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The Don of Dhanbad

31st Oct 1982, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 13, 2024 Leave a comment

Dhanbad’s dreaded Mafia gangs were riveting topics of conversation last fortnight, and for different reasons. Film actor Shatrughan Sinha, with the blessings of the ruling Congress(1), launched a film on the Mafia, swamping the town’s hotels with an entourage of 250. Sinha was not being foolish in filming so dangerous a subject-his chief patron is Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi, Bihar’s health and family welfare minister. And Union Irrigation Minister Kedar Pandey travelled all the way to Dhanbad to inaugurate the shooting of the film.

From Words to Blows

15th March 1982, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 8, 2024 Leave a comment

Violence is an unfortunate fact of life in Delhi University. That was bloodily emphasized on February 16 when Dilip Simeon, 32, history lecturer at Ramjas College, was savagely beaten up by six men on his way to work. The lecturer’s multiple fractures came as the flash-point of an acrimonious feud between college Principal Dr. Kartar…

Deadly blast Triggers riots in South India

15th February 1998, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 8, 2024 Leave a comment

15 February 1998 The Washington Post A30 Copyright 1998, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved The leader of India’s main opposition party said today he was the target of a series of car-bomb blasts that killed 32 people, wounded as many as 100 and triggered rioting and arson in the city of Coimbatore. The…

India’s weary Kashmiris told- “Go see a movie”

7th August 1998, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 7, 2024 Leave a comment

7 August 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited SRINAGAR, India, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A who’s who of Indian Kashmiris turned out in their finest on Thursday to cheer as the state’s leading politician urged the poor of this violence-scarred city to forget their woes and go see a movie. Eight years after…

India general sees no danger of nuclear exchange

7th Aug 1998, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 7, 2024 Leave a comment

6 August 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited SRINAGAR, India, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The general commanding Indian troops in the tinderbox Kashmir valley said on Thursday he did not think cross-border artillery duels with Pakistan would escalate into a nuclear exchange. “There is no linkage between the nuclear tests and the situation…

Indian soldier caught in grinding Kashmir strife

9th Aug 1998, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 7, 2024 Leave a comment

9 August 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited BARAMULLA, India, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Mahendra Kumar is a typical “sepoy”, the lowest rank in the Indian Army. After 14 years in uniform, the native of the impoverished northern state of Bihar is paid about 5,000 rupees ($117) a month. On paper, he gets…

26 KILLED ON SECOND DAY OF INDIA’S GENERAL ELECTION

24th Nov 1989, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

24 November 1989 Reuters News English (c) 1989 Reuters Limited LUDHIANA, India, Nov 24, Reuter – At least 26 people were killed on Friday on the second day of India’s general election, taking the death toll in the three-stage poll in the world’s largest democracy to 60. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi meanwhile brought his campaign…

INTERVIEW-Pakistan says US policies polarise world

14th Apr 2003, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 6, 2024 Leave a comment

14 April 2003 Reuters News English (c) 2003 Reuters Limited ISLAMABAD, April 14 (Reuters) – Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the war on terror, said on Monday American policies were polarising the world between Muslims and non-Muslims, and creating a highly charged and potentially violent atmosphere. Criticising the use of force against Iraq, Interior…

Malaysia says has dismantled Islamic terror cells

21st Jun 2005, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 2, 2024 Leave a comment

21 June 2005 Reuters News English (c) 2005 Reuters Limited KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Reuters) – Malaysia declared victory on Tuesday in its internal campaign against Southeast Asia’s most feared Islamic militant group, but said there was room for improved U.S. cooperation in the global war on terror. “We have dismantled the JI basic structure,”…

Malaysia says foreign planes may help hunt pirates

21st Jun 2005, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 2, 2024 Leave a comment

21 June 2005 Reuters News English (c) 2005 Reuters Limited KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Reuters) – Malaysia proposed on Tuesday that foreign surveillance planes help to fight piracy in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest sea lanes, in its clearest invitation for International assistance. Malaysia, along with neighbour Indonesia, has been cool…

Christ and communism make explosive mix in Philippines

16th Apr 1987, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 2, 2024 Leave a comment

REUTERS 16 April 1987 The Seattle times MANILA _ Weeks of fierce fighting between government troops and communist insurgents have highlighted a deep rift between radical left-wing priests and conservatives in the Philippines’ powerful Roman Catholic church. Amid some of the worst violence in the 18-year revolt, high Church leaders have moved to sever the…

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