However, Barack Obama has defended his government's move to continue giving Islamabad millions in aid. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Lawyer Akhil Sibal, AIMPLB member-lawyer Zafaryab Jilani and social activist Shabnam Hashmi discuss the Salman Rushdie video conference row. ...
10:04 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said on Tuesday that the media was losing a sense of proportion and balance in the Salman Rushdie video conference issue. "We are losing a sense of proportion and balance in this issue. It is not such a great issue for us to exercise over minds over. The government of India never banned his (Rushdie's) visit. Video-link was stopped by the organisers of the festival." ...
09:21 PM, Jan 24, 2012
In the ongoing Rushdie row at the Jaipur Literature Festival, actor Rahul Bose drew attention to the limitations in the Constitution concerning freedom of expression in the country. "We need to take a look at 'Freedom of Speech' under the Constitution of India. We need to campaign for change," he said. ...
08:52 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: Jaipur Police Commissioner BL Soni on Tuesday said that Salman Rushdie's live video conference at the Jaipur Literature Festival has been cancelled despite Rajasthan Police's assurance to the organisers to provide security. "Protestors were not in agreement with the organisers, and the organisers realised that there was quite a resistance to the video conference. The organisers didn't want any harm to the visitors," said Soni. Assuring that a large...
05:07 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: Noted author and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will not break any law with his video address at the Jaipur Literature Festival, organisers said on Tuesday. Jaipur Literature Festival organiser Sanjoy Roy said that they will go ahead with the video link with Salman Rushdie at 3:45 pm on Tuesday and will continue for one hour. Roy said that the video link will be according to the law and...
11:53 AM, Jan 24, 2012
The Rushdie controversy continues to cloud Jaipur's Literature Festival. The author is unlikely to be given permission to mark his presence through video conferencing at the festival tomorrow. According to sources, the police may reject the organisers' request for Rushdie's video conference session citing law and order concerns. A police complaint was, meanwhile, filed against organisers and the 4 authors who read from the banned book Satanic Verses. ...
10:29 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Mumbai: Adding a new twist to the controversy over Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival, sources in Mumbai Police denied giving any inputs about paid assassins. The sources countered the Booker-winning author's claim that paid assassins were out to get him. The sources told CNN-IBN there were no intelligence inputs about a threat to Rushdie and that they gave no inputs regarding paid assassins eyeing Rushdie. BJP Leader...
12:23 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had raked up the AFSPA issue to divert attention from the death of a ruling National Conference worker in police custody last year. "Omar took up the issue of AFSPA to divert attention from custodial killing of Mohammad Yousuf Shah," she said. The NC worker died on September 30 last year in police custody...
05:56 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Srinagar: Some separatist groups on Sunday said they are not against talks with the Centre for resolution of the Kashmir issue but maintained that the government needs to take certain steps before resumption of the dialogue process. Moderate Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said his faction was not against dialogue and they were ready for a meaningful dialogue between India, Pakistan and leadership of Kashmir. "The talks should not...
04:10 PM, Jan 01, 2012
Srinagar: Striking for the second time in a fortnight, militants today shot dead a ruling National Conference worker here. Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a shopkeeper by profession and National Conference worker, was shot in the head by the militants at Batamaloo while he was leaving home for work, police said. Bhat was rushed to SMHS hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead. The assailants fled from the scene after the...
12:00 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Jammu: The ruling National Conference (NC) has said that Omar Abdullah would remain Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir till 2014. "Till 2014, Omar will remain the Chief Minister and will continue to serve you (people)," Political Advisor to the CM Davinder Singh Rana told a public meeting at Nagrota on the outskirts of Jammu city. Congress workers had raked up the issue of rotational Chief Ministership during their meeting...
05:11 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Srinagar: Militants on Sunday night made an attempt on the life of Jammu and Kashmir Minister and National Conference leader Ali Mohammed Sagar in downtown Srinagar attacking his carcade in which one security officer was killed and three others injured. This is the first incident in recent years where a political figure has been targeted by militants in the downtown area itself. The incident occurred at around 8:15 pm at...
09:33 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Washington: Indian American lawyer Preeta Bansal, who was an adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign before serving in the administration, has been appointed to a key administration post. Preeta Bansal has been appointed Member of the Advisory Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States, the White House said in a statement, which also announced the appointment of Boris Bershteyn to the same position. "I am proud to appoint...
10:16 AM, Dec 08, 2011
South Africa: Negotiators are close to agreeing the shape of a Green Climate Fund, which is designed to help poor nations tackle global warming and nudge them towards a new global effort to fight climate change. Rich countries have pledged up to $100 billion a year by 2020 to aid poor states most directly affected by rising global temperatures to adapt their economies and protect themselves from adverse weather. But...
01:31 AM, Dec 08, 2011
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