JAIPUR, India (Reuters) – Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of the historic city of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets, killing 61 people and injuring 216. The blasts within minutes of each other brought fears that Pakistani or Bangladeshi Islamist militant groups were trying to undermine a […]
Fixing the Assessment Roll – Revised – May 1, 2008
Fixing the Assessment Roll: Revised The recent Ground Report article on fixing the assessment roll in Dobbs Ferry got a lot of attention and comment. Paul Feiner took up the offer to form a task force to look into the issue and report its finding and recommendations to the Town of Greenburgh. Some of […]
Touring Libyan Blogs: Pride, Patriotism, Nationalism and Chastity
by Fozia Mohamed There obviously is a link between patriotism, nationalism and pride but where do the women figure in this equation? If you are curious, bear with me and let’s dissect the situation that has brought all this out on the Libyan blogs. Anglolibyan lamented that Libyans do not feel proud about their country. […]
Indian baby born with two faces doing well
The parents of an Indian infant girl born with two faces say she is eating and breathing normally despite having two pairs of eyes and lips and two noses. The baby, who is yet to be named, was born to factory worker Vinod Kumar and his wife Sushma three weeks ago in northern India and […]
A Glimpse into War Journalism
A few days ago, I asked a journalist “how would you cover a war on the perspective of global journalism?” First, he surprised than he answered me that he is a crime reporter not a war reporter. I told him just to guess. This time he was a bit specific and answered, “it is difficult […]
Hide and seek game of the French President
India is being kept in dark by the Fench Protocol Office as to whether Ms.Bruni whose official status as of now is that a of a girlfriend, until otherwise known, would accompany Mr.Sarkozy to India for the Republic Day celebrations. A complete list of names expected to accompany the President does not curiously contain the […]