The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has begun to revise the curriculum for schools, and one of the suggestions is to reduce the weight of schoolbags. Education minister S Sailajanath expressed his anguish at the weight of schoolbags The primary education minister S Sailajanath has expressed anguish at the weight of schoolbags saying [...]
Sabitha Indra Reddy says the file ‘captive mining’ file was changed to ‘mining’ without her approval HYDERABAD: When all fingers are pointing at her, a poignant Sabita Indra Reddy, the first-ever woman Home Minister in the State, stoutly defends her action in appending signatures on the government orders according clearances for the Gali Janardhana Reddy-led [...]
It appears like the proverbial calm before the storm. The Assembly complex that will witness the Winter Session from Thursday presented an uneasy calm as the security has been handed over to the Special Protection Force. The Assembly is going to witness one of the stormiest sessions with a lot of issuing hanging fire. There, [...]
Bellary (Karnataka): The Bellary Rural assembly constituency byelection is set to decide mining barons Reddy brothers’ future in the BJP, which they claim to have built from the scratch in this iron ore-rich north Karnataka district. The Reddy brothers have fielded their associate and former minister B Sriramulu as an Independent candidate after making him [...]
(From left – Anna Hazare : Social activist and anti-corruption crusader, Azim Premji : Chairman of Wipro Limited and philanthropist, Abhijit Banerjee : Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, MIT, Arundhati Roy : Booker prize winner writer and social activist, Deepa Narayan : Senior Advisor, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network of the World Bank, Arvind [...]
The world’s oldest profession is back in the news in the City again. It has it’s own perks to go with it. Though it is illegal and considered a social taboo, several youths are taking to the ‘fascinating profession’ of becoming gigolos. The male sex workers are vying with their female counterparts to knock off [...]
The bus stop in front of the Road Transport Authority (RTA) in Khairatabad intended to be used by transit passengers, has now become an adda for middlemen/brokers. These brokers sit at the bus shelter where a host of people queue up with forms waiting to be filled. The passengers, unable to find space, stand outside [...]
Conrad Murray lambasted by judge during dramatic trial finale LOS ANGELES: The judge who oversaw the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray finally let rip at the medic on Tuesday, branding him a greedy and dangerous liar in a dramatic finale to the long-awaited case. As he jailed the medic for a maximum four [...]
CHENNAI: Even as a sizeable number of workers of the Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) roll out cars on an empty stomach pressing various demands, 32 dismissed employees are planning to go on indefinite fast outside the plant, said a workers union member Tuesday. “For the past 16 days, a majority of the workers do [...]
Virender Sehwag, India’s stand-in captain, has said there was “no excuse for anybody not scoring runs” after his side limped to a one-wicket win in the first ODI against West Indies in Cuttack, reports cricinfo.com Chasing 212, India’s batting order collapsed before and after Rohit Sharma, who made 72, and the hosts needed the last [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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