This is funny; like a group of boys playing together. First make chemical weapons, then find out a body which works to stop their use, and then give it the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2009, this prize went to Barack Obama, apparently for his efforts to
Even before cyclone Phailin hits Odisha in less than three hours, it has claimed three lives. Two women and one man died as tree branches fell on them due to gusty winds blowing at a speed of 150-200kmph. About 18 fishermen are trapp
In less than six hours super cyclone Phailin will hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh with a windspeed of 250kmph affecting more than 1.2 crore people. The state adminsitration has started evacuating people living in Phalin`s area of impact to n
Disclaimer: I am agnostic, which takes away the pain of (presumably) not realising certain feelings. It also helps/does not help (strike out whichever is not applicable) that I know zilch about physics. And taking both into consideration, I am fai
Amid high drama, Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu was on Friday forcibly evicted from Andhra Pradesh Bhawan by police and taken to a hospital on the fifth day of his indefinite fast against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. A heav
Cyclone Phailin is gradually taking the shape of a super cyclone and is all set to hit the Gopalpur coast in Odisha at a wind speed of about 220 kmph by Saturday evening. Also read:
India’s real estate sector is neck deep in crisis with delays in completion of projects, demand having slowed down and interest rates remaining high. In order to add depth to the country’s real estate market, the securities and exchang
You know your age has passed the half¬way house and it is all downhill from now on when: People tell you to take it easy, slow down, you are not getting any younger, lean back a bit - and you hate them for saying it. Everyone has advic
In an earlier article in this magazine (‘Trouble with reforms’ January 1-15), I had argued that the policymakers in UPA-II had rapidly tumbled from policy paralys
Even as the cabinet gave its nod this week to the revised national identification authority of India (NIAI) Bill, UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani defended the absence of legislative backing to the authority so far. Referring to the pension fund reg
It is going to be a bleak Dussehra for the people of Odisha, as they curse chief minister Naveen Patnaik as well as “Phailin”. The state government has cancelled the Durga Puja holidays of its employees in all the 30 districts.
In a consolation to the people of Seemandhra, reeling under an indefinite power strike, the electricity employees today decided to suspend their agitation for an unspecified period. The decision from the JAC of electricity employees came after thr
Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar will finally draw an end to an illustrious career after his 200th Test match against the West Indies. According to a media release issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Tendulkar has conta
In a move intended to take mobile banking to every nook and corner of the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a technical committee which would suggest the right technology for mobile fund transfer. The committe
It hasn’t been a good year – rather, two years – for West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra. It was only in August 30 last year that he was assigned by Mamata Banerjee to head a group of ministers tasked with putting Haldia Petr
Fourteen years after the first super cyclone hit Odisha in 1999 claiming 22,000 lives and destroying property worth crores, the state waits with bated breath, another one to strike the state on October 12. While there have been many false
This is the story of a government department that has seen a 360-degree turn in just over a year. Known as a poor and lackadaisical performer for years, Bihar’s building construction department is on a building spree these days. Whil
Dogged by land acquisition and environmental issues, POSCO, the largest FDI steel project in the country at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha which was hanging under fire is all set to renew its MOU with the Odisha State Government in November this year. Th
Despite reports from New Delhi that senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said that electricity for emergency services has been restored in Seemandhra region and union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde saying that power could be delivered to An
The net-savvy voter will have a lot of say in the outcome of the next year’s general elections. As many as 37 percent of urban Indian voters are regular internet users, according to a Google India study released on Tuesday. Th
