Drug-related crimes occur ten times more than the nation’s average in the state, Jason Overdorf finds,and is told by locals that police and politicians are complicit in the narcotics trade NEW DELHI: India’s elections are notorious for bribery. But this year’s state elections in Punjab drew attention to what locals say is an even more [...]
New York: India can grow at between 8 or 9 per cent for the next 20 years with a supportive global environment, its planning commission’s deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said. “In the five years prior to the crisis, the Indian economy grew at an average rate of 9 per cent. Following the crisis, it [...]
Tristan McConnell NAIROBI: Lions prowled through posh suburban gardens here recently, frightening residents and reminding them that they live in Africa, after all. In the latest incident of growing conflict between humans and wildlife in East Africa, a lion stalked an upmarket suburb of Nairobi for months before being shot dead by park rangers. The [...]
Surender Bhutani Warsaw: The profile of Poland has gone up by many notches as a cultural destination for Indian artists. After Bollywood films and translations of Urdu masters into Polish language, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaursia, one of the doyens of Indian classical music maestro, enthralled the Polish crowd in three cities — Wroclaw, Krakow and [...]
New Delhi: As part of efforts to strengthen Indo-Pak trade ties, Railways is mulling to provide 50 diesel locomotives on hiring basis to Pakistan. As per the plan,a railways is likely to give at an approximate rate of Rs.1,500 per hour per locomotive of 3,000 HP to Pakistan for leasing purpose. Besides leasing out, railways [...]
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on striking Air India pilots, the Delhi High Court today said that they cannot “wilfully and flagrantly” disobey court orders to end their “illegal” strike and can face contempt action. Rejecting the plea of Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), which is spearheading the agitation by over 200 pilots, the court said, “In [...]
Anil K Rajvanshi In every religion, culture and civilization, feeding the poor and hungry is considered amongst the noblest deeds. However, large-scale feeding will require huge investment in both resources and time. A better alternative is to create conditions by which proper wholesome food is made available to all the rural poor at affordable price. [...]
Washington: Citing the example of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, a top US military commander has warned of the dangers posed by “democratisation” of technology in future warfare. “Now, in many ways, technology has been democratised,” Marine Corps Lt Gen George J Flynn said at the 6th annual 2012 Joint Warfighting Conference at Virginia Beach on [...]
New Delhi: India is creating a “coherent and comprehensive” security policy to deal with the “anarchic new world” of cyber threats, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said here on Wednesday. “(The) government is in the process of putting in place the capabilities and the systems in India that will enable us deal with this anarchic [...]
Mumbai: The Mumbai Cricket Association officials have lodged a police complaint against Kolkata Knight Riders IPL franchise team co-owner Shah Rukh Khan for his alleged misbehaviour last night at the Wankhede Stadium and decided to ban him for life from entering the premises. “We have lodged a complaint against him at the Marine Drive Police station [...]
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But… Seriously Ajay Hotchandani The theory of the Black Hole states that in the Hole, time and space don’t exist. So if you’ve entered this hole, you can take as long as you want to get ready, and you can store as many suitcases, with clothes you will never wear, above the cupboard (don’t deny [...]
BJP must survive the battle within
The second innings of UPA has been nothing short of tumultuous, marred by massive scams in every sector from rural job schemes to military purchases. When allies themselves are eyeing the jugular of the Centre, relief comes from an unexpected quarters — a divided BJP that is struggling to keep its house in order. The [...]
HR speaks Deepak Karamungikar Workplace politics is a harsh reality in India. When you take up a new role at a well-established organisation, the first few days seem fine. The smiles on everyone’s faces deceive you into believing that all is well. But a few days later, the cracks appear and a few months into [...]
Can England retain their crown?
England’s credibility is on the line as they take on West Indies in the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday. The heavy defeats in the Middle East and the Sub-Continent over the last few months have raised a lot of questions over whether England can sustain their No 1 ranking in the long run. They [...]
Live by your wits, you poor chump!
The guiding motto of a government is protecting the weak from the strong; the weak both in social and economic spheres. I am sure 9 out of 10 MPs and ministers do not know this driving dictum. Let us just take a cursory glance at the way our government has ‘protected’ the weak in the [...]
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