In summary the BJP cannot be faulted for acting in its own interest. Jaswant Singh's expulsion was an act, Machiavellian in its concept that combined political expediency with shrewd political insight; a move designed to shore up the sagging image and morale of a fractured entity that had lost its verve and was drifting aimlessly.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani has said that the founder of Pakistan, Mohamed Ali Jinnah had hoped that India-Pakistan relations would be like the cordial US-Canada relations, and also had hankered nostalgically to return one day to his beloved Mumbai.
Seeking to build bridges with Azam Khan, ousted Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh extended support to the university founded by his bete noire.At a public meeting in Rampur, the former SP leader said he would support the Mohammed Ali Jauhar University founded by Azam Khan which is yet to start functioning.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Chintan Baithak' or assessment-cum introspection exercise will begin in Shimla on Wednesday.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah did not win Pakistan as Congress leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 'conceded' Pakistan to the Quaid-e-Azam, with the British acting as an ever helpful midwife, claims senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh.In his new book Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence, which will hit the stands on August 17, he recalls the events leading to the Partition as well as the "epic journey of Jinnah".
In a major crackdown on Friday, the police had taken into custody Mohammed Ali, Jawed Ali, Naushad and Ahmad Bawa. The police, apart from recovering inflammatory material from these persons, also found them to be in possession of maps of major cities such as Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Mangalore.
Andhra Pradesh government has conveyed the deep concern and apprehensions of the people of the state over the incidents of murders of the people belonging to the state in the United States of America. Mohammed Ali Shabbir, minister for energy, coal, minorities' welfare and non-resident Indians affairs convened a high level meeting on the instructions of the Chief Minster Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Friday.
The decision against imposing Emergency was taken after Musharraf met legal experts, security officials and leaders from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League.
Jaswant Singh's book has raised a fresh controversy on who was responsible for the Partition of India. Some think it was Mohammed Ali Jinnah; others say Jawharlal Nehru/Sardar Patel. The truth is that the seeds for Partition were sown at least 80 before Partition actually happened.
'We are sorry, Mr Jinnah. We are sorry that we have not been able to actualise the Pakistan of your vision. At least, not yet,' reads a post dedicated to the Father of the Nation on a popular search engine.
The resignation is a fallout of Advani's statements made in Pakistan where he had described Mohammed Ali Jinnah as a 'secular leader'.\n
The move gains importance in the backdrop of the constitution of a house committee by the assembly speaker in July 2005 to probe into illegal occupation of properties of Christian missionaries and educational institutions in the state.
Musharraf is out but not dead. The political forces created by him are around though out of power. His old friends in the US would not dislike the idea of keeping around a former trusted ally.
Does Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba Chief Hafeez Mohammed Saeed need a lesson or two on the life history of his nation's founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah? It appears so as Saeed, who heads Jamaat-ul-Dawa, alleged by India as parent organisation of LeT, has mentioned that Jinnah was 'murdered' while the fact is that he died after prolonged illness.
Even as the state's minority welfare minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir went to town admitting the lapse of the police for arresting and torturing 22 innocent youth in the aftermath of the blasts in Hyderabad last year and talked of paying Rs 30,000 each to rehabilitate them, Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has ruled out any compensation.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's childhood friend Raja Mohammed Ali, who was in India for the past few days, on Monday crossed over to Pakistan through the Indo-Pak Attari checkpost in Attari. Raja came to India for the first time after independence on May 23 to meet Dr Singh.
The development assumes significance as under MCOCA, a confession does not have evidential value if it is not a voluntary and true disclosure.
"We will decide on appointment of security guards, training of volunteers, increasing the height of the compound wall and setting up metal detectors after holding discussions with religious leaders and police officers.
Police have decided to subject two Pakistani militants arrested in Mysore to a truth serum test to elicit more information from them, officials said.
Sadiq, Gopal and Nanjappa were arrested for helping terrorist Mohammed Ali Hussain get a ration card.
Anita Aikara encounters a culinary adventure on an iftar food walk.
Faizabad-Ayodhya Babri Masjid Action Committee convenor Mohammed Yunus Siddiqui said the comments about Jinnah may have been Advani's 'personal opinion' and similar views had been expressed by other leaders in the past.
Following the violence, the administration also suspended internet services in Aligarh till midnight as a precautionary measure.
The latest serial about to go on air is about boxing and features Kannada actress, Shobha M Lolanath as a woman boxer. The serial aptly titled, The Champion is produced by Famous Studio Limited, Mumbai.
According to Wadia, the (then) State of Bombay took over the property, because Jinnah's sister Fatima was the trustee of Jinnah's will, and had been declared an evacuee (those who migrated to Pakistan post-partition) in 1949.
The first of its kind in the country, the hub -- termed SACAC (South Asian Centre for Arts and Culture) -- will come up in what was once the home of Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
Uma Bharti has said she will file a petition in the displinary committee.
A special court on Monday allowed the Anti-terrorism Squad to conduct narco analysis tests on three accused in July 11 train blasts case.
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According to them, though it may cost the party's power in Karnataka, the split in Janata Dal (Secular) will help the Congress regain its lead position in Karnataka politics in the long-run.
At least 37 people were killed in an attack near two hotels in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to Reuters news agency.
school mate from Pakistan tells Chautala that he wants to meet Manmohan Singh when he visits india
Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on Wednesday made it clear that the concept of 'Akhand Bharat' (undivided\nIndia) was no more relevant.
