In the event Seattle native Amanda Knox, and her Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollicito, are ultimately acquitted of murder in connection with the 2007 brutal slaying of Amanda’s British housemate, Meredith Kercher, it cannot be said that their exoneration resulted from a technicality, as has been suggested in some quarters. The court-appointed experts in the appeals […]
Sacrificed my performance for the safety of the bank & the successor: M Y Khan
Srinagar, September 4 (Scoop News) – Former chairman and chief executive of Jammu & Kashmir Bank M Y Khan today said that J&K Bank was established in 1938 and started its operations in 1939, it assumed significance when I took charge as chairman and chief executive of the bank in 1996. Addressing a […]
Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling
Norma Fiorentino’s drinking water well was a time bomb. For weeks, workers in her small northeastern Pennsylvania town had been plumbing natural gas deposits from a drilling rig a few hundred yards away. They cracked the earth and pumped in fluids to force the gas out. Somehow, stray gas worked into tiny crevasses in the […]
Indira Gandhi: The Greatest Indian Leader Post Independence
The heading may raise many eyebrows from those,who do not read history and politics or who follow national events only superficially. I was once a critic of her working style. But her sudden death to petty bullets of her own sentries on 30th October1984 filled me with great sorrow and grief, which took months to […]
Ask an Urban Farmer: Sustainable Fruit and Vegetable Gardening on the Balcony
Hi there, You mentioned in this entry http://www.flickr.com/photos/sillydog/63252751/ that you would be glad to answer questions about growing more plants and veggies in cities. I have a balcony that is basically storage for my bike at the moment. It’s pretty windswept, and doesn’t get much if any direct sun. I’m not allowed to put […]