Monthly Archives: September 2010
$250-mn ADB loan to Goa, 2 other states
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday approved a multi-tranche financing facility of $250 million for the Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Programme which aims to reduce coastal erosion and instability in the western coastal states of Goa, Karnataka and … Continue reading
Project proposals worth Rs 96 cr forwarded to Centre
The state level steering committee for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has forwarded proposals worth Rs 96 crore to the Centre, for a number of major projects to be undertaken in and around the city.
Law soon to regulate real estate in Goa
It is a well-known fact in Goa that the real estate sector was the most unregulated sector but the state would soon have a law to regulate the relationships between the builders and promoters of flats, housing societies and the … Continue reading
60 years & counting, Supreme Court prolongs Ayodhya agony
The agony of the wait for the Ayodhya dispute verdict will continue. Throwing a dampener on the anticipation on the judgment behind the disputed structure at Ayodhya, the Supreme Court on Thursday put off the announcement of the verdict by the … Continue reading
India Wary as West Plots New Climate moves ahead of Cancun
With all key countries discounting the possibility of a complete new global deal on climate change at Cancun, Mexico, in November, US and other rich countries have begun closed-door parleys to instead discuss a brief but game-altering ‘Mexico Mandate’.
Less youth getting higher education in India, rues Moily
Union Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily today said the percentage of youth getting higher education was very less in the country.
TRACKING THE DISPUTE
Nearly 500 years after the masjid was constructed and about two decades since it was razed, a medieval religious dispute has entered the 21st century
‘At Ground Zero, nothing will change’
Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui | TNN Right from a six-year-old to a 60-plus citizen, ask anyone about his perception of the high court verdict on Ayodhya title suit and the answer would be: One, it will clear the way for the … Continue reading
What’s the real issue here? Not the temple
Ashish Tripathi | TNN Construction of a township and not Ram temple was a deciding factor in Lok Sabha polls for Faizabad constituency, which includes Ayodhya, in 2009. The fact, ironically, was overlooked by politicians and media, which do want … Continue reading
AYODHYA TANGLE
A chronology of events in the Ayodhya row: 1985 | Proposal to shift Babri Masjid | Some people proposed shifting of Babri Masjid from its site and sought a fatwa from liberal Islamic countries. But the news leaked to the media … Continue reading