling political decision to arrest US citizen cum ISI lobbyist
Ghulam Nabi Fai last month. .....
- Rajiv Gandhi trust flouts
land laws: Haryana HC
- by Jyoti Kamal
The Punjab and Haryana High Court pulled up the Hooda government on Monday
for flouting land laws in order to aid the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust
in Gurgaon's Ulawas village. .....
- Liberal Fascists
- by Ram Madhav
This is an old technique of our pseudo-intellectuals. Attack and abuse..
but never engage in a debate or discussion over the issues raised or the
arguments made. .....
- 'ISI may try its best
to rescue Fai'
- by The Pioneer
Pakistan's ISI could try its best to rescue Ghulam Nabi Fai, accused of
being on its payroll for 20 years and funnelling its cash into the US
to influence lawmakers on Kashmir. .....
- Pawns in the hands of ISI
- by Balbir K Punj
Unwittingly or otherwise, Left-liberal intellectuals who pose as crusaders
of human rights have enjoyed the hospitality of the ISI which violates
all rights. .....
- Igniting the nationalist
mind
- by Priyadarsi Dutta
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray will forever be remembered as the doyen of
modern chemistry in India. Besides being a teacher who inspired his students
.....
- The Hina Rabbani effect
- by Sharmila Ravinder
There has been more talk about Hina Rabbani's Hermes Birkin bag, her Roberto
Cavalli shades, her outfits, her pearls and her charming looks than anything
else this week. .....
- The enemies within
- by The enemies within
A Television show may seem like an odd place to make a profound political
discovery but this is what happened to me last week. .....
- A home ... far from home?
- by The Hindu
The migrant has almost always arrived in India, ravaged and terror-stricken,
in waves, most often the result of political upheaval in his country.
.....
- Fai Funded J&K Militants
Channels
- by Rajesh Ahuja
Apart from 'raising awareness about the Kashmiri struggle for self-determination'
in the US and Europe with generous monetary help from Pakistan's Inter-Services
Intelligence spy agency. .....
- Fai aide received Rs.16
lakh from hawala dealer
- by Rajesh Ahuja
Documents available with HT show that the Delhi Police picked up Uttar
Pradesh resident Shahabuddin Gouri - linked to Fai and associates - from
a Jawahar Lal Nehru University hostel in March 1991. .....
- UPA's Nemesis
- by Mihir Srivastava
Introduction: The 2008 cash-for-votes scam returns to rock a tottering
government. The money trail could lead right to the top of the congress
party. .....
- Rajiv Gandhi trust flouts
land laws: Haryana HC
- by Jyoti Kamal
The Punjab and Haryana High Court pulled up the Hooda government on Monday
for flouting land laws in order to aid the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust
in Gurgaon's Ulawas village. .....
- RK Vishwajit, 36
- by Urmi Bhattacharjee
Introduction: 'I get the addicts to read up a lot of Hindu and Buddhist
philosophy as well'. .....
- Intolerance of difference
- by Meghnad Desai
There are parallels to what Anders Behring Breivik (ABB) did in Norway.
He was anti-Islamic and a Fascist. .....
- A Dhaka Debacle
- by Srinath Raghavan
Introduction: A Disturbing misrepresentation of the 1971 war. .....
- Fai admits he took money
from ISI
- by Lalitk Jha
This is one of the most placid and pleasant capitals of Europe, but Oslo
is a divided city. The west of the city is rich .....
- Amicus submits Modi view
to SC
- by Dhananjay Mahapatra
The Supreme Court-monitored probe into the Gujarat riot cases reached
a critical stage on Monday with amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran .....
- The house that Raja built
- by Jeemon Jacob
DMK chief M Karunanidhi seems to have been in the dark as A Raja and his
coterie built a huge business empire. JEEMON JACOB unearths exclusive
and mind-boggling details .....