National Issue

Washington (USA): US Congressman Gary Ackerman said, "The LeT's true goal is not Kashmir, it is India. And the LeT is not shy about announcing that its intention is to establish an Islamic state in all South Asia."

Our government is churning out one hazardous bill after another. This time it is a bill called the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, and it's coming up for a vote in a couple of days. The bill lets U.S. corporations off the hook for any nuclear accidents they cause on Indian soil.

New Delhi: A former MLA of Uttar Pradesh has admitted to giving money and helping the two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists who escaped during the Batla House encounter on September 19, 2008 in New Delhi.

Lt. Gen. (Rtd.) S K Sinha strongly condemned the proposed move of the government to bring back and give amnesty to the youth of Kashmir Valley who crossed over to PoK for arms training and carrying out terrorist activities in the State.

It is indeed shocking that the Government has not yet brought all small-scale explosive units under the compulsory industrial licensing and mandatory Intelligence Bureau (IB) profiling.

The Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) allegedly detained Arif Pathan, 42, a Congress leader from Kalyan in connection with the German Bakery blast in Pune. Pathan was reportedly picked up on March 3 and interrogated by the Pune ATS for two days.

New Delhi: Maoist top leader Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji has claimed that Maoists will overthrow Indian state before 2050. Kishenji's statement comes just two days after Union Home Secretary G K Pillai had said that the Maoists had plans to overthrow the Indian state by 2050.

Shishir Nagaraja believes that we have only seen the beginnings of the cyberwar, the 'war of tomorrow'. In the not-too-distant future, it will affect each one of us. He was saying this after Google announced that it might withdraw from China.

Mangalore (Karnataka): Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister B Janardhan Poojary today urged the Centre not to permit exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen to stay in India.

Violating the ceasefire, Pakistani troops fired rockets and used heavy machine guns on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Discarding a status quo agreement, personnel of the Bangladesh Rifles on Sunday opened fire on Indian villagers, prompting the Border Security Force to retaliate at three places along the international border in Meghalaya, but, there was no report of any casualty.

India on Sunday said 42 terror camps are 'still active' in Pakistan and that lack of a serious attempt or effort by that country to dismantle them is the 'main cause of concern for us.'

RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for favouring minorities over Hindus, and alleged that the majority community was not getting its due in the country, especially in the valley.

Islamabad: Notwithstanding the recent Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level meeting for which India took initiative, JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed has said Pakistan will have to "fight a war at all costs" if New Delhi is not prepared to hold talks.

The Ranganath Misra Report is not unanimous. The report recommends, amongst other things, 15 per cent reservation to minorities in education, Central and State Government jobs and social welfare schemes in the OBC quota. Out of 15 per cent, the report recommends 10 per cent to Muslims and remaining 5 per cent to other minorities. It also recommends the inclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims in the list of Scheduled Castes. However, Smt Asha Das, its Member Secretary has submitted her dissenting opinion opposing the inclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims in the category of Scheduled Castes.