Consumer faced getting their salary from Banks. CHITRAL: Due to bank holidays on 31st December and gazette holiday on Sunday the banks remained closed two days on first day of New Year 2011. As a result a large number of people who are getting their monthly salary, remuneration and pension faced great problems. There […]
Plight of Temple Elephants in South India
Thirukadaiyur, a sleepy place, some 350 km from Chennai on way to Trinquebar, the seat of Danish East India Company in the Nagapatinam district has its own significant place in the history of Tamil Nadu. An ancient temple dedicated to goddess Abirami, the consort of Lord Shiva, is the hallmark of Thirukadaiyur that remains abuzz […]
The upside of fracking and water contamination
It’s become a cliché that water is the new oil. Experts predict that clean, fresh water will, by the end of the century, be as precious and hard to find as black gold is now. Business magazines and websites are already instructing investors on how to profit from the coming market in water. (See […]
Investigative journalists should have good informers
I had no other clue except that the guy has a automotive shop just beside a police station in Pune.But,there are so many police stations divided by different zones.It was a herculean task for me.How I find him,I wondered. Shamir (name changed ), shifted his base from a hilly town in North Eastern region of […]
Bhopal Verdict: Justice Delayed, Denied And Buried
By Dipin Damodharan On December 3, 1984 world’s largest industrial catastrophe occurred in Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The disaster happened due to the leak of methyl iso cyanate gas from the Union Carbide India Limited company (UCIL). On that night over twenty thousand people were killed in their sleep, over five lakh […]
Scores survive Turkish airliner crash in Amsterdam
HAARLEMMERLIEDE, Netherlands (AP) — A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near Amsterdam’s main airport, but nearly everyone on board — 125 people — survived. The nine dead included both pilots. The Boeing 737-800 was en route from Istanbul to Amsterdam carrying 134 people when it […]
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