Relieved at the trouble-free Olympic torch relay in New Delhi, China on Friday appreciated the "great efforts" by the Indian government for its smooth run. "China expresses its thanks for the warm support and participation of the Indian people and the great efforts by the Indian side," the Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s office said, a day […]
Jeweller robbed of 40-lakh gold
Three unidentified persons waylaid S.M. Khadeer, owner of SMR Jewellers, in a bylane on way to his house in Rayachoti town,A.P.India on Friday night and relieved him of a bag containing gold jewellery worth Rs. 40 lakh. Khadeer closed his showroom and was going home on a motorcycle when the culprits aged between 25 and […]
Once Upon a Time, Liberals Knew What They Stood For
Time was, we knew what “Liberals” really stood for. So did they. Time was, “Liberals” were much closer to what nowadays the prancing, preening politicians calling themselves “Liberals”—that means Democrats—call the wascally, wicked Wepublicans with thayw Vast Wight-Wing Conspiwacy. Huhhuhuhuhuhuhu! But the Liberals we have in the United States today are not the Liberals who […]
Kashmir Chief Minister meets Pakistani Hindu pilgrims
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has asserted that warm bilateral relations between India and Pakistan were in the interests of the two countries as well as of the world at large, saying that the desire for peaceful and cordial ties, seen for decades at the people’s level on either side, was […]
The Issue of Price Rise in India: From a Common Man’s Perspective
Recently, while reading an article about the elections in Zimbabwe, I learnt that the people under the Robert Mugabe Government were experiencing an inflation rate of 100,000 % and also saw the picture of a retail vegetable seller, carrying basketful of bundles of currency notes in a can basket on his head after selling […]
Free The Olympics
Currently supporters of Tibetan autonomy or full independence seek to make use of the Beijing 2008 Olympics to attract attention to their cause and to press their case. Nor are they alone in doing so, just as various groups have done likewise in the past. We should expect this to continue as the Olympics are […]
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