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Antulay shoots mouth, says Karkare death suspicious Minority Affairs Minister AR Antulay found himself facing fierce criticism on Wednesday after raising doubts whether former Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare had been killed by elements unhappy with his investigations in cases involving “non-Muslims”. Karkare was independently investigating certain non-Muslims who were terrorists, Antulay said in an apparent reference to the Malegaon blast case in which Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Shrikant Purohit are allegedly involved. “Any person going to the root of the terror has always been the target” , Antulay said. The minister’s remarks came under immediate and sharp attack from the BJP and the Shiv Sena. “The Prime Minister must clarify whether these remarks are an ‘individual misdemeanor or the collective wisdom of the cabinet’,” said BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy. Sena member Ananth Geethe demanded a clarification from Chidambaram. Later, in an apparent attempt to ...

A journey Through Time... scrolling just a few pages of BBC and Indian Media. (I am sorry, the text is in image form and comprehendible to english readers only, for other languages, please open this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5394686.stm and use a translation service, such as http://babelfish.yahoo.com/) ‘Samjhauta, Hindi for friendship, Express’ is only one of many CBM’s that have been undertaken by the two countries to improve relations, was initiated to increase people to people to contact between the two arch rivals. On February 17,2007, the train that travels from Delhi to Lahore was hit by a bomb, killing as many as 68 people. Most of the casualties consisted of Pakistani nationals. Many conspiracy theories were hatched in an attempt to explain what had really gone by. Always the Poor Sufferers of INDIA: The Muslims of INDIA Déjà Vu Some Interesting User comments.... can you see the same comments this time as well ALL THE BLAME GAME AND HATRED/ANGER Then Comes M...

NEW DELHI, India—Feb 19 2007: Wahid Khan had come to the Old Delhi Railway Station here last night to see off his relatives who were going to Pakistan to attend a marriage. Shock and disbelief writ large on his face, Khan, a resident of adjoining Ghaziabad, was back at the station this morning frantically looking for information about his relatives as news came in of twin explosions on the Samjhauta Express . Khan's 70-year-old mother, brother Tariqat (25) and friend Isteghar were on the train. " They were going to Pakistan to attend a marriage function. They were so happy to be able to go to Pakistan. I am just hoping somebody tells me they are safe and sound ," he said. Sixty-eight-year-old Mohammad Ali came to the station looking for his son Tanveer's father-in-law, Afzal Khan who had come from Pakistan to attend a function and was going back. Afzal's wife and his 18-year-old daughter Tanya were also with him on the train and their whereabouts were unknown. Al...