DAMASCUS: Fierce clashes erupted in Syria on Thursday, with a busload of fleeing civilians among those killed, as President Bashar al-Assad’s foes branded as ‘toothless’ a UN Security Council call for peace. The army attacked a string of towns, while rebel fighters struck military posts in several provinces . A bus, with women and children, [...]
DAMASCUS: Russia has added its voice to growing calls for a humanitarian truce in Syria, a move hailed by the US after deadly clashes rocked a district of the capital near the heart of the embattled regime. France meanwhile pressed the UN Security Council to adopt a statement backing international envoy Kofi Annan’s mission to [...]
DAMASCUS: Syrian forces on Monday bombarded the city of Rastan for a second day running, monitors said, as ex-UN chief Kofi Annan and other world envoys prepared a diplomatic drive to end the year-long bloodshed. UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos meanwhile said Damascus had finally approved a visit, to take place from Wednesday to Friday, [...]
DAMASCUS: China on Sunday called for an end to violence in Syria as the regime of Bashar al-Assad sparked international outrage by blocking aid from reaching the battered Baba Amr flashpoint in Homs city. As more bloodshed was reported across Syria, Britain and Turkey joined the outcry, accusing the regime of committing a crime by [...]
PARIS: Syrian forces seemed to be directly targeting journalists in Homs, wounded French reporter Edith Bouvier and photographer William Daniels said on Saturday, after escaping the besieged city. “There were at least five successive explosions, very near. We really had the impression that we were directly targeted,” the pair were quoted as saying after their [...]
DAMASCUS: Syrian ground troops launched a ground assault on a rebel-held district of Homs after shelling it for 26 days, said activists, as pressure grew for humanitarian access to besieged protest cities. Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, the new international mediator for Syria, said he hoped to be in Damascus “fairly soon” with a [...]
GENEVA: Syria boycotted a UN debate on the human rights situation in the violence-wracked country on Tuesday, while its ally Russia urged Damascus to cooperate with efforts to allow in humanitarian aid. Syria has seen 11 months of demonstrations against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and a military crackdown against a growing protest that [...]
DAMASCUS: Syria said almost 90 per cent of voters approved a new constitution in a referendum which Washington condemned as “absolutely cynical” as more than 100 people were reportedly killed on Monday. World powers, meanwhile, piled the pressure on the regime to end its deadly crackdown on dissent. The charter brought in by President Bashar [...]
DAMASCUS: Syrians are to vote on Sunday on a new constitution that could end five decades of single-party rule, although the opposition has called a boycott amid a bloody crackdown on dissent. The newly proposed constitution was drafted as part of reforms promised by President Bashar al-Assad’s government in a bid to calm an 11-month [...]
Stephen Starr DAMASCUS: The Syrian regime claims armed gangs are responsible for the current unrest rocking the country. Protesters say security and military forces have killed thousands calling for freedom and regime change. The international community looks on. On the ground, meanwhile, deep divisions are emerging over who is right and wrong, and where Syria [...]
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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