24
Sep
2009
by shishir |
Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam – the ex-president of India, will grace the closing ceremony of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering (KJSCE) on the 26th September, 2009. KJSCE is an institute that has transformed learning into an art; and technology into a culture. There couldn’t have been a [...]
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13
Sep
2009
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Armed Forces, History, Leadership, Politics, Region, Society, Wars
Over the last year or so, the incursion of Chinese troops on Indian soil has gone up. The Indian Army has said that it has registered the protest with Chinese officials but it still looked lethargic in their approach to me.
The government is just playing down these border violations by saying that it is not [...]
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11
Sep
2009
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: AB Vajpayee, Birthday, Cricket, Lala Amarnath, Mohinder Amarnath, Sports, Wisden
EVEN AS the India cricket team gets ready to play against New Zealand on Friday (September 11) and thus start another season of non-stop action today, there is a reason to pause and pay tribute to an Indian cricket icon, Lala Amarnath.
The legendary cricketer was born at Kapurthala in Punjab on this day in 1911. [...]
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09
Sep
2009
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Government, judiciary, Law&Order, Police, Society, Terrorism
THE MAGISTERIAL report probing the encounter of four people on June 15, 2004, says that the encounter was ’staged’. Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year old student of Khalsa College, Mumbai and three others who were proclaimed Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives out to kill Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, were actually killed a day before they were officially shown [...]
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07
Sep
2009
by admin | Tags: Armed Forces, Awareness, Border Dispute, China, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, History, india, Leadership, Politics, Region
A prosperous, militarily strong China cannot but be a threat to its neighbours, especially if there are no constraints on the exercise of Chinese power, notes Brahma Chellaney, professor of strategic studies at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
The latest round of the unending and fruitless India-China talks on territorial disputes was a fresh [...]
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02
Sep
2009
by falcon | Tags: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Events, Government, History, Pokhran II
Santhanam ‘S claim: Pokhran II was a fizzle. It did not produce desired yield.
But Why Now? Why after 11 years of the test?
I do not Doubt Santhanam Integrity. As a scientist, he is free to disagree. The question is why now.
My reason- By making such statement he is trying to create a faction and public [...]
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