AIIMS : Unsure steps
AMAN SETHIWhile the protests made headlines for days together, few seemed familiar with the exact demands of the striking doctors."QUOTAS," reads the poster on the wall at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), "this…
Bahrain workers remain unpaid despite winning case
A group of workers, including Indians, have not been paid wages by a local company in Bahrain despite winning a court case against their employer, according to media reports. The group of 27 workers, which…
One for the record books as Malaysian heads…
8 June 2006 KUALA LUMPUR - The United States has the astronaut, China has the taikonaut, and now Malaysia has the ”angkasawan”, as the country with a mania for record-setting prepares to blast its first…
Govt panel for repeal of Secrets Act
Friday, June 9, 2006 (New Delhi): The Administrative Reforms Commission has recommended scrapping of the archaic Official Secrets Act (OSA) and inclusion of some of its safeguards in the National Security Act. It advocated a…
Al-Qaeda condemns referendum
Friday 09 June 2006, 19:58 Makka Time, 16:58 GMT Al-Zawahiri: Liberating Palestine is every Muslim's duty Aljazeera has aired a video in which al-Qaeda's number two leader urges Palestinians to reject the referendum proposed by their…
Red Earth is organising The Monsoon Film Festival
at Alliance Francaise de Delhi, New Delhi, India from 28 July - 3 August 2006. Read More
Ganguly's mother enlists priest to help son's cause
LUCKNOW, India, June 8, 2006 (Reuters) - A Hindu priest who says he possesses mystical powers has been conducting prayers for the return of sacked former Indian cricket captain Saurav Ganguly and says the player…
Central team holds parleys, another farmer ends life
KOZHIKODE,kerala: One more farmer ended his life in neighbouring Wayanad District, the third to commit suicide due to debts in the last two days, as the Central fact-finding team on a visit there to study…