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| February 27, 2009 | |
How Mr & Mrs Bush are handling retirement Tannen Maury/Pool/Reuters
From the world's most visible address, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, to a sleepy Dallas neighbourhood, life has changed drastically for former US President Geoge W Bush and his wife, Laura, since leaving the White House in January.The former first lady said as much in a recent interview with ABC, indicating that she and her husband had begun to settle into a normal, routine life at their new home in Preston Hollow, after spending a month at their ranch in Crawford, Texas.
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| February 25, 2008 | |
26/11: Chargesheet filed Reuters and Arun Patil
The chargesheet in the Mumbai terror attack case was filed on Friday.
Siddharth Shanghvi on sex and his city Sanjay Sawant
His book is a love letter to Mumbai, a name the author refuses to use.
Paramilitary soldiers revolt, Bangladesh tense Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters
HA rebellion apparently broke out in paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana area in Dhaka.
Turkish plane crashes, 9 killed
Paul Vreeker/Reuters
Emergency workers carry wounded passengers atop a baggage vehicle after a Turkish Airlines passenger plane with 135 people aboard crashed while trying to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday.At least nine people died and more than 50 others injured.
The home guard's final act of duty A Ganesh Nadar
Constable Mukesh Jhadav earned Rs 90 a day and gave up his life to save others.
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| February 22, 2009 | |
We are like Jews, says LTTE's suicide bomber Photograph courtesy: www.tamilnet.com
In two letters purportedly written in Tamil by a suicide bomber Colonel Rooben, one of the Black Air Tigers, who the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam claims that flew the LTTE aircraft that hit the headquarter of Sri Lankan Air Force and its base near Colombo on Friday, has urged the Tamils of Tamil Nadu and of the Vanni area of Sri Lanka to join the outfit's military battle against the Lankan government.
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| February 20, 2009 | |
HC clash rocks Tamil Nadu assembly, Opposition evicted Babu/Reuters
The entire Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly was on Friday evicted en masse, following uproar over the lawyer-police clash in the Madras High Court.
Afghan troop surge: Good, but not enough Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters
'The surge is unlikely to change the security scenario in Afghanistan.
LTTE strikes back, attacks Colombo
Nir Elias/Reuters
In a daring attack, two LTTE aircrafts tonight carried out strikes in the heart of Colombo dropping bombs near the Army Headquarters ground and on a government building in the high security zone. At least 28 people have been injured, news reports indicate.
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| February 18, 2009 | |
Taking a leaf out of Rajiv's book Faisal Mahmood/Reuters
Eminent personalities discuss Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's book Time of Transition: Has the 21st Century overtaken Rajiv Gandhi at the book-release function in New Delhi.
I can contest as I did no wrong, says Sanjay Dutt
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, who has been declared by the Samajwadi Party as its nominee from the prestigious Lucknow Lok Sabha seat for the coming general elections, is hopeful of getting the Supreme Court nod to enter the poll fray.
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| February 16, 2009 | |
US special envoy meets Pranab, NSA, Foreign Secretaryu B Mathur/Reuters
The Taliban forces operating out of Pakistan's Swat region pose a common threat to India and the United States, besides the host country, America's special envoy Richard Holbrooke suggested in New Delhi on Monday. The envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, who met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, said he had sought the Indian leadership's assessment of the situation.
McEwan helped Rushdie defy death fatwa
Paresh Gandhi and Reuters
Booker-prize winning British author Ian McEwan, a close friend of Salman Rushdie, had offered the latter a place to hide when a death decree was issued against the controversial Indian-origin author by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini.A detailed profile of the Atonement author in the New Yorker reveals that for a few days following the death sentence issued by Khomeini in February 1989, Rushdie had taken refuge at McEwan's cottage in Cotswolds, in central England.
Martin Luther King III calls on President Courtesy: Rashtrapathi Bhawan
Martin Luther King III, who is in India to trace his father Martin Luther King Junior's 'India Pilgrimage' 50 years ago, called on President Pratibha Patil on Monday.
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| February 11, 2009 | |
India tries to lose weight Arko Datta/Reuters
Nearly half the population in urban India seems to be bogged down by weight issues triggered by poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyles.
India's Light Combat Aircraft tests its teeth Jagadeesh NV JSG/CP/Reuters
Officially named Tejas, the aircraft has undergone over 1,000 hours of test flights.
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| February 09, 2009 | |
Australia battles 'hell fury' Mick Tsikas/Reuters
Over 100 people were killed in one of the worst bushfires in Australia.
How IT revolutionised politics
Rajesh Karkera
'When one vote is cast, the machine takes 12 seconds to reactivate. So the "productivity" of fraudsters goes down.'
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| February 04, 2009 | |
'No change in US policy on Kashmir' Reuters
'There is a lot Pakistan and India could do if they work against terrorism together.'
Fun & winter games in Kashmir Umar Ganie
Tourists flock Gulmarg, one of the most exotic ski resorts in the Himalayas, for the snow carnival.
Protestors desecrate Indian tricolour in Canada Umar Ganie
During a function organised by the Indian Consulate in Canada recently, members of the United Front against Human Rights Violations protested against the 'rights violations of the Sikh community' by desecrating the Indian tricolour, while the local police chose to remain mute spectators to the incident.Indian Consul-General Preeti Saran has lodged an official 'demarche' to the Canadian government about inaction on the part of the Peel police.
Kasab as he is today! Photograph courtesy: Zee News
Rediff.com has in its possession this photograph of Kasab in custody.
He lives by the give-nothing-take-nothing principle
For him, there is only one way of doing things: The right way.
Navin Chawla: An authority by himself
Sondeep Shankar/Saab Press
If Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami lives by the rulebook, so does his colleague Navin Chawla. Only that the book is written by him and the rules are his own.
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| February 03, 2009 | |
'Cutting aid will curtail Pakistan army's independence' Arun Patil and Reuters
'Pakistan's efforts should result in prosecution and disbanding of terror groups,' says US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher.
'The patient has become invisible' Joanne Chan
'There is no need for most tests doctors order.'
Iran joins the space club with 'Omid'
Reuters/Fars News
The launch of the satellite named 'Omid' was announced by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said it had been put in the orbit. It was launched with the help of Safir-2 rockets.
China angry with Britain over shoe-throwing incident Darren Staples/Reuters
The Chinese government on Tuesday conveyed its 'anger and concern' to Britain over a protester throwing a shoe at Premier Wen Jiabao, but said bilateral ties would not be harmed. The Chinese side has expressed its 'strong dissatisfaction' over the incident, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement. The Chinese said that the British government has expressed deep regret and informed that the police had arrested the 27-year old man, who hurled a shoe.
'King of kings' Qaddafi named African Union head Antony Njuguna/Reuters
Notwithstanding accusations of being a terror sponsor, the Libyan President helped set up the African Union and has been vouching for a single African military force, a single currency and a single passport for Africans to move within the continent.
The vegetable seller who became a millionaire A Ganesh Nadar
He started with earning Rs 15 a month. T Jaishankar is now a millionaire.
Clinton publicly sworn in as US Secretary of State Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Hillary Clinton was publicly sworn in as United States Secretary of State by Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony held at Foggy Bottom. Hillary's husband and former US President Bill Clinton and her daughter Chelsea were also present at the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony on Monday, which included several former Secretaries of States and Congressional leaders. She is the 67th Secretary of State. Hillary replaces Condoleezza Rice of the previous Bush administration.
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| February 02, 2009 | |
'No party wants to displease the Hindus' Reuters
Archbishop R Cheenath predicts that Christians who fled Kandhamal are unlikely to return home.
History occurred in front of our eyes
Ram Kelkar
'How could any Indian-American heart not have skipped a beat to hear President Barack Obama speak of a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers, shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth?'
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