http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en IBN Lokmat and IBN7 offices were attacked by Shiv Sena activists in Vikhroli, Mumbai today. At around 4 PM, a group of 15-25 Shiv Sena activists armed with sticks and baseball bats barged into the office of IBN7 Hindi news channel and the IBN Lokmat Marathi TV channel and attacked journalists ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/ibn-lokmat-and-ibn7-offices-attacked-by-shiv-sena-activists/ New Delhi: The report of the Liberhan Commission, which investigated into the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, is expected to be tabled in Parliament on December 21, 2009 – the last day of the month-long Winter Session. The commission’s report will ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/liberhan-commission-report-on-babri-masjid-demolition-likely-to-be-tabled-in-parliament-in-december/ Harper and Singh meet, but India-Canada civil nuclear pact not signed during Canadian Prime Minister’s visit New Delhi: The expected civil nuclear agreement between India and Canada was not signed on November 17, 2009, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper met. Negotiators from both countries had met ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/harper-and-singh-meet-but-india-canada-civil-nuclear-pact-not-signed/ Bal Thackeray, the supreme of Shiv Sena, is very angry with cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for having remarked that “Mumbai belongs to all Indians” and “not to anyone in particular.” [caption id="attachment_312" align="alignnone" width="430" caption="Bal Thackeray's editorial against Sachin Tendulkar angers many"][/caption] Sachin Tendulkar had a told a news conference the other day, ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/bal-thackeray-fumes-at-sachin-tendulkar-bjp-and-other-parties-support-him/ New Delhi: Nitin Gadkari, president of the Maharashtra unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is most likely to become the next national president of the party, succeeding Rajnath Singh by the end of 2009. [caption id="attachment_307" align="alignnone" width="430" caption="Photo: Nitin Gadkari"][/caption] Gadkari, who enjoys the support of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/nitin-gadkari-likely-to-be-next-bjp-president/ Left Front constituent calls for early Assembly elections in West Bengal post by-election losses Kolkata: A Minister of the Left Front government in West Bengal has openly favoured early elections to the State Assembly following the setback that the ruling Left Front suffered in the recent by-elections. There is already an ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/demands-for-early-assembly-elections-in-west-bengal-by-cpm-ally/ Amar Singh, leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP), has said that there is threat to the life of Abu Asim Azmi, the party’s member in the Maharashtra Assembly. Azmi was assaulted the other day by legislators belonging to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for having taken oath Hindi instead of Marathi ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/post-mns-slapping-and-sena-protest-abu-asim-azmi-life-under-threat-sp-leader-amar-singh/ New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has imposed fines on the officials at the Commonwealth Games Village for having allowed water to stagnate on its construction sites. These sites have become breeding grounds for mosquitoes that cause dengue, according to Kanwar Sain, Mayor of Delhi. Kanwar Sain told reporters that ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/commonwealth-games-village-officials-fined-for-allowing-dengue-causing-mosquitoes-to-breed/ New Delhi: Though India’s National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) has confirmed that China had started building a dam at the Zangmu site on the river Brahmaputra, China has reportedly denied that it was doing anything on the Brahmaputra. At a presentation made before the Committee of Secretaries, the NRSA presented “concrete ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/china-denies-building-dam-on-brahmaputra-nrsa-evidence-suggests-otherwise/ New Delhi: The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has endorsed a ‘fatwa’ issued by the powerful Darul Uloom at Deoband calling on Muslims not to sing Vande Maataram. The Islamic seminary at Deoband, located 150 kilometres north-east of Delhi, maintains that singing Vande Maataram violates Islam’s faith in monotheism. A resolution adopted by the Jamiat ... http://www.dancewithshadows.com/politics/fatwa-against-vande-maataram-endorsed-by-darul-ulooms-jamiat-ulama-i-hind/