Archive | September, 2010

Snakes romp through Delhi Games dorms and tennis courts

NEW DELHI: After the delays, shoddy construction and dirty venues, a fresh source of embarrassment emerged over the weekend for Commonwealth Games organizers – snakes. While the South African envoy claimed that a snake was found in an athlete’s room at the Games Village on Saturday, a full-grown cobra was rescued on Sunday afternoon from [...]

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Islamabad 'Tabdeeli' means firing all NRO-Tainted officials

For the past month rumors have been circulating that point to a big change in Islamabad. Now there is evidence that the change is happening in the form of the mass firing of dozens of officials along with the reshuffling of the cabinet. It is expected that the new cabinet will be smaller in size. [...]

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Delhi Games village filth emblematic of larger problem in India

What has been laid bare for the rest of the world to see in Delhi is exactly what has been happening at a micro level to all of us in India for many years.( I have not been to Gujarat as many say Gujarat has better infrastructure) Sadly we are forced to accept & live [...]

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Blatent racism hits Delhi Games

Bharati racism against Africans in general and South Africans in particular are nothing new. Kenyans, and Ugandans were so upset with the Indian racism that they expelled all the Indian. South Africa saw Gandhi’s racism where he called the Zulus and Africans “subhumna” that stink “like animals”. The Delhi Games saw African objections ignored and [...]

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Tehran donates $100 million for flood victims

KARACHI: The Iranian government has donated $100 million for the flood victims of Pakistan, Red Crescent Society of Iran out-going in-charge Abbas Babai said at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday. Twenty consignments by air and land with 1,000 tonnes of required items have already arrived in Pakistan, he said. Another shipment of 1,000 tonnes [...]

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Delhi Games: Snake threaten athlete’s in CWG Village

The bridge collapse and a suspected militant attack on two foreign visitors threw the Games into crisis. An outbreak of dengue has only compounded worries. Several top athletes, including world champion sprinter Usain Bolt, have pulled out, taking away some of the shine from the event held every four years for former British colonies. Two [...]

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Indian constitution can’t resolve Kashmir dispute

ISLAMABAD: Kashmir is not an integral part of India as it is disputed territory. Therefore, the dispute between Pakistan and India over Kashmir cannot be resolved under the Indian constitution, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit has said. Talking to a private news channel on Sunday he said the United Nations had passed several resolutions about [...]

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UK-Pakistan cricket spat needs to end

Darrell Hair has crawled out of his rat hole and has been making all sorts of bigoted noises. He won’t be able to come out of his “retirement” but good people everywhere now know that throwing him out of cricket was the right thing to do. There are charges and counter charges. The PCB and [...]

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China surrounds India with more than rail links to Nepal

Bharat has faced an exponentially increasing decibel level of belligerency from China on Kashmir. A recent directive has informed Bharat–not to send anyone born in Kashmir or South Tibet (aka Arunchal Pradesh) to China. Beijing has taken a firm stand against issuance of a visas to those born in the disputed states. The situation in [...]

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Kashmir's Accession with Pakistan: SAS Geelani reiterates his 1st choice

SAS Geelani wants Accession with Pakistan. In anaother clear and unambiguous statement Gilanee repeated what he always said and written in his books. A desperate Delhi  took its first cosmetic steps to quell the three-and-a-half-month-long turmoil in the Kashmir Valley. Pro-Pakistani Kashmiris leaders including  Syed Ali Shah Geelani said the package of measures did not met [...]

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