Dudley; ‘Knight in shining armour’ of Sri Lankan Politics – K K S Perera
40th Death anniversary of Dudley SenanayakeApril 12, 2013, 9:38 am"Dear father, the two of us are under the same roof. As your son I find it difficult to act in this manner. Sometimes I cannot agree...
View ArticleWhy Northern PC election must NOT be held
April 12, 2013, 9:33 amIn the short term, the most important issue before the government is the holding of the Northern Provincial Council election. This should be held within the next four to five...
View ArticleAll survive after jet lands in sea off Bali Indonesia
People on other flights landing at Denpasar airport could see the strange sight of a jet lying, apparently intact, just out to seaBut the plane's fuselage had cracked during the crash The fact that it...
View ArticleChina is no longer an important and reliable window on North Korea as it used...
Kim Jong-Un s Kim Jong-Un of North Korea, who completes one year as First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea on April 11, 2013, uses North Korea’s power of escalatory rhetoric to threaten the...
View ArticleThe private security industry is buzzing with activity and heightened...
soumik KarSo, you believe the police is in charge of law and order in India? Think again. For every cop, there are nearly six private security guards looking out for you as you work in your offices,...
View ArticleTitan’s scorching growth in the jewellery business has hit a speedbreaker,...
Vishal Koul According to one interpretation, Tanishq derives its name from tan (body) and ishq (love). It’s slightly ironical then that the love affair of Titan Industries’ flagship business with the...
View ArticleBreakfast cereal makers are finally succeeding in turning a cold market into...
Tushar Mane The alarm pings seemingly hours before it’s time to wake up. The children have to be shepherded to school, there’s no time for gym and the lists of pending chores will stay pending another...
View ArticleCricket advertising has been a breeze so far, but those splurging on it are...
APcricketCricket fans in our office are called ‘oldies’,” laughs Rajiv Mehta. The managing director of Puma South Asia is a keen sportsman who counts cricket among his many favourite sports but at 34,...
View ArticleDAD AND THE LAD By Kallol Bhattacherjee/Karachi, Islamabad & Lahor
Bloody memories: Bilawal at rally marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of his mother, Benazir Bhutto. AP PhotoThe Bilawal House in Karachi is an impregnable fortress. Scores of security...
View ArticleThe nasty and the northeast By Anupam Dasgupta/ Guwahati, Agartala and Shillon
Manir Khan's 'operational area' was Assam. The sub-inspector with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence had executed two 'assignments' in the state. But he was third time unlucky, as Indian sleuths...
View ArticleCBI finally arrests key accused in Kunda DSP murder, claims case cracked PTI...
DSP Zia-ul-Haq CBI on Saturday arrested a key accused in DSP Zia-ul-Haq murder and claimed to have cracked the case.Babloo Yadav, son of slain village head Nanhe Yadav who allegedly shot Haq...
View ArticleAfter IM threat, police mulling over security post at Ambani's house Antilia...
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani Mumbai Police is mulling over a proposal sent by the office of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani to set up a...
View ArticlePass resolution on Rajiv Gandhi killers' death penalty, urges DMK IANS Chennai
DMK president M. Karunanidhi DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Saturday urged the Tamil Nadu government to pass a cabinet resolution to commute to life terms the death sentences of the three killers of...
View ArticleUPA is vulnerable after DMK's pullout, be prepared for polls: Sharad Pawar IT
Claiming that general elections were round the corner, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Saturday the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre had become...
View ArticleTamil newspaper office set ablaze in Sri Lanka, fifth media attack this year...
No arrests have been made in connection with the previous four attacks. Three armed men set fire to the printing machine of a Tamil-language newspaper that is critical of the Sri Lankan...
View ArticleSon of alleged dacoit defies odds, becomes sub-inspector in UP Police Rajat...
Dacoit Chhaviram was allegedly gunned down by UP police in the ravines of Mainpuri district in 1982. However, his son Ajay Kumar Yadav is a police officer.Ajay joined the Uttar Pradesh police in...
View ArticleDeepak Bhardwaj's murder in Delhi brings back ghost of supari killings...
The first supari killing was ordered by gangster Haji Mastan in 1969.The murder of BSP leader and businessman Deepak Bhardwaj in the national Capital has put the focus back on contract killings. But...
View ArticleTata Group would never favour a hostile takeover: Ratan Tata BT
Former Tata group chief Ratan TataTata Group would never favour a hostile takeover, its former chief Ratan Tata has said."Yes, I've said that and what I mean is that if a company doesn't want us, we're...
View ArticleBusiness is down, but hotel chains are working out new ways to keep growing. BT
We plan to open 20 more hotels, and three out of every four hotels belong to the mid-market or budget segment: Ajay Bakaya Photo:Aditya KapoorA soothing whiff of lemon greets visitors at the new...
View ArticleTN government requested to protect heritage site of Eezham Tamils in...
The Gnaanappirakaasar ku'lam and the line of some of the Jaffna mutts on one side of its bank at Chithamparam [Photo: Seelan, UK][TamilNet, Sunday, 14 April 2013, 00:05 GMT]Eezham Tamil circles in the...
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