Hindustan Times
North India’s oldest educational institution will once again be celebrating. The alumni and staff of Delhi College, which was renamed as Zakir Hussain College in the mid seventies, have been demanding for nearly 35 years that the word ‘Delhi’ should be restored to establish its link with its past history. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Filed under New Delhi · Tagged Aligarh Muslim University, AR Kidwai, encyclopedia, Hindustan Times, Jamia Millia Islamia, Kapil Sibal, Manmohan Singh, Matia Mahal, news, Syed Ahmed Ali, Upmanyu Basu, Zakir Hussain College
The countdown of the Commonwealth Games has started. There are hardly 70 days left for the big event to happen and the way things are moving it will be extremely surprising if all ends well. I for one would want the Games to be held given that the country’s prestige is involved and thousands of crores have been spent in building the infrastructure and doing up the Capital. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.82 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Filed under New Delhi · Tagged Asian Games, athletes, Baraat, Buta Singh, commonwealth games, Connaught Place, Delhi, Dhoni, Dowry Act, Federer, Gen Sethna, Hindustan Times, HKL Bhagat, HKL Kapoor, Indian wedding, Jagmohan, MS Gill, Nadal, news, Rajiv Gandhi, Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag, sports complexes, stadiums, Test match, United Coffee House, Usain Bolt, Wimbledon
There have been in the past several cases involving foreign diplomats in the capital, which I had the opportunity to cover during my tenure as a Correspondent with various newspapers. Read more
(8 votes, average: 2.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup · Tagged Capital, CBI, Central Bureau of Investigation, correspondent, Crime Branch, defections, diplomat, embassy, foreign diplomats, Gitanjali Enclave, Intelligence Bureau, Jorbagh, Julio Ribeiro, Kureskshetra University, Kuwaiti diplomat, Kuwaiti embassy, Lodi Garden, Mercedes Benz, Moscow, murder, Mustafa Al Marzook, Navjiwan Vihar, New Delhi, New York, newspapers, Niti Bagh, Palestinian, Patriot newspaper, Romanian government, Satya Marg, Saudi Arabian diplomat, Shanti Path, Sikh militants, South Delhi, suspects, United states, V.Khitzichenko
Two crucial questions regarding the Bhopal Gas leakage case continue to remain unanswered even after the group of ministers deliberated on the subject amidst demands for increased remuneration for the victims and extradition of former Union Carbide Chairman, Warren Anderson. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup · Tagged affidavits, Apex Court, Attorney General, Bank drafts, Bhopal gas leakage case, Bhopal victims, constitutional crisis, embassy, government, GVG Krishnmurthy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York, President Zail Singh, Rajiv Gandhi, RBI, receipts, Reserve bank of India, settlement, Supreme Court, tort law, Union Carbide, United states, victims, Warren Anderson, welfare
