The Yamuna Expressway, a 165-km, six-lane glistening north Indian motorway, which a newspaper aptly described as the Yamunabahn, has cut by half the travel time between Delhi and Agra, the Taj Mahal city. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Agra, All India Ulama Board, Assam violence, BJP, Bodo tribesmen, Delhi, hindustantimes, Hindutva, India, Japanese scholar Makiko Kimura, Kokrajhar, Maharashtra, Mumbai violence, Nellie carnage, RSS, Sushma Swaraj, They call me Muslim, uttar pradesh, Yamuna Expressway, Zia Haq
India’s political scene, viewed from the peephole of the Presidential election, is fluid but one with interesting foreshadowings. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, Hindustan Times, mamata banerjee, nda, news, nitish kumar, Pranab Mukherjee, presidential poll, sangma, shiv sena, Sushma Swaraj, UPA, Zia Haq
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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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