THE WEEK
THAT WAS
India Abroad
February 24, 2012
Kasab given
fair trial:
Maharashtra
government
In a statement to India’s
supreme court, the Maharashtra
government refuted Mohammad
Ajmal Amir Kasab’s allegations
that he was not given a fair trial.
Kasab is the sole surviving terror-
ist in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The government also told the
court that if Kasab had not been
caught alive, it would have been
impossible ‘to know that outsiders
were involved’ in the attacks.
Pakistani court adjourns Mumbai attack suspects’ case
A Pakistani court trying seven
suspects charged in the Mumbai
terror attacks adjourned the case
till February 18 after directing the
prosecution to present a fresh notification about a judicial commission’s visit to India for interviewing
key officials.
Court’s notice to Gujarat government
The Narendra Modi government in
Gujarat was issued a contempt notice by
the state high court February 15 for not
complying with its order regarding com-
pensation to the 56 victims, whose shops
were burnt down in the 2002 riots.
Meanwhile, a court rejected slain
Congress party lawmaker Ehsan Jafri’s
widow Zakia Jafri’s plea for copies of the
Special Investigative Team’s final report on
its probe in the riots.
24 percent Indian kids go hungry daily: survey
A survey conducted by the non-govern-
mental organization Save the Children has
revealed that a quarter of Indian children
in the 0-6 age group go without food every
day. The study, released February 14 said
that nearly 30 per cent of Indian families
have been forced to cut back on food due to
rising food prices.
India seeks diplomatic help over Norway custody row
India tries to ease Maldives crisis
Woman tracks rapist on Facebook
A woman who alleged that she was raped
at gunpoint in a moving car February 5
Of love and hate
RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REU TERS
Valentine Weddings
Cupid in flames
Brides attend a
mass marriage
ceremony in
Kolkata, February
14. Sixty Muslim
and Hindu couples
from villages across
West Bengal took
their wedding vows
during a day-long
ceremony organized
by a non-
governmental
organization on
Valentine’s Day.
Members of a non-political
organization burn greeting
cards during a protest
against Valentine’s Day in
Ahmedabad February 14
AMI T DAVE/REU TERS
Maximum city, no voters
Shiv Sena-BJP triumph in Mumbai civic election
The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata
Party alliance came up with the
largest numbers in the Mumbai
and Thane municipal corporation
elections. Though the alliance fell
short of a majority, it is expected
to retain power in both civic bod-
ies with the help of independent
councillors.
while returning from a nightclub in Kolkata, said she
traced the four accused on Facebook. But the police
claimed there were 'technical discrepancies' in her com-
plaint.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Sports Minister Madan
Mitra questioned the morality of the woman, saying,
'Why did a woman with kids at home, who is separated
from her husband, go to a nightclub? For all you know,
she may still be drinking at a club.'
SAHIL SALVI
A lone policeman guards a nearly-empty
polling booth in Mumbai. The civic
election, February 16, saw a low voter
turnout with only 46 percent casting their
votes
Tamil Nadu nuclear plant safest, says Russian envoy
Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin
vouched for the safety of the Koodankulam nuclear
plant in Tamil Nadu, saying it was the ‘safest in the
world’. He added that ‘there should be a movement to
launch it, not to stop it and kill it’ since the delay in
beginning its operation would add to the plant’s main-
tenance cost.
