News archive for ‘Editorial’

Intifada In Paradise by Parvaiz Bukhari

Intifada In Paradise by Parvaiz Bukhari

Armed with just stones, the protesters in the Kashmir Valley have got the government in a tizzy, reports PARVAIZ BUKHARI

Anger management Youth who have lost all hopes of a return to normalcy, resort to stone-pelting

IN A stable political environment, these young boys would perhaps have started a music band or a fan club of some [...]

Another Fake case of branding innocents as Terrorists

Another Fake case of branding innocents as Terrorists

LAST WEEK, TEHELKA published stories of four ordinary men branded as terrorists and jailed by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Continuing with the series, BRIJESH PANDEY profiles two more “terrorists”, recently freed by the lower courts, who are struggling to overcome their trauma

“I WILL NEVER travel anywhere in India again,” Gulzar Ahmed Ganai, 23, [...]

Hate and fear of daily living for Minorities in India

Hate and fear of daily living for Minorities in India

Vigilante Hindutva groups and cultural policing — coastal Karnataka is a bitterly divided place today… by HARSH MANDER

A Survey states that US is world’s laziest nation

A Survey states that US is world’s laziest nation

Americans are the laziest people on the planet, according to a new survey.
The Daily Beast survey took into consideration daily calorie intake, TV viewing habits, percentage of the population that plays sports and Internet usage, reports the New York Post.
Out of those four categories, the US was first in calories and watching the most TV [...]

ISRAEL: Please, NO MORE Bin Laden Tapes, Nobody is Buying it!

ISRAEL: Please, NO MORE Bin Laden Tapes, Nobody is Buying it!

The new audio tape from “Osama bin Laden” taking responsibility for the idiotic and childish incident in Detroit where moronic Nigerian armed with a useless “bomb” is simply too much.  Now using audio tapes because, supposedly, nobody in Al Qaeda got a flash drive video recorder for Christmas is [...]

Rabbis and Child Sexual Abuse

Rabbis and Child Sexual Abuse

Rabbi Yosef Blau is the mashgiach ruchani at Yeshiva University and its affiliated rabbinical school Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchal Elchanan. Rav Blau has been active in trying help survivors of abuse in the Orthodox community. Rav Blau has kindly agreed to offer his insights on Tzedek-Tzedek into the question of Rabbinical involvement in child abuse cases [...]

Jewish Rabbi Tropper Demands Sex for Conversion to Judaism

Jewish Rabbi Tropper Demands Sex for Conversion to Judaism

How a New York rabbi tried to remake the rules on converting to Judaism, until a sex tape—and a family feud between his wealthy backers—brought him down – Report by Allison Hoffman

People “raped with broken bottles” by CIA, discloses former UK ambassador

People “raped with broken bottles” by CIA, discloses former UK ambassador

A former British ambassador disclosed the details of CIA and their torture in prisons of Uzbekistan to the central Asian countries. He said that the so called reliable CIA depended on tortures such as raping the suspects with broken bottles and even boiling them alive.

Craig Murray was UK’s ambassador to Uzbekistan until 2004 and now [...]

Interview with Cheryfa Jamal, wife of "Toronto 18" Suspect

Interview with Cheryfa Jamal, wife of "Toronto 18" Suspect

Exclusive interview with Cheryfa Jamal, wife of “Toronto Seventeen” Suspect in Canadian Terror Trial by Author Khadija Abdul Qahaar of JUSone News Magazine
Background of the events: On June 2 and June 3, 2006, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service carried out a series of brutal raids in eastern Canada arresting 17 [...]

‘Thanks To BJP, Ram Lalla Stands Like A Beggar’

‘Thanks To BJP, Ram Lalla Stands Like A Beggar’

Ramjanambhoomi head priest Satyendra Das tells AJIT SAHI that the BJP doesn’t give a damn for Lord Ram or the temple. Here is the interview of the Head priest:
LK Advani has said the BJP hasn’t given up on the Ram temple issue and is committed to building it.
He is lying. The BJP has used [...]