Whenever we see him we do an automatic rewind to check if we have our drivers license and RC on us. Well, he is after all the traffic constable and has all the rights to pull you up and check if you are equipped to drive. Pandari has been a traffic constable since the past [...]
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and every couple looks forward to go to someplace special where they can enjoy the time together. They might want to go to a good restaurant where they can share a romantic meal together or bar to enjoy some drinks. But many couples are clueless when it comes to [...]
Varanasi: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Thursday said the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are the “semi-final” for Jan Lokpal Bill, whose “final” will the general elections of 2014. India Against Corruption and Team Anna members began their state tour on February 2, asking people to vote for “honest candidates and responsible candidates.” “People need [...]
Keyvan Naraghi LIBREVILLE: A stunning start to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations set up Zambia to defy the odds and qualify for the final against Ivory Coast at Stade de l’Amitie on Sunday. The Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) ran Group A favourites Senegal ragged in the first half at the Estadio de Bata and could [...]
PERTH: Sri Lankan were rolling on fine having kept Australia down to 121 for 4 from 26 overs after captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to field against Australia in the third tri-series One-day international at Perth’s WACA ground on Friday.The home side named an unchanged side after beating India in the rain-shortened [...]
LONDON: Stuart Pearce will manage England in their friendly international against the Netherlands on February 29, Football Association (FA) chairman David Bernstein said on Thursday.Pearce, the England Under-21 manager, was given temporary control of the senior side for the match against the Dutch at Wembley following Fabio Capello’s resignation as England manager on Wednesday. Capello [...]
HYDERABAD: Mahindra Satyam is going to acquire around 15 per cent stake in Dion Global Solution, a capital markets software provider, for an undisclosed amount, sources privy to the development told Postnoon. This is the first ever acquisition of strategic stake by Satyam Computer Services after Mahindra & Mahindra acquired it and salvaged the embattled [...]
Tired of the wide gaps between your teeth or of having to hide those ugly stains? Smile correction is probably the best way to get that dazzling smile you’ve always wanted “Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.”— in PS I Love You, compiled [...]
New York Fashion Week started off yesterday and kicks off the Fall-Winter 2013 season. For the designers, it is a stressful time. Not only do they have to ensure their collections are ready, they have to afford to rent a place, hire show producers, cast models, etc; this is part and parcel of every season’s [...]
New Delhi: The Maldives’ ousted President Mohamed Nasheed appealed on Thursday to the world community to help restore democracy in his country, claiming that he was toppled by a small group of police officers and police and the military were brutally suppressing people. Nasheed resigned on Tuesday amid protests over detention of a judge and [...]
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As a conscious citizen watching the unfolding of the soap from Bihar, I am constrained to do some hard talk because all these worthies are playing with my life and my children’s. You may well ask how. Because what is happening is not an internal matter of a party or a Front but dividing the nation on communal lines more acutely than they did in the past. And communal venom has no anti-venom. It is deadly.
Corporal punishment in AP schools
The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court on Saturday challenging the inaction of the State government in preventing ‘corporal punishment’ to children in schools calls for attention. Mohammed Shahbaz Ahmed Khan, a City resident, moved the PIL contending that as per the United Nations’ convention, the State was required to [...]
Instigated or inspired suicide?
The reel-like sequences following the real-life suicide of actress Jiah Khan has invoked a debate on abetment of suicide. What is abetment? Is there a clear definition? Does a letter left behind by the victim like in the case of Geetika Sharma against former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda amount to abetment or will it [...]
Social networking is the order of the day. The world is a global village. As Marshall McLuhan believed the Internet has made us participants of this worldwide village. It’s surprising how forest communities and young Adivasis have started navigating in the social media to highlight problems such as displacement faced by tribal communities all over India. [...]
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