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Sania
breaks silence on dress fatwa against her
Namita Bhandare
New Delhi, November 16
Today's celebrities are well aware of their responsibilities as
role models but can well do without public interference in their
private lives. As tennis star Sania Mirza says, “As long as
I'm winning, people shouldn't care whether my skirt is six inches
long or six feet long.”
Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Wednesday,
Sania said, “How I dress is a very personal thing.” Wearing
a long-sleeved black-and-white shirt with conservative black pants,
she was speaking out in public for the first time since a cleric
issued a fatwa against the way she dressed on court. Read
on...
Kashmir
GenNext ready to break from past
Arun Joshi
New Delhi, November 16
Young and bubbling with fresh ideas, the new generation of Kashmiri
leaders is prepared to dump the hatred and bitterness of the past
for a better future for the state.
National Conference president Omar Abdullah, People’s Democratic
Party chairperson Mehbooba Mufti and All Parties Hurriyat Conference
chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who shared a platform for the first
time at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Wednesday, resolved
to open the doors to new thinking and shut out violence. Read
more...
We
can't afford to ignore dualism in society: PM
HindustanTimes.com
New Delhi, November 15, 2005
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned that South Asia could "miss
the bus" of becoming one of the major global economies in the
21st century" if it failed to show the resolve and maturity
to grasp the opportunity at hand.
Kicking off the 2005 Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, the Prime
Minister urged South Asian nations to walk with India towards a
brighter future. Read
on...
Guilty
will be punished: Sonia
HT Political Bureau
New Delhi, November 15, 2005
In her first formal reaction to the Volcker Committee report, Congress
president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday warned of stern action against
"any person" who was found involved in the Iraqi oil scandal
by the inquiry committees set up by the Centre.
Emotional and candid on the controversy that led to K. Natwar Singh's
resignation as the external affairs minister, Sonia admitted that
she was "very angry and hurt" that "someone misused"
the name of the Congress if the documents, on the basis of which
the Volcker Committee named the minister and the party in its report,
were "authentic". Read
on...
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