Noted historians, others condemn move to ban sale of Hindi translation of book

Edit Indian Express 01 May 2016
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien had earlier told the government to remove all references in it to Bhagat Singh being a “revolutionary terrorist” ... Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien had earlier told the government to remove all references in it to Bhagat Singh being a “revolutionary terrorist”. Share This Article ... The objection is that Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his comrades have been described as “revolutionary terrorists” ... ....

City police slap MCOCA on Mominpura-based gang

Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016
Nagpur ... The others who have been now booked under MCOCA are Abdul Wasi, Mohd Shaheed and Arbaaz Mohd Israel ... "More accused can be named in the case at a later stage," the DCP said ... "Wasi, Arbaaz and Shaheed also had eight offences each against their name ... ....

Bhagat Singh's grandnephew wants law against 'negative expressions' for martyrs

Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016
JALANDHAR ... Sandhu, who met Union HRD minister Smriti Irani along with delegation of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Brigade, said they submitted a representation that these expression should be deleted from the book titled India's Struggle For Independence ... ....

UPA must answer who received kickbacks in Agusta deal:Parrikar

Edit Deccan Herald 30 Apr 2016
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the previous UPA dispensation will have to answer who received the alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland chopper deal ... It has even disclosed some names ... Parrikar was talking to reporters after laying the foundation stone of a memorial of martyrs (Shaheed Smarak) at Cheedbagh in the city ... ....

VVIP chopper scam: Manohar Parrikar questions UPA, 'Who received kickbacks?'

Edit DNA India 30 Apr 2016
-->. Parrikar claimed that Italian court had cleared that Rs 125 crores were paid as kickbacks and had disclosed the names of the receivers too ... ALSO READ ... However, he said he would not speak much on the issue as the matter is to be sorted out out in Parliament Parrikar was talking after laying the foundation stone of a memorial of martyrs (Shaheed Smarak) at Cheedbagh in the city ... ....

UPA must answer who received kickbacks in Agusta deal, says Manohar Parrikar

Edit Indian Express 30 Apr 2016
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said the previous UPA dispensation will have to answer who received the alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. “The moot question is who took the money in Agusta deal ... It has even disclosed some names ... Parrikar was talking to reporters after laying the foundation stone of a memorial of martyrs (Shaheed Smarak) at Cheedbagh in the city....

Owner of house where cop was shot arrested

Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016
Greater Noida. The owner of the house where sub-inspector Akhtar Khan was killed in a shootout on April 25 was arrested from Nai Abadi village in Dadri on Monday. The arrest of Furqan comes a day after police had arrested his wife Anmol and two others - Nanhe Khan and Kasim - for sheltering the two accused ... Javed is a hitman for the 'Shaheed' gang in Delhi and was the target of the April 25 raid ... ....

Non-BJP front unlikelysoon, says JNUSU prez

Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016
Patna ... "It is a difficult time for the country, as democratic rights of people are no longer safe ... Intolerance is not new to India ... Kanhaiya travelled in the state capital and paid floral tributes to idols of Bhagat Singh, Pir Ali, Mahatma Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhimrao Ambedkar, Karpoori Thakur, Veer Kuer Singh, CPI MP Chandrashekhar Singh, and at Kargil Chowk memorial and Shaheed Smarak ... ....

Sindh Assembly passes bill for senior citizens’ welfare

Edit Dawn 30 Apr 2016
KARACHI ... The council would take measures for senior citizens’ lodging and economic well-being ... Then the initiatives such as the 1973 constitution taken under the visionary leadership of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto further strengthened the country, he said, adding that once again Sindh by introducing the legislation regarding well-being of senior citizens would turn the country into a social welfare state ... Charged parking ... ....

Iran political prisoner writes to UN rapporteur on rights abuses

Edit NCRI 29 Apr 2016
NCRI – Iranian political prisoner Masoud Arab Choobdar has written from behind bars to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran giving an account of the appalling abuses being faced by dissidents in Iran’s jails. In his letter to special rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed, Mr ... ....

Kurien

Edit Indian Express 29 Apr 2016
In Chapter 20, it describes Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Surya Sen and others as “revolutionary terrorists” ... Related Article ... “Shaheed Bhagat Singh is our idol and we all salute his sacrifice, passion and courage ... However, the book’s co-authors, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee and Sucheta Mahajan issued a statement, saying the controversy was a “deliberate misrepresentation of Bipan Chandra’s views on Shaheed Bhagat Singh”....

DU textbook furore: Martyr's kin to go on hunger strike

Edit The Times of India 29 Apr 2016
Ludhiana. Relatives of martyr Sukhdev protesting against Bhagat Singh's description as a revolutionary terrorist in the DU history book have sent bangles to previous prime ministers for their inaction on the issue ... How could these text books even be allowed in the market, let alone being used as reference books in the Universities?" fumed Ashok Thapar, Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust president and relative of Sukhdev ... ....

‘Wall of Gujrat’: An eyesore turned into monument

Edit Dawn 28 Apr 2016
Speaking on the occasion, the DCO said the district government had so far got completed a good number of public welfare and city beautification projects in collaboration with the community, including Kidney Centre, Trauma Centre, Burns Unit, ICUs at Aziz Bhatti Shaheed and Shabeer Sharif Shaheed hospitals, besides Sara-i-Alamgir’s Pubbi ......
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