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JKCI directed to stop development along Nyerere Road, told to go to Mikocheni

Dar es Salaam, Feb. 26 -- DAR ES SALAAM: MINISTER for Health, Ms Ummy Mwalimu has directed Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) to drop plans to develop its infrastructure at the JKCI Dar Group com... Read More


We the People versus They the State: Our rights matter

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Writing in the Young India journal in March 1922, Mahatma Gandhi invoked the spirit of democracy to support voices of dissent within the Congress party: "Democracy is not a state... Read More


Pakistan: JUI-F council to hold meeting tomorrow to discuss alleged "rigging" in general elections

Islamabad, Feb. 26 -- Following the alleged "rigging" of the February 8 general elections in Pakistan, the provincial executive council of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) will hold meetings tomorrow... Read More


Monday Musings: Polls ahead, who will benefit most from Jarange-Patil's protest?

India, Feb. 26 -- Six months ago, when the image of pro-quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil began to dominate television screens across Maharashtra, parallels were drawn between his protest and the mov... Read More


Redeveloped Ujjain railway station will be like an airport: MP Anil Firojiya

Ujjain, Feb. 26 -- After Prime Minister Narednra Modi dedicated to the nation over 2000 railway infrastructure projects worth about Rs 41,000 crores on Monday, local MP Anil Firojiya said the Ujjain r... Read More


BMC should conduct a referendum on 'central park' at racecourse, says ex-BJP corporator

India, Feb. 26 -- Former BJP corporator Makarand Narwekar has written to the BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal that the fate of Mahalaxmi racecourse, where a 320-acre central park of international s... Read More


HC upholds conviction of B'wood hair stylist Lisban John Miranda in wife's murder case

India, Feb. 26 -- The Bombay High Court (HC) recently upheld the conviction of well-known Bollywood hair stylist Lisban John Miranda for the murder of his wife, Bindiya, in their Andheri apartment in ... Read More


21-year-old who was abandoned as an infant returns in search of her birth parents

India, Feb. 26 -- Growing up in France, a girl with an Indian name Neha, felt different from her adoptive white French parents and peers around her. She spoke French and dressed like them, but she alw... Read More


'Not Siddaramaiah but.': BJP MP Hegde for booked for 'insulting' Karnataka CM

Belagavi, Feb. 26 -- The Karnataka home ministry has got a suo motu case filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anantkumar Hegde who described chief Minister Siddaramaiah as 'Sidramulha Khan,' ... Read More


60% Kannada rule: Maharashtra to take MES delegation to PM

Belagavi, Feb. 26 -- The Maharashtra government will soon take a delegation of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appealing him to instruct the Karnataka government aga... Read More