News from India: April 2005 Archives

National News Service, Kolkata, April 19, 2005: The Indian Media and the Indian cricket team are a true indication of the depth the Country has sunk to. Here is a tin pot dictator of Pakistan coming to India, and the media persons devoid of morality and with an eye on advertisement opportunities have blown him out of proportion.

Here is a Pakistani President who caused the death of more than a thousand valiant soldiers of our Country in Kargil for his own self glorification.

National News Service 14/04/2005: The Country again celebrates the birthday of B. R. Ambedkar, the so called father of the Indian Constitution. A question remains unanswered till date. As far as history goes the constitution was drafted by the by Constituent Assembly after prolonged discussions, the assembly was constituted with 275 members, so why is one person singled out as the father of the constitution. Are we to assume that the other 274 members were duffers and puppets.

Siddique Islam (National News Service) Dhaka, Tuesday, April 12: at least 26 people were killed after a nine-storey garment factory collapsed in early hours of Monday near Bangladesh's capital and another 200 were feared to be trapped in the rubble, rescue officials said.

The accident occurred when workers were working the night shift on three floors of the nine-storey building of Spectrum Sweater and Knitwear Industry, which was constructed three years ago on 26 decimals of land at Baipail near Nabinagar-Kaliakoir road in Savar industrial town.

Siddique Islam (National News Service) Dhaka, Monday, April 11: The state-owned Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has proposed to Bangladesh a joint exploration for gas in the blocks which have remained unexplored.

Director of ONGC AK Balyan in a letter to the state minister for energy and mineral resources of Bangladesh, AKM Mosharraf Hossain on April 4, said that the corporation is interested in joint exploration with Petrobangla.

Press Trust of India, Kolkata, April 8, 2005: The who's who of contemporary Bengali literature today rallied behind controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen's plea for Indian citizenship saying her immense contribution to literature should be given due regard by the Centre while considering her request.

In a signed statement backing the embattled writer, Magsaysay awardee Mahasveta Devi, litterateurs Sunil Gangopadhyay, Shankha Ghosh, Buddhadev Guha and Dibyendu Palit said India was a strong advocate of freedom of speech and expression and her case must be considered in order to provide her a place to exercise this right.