WASHINGTON: The United States urged China to free all those still jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, on the eve of Monday’s 23rd anniversary of the brutal crackdown on the protests. State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said on Sunday the United States called on Beijing to do more to protect the human rights [...]
A Chinese teenager was about to end his life when a woman came to his rescue. The woman kissed the boy long enough for firefighters to pull him in from the ledge of the pedestrian overpass. Apparently, the boy felt lonely and helpless, and saw suicide as the only way to end his suffering. He [...]
TOKYO: A Japanese city is considering introducing a tsunami warning system which involves looking out for abnormal behaviour in animals and monitoring water levels in wells for signs of an imminent disaster. The southwestern coastal city of Susaki is contemplating studying whether a rapid lowering of water in wells or chickens squawking loudly for no [...]
HONG KONG, China: An increasing number of American universities have at least one interest in common with China’s Communist government: Confucius Institutes. First established in 2004, these controversial cultural outposts have multiplied at colleges around the country, with over 80 in the US this year — more than any other country in the world. Funded [...]
Agra: The 165-km, six-lane Yamuna Expressway, which will drastically cut down the travel time between Delhi and Agra, has become the favourite of enthusiastic riders and speedsters even before its official opening. Though complete, it awaits a nod from the new Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government, probably because it was conceived by the previous Mayawati [...]
Vrindavan: Ex-army chief General V.K. Singh has thrown his lot behind the anti-graft agitations led by social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev, terming them “timely and valid”. In town to offer prayers at the famous Banke Bihari temple, General Singh, who retired May 31, pointed out Sunday that corruption was a major [...]
New Delhi: Small activist groups who were also demonstrating at Jantar Mantar for an unemployment allowance, on Sunday blamed the media for not covering them and giving more attention to anti-corruption crusaders Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s fast. “It is the country’s media which decides whose demonstration to cover and whose not to [...]
New Delhi: The transit of venus on June 6 — a rare event that will not repeat itself until the next century — promises to be a unique celestial extravaganza that observers will cherish for lifetime. The phenomenon occurs when venus passes between the sun and earth and the planet gets aligned with the former. [...]
Richa Sharma Baripada (Odisha): A group of tribal women in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district have taken authorities head on and stopped an eco-tourism project that was coming up in a reserve forest adjoining their villages in violation of their forest rights. About 200 women under the banner of the Budhikhamari Community Forest Protection Committee (BCFPC) in [...]
Kadapa (AP): Tension prevailed as election campaign in Rayachoty constituency for the June 12 bypoll turned violent today when TDP and YSR Congress workers allegedly indulged in firing and stone pelting leaving one person injured, police said. According to police, Telugu Desam Party workers and YSR Congress Party workers clashed with each other when YSR Congress candidate Srikanth Reddy was campaigning [...]
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One step forward, two steps back
There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
Rowhani offers softer tone, same policies
Newly elected president Hassan Rowhani struck a diplomatic chord in his first news conference but offered little real change in key policy areas, especially on the long-running dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. Concretely, he ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN, EU and US sanctions, repeating a long-standing Iranian position [...]
Andhra Pradesh tops in revenge murders over illicit affairs according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The motive for 445 murders, reported in the State last year, was revenge on cheating partners or their paramours. This amounts to 16 per cent of the murder cases registered here. While the motive for 317 murder cases [...]
Don’t blame the weather for your gloominess. Good rainfall last week and the forecast of further rains due to an active South-West monsoon prompts farmers to sow crops in 50,000 hectares more than last year in Andhra Pradesh. The acreage is expected to increase 25-30 per cent over the normal area of 81.12 lakh hectares, [...]
The man who took a ‘stand’ at Taksim Square
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was falling and took [...]
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