Hindustan Times
Parliament’s historic debate on Saturday, which resulted in Anna Hazare agreeing to break his 12-day fast, began with an appeal for a collective “sense of the House” on the Lokpal Bill from Pranab Mukherjee, the leader of the House. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2002 Gujarat riots, anna hazare, anti-corruption law, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP, Congress, Jaswant Singh, L K Advani, Leader of the Opposition, lokpal bill, Narendra Modi, Parliament, Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister, Question hour, Rahul Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, Zia Haq
The success of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare’s protests could be both encouraging and ominous. Whether the benefits accruing out of Hazare’s movement will outweigh some inherent risks will be known in the coming days, maybe months. Read more
(69 votes, average: 2.54 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Filed under India · Tagged anna hazare, anti-corruption activist, Hindustan Times, lokpal bill, Manmohan Singh, news, ombudsman, Zia Haq
Harvard University, the US’s oldest higher-learning institution, has defended Hindutva advocate Subramanian Swamy’s “right to free speech” in response to a petition to oust him as summer instructor for his recent article considered hateful towards Muslims. Read more
(81 votes, average: 2.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged anti-Semite, DNA, Donald H. Pfister, Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, hindustantimes, Hindutva, Islamophobe, Jews, Megan Knight, Muslims, Subramanian Swamy, They call me Muslim, UK, US, Zia Haq
