Muslim quota proposal triggers political storm
byLucknow: The promise by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to move a resolution in the Uttar Pradesh assembly during the budget session in February 2013…
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Pakistan issues orders to reopen YouTube
byIslamabad: Pakistan today decided to reopen video-sharing website YouTube, which was blocked in September following the release of a movie termed blasphemous to Islam, an…
In a democracy, government needs to connect with people
byPragmatic politicians in a democracy would always want to reach out and touch people as and when they get a chance because the real…
Why was the girl moved, ask shaken citizens
byNew Delhi: Why was the gang-rape victim shifted to Singapore when her health was so precarious? Was the government trying to deflect the protests? And…
Vivek Oberoi, I salute you: Naomi Watts
byMumbai: Hollywood actress Naomi Watts is “touched” by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi’s work for the rehabilitation of the tsunami-hit families in Tamil Nadu. She has…
Nearly nine million Russian are drug addicts
byMoscow: Almost nine million Russians regularly take illicit drugs, according to the country’s Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov . “About 8.8 million Russians…
Britain targets magazines that tout miracle diets
byLondon: British magazines should avoid promoting “fad diets and fitness myths” that do not actually help people lose weight after the holidays and may even…
Ratan Tata: Responsible leadership, conscious capitalism
byMuch is written and known about the business success of the Tata Group, the global acquisitions and Ratan Tata’s role in them. Here’s a…
Leading still-life photographer essaying Indian migration
byNew Delhi: The hybrid life of migrant Indians, their longing to connect to their homeland and their histories have been translating themselves into narrative photo-essays…
Delhi schoolgirls to get self-defence training
byNew Delhi: Anger and outrage in the city against the gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman has caused the civic agency-run primary schools here to announce…