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Stung by govt, TN cement makers to take price control decision by Thu
2008-01-09 10:11:00
Source : The Financial ExpressURL: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Stun g-by-govt-TN-cement-makers-to-take-price- control-decision-by-Thu/258907/Chennai, Jan 7 Cement manufacturers in Tamil Nadu have taken a seriously view of the government’s warning to cut prices or face nationalisation. They agreed to consider steps to reduce prices and take a decision before January 10.Representing the Tamil Nadu cement industry, N Srinivasan, vice-chairman and managing director of India Cements, called on chief minister M Karunanidhi on Monday and promised him a positive outcome by Thursday after discussing the price issue with the fellow manufacturers, an official release said.[snip]Comments: A government should have no right to threaten "nationalization" of private company. India is not a communist country and the private enterprises should be allowed to operate freely. The market forces should govern the prices, not the government.What would the nationalization of industry yield anyway...
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CPI(M) sponsored genocide in Nandigram
2008-01-05 09:11:00
Comments: CPM led Government of W. Bengal sponsored genocide in Nandigram . This is proof positive that violent, ideologically bankrupt communist movement has stranglehold on West Bengal and those of us who believe in democracy, freedom and peace will have to speak out against this violent ideology.
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CPI(M) sponsored genocide in Nandigram
2008-01-05 09:11:00
CPM led Government of W. Bengal sponsored genocide in Nand igram . This is proof positive that violent, ideologically bankrupt communist movement has stranglehold on West Bengal and those of us who believe in democracy, freedom and peace will have to speak out against this violent ideology.
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India and the death of Benazir Bhutto
2007-12-29 16:16:00
How do ordinary India n's feel about the death of Benazir Bhutto ? Well, let us consider some of Bhutto's comments/ policies vis-a-vis India.Pakistani-sponsored Islamic Kashmiri terrorism took hold under Bhutto's prime ministership. Bhutto promoted terrorism in Kashmir for two reasons. One, to appear "tough" on India and placate Pakistani intelligence agency (ISI) and the military, and second to continue her father's legacy. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir's father had always wished for Kashmir to be part of Pakistan.Bhutto urged the crowd at her rally to cut the governor of Jammu and Kashmir into a thousand piecesBenazir promised India a "thousand year war" over Kashmir in the 1990sTerrorism in Kashmir actively promoted by Benazir Bhutto was directly responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Hindus from the Kashmir ValleyBhutto never regreted the proxy war against IndiaTaliban were formed under Benazir Bhutto - these are the same Talibans that persecuted women in Afghanistan and prot...
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Narendra Modi Victory in Gujarat
2007-12-29 07:28:00
Narendra Modi led BJP to a victory in Gujarat stae legislative (Vidhan Sabha) elections by a decisive almost two-thirds majority over Congress. Congress and pro-Congress, leftist media aided by the notoriously inaccurate exit polls and illegal satta (betting) odds thought that there was perfect storm against Modi and BJP. Their premise was based on the following (in their view) Pandering to the communal Moslem vote bank Reignition of caste politics and regathering of the elements of KHAM in their favor Regaining of Adivasi (scheduled tribe) votes Dissatisfaction amongst farmers who were no longer able to steal electricity Dissidence in BJP - especially defections in Saurashtra and open reballion led by two former Chief Ministers (Keshubhai Patel and Suresh Mehta) in addition to defction of former BJP stalwart Shankarsih Vaghela Illusion that economis development had somehow alluded the majority of Gujarat population Perceived lack of suppoert from Hindu organizations like RSS and V...
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Godhra Muslims cower under POTA shadow-India-The Times of India
2007-12-22 18:40:00
Godhra Muslims cower under POTA shadow-India -The Times of India: "Godhra Muslims cower under POTA shadow22 Dec 2007, 1906 hrs IST,Rustam Roy,TNNGODHRA: Shamshir Khan Sultan Khan, Saddique Khan Sultan Khan and Nasser Khan Sultan Khan may be just names on the state records, but for their mother they are men, who, for the past five years, have been languishing in jail charged under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) with no hope in sight."Recommendation: Avoid the trouble of reading!Comments: Will the Times of India follow the principles of fair journalism by doing an investigative article on the families of victims burnt alive while traveling through Godhra? Then, may be not. Doing an article on Hindu deaths may not considered to be journalistically cool.
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Godhra Muslims cower under POTA shadow-India-The Times of India
2007-12-22 18:40:00
Godhra Muslims cower under POTA shadow-India -The Times of India: "Godhra Muslims cower under POTA shadow22 Dec 2007, 1906 hrs IST,Rustam Roy,TNNGODHRA: Shamshir Khan Sultan Khan, Saddique Khan Sultan Khan and Nasser Khan Sultan Khan may be just names on the state records, but for their mother they are men, who, for the past five years, have been languishing in jail charged under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) with no hope in sight."Recommendation: Avoid the trouble of reading!Comments: Will the Times of India will do follow the principles of fair journalism by doing an investigative article on the families of victims burnt alive while traveling through Godhra? Then, may be not. Doing an article on Hindu deaths may not considered to be journalistically cool.
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Taslima Nasrim and Indian Secularism
2007-12-22 01:24:00
If there was any doubt that the Indian "civil liberty" movement was captive of Marxist, anti-Hindu nexus it can be finally laid to rest Taslima Nasri n, the Bangladeshi author comitted a mortal sin of narrating some of her childhood experiences which may be perceived as antiMoslem by some radical Islamists. The Marxists and now Congress, subserient to Moslem votebank are tryig to hound Taslima out of India. So far, its all predictable. But what about PUCL? The guardian of Civil Liberty in India? What about Asia Watch? What about various other progressive groups? Here is a minority woman, hounded by fundamentalists - shouldn't the guardians of civil liberty fight for her rights?
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Taslima Nasrim and Indian Secularism
2007-12-22 01:24:00
If there was any doubt that the Indian "civil liberty" movement was captive of Marxist, anti-Hindu nexus it can be finally laid to rest Taslima Nasrin, the Bangladeshi author comitted a mortal sin of narrating some of her childhood experiences which may be perceived as antiMoslem by some radical Islamists. The Marxists and now Congress, subserient to Moslem votebank are tryig to hound Taslima out of India. So far, its all predictable. But what about PUCL? The guardian of Civil Liberty in India? What about Asia Watch? What about various other progressive groups? Here is a minority woman, hounded by fundamentalists - shouldn't the guardians of civil liberty fight for her rights?
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Satta dumps Modi, swings Congress way-India-The Times of India
2007-12-21 21:29:00
Satta dumps Modi, swings Congress way-India -The Times of India:"Satta dumps Modi, swings Congress way22 Dec 2007, 0142 hrs IST,Himanshu Kaushik,TNNAHMEDABAD: With barely a day to go for counting to start in Gujarat, the satta market swung sharply against Modilate on Friday evening, indicating that the state may get a hung assembly with Congress having a better chance of forming the next government.. . .[Full article at the source]Recommendation: Avoid the trouble of reading!Comments: For the un-initiated, satta is illegal gambling. Why is Times of India glorifying an illegal activity? Shouldn't the undercover investigative journalism help root out gambling in politics instead of promoting it? Where are the consciouses ToI journalistic ethics? Why is ToI not reporting to police the illegal activities it is uncovering?
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Satta dumps Modi, swings Congress way-India-The Times of India
2007-12-21 21:29:00
Satta dumps Modi, swings Congress way-India -The Times of India:22 Dec 2007, 0142 hrs IST,Himanshu Kaushik,TNNAHMEDABAD: With barely a day to go for counting to start in Gujarat, the satta market swung sharply against Modilate on Friday evening, indicating that the state may get a hung assembly with Congress having a better chance of forming the next government.. . .[Full article at the source]Recommendation: Avoid the trouble of reading!Comments: For the un-initiated, satta is illegal gambling. Why is Times of India glorifying an illegal activity? Shouldn't the undercover investigative journalism help root out gambling in politics instead of promoting it? Where are the consciouses ToI journalistic ethics? Why is ToI not reporting to police the illegal activities it is uncovering?
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DNA - Opinion - There’s a Modi everywhere - Daily News & Analysis
2007-12-14 09:01:00
DNA - Opinion - There’s a Modi everywhere - Daily News & Analysis : "There’s a Modi everywhereR JagannathanWednesday, December 12, 2007 21:28 IST"...So what are we driving at? One, it is the rare politician who does not use caste or communal issues to improve his chances of re-election. Modi is no exception. Two, the reason why we hate Modi is because it brings us face to face with our own basic communal feelings. Just as a man with rape on his mind will shout the loudest against an incident of rape, we (and the whole bunch of political secularists) condemn Modi because we feel guilty about our own communal instincts. Modi is merely the peg we are hanging our own collective guilt on. Nothing more, nothing less....Recommendation: Very Highly RecommendedComments: In India, Congress and leftists have made an art out of dividing and ruling India for half a century. They have sought to divide India on the basis of caste, class, and religion. Congress practiced KHAM (Kshatr...
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The perils of pandering- P R Ramesh-Columnists-Opinion-The Economic Times
2007-12-14 07:33:00
The perils of pandering- P R Ramesh-Columnists -Opinion -The Economic Times : "The perils of pandering12 Dec, 2007, 0000 hrs IST,P R Ramesh, TNNFor the anti-Modi brigade spearheaded by Sonia Gandhi, “martyr” Sohrabuddin is the latest cause celebre. The election campaign in Gujarat has seen this gunrunner and underworld conduit — police had recovered 24 AK-56 rifles, 81 magazines of AK-56, hand grenades and over 5,000 cartridges from his home in Zarania — gaining the halo of a “secular” icon.This is not the first time criminals and jehadis are being granted credentials from Congress leaders and their handlers in the profanity-spewing Left liberals. They often go ballistic against those who speak out about a system that spends tax payers’ money for arranging legal assistance for jehadis to wash the blood stains off their hands.Afzal, who masterminded the Parliament attack, is a hero for grievance mongers; jailed terrorists are victims of an oppressive Indian State; and thos...

Who're Cong spin docs trying to fool?- P R Ramesh-Columnists-Opinion-The Ec
2007-12-14 06:43:00
Who're Cong spin docs trying to fool?- P R Ramesh-Columnists -Opinion -The Economic Times: "Who're Cong spin docs trying to fool?14 Dec, 2007, 0400 hrs IST,P R Ramesh, TNNSonia Gandhi's unabashed admirers are thrilled to bits with her hysterical invective — merchant of death — and are touting it as the body blow that could fell Narendra Modi. From Delhi’s balcony seats, they have termed her speech a defining statement in the Gujarat campaig"...There is hushed acknowledgement in Congress circles now that Sonia’s attack on Modi will ultimately help the BJP. Her party was already on a slippery slope. By making the Gujarat riots — the violence that took the lives of 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus — the central theme of the political narrative, Sonia Gandhi instead of lending a hand, has given it a push.Her charges being what they are, there are now demands that the Congress also start answering a few questions on the Centre’s record on tackling terrorism. The cold governme...
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IndianExpress.com :: The outcast
2007-12-10 10:49:00
IndianExpress.com :: The outcast:"The outcast Rajeev Shukla Posted online: Friday, November 30, 2007 at 0000 hrs...Take the case of M.F. Husain, one of India’s best known painters, who has been forced to live in exile in London for many years. A non-descript Hindu organisation has been threatening him with dire consequences because they believe he showed disrespect to Hindu religious idols in his paintings. Husain has clarified, again and again, that he has no disrespect for Hinduism, but on the contrary, has utmost respect for Hindu religious deities. People who know him have never doubted his deeply secular viewpoint. In fact, in London, Husain is part of all Indian celebrations — be it Diwali, Holi or Indian Independence Day. But because of this paralegal ban on his entry into India, Husain has been unable to properly contest the court cases, many of them frivolous, filed against him in various courts in India. In"...Full article at the sourceComments: Let us see if Raji...

Modi turns paper tiger, no Hindutva on manifesto
2007-12-08 23:47:00
Modi turns paper tiger, no Hindutva on manifesto:"Modi turns paper tiger, no Hindutva on manifesto ibnlive.com TimePublished on Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 13:48,Updated at Fri, Dec 07, 2007 in Nation » Politics section New Delhi: Despite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's controversial hard talk, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday chose to give Hindutva a surprise miss in its election manifesto."Comments: Shouldn't CNN/IBM be happy that Modi is on economic agenda instead of religious agenda? Or are they afraid that Modi's economics based campaign will be a winner?Regardless, as a news organization, should be in the business of reporting facts or editorializing and sensationalizing news with embellishments?CNN should be ashamed to lend its name to such biased news reporting. I bet they will never write such things about Conservative Christian organizations in the USA
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Buddha goes Karunanidhi way on Ram-India-The Times of India
2007-12-08 23:35:00
Buddha goes Karunanidhi way on Ram-India -The Times of India:"Buddha goes Karunanidhi way on Ram 8 Dec 2007, 0248 hrs IST,TNN [West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said] :'Ram was born in the imagination of poets and Ram Setu is a natural formation under the sea,' he said here on Thursday, speaking at an official programme to mark the 15th year of the demolition of Babri Masjid. Swearing by Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi, who had offered support to the Left during the India-US nuclear deal debate, Bhattacharjee said the Sethusamudram project was being opposed by the Sangh Parivar on religious grounds although it was vital for economic development of the region."[Full article at the source]Comments: So here comes another anti-Hindu Chief Minister in his quest to garner Moslem support - damned be 85% Hindus and Hindu sentimentss.But then who is surprised? Isn't this the same Chief Minister who basically kicked out Taslima from West Bengal for "hurting Moslem sentiments" by merely w...
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Counterpoint: The Gujarat paradoxes- Hindustan Times
2007-12-08 23:12:00
Counterpoint: The Gujarat paradoxes- Hindustan Times Vir Sanghvi concludes his usual anti-Modi rant with the following:Even if this costs the Congress the election, it is a price worth paying. Who would respect the Congress if it defeated Modi but adopted his policies and took the help of his former partymen? If the Congress betrays the values that it represents, then it will become a party that stands for nothing except for a lust for power. Better for the Congress to lose an election than to lose its soul.[Excerpts only - full article at the source]Comments: Perhaps some day Vir Sanghvi will write about the wonderful values that Congress represents. Please do mention pseudo-secularism, castism, corruptions and all else that you as an eminent journalist would have undoubtably observed!
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CPM to Taslima: Withdrawing lines from book not enough-India-The Times of I
2007-12-03 19:49:00
CPM to Taslima: Withdrawing lines from book not enough-India -The Times of India:"CPM to Taslima: Withdrawing lines from book not enough 3 Dec 2007, 2219 hrs IST,PTITaslima has agreed to drop some controversial lines from her novel Dwikhandito (AFP Photo)NEW DELHI: The CPM on Monday appeared unimpressed with Taslima Nasreen's decision to withdraw controversial pages from her autobiography, saying there were 'many other books' too. In reply to a question on the party's view on Nasreen's step, Left Front chairman in West Bengal Biman Bose said, 'it is for the people to decide but she has written not just one book. There are many books.' Bose who was in news recently for airing his views for Nasreen against her stay in West Bengal after demonstrations by Muslim outfits, declined to comment anything further on the issue. Nasreen had on Friday issued a statement saying that she was withdrawing three controversial pages from her autobiographical novel Dwikhandito as they had evoked ...
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Feminist author rewrites novel after death threats from Muslim extremists -
2007-12-03 03:32:00
Feminist author rewrites novel after death threats from Muslim extremists -Times Online A feminist author is to rewrite her autobiography after she was forced to flee from Muslim extremists who placed a bounty on her head. Taslima Nasreen, 45, a former doctor, said today that she hoped that the move would appease fundamentalist groups and end a controversy that forced her to leave Calcutta last week. Ms Nasreen had claimed that the religious references in Dwikhandito, which means Divided, are sourced from “universally accepted” books on Islamic history. Today she relented under pressure and said that “controversial lines” relating to Islam from the autobiographical novel would be removed.
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Who killed 254 Hindus in Gujarat? - Sify.com
2007-11-16 13:56:00
Who killed 254 Hindus in Gujarat ? - Sify .com...Thus, in its issue of April 28, 2002, The Times of India reporter, Sanjay Pandey, told us that of the 726 people who had been killed by then in the post-Godhra riots, 168 were Hindus. In its issue of June 24, 2002, The India Today magazine carried an article saying that the official figure of all people killed in Gujarat was 800 in the three months following the massacre at Godhra station of 58 Sri Ram�s kar sevaks in the Sabarmati Express; of these 800, a quarter were Hindus, wrote the weekly. And there�s that ultimate statistic: in 2005, the Minister of State for Home of the UPA coalition (comprising the 'secular' friends of Muslims) made a written statement in Parliament that 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims were killed in those riots. Yes, groups of Hindus in revengeful lunacy caused by the 58 charred kar sevaks did kill and rape Muslims, but who killed the 254 Hindus? Was it Narendra Modi and his government or was it the lunati...
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CPM's violent past rears its ugly head again-India-The Times of India
2007-11-16 04:42:00
CPM's violent past rears its ugly head again-India -The Times of India [Excerpts only - full article at the original source] KOLKATA/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the Left bastions of West Bengal and Kerala, power often flows from the barrels of CPM guns.With blood on their hands, as the CPM cadre celebrates the "sunrise in Nandigram," the turf-war in West Bengal has reignited the hidden memories of the infamous Sainbari incident in 1969, when a young man was hacked to death and his blood smeared on the face of his old mother. The man who led the Sainbari death squad is now a member of the CPM's central committee.During this 38-year span, there have been a series of violent attacks on unarmed people in small villages spread across three districts of south Bengal.It's a long list of atrocities -- Panskura, Nanoor, Chhoto Angaria, Garbeta, Ghatal, Goghat, Khanakul, Keshupur and Singur. Each of these places has a gory tale to tell.Down south, in the CPM's pockets of power and influence...
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