At least 27 people were wounded on Friday in a series of explosions in Ukraine, posing a major security challenge in the run-up to the Euro-2012 football tournament. Four blasts rocked central Dnipropetrovsk around noon, emergency officials said as police combed the city for more explosives.
DAMASCUS: Tens of thousands protested across Syria on Friday as a deadly suicide bombing rocked the capital, killing 11 people and fuelling growing scepticism over the prospects of a UN-backed peace plan. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three people, including a child, were killed as regime forces opened fire to disperse protests. “Tens [...]
Abdul Salam Zaeef delves into the roots of what has come to be the most-hunted group of militants in the world— Taliban Andrew Josef feedback@postnoon.com There’s an iconic image of Soviet Lieutenant General Boris Gromov crossing the Friendship Bridge over the Amur-Daria on February 15, 1989. As he did so he became the last Soviet [...]
Loud & Proud Shwetha Pai When I was in school and was not aware of my sexual orientation, I assumed that all LGBT people did was protest and dress flamboyantly. Now years later when I am out of the closet and have made great friends within the community I finally understood how things were. Yet, [...]
Mumbai: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived at Satara district today (Saturday) morning for a visit to drought-hit areas there, an official said. Accompanied by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and other senior ministers, Gandhi arrived from Mumbai in a helicopter. Satara is around 250km south-east of the country’s commercial capital. Shortly after landing, Gandhi proceeded [...]
The solution to your depression may lie with your four-legged furry friend. Read on to know how pet therapy can help you tide over a personal crisis We live in a world where we are constantly on the run to get ahead in life. Managing a zillion daily tasks and keeping your temper in check while [...]
New Delhi: India will host the 46th Annual Meeting the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in May next year which is expected to be attended by 4,000 delegates from across 67 countries. The meeting will be held at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, near here. “The Annual Meeting will provide a valuable opportunity for brainstorming and cross [...]
New Delhi: BJP today sought to wash its hands off from the jail term awarded by a court here to its former president Bangaru Laxman in a bribery case, saying the order is part of a legal process which does not involve the party as the liability is personal. “This sentence is a part of the [...]
Karnal: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the Centre had fixed a target to make every Gram Panchayat as “Nirmal Gram Panchayat” in next ten years. Addressing a gathering at a Panchayati Raj Sammelan here, he hoped Haryana would become the third Nirmal state in next three years. The Union government would provide all necessary [...]
Mumbai: Model and ex-Miss India contestant Aparna Sharma was arrested in a case of alleged rash driving in which a couple was injured here early this morning, police said today. The model was later granted bail. Sharma was driving her Maruti SX4 car at a “very high speed” in Lokhandwala area in suburbs at about 1 [...]
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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 [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg
There is a ridiculous debate going on after the reports on spot-fixing emerged: should IPL be scrapped? Even if IPL were the first sporting event to be tainted by spot-fixing, it would be senseless to even suggest that it be scrapped. Since that is not the case, talking of scrapping is, pardon the coarse expression, [...]
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