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Indian MPs offered sleaze debate
The Indian government has offered to hold a special session of parliament to discuss an opposition demand for a joint probe into a huge corruption scandal. Parliament is deadlocked over demands for an inquiry into the sale of 2G phone licences,...
INDIA: Now the ‘Mother of All Scams’
By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (IPS) – As India is rocked by a series of billion-dollar scams, the question on everybody’s mind is whether the perpetrators will go scot-free in what has been described as a low-risk, high-gain activity...
New migration test to target highly skilled
MELBOURNE: Australia has drastically changed its skilled migration test to favour potential migrants with higher skills, experience and better command over the English language, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Thursday (12 November). “These...
Delhi CWG 2010 off to a spectacular start
CWG 2010 opening ceremony as seen in Melbourne on Ch-10 By Our News Bureau New Delhi: The 19th Commonwealth Games took off with a spectacular opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Thousands saw the ceremony at the stadium and millions on...
VIEWPOINT ON BABRI CASE: Mythology and theology as facts has serious implications for minorities
Response of Dr John Dayal, Secretary General, ALL INDIA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL, to the Judgement on Ayodhaya by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court: New Delhi, Sept 30, 2010 The judgment of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High court today [30th...
Left intellectuals call Babri verdict `blow to secular fabric’ & ‘repute of our judiciary’
QUESTIONING the verdict of the Allahabad High Court on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits, a group of left-leaning intellectuals on Friday said the judgment was “yet another blow to the secular fabric of the country” and the “repute...
Stop Press: Mixed verdict in Babri case, land to be divided into three parts
From Rajeev Sharma in New Delhi The three-judge special Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court ruled by majority that the disputed land in Ayodhya be divided into three parts and be distributed among the Sunni Wafk Board, Nirmohi Akhara and the party...
Gulam Ali enthralls Melbourne audience
Karim Shah (owner of Nawab Palace Indian Restaurant, Carnegie) welcomes Gulam Ali at the Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton. PHOTO: South Asia Times. By Neeraj Nanda Melbourne, 26 September: Gazal icon Gulam Ali enthralled thousands of...
Commonwealth Games should not have gone to Delhi: Australia
Australia’s Olympic Committee president has said the Commonwealth Games should not have been awarded to Delhi. John Coates said the Commonwealth Games Federation lacked the resources to monitor progress and to ensure that construction deadlines...
