The summer heat is in full force already and by the time it enters mid year, the City will be close to a furnace.
Cuba, much like the popular cocktail Cuba Libre, is a concoction of a vibrant culture, music, history and breathtaking locales, although it’s almost in news because of the politics. Recently Raul Castro was re-elected as President of Cuba which got everyone talking about the country once again.We take a look at some of the best [...]
Tourism Australia recently announced that 1,59,420 of the 6.1 million international arrivals in 2012 in Australia were Indian visitors. Looking at these figures, you can judge how popular it is as a travel destination. We give you a few of the places which recorded the most number of footfall. Great Ocean Road, Victoria Travel the Great Ocean Road and [...]
The infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp was leased to the United States by Cuba on 23-02-1903. We take a look at the ‘famous’ prisons that history has seen. Alcatraz, USA Once considered the prison of American prisons, the island of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay has been an asset to the US Army, the federal [...]
The world is becoming a smaller place and all its citizens are increasingly speaking the same language.
We entice you to 7 places in 2013 that hold great sporting events. Make it a double whammy while you are there.
Barcelona is slowly emerging as the most preferred foreign destination for Telugu filmmakers these days. Currently, Allu Arjun’s Iddarammayilatho is being shot in Spain and soon, Pawan Kalyan-Trivikram Srinivas’ film is expected to be shot in Barcelona.
Modern yet resplendent in old world charm: Palaces, temples, beaches, French boulevards, planetariums and tonga rides… a trip to any of these places is a pleasant cocktail of now and then. Hubli and Dharwad The twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad are actually two cities, unified by single Municipal Corporation. Hubli-Dharwad is the second biggest Conurbation [...]
Travellers across the world are embracing the idea that there can be more to travel than just mere sight-seeing. Volunteer Tourism is one of the fastest growing forms of travel in the world today and it’s a great way to understand the local culture, communities and humanitarian initiatives. Here’s a list of six such initiatives that let you travel and volunteer in different parts of the globe.
Algeria, a country that has a magnificent history to it, is just as beautiful to visit. If the civil war of 1992 saw tourism plummet, the recent kidnapping and killing of foreigners by militants has only made it worse. But that should not mar the intrinsic wonder of this country. There are many places that [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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