Hindustan Times
The hanging of Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving terrorist of the 26/11 terrorist strike in Mumbai in 2008 has amply demonstrated that India as a democracy was committed to upholding the rule of law. Kasab was hanged on Wednesday morning at the Yervada jail in Pune following a decision, which was kept under wraps by the Centre and the State government. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup, india · Tagged Ajmal Kasab, Capital Closeup, capital punishment, democracy, Hindustan Times, india, Pankaj Vohra, terrorism
The Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi seems to be determined that the India Pakistan relations do not improve. His latest move in this direction was when he raised the Kashmir issue in the United Nations in an attempt to internationalize it. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup, india · Tagged all-party delegation, Foreign Minister, Hindustan Times, India Pakistan relations, infiltration, Kashmir issue, news, Pakistan Foreign Minister, separatists, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Simla agreement, SM Krishna, terrorism, United Nations
I was a reporter in the Times of India when Operation Blue Star took place in June, 1984, exactly 26 years ago. The Operation was aimed at flushing out terrorists led by Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale from the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh Shrine. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Filed under Activism, Capital Closeup, india · Tagged alienation, Brig. K S Brar, eighties, Golden Temple, Guru Ram Dass Sarai, holiest Sikh Shrine, Indian army, Indira Gandhi, June 1984, KPS Gill, Lt. General Sunderji, Operation Blue Star, punjab, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sikhs, Sukhdev Singh, terrorism, terrorists
