Widows and Half Widows
The ‘Widows and Half Widows’ by Afsana Rashid is a saga of extra-judicial arrests and killings in Kashmir. It is story of women who even after years of the disappearance
26/11: US files chargesheet against 5 Pakistanis
WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: (AMN) Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said that filing of the second chargesheet by the US government has vindicated India's stand on the accused in 26/11 Mumbai…
BJP CMs discuss developmental schemes
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The two-day BJP Chief Ministers' conference which began in New Delhi on Monday. The meeting focused on the political situation in the country and took stock of…
Farmers stir calm down, politics erupts
NEW DELHI / LUCKNOW (AMN) Uneasy calm prevailed in the trouble areas of Bhatta Parsaul villages in Greater Noida bordering the national capital on Monday. Heavy police deployment was seen…
Hasan Ali’s judicial custody extended
MUMBAI: (AMN) A sessions court here extended judicial custody of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan till Wednesday. Ali's bail plea hearing will be held on Friday.
‘Gallows for honour killings’: Supreme Court
TIA Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday said that honour killing is “rarest of rare" category of crime and the perpetrators deserves capital punishment.
Stage set for final phase of WB polls
KOLKATA (AMN) Stage is set for sixth and final phase of assembly elections for 14 seats spreading over parts of West Midnapur, Bankura and Purulia districts on Tuesday. According to…
Muslims should adopt modern education: VP
BANGALORE: (AMN) Vice-President Hamid Ansari has urged the Muslims to embrace modern education to cope with the changing world. He said that the community should equally focus on both modern…
Farmers’ agitation spread in many towns of UP
LUCKNOW: (AMN)N Farmers' agitations over land acquisition have spread in several towns of the Uttar Pradesh particularly, Agra, Mathura and Aligarh where protestors clashed with police and torched vehicles.
SC stays HC ‘strange’ Babri verdict
TIA correspondent NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of Allahabad High Court verdict on the Babri Masjid- Ram janmabhoomi land dispute case. A bench comprising Justices…