New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking security for women and freedom of religion in the wake of attack on nuns and churches in some parts of the country moved by a lawyer who held it was the apex court’s obligation to protect them. “It is the duty of the […]
Rae Bareli/Lucknow, March 20 At least 32 people were killed when the engine and three coaches of a passenger train derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh after the driver overshot a signal on Friday. Northern Railway spokesman Neeraj Sharma said in New Delhi that nearly 50 people were warded in hospitals. Doctors in Lucknow […]
Mandalay, March 19 The Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), a solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, has landed here on Thursday, completing the fourth leg of its historic flight, according to media reports. The aircraft, piloted by the Swiss project chairman Bertrand Piccard, had taken off from […]
C ommonwealth Minister for Justice Michael Keenan, and Western Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, today announced that disaster assistance has been activated for councils in 16 local government areas following flooding between 28 February and 8 March 2015. Mr Keenan said the assistance was being provided under the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements […]
Islamabad, March 15 Two powerful explosions rocked two churches in Pakistan’s Lahore city on Sunday killing at least 15 people and triggering violence, media said. Jamatul Ahrar, an offshoot of the Tehreek-e-Taliban, claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, news web sites said. At least 78 people were hurt in the explosions at the Catholic Church […]
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 While the rival fronts in the Kerala assembly have claimed ‘victory’ over what happened on Saturday on the floor of the house, the real looser has been democracy. If that was not enough, the Left opposition called a state- wide shut down on Saturday to protest against its legislators […]
Australian Al Jazeera journalist, Peter Greste will address the National Press Club of Australia on Thursday, March 26. It will broadcast LIVE at 12:30pm AEDT on ABC News 24 and 12:30pm on ABC TV (local time). ABC Managing Director, Mark Scott said: “The plight of Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues captured Australians’ attention, […]
Jakarta, March 10 In a unique gesture, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi made by Indonesian artist Bambang Winaryo was unveiled on Tuesday at the House of Culture in West Sumatra province, which is associated with the House of Poetry dedicated to famous Indonesian poet Taufiq Ismail. The statue was inaugurated by the Ambassador of India […]
Title: On Religion; Author: Khushwant Singh (with Humra Quraishi); Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.250 Title: 50 Spiritual Appetizers; Compiled and Edited by: Vinod Dhawan; Publisher: Partridge (A Penguin Random Book Company); Pages: 204; Price: Not given If celebrated journalist-writer Khushwant Singh is to be believed, there is no god; the concept of karma is […]
Washington, March 11 Indian author Salman Rushdie, who won the Booker Prize for his 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children”, will teach and advise journalism students at New York University as Distinguished Writer in Residence. Rushdie will serve on the faculty of the University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute for five years, Suketu Mehta, associate professor of Journalism […]