Lucknow: Days after hobnobbing with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leadership over the third anniversary dinner, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has called for Uttar Pradesh shutdown on May 31 to protest the petrol price hike. The Samajwadi Party chief also gave the party functionaries directive to hold state-wide protests after he held [...]
While trawling the major news items of the past few days, I was struck by the number of conflict situations and how people are dealing with them. Top on the list were apologies — of both types, people apologising and people refusing to apologise. The headline-grabbing controversy of the molestation and assault charge on Indian Premier [...]
Kolkata: After slamming the Centre for the steep hike in petrol price, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit the streets in metropolis leading a massive protest march to put pressure on the UPA government for roll back. Banerjee, who was accompanied by Railway minister Mukul Roy, party functionaries and thousands of Trinamool Congress workers, marched [...]
Like we are asked to show IDs before we are served alcohol, will we now have to show IDs before engaging in sex? Sameena Kenaz feedback@postnoon.com Last month, the Parliament and the Delhi High Court were engaged in a rather perplexing matter of the age of sexual consent. The Parliament passed a bill deeming sex illegal [...]
The book brings out in detail the soul of an average village in India Arun Koshy Philip arun.k@postnoon.com The story of this village is actually the story of thousands of villages in India which dot the vast swathes of territory controlled by Maoists. The thrashing of an otherwise inconsequential barber by a high caste man triggers [...]
The Nehru Zoological Park (Hyderabad) has lost one more precious primate, a 23-year-old capped langur. The langur died of multiple organ failure, zoo officials said. Curator HM Haneefulla said the beast had stopped taking food from May 13 and efforts to save it failed. A Nilgiri Langur too had died at the Zoo Park last [...]
A penguin on the run from a Tokyo aquarium since early March was adjusting to life back on the inside on Friday after being recaptured on a riverbank. The Humboldt penguin, one of 135 kept at Tokyo Sea Life Park, was recaptured after 82 days of freedom that had even seen it outwit Japan’s well-resourced [...]
No matter how flashy or pricey, gadgets command little loyalty from the youth of today. They settle only for the trendiest and price does not matter Faustina Johnson feedback@postnoon.com Left your watch at home? iPod not working? Need to be up early for that math test? Need company while you wait for your friend to [...]
We take a look at the rare 1911 Rolls Royce, on permanent display at the Chowmahalla Palace Raseel Ahluwalia feedback@postnoon.com The story of the Titanic continues to captivate our imagination even today, 100 years after the disaster. In April 1912, RMS Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. But the [...]
Allan Kelly PARIS: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova (above), two players better known for their hardcourt and grasscourt abilities, are the form players going into the climax of the claycourt season at the French Open. Between them they won the four main leadup events on the surface at Charleston and Madrid for the American and [...]
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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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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