Kannur, Feb 6: The 54th state conference of Kerala Arabic Teachers Federation(KATF), a pro-IUML teachers organisation, will be held here from February 9, V K Abdul Qader Moulavi, Chairman of the Organising Committee, said here today. [read more]

The Congress party of Nehru and Indira Gandhi is accused of sacrificing free speech to make a comeback in India's most populous state You can find the Islamic Centre of India in the Aishbagh neighbourhood of the north-eastern city of Lucknow, flanked by a Hindu temple and a wedding hall. Most evenings the call to prayer competes – or coexists – with the thumping bass of Bollywood dance tunes ... [read more]

JUBA (Reuters) - Dengdit Ayok's dream of a free press in Africa's newest nation dissolved when he was arrested and beaten up after writing about the wedding of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's daughter. In an article published in October entitled "Let me say so," the reporter criticized Kiir for allowing his daughter to marry an Ethiopian, calling it a shock to the nation. "Security forces ... [read more]

JUBA (Reuters) - Dengdit Ayok's dream of a free press in Africa's newest nation dissolved when he was arrested and beaten up after writing about the wedding of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's daughter. In an article published in October entitled "Let me say so", the reporter criticized Kiir for allowing his daughter to marry an Ethiopian, calling it a shock to the nation. "Security forces ... [read more]

DUBAI - Traditions may easily fade out in the midst of modernity. They may be buried in the skyscrapers or in the migration shifts influencing a new culture. Yet, in this year’s Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), the classic and the traditional that make an Emirati and what the UAE is all about is kept alive at the Heritage and Diving Village. [read more]

JODI BREAKERS. After the super-surprise success of musically enriched TANU WEDS MANU, actor R.Madhavan... [read more]

Heir Apparent to visit Jordan today HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will head to Jordan today for a one-day working visit. The Heir Apparent will be accompanied by a high-level official delegation. [read more]

LAST year the Reformer reported that Charlotte Longmuir, a Cambuslang woman, had been stuck in Egypt during the revolution that deposed President Hosni Mubarak, while her financé Gary Docherty had travelled home for a funeral just hours before the people rose up against their leader. [read more]

Two days remain. Meanwhile, did someone mention a Jaipur Litfest? [read more]

In January last year, when Tahrir Square erupted, a wild and foolish urge wanted me to race straight there, before sanity reminded me that "undesired Western influence" was written all over my pink khawaga face. So I followed it on the web, wondering, "Bliss was it, in that dawn to be alive?" Related Stories with a little help from East meets west in thrilling race to avert armageddon [read more]