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  • While the American president declared that India was no longer emerging, rather it had emerged, Cameron asserted that there wasn't an issue in the world that didn't beg China's opinion and participation. The two men also called for both the Asian giants to play a more constructive role in the development and growth of Africa. "It's a huge market too; come now, let us not compete. Rather, we should explore it together," they pleaded. Alright, they didn't say that exactly. But it did sound more or less like that.

    Why did Obama and Cameron visit Asia?

    Posted on November 13, 2010 | No Comments
    While the American president declared that India was no longer emerging, rather it had emerged, Cameron asserted that there wasn't an issue in the world that didn't beg China's opinion and participation. The two men also called for both the Asian giants to play a more constructive role in the development and growth of Africa. "It's a huge market too; come now, let us not compete. Rather, we should explore it together," they pleaded. Alright, they didn't say that exactly. But it did sound more or less like that.

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  • While human rights activists, media, lawyers, and citizens create holes in the police's encounter theory (based on the details of the postmortem reports), one thing that the encounter highlighted was the lack of coordination among security agencies in the country and intense competition between them to outdo each other and hog the media limelight. Canary Trap had earlier raised questions over the murky encounter and even suggested that the encounter might have been a fallout of a tussle between the Mumbai Police and the Delhi Police to hog the limelight. According to various media reports, both Mumbai and Delhi police were behind Atif Amin and the latter went ahead with the encounter in a bid to pre-empt the former.

    Delhi Police and Batla House encounter

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    While human rights activists, media, lawyers, and citizens create holes in the police's encounter theory (based on the details of the postmortem reports), one thing that the encounter highlighted was the lack of coordination among security agencies in the country and intense competition between them to outdo each other and hog the media limelight. Canary Trap had earlier raised questions over the murky encounter and even suggested that the encounter might have been a fallout of a tussle between the Mumbai Police and the Delhi Police to hog the limelight. According to various media reports, both Mumbai and Delhi police were behind Atif Amin and the latter went ahead with the encounter in a bid to pre-empt the former.

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  • The Jamia encounter, in which two suspected Indian Mujahideen militants were shot dead on September 19, has come under the cloud of suspicion with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issuing a notice to the Delhi Police. The commission has asked the city Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal to submit a report on the incident.

    Jamia encounter: Unanswered questions

    Posted on September 29, 2008 | 3 Comments
    The Jamia encounter, in which two suspected Indian Mujahideen militants were shot dead on September 19, has come under the cloud of suspicion with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issuing a notice to the Delhi Police. The commission has asked the city Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal to submit a report on the incident.

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