India jails two Britons for abuse at boys'…
NICHOLAS CHRISTIAN TWO Britons were yesterday jailed for six years each after being convicted of sexually abusing boys at a shelter for street children in India. Charity worker Duncan Grant, 61, and retired naval officer…
Athidhi Devo Bhava: Son of IPS officer accused…
German woman rape accused sent to judicial custody [ Wednesday, March 22, 2006 08:03:16 pmIANS ] JAIPUR: A senior bureaucrat's son, accused of raping a German tourist in Rajasthan, was on Wednesday sent to 15…
Syriana : Reviewed by Deepa Kandaswamy
Reviewed by Deepa Kandaswamy*, Mar. 22, 2006 Starring: George Clooney, Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper, Alexander Siddig, Mazhar Munir, Jeffrey Wright, and Matt Damon Director: Stephen Gaghan As mist clears in the first scene, the visual…
The power of the yogi
Statesman News Service, PATNA, March 21. — When a treasury bench member recently made a rude gesture at Mrs Rabri Devi, leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, she promptly got even by showing…
Parai : The rhythm of Dalit liberation
Radhika Giri in Madurai, SNS, March 21. — These days, when A Arumugam boards a Madurai-bound bus, he no longer feels it necessary to hide his Parai. With a new-found confidence, he flaunts his…
Strengthen intelligence and watch Sangh Parivar anarchists :…
HERALD NEWS DESK, PANJIM, MARCH 21 — Vichar Vibhag of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has warned the law-enforcing agencies in particular and Goans in general that any incident of communal violence such as the one…
National commission for scavengers demanded
DH News Service Gulbarga: The members of the All-India Safai Mazdoor Congress local unit on Monday urged Supreme Court former judge and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member Shivraj Patil to prevail upon the Union…
Human Rights Issues are founded on Gandhian Principles…
The word 'satyagraha' not coined by Gandhi, claims a book PTI, Thursday March 23 2006 00:00 IST NEW DELHI: Contrary to popular belief, the word 'satyagraha' that became synonymous with Mahatma Gandhi was "not coined…