As Kim Jong-un, the young ruler of Pyongyang, seeks to assert his stature as the supreme protector and the ultimate anti-US tough guy, we take a look at the bloody conflict that took place six decades ago.
Washington: The Sikh community in California has sought higher bail for the Davis hate crime suspect Clayton Daniel Garzon, who is accused of attacking and brutally beating a 32-year-old Sikh. Garzon, 20, has been charged with felony counts of battery, assault and criminal threats in connection with the beating of Mikey Partida on March 10 [...]
Lahore: Pakistani police have arrested a vendor under the controversial blasphemy law for allegedly burning the pages of Quran in Lahore, officials said today. Police had to rescue Ghulam Hussain, said to be in his thirties, from an angry mob that gathered outside his house in Shahdara area of Lahore yesterday. “Before the angry mob [...]
Melbourne: Australia today said Israel has still not provided it with a “comprehensive accounting” of the circumstances that led to the arrest, imprisonment and death of Mossad agent Ben Zygier in an Israeli prison cell. “I’m not aware that there has been a comprehensive accounting for what has happened,” Foreign Minister Bob Carr was quoted [...]
Vatican City: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina has been elected the Catholic Church’s 266th Pope. He is first Latin American to be pontiff, and will call himself Francis I. After his election Wednesday night, the 76-year-old Pope appeared on a balcony and greeted crowds in St. Peter’s Square, BBC reported. He was the archbishop [...]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has reiterated that it will provide all possible support for holding the upcoming general election in a peaceful and orderly manner, with a top general saying a meeting will be held soon with the poll panel to decide on deploying troops for security. “We have assured the Election Commission of Pakistan [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday condoled the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, saying the country has lost a charismatic leader who left a legacy of striving for social justice. “The people of India join me in conveying our heartfelt condolence to his family and to stand with Venezuela in its hour of [...]
Chan, who is known for his martial arts skills and daring comedic stunt work, provoked a furious fight-back last December after reportedly suggesting in a Chinese magazine interview that protests in his native city should be restricted. Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan this week joins China’s top political advisory body in a move analysts say highlights Beijing’s [...]
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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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 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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