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‘Advani’s will be a yatra of embarrassment’ (Sep 10, 2011, The Hindu)

September 13, 2011

Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily on Friday took a dig at the proposed yatra against corruption by Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani, and said it would become a yatra of “embarrassment.” Speaking to journalists, Mr. Moily said the programme was proposed at a time when memories of the communal clashes that [...]

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Cops under scanner as Shehla’s phone was in use after her death (Sep 7, 2011, Indian Express)

September 13, 2011

While the alleged murder of event manager-turned-RTI activist Shehla Masood continues to be shrouded in mystery, the role of Madhya Pradesh Police has come under the scanner with the revelation that her phone was in use hours after the death. Shehla’s mobile had been seized from the car where her body was found on August [...]

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Minorities feel they are being targeted: PM (Sep 10, 2011, Times of India)

September 13, 2011

The minority communities often feel they are being unfairly targeted in the “aftermath of unfortunate incidents”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said, inaugurating the National Integration Council meet, which is to debate the communal violence bill. Singh said while the law should be allowed to take its own course, the investigating agencies should be [...]

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Hon Judge Don’t Preach, Ugly Can’t Be Beautiful – By Syed Ali Mujtaba (Aug 16, 2011, Countercurrents)

August 22, 2011

The statement made by former Supreme Court judge K T Thomas, praising Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its style of functioning as an organization is debatable. Notwithstanding the right of freedom of speech, the comments made by the learned judge are disturbing. It’s more so, because K T Thomas belongs to a Christian community that [...]

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Who killed RTI activist Shehla Masood? (Aug 17, 2011, IBN)

August 22, 2011

Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday wrote to the Madhya Pradesh state urging them to probe the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood thoroughly, even as CNN-IBN accessed a letter Masood herself wrote to the state government, saying that she had received death threats. The question is if the Bhopal police ignore the clear threats. [...]

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Battle between Modi and IPS officers escalates in Gujarat (Aug 17, 2011, Twocircles.net)

August 22, 2011

The battle between the Narendra Modi government and a section of senior IPS officers seems to have escalated with several of them having challenged the government by filing affidavits or taking action uncomfortable to the government. The latest among them is Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rajnish Rai. In an affidavit filed with the Central Administrative [...]

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Ex-BJP CM, eminent citizens demand governor’s intervention in Gujarat (Aug 20, 2011, Twocircles.net)

August 22, 2011

A delegation of eminent citizens from Gujarat and Maharashtra led by former Gujarat BJP chief minister Suresh Mehta on Wednesday called on state governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal and sought her intervention alleging that a constitutional crisis has arisen in the state under Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The delegation submitted a memorandum to the governor alleging [...]

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SIT fails to make headway in Ishrat Jahan case (Jul 22, 2011, IBN)

July 25, 2011

The Ishrat Jahan encounter probe has got a new chief, the sixth since the Gujarat High Court began monitoring the case. But not a single arrest has been made even as Ishrat’s relatives blame more than a dozen police officers of carrying out a fake encounter. “Two years plus six chairmen down the line…there’s absolutely [...]

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‘Have clinching evidence of RSS training people to make bombs’ (Jul 24, 2011, Hindustan Times)

July 25, 2011

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reiterated on Sunday that he had clinching evidence of the RSS’ involvement in training people in bomb-making. He also accused the Madhya Pradesh government of interfering with the police probe, rejecting the charge that he was ‘communalising’ terror. Singh, however, denied that he had said Hindu outfits could be responsible for [...]

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Ajmer blast: Indresh, Pragya figure as suspects in NIA chargesheet (Jul 21, 2011, India Today)

July 25, 2011

RSS leader Indresh Kumar and Sadhvi Pragya Singh have been mentioned as suspects in the Ajmer blast case in a supplementary chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a special court in Jaipur on July 18. The chargesheet states that Kumar, in a secret meeting in Jaipur’s Gujarati Samaj guest house, had addressed [...]

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