Russia ready to cast literary spell on India
January 31, 2008
Moscow:The ghosts of Gogol, Pushkin, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky will consort with modern day Russian writers for the next nine days at the 18th World Book Fair in New Delhi, rekindling the literary romance between India and Russia.
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Spreading awareness the only way to check pollution: Sri Sri
January 31, 2008
Bangalore: Environment protection and mitigating the effects of global warming is on top of the agenda of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shanakr who believes that the only way to check climate change is to spread awareness about pollution.
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Forward Bloc goes its own way in Tripura polls
January 31, 2008
Agartala: The ruling Left Front in Tripura Friday suffered a major setback ahead of the Feb 23 assembly elections with the Forward Bloc (FB) announcing the names of 15 candidates to contest against its dominant partner, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
The Forward Bloc, one of the four constituents of the Left Front, declared its decision to contest the crucial polls in alliance with the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML).
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CRPF officer killed over denial of cooking gas?
January 31, 2008
Hyderabad:Denial of cooking gas is believed to have driven a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable to kill a senior official at the paramilitary force’s group centre here.
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Thales lures more Indians to France’s top grad schools
January 31, 2008
New Delhi: French defence and electronics major Thales will give more scholarships to high-performing Indian students as it seeks to attract the “world’s best talent” to France’s top-notch graduate schools.
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PM sends China a message, chants development mantra on border
January 31, 2008
Itanagar:Without making any reference whatsoever to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sent a strong signal to Beijing that Arunachal Pradesh is integral and dear to India by stressing development and announcing projects worth billions of rupees.
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Malaysian Indians will not be left behind: Badawi
January 31, 2008
Kuala Lumpur:Malaysia’s ethnic Indian community will not be left behind in the national agenda and everything will be done to “improve the situation from now on”, says Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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Despite BJP move, women’s reservation still a long way off
January 31, 2008
New Delhi:The Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision to reserve 33 percent seats for women cadre in its organisational structure is unlikely to have a ripple effect on other parties or even help in the passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill in parliament.
The BJP passed a unanimous resolution at its two-day national council meeting here Thursday to give 33 percent reservation to its women cadre. The party has however not taken a decision on reservation for women in its parliamentary board.
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10-year-old award-winning movie hits Indian screens
January 31, 2008
Mumbai:Ten years after it was completed and won accolades at international film festivals, Indian director Rajan Khosa’s debut movie “Dance of The Winds” is finally being released in India Friday.
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A kidney scamster - and how he got four passports
January 31, 2008
New Delhi: Just 10 days before Gurgaon police conducted raids to expose an international kidney transplant racket, it had given the green signal to the passport office to give the alleged kingpin Amit Kumar a duplicate copy of a “lost” passport.
This and many more tales of official malpractice and negligence have come to surface after a quick investigation by the ministry of external affairs (MEA) found that the passport office has issued Amit Kumar, alias Santosh Rameshwar Raut, four passports with three identities.
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