Upset at Iraq posting, US army major guns down 12
An American soldier gunned down 12 people at Fort Hood, Texas, the largest United States army base in the world, on Thursday.While some media reports claimed that the soldier had been gunned down, others stated that he was alive and had been taken into custody. The soldier was identified as Major Hassan Malik.Two other soldiers were also arrested in connection with the shooting.Malik, who was going to be deployed to Iraq, started firing from two handguns. 'BJP committing suicide in Karnataka'
'Some personal issues led to the present crisis. We should have had a mechanism to tackle the personal problems. We always thought such personal issues would not go out of hand. But it did,' says state Law Minister Suresh Kumar. K'taka: Rebels step up pressure;55 BJP MLAs resign
The ongoing feud between Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa and the powerful 'Reddy faction' in his cabinet -- Tourism Minister Janardhan Reddy, Revenue Minister Karunakar Reddy, Chairman of Karnataka Milk Federation Somashekhar Reddy and Health Minister B Sriramulu -- worsened on Friday, with 55 Members of Legislative Assembly tendering their resignation in support of the Reddy brothers. Why Shobha could be Yeddyurappa's nemesis
Yeddyurappa will have to take one of the hardest decisions of his political career when he drops Shobha from the ministry in order to save his chair. BJP row: Reddy faction blinks but no solution yet
Karnataka Tourism Minister Janardhan Reddy, who has been leading the campaign to oust Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, left for Hyderabad on Friday afternoon to meet his MLAs and discuss the proposal put forth by the party high command. The sources added that it appeared that Reddy had blinked and was ready to sit down and work out a compromise formula with the Yeddyurappa faction. Shoe-throwing journo releases book
'It is not that neighbours turned around and killed the Sikhs one fine night. It was a systematic massacre carried out with the help of voters's lists. There were public meetings in places like Yamuna Park and Paharganj to plot and plan the killings. The police, instead of protecting people, killed them,' alleges Jarnail Singh. Top bureaucrat transfer:Reddy brothers unimpressed
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday hinted at a compromise formula, under which he may have to axe some ministers and transfer some senior officials, to end the crisis. Yeddyurappa also ruled out any leadership change in the state. Under a reported compromise formula in the making, Rural Development Minister Shobha Karandlaje, considered close to the chief minister, may be axed. Assembly Speaker Jagdish Shettar may be inducted into the cabinet. Day not far when Kashmir will be free: Sharif
In an apparent bid to ensure his party's victory in the forthcoming Gilgit-Baltistan elections, Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has one again played the 'Kashmir' card.Addressing an election rally in Gilgit-Baltistan's Ghanchay region, Sharif said he does not mince words to deceive people and stressed that 'the day is not far when Kashmir will be free.'Nawaz urged the people to make the 'Lion', the PML-N's symbol, emerge victorious in the November 12 elections. America reacts with shock, grief at army shootout
The shooting rampage in a southern United States military base in Texas, which killed at least 12 soldiers and wounded over 30 others, has sent shock waves across the country.Deeply saddened by the tragic events at Fort Hood, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a statement, "My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the fallen, the wounded, and all those touched by this incident," he said. Explain role in terror activities, Pak tells India
Pakistan has once again accused India of being involved in terror activities inside its territory, saying New Delhi must explain its role in promoting terrorism in the country. Responding to Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao's remarks, the Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson said, "India must explain its own conduct in sponsoring and abetting terrorism and militancy in our region."Earlier, Rao had urged the international community to pressurise Islamabad. Why China is worried about Dalai Lama in Arunachal
'In the long run, what worries China is that the reincarnation will occur in an area that China does not control.' Strong Pakistan link in Headley probe: India
Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the FBI's probe into a terror plot targeting India has confirmed a definite Pakistan link. Speaking to reporters after attending a passing-out parade of 61st batch of Indian Police Officers at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad on Thursday, Chidambaram said that on the advice of FBI, two or more persons have been arrested in Pakistan in connection with the same terror plot, uncovered by FBI. 'Lashkar is a jihadi Frankenstein today'
Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba's recent attempt to recruit an American national to carry out terrorist attacks against targets in India, including individuals and institutions, is yet another tangible manifestation of its global reach, now extending even into America, intelligence sources have said. One song cannot make or mar the future of a nation
'India's pluralist character, vibrant democracy, assertive intelligentsia and all attendant principles/institutions are the best assurance to allay the misgivings of the minorities.' How Rahul Gandhi's clout is growing
Sheela Bhatt explores and explains the Rahul Gandhi phenomenon and what it means for the Congress party and the nation's politics. Special: The Karnataka crisis explained
There appears to be no solution in sight to the ongoing crisis in the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party. Extraordinary Indians: Ravi Gulati
Ravi Gulati left a corporate job and took to teaching children of drivers, barbers and maids near his home in Delhi's Khan Market. 'I don't expect the kids to pay me back but pay it forward," he says. 9 terrorists' bodies at 4 degrees Centigrade
A Ganesh Nadar visits the mortuary in Mumbai, where the bodies of the terrorists killed in the 26/11 attacks are kept. Former US Muslim chaplain talks about Gitmo abuses
Chinese-American Muslim James 'Yusuf' Yee, a former US Army Chaplain, talks about his harrowing experiences at Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba. Muslim body supports fatwa against Vande Mataram
A top Muslim body on Tuesday asked members of the community not to recite Vande Mataram and supported seminary Darul Uloom's edict that opposes any prayer involving the song. "The fatwa of Darul Uloom (opposing the recitation of Vande Mataram) is correct," stated one of the 25 resolutions passed by the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on Tuesday, at its 30th general session in Deoband, in the presence of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. Darul Uloom' had issued the edict in 2006.