Assam Government bows down to Public Outrages
By Nava Thakuria, Journalist / News reporter
Finally Assam government has bowed down to the growing public outrages. Following intense public pressure, the province government of Northeast India, has favoured for a CBI probe into the cases of rhino poaching at different preserves in the state. The state chief minister Tarun Gogoi on May 2 declared that following demands from various socio-environment organizations, the government has decided to go for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the killing of over 30 rhinos in Assam since January 2007.
The civil societies and the advocacy groups of the region had rigorously raised voices against the slaughtering of endanger...
A just war or a war that is just a war?
By Bhaskar Dasgupta
The Islamist terror and subsequent Iraq War have let loose a huge debate around what is “Just War”? The Islamists claim that Just War is Jihad and it is perfectly legitimate to fight against oppression by unbelievers. The Iraq Just War claims are based (and debated) upon legal arguments arising from UN and parliamentary resolutions.
The Hitchens Hypothesis
By Lancelot Kirby
The invasion of Iraq---Christopher Hitchens failed hypothesis.
A Mother of a Holiday
By Chuck Scott
I’m not big on planning. In fact, some might say that the entire trajectory of my life has been the result of carefully choreographed lack of planning. I want to plan, I need to plan, but when push comes to shove, everything always seems to boil down to whatever I can throw together on the spur of the moment. This is not a good way to live, but it seems to be the only way I can actually accomplish anything and still maintain some degree of sanity.
How to stuff up a Mighty River
By Reece Pocock
Inept decision-making, greedy self-interest, head in the sand politicians, drought, have ruined one of the great rivers of the world. Only time will tell if it is too late. The 10 billion dollars is to buy back water leases that never should have been granted in the first place.
Mind the Gap, the generation gap that is…
By Bhaskar Dasgupta
Which generation follows the greatest generation?
Recycling ships
By Bhaskar Dasgupta
Ships are living creatures. Ask any sailor and he will agree and he will further say that ships are feminine. That combination of steel, paint, oil, blood, sweat, tears, sand, sea, wind and waves can be nothing but feminine. But unlike ladies, when ships reach the end of their lives, they are treated rather brutally.
Pak must also respond positively to J&K-specific CBMs: Mehbooba
By Haamid Ansari
Srinagar, April 28 – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Ms Mehbooba Mufti has expressed the hope that substantive action would follow the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's latest assertion of opening cross-LoC road links in Jammu & Kashmir for free movement of people and goods. "PDP is optimistic that the leadership of the two countries would make this long-cherished dream of the people of Jammu & Kashmir a reality," she said.
Healthy Weight Loss Without Caffeine
By Gregory Schnese
Caffeine can creep into our diets in other ways too. Caffeine is a popular additive in weight loss pills. With all this caffeine around us, do we really know how it affects our bodies?
The Post Action Wisdom
By Israel Jayakaran
The other evening Victor charged into his house blowing fire and smoke while his wife stood wondering what could have happened. Meantime, Victor was throwing curses at himself, “How stupid of me … How stupid…”
| Ogling man's chest is legal, but not woman's boobs, rule judges
Malaysian man's three wives happy to see him get fourth!
Water, possible life, might be located deeper on Mars than previously believed
Dungeon dad's threats to gas cellar family were 'a bluff': Police
ADVERTISEMENTSummertime is here, along with all the usual summertime activities. Go to the beach, go to the movies, read trashy novels. Or you could try something different, like gambling for real money. It’s fun, it’s exciting, and it could even be profitable. Why not give it a spin?
MIC wants more scholarships for Indian students
Western experts looking for signs of damage in Chinese N-sites in earthquake
India, Pak should clinch all issues in Islamabad on May 20: Sharif
Sea bridge in Mumbai to reduce time travel from one hour to seven minutes
Prayer meet for victims of Jaipur blasts, Myanmar cyclone, Chinese quake
Scientists detect key molecule in atmosphere of Venus
Three women Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Pak Presidency set to restore judges minus Iftikhar Chaudhry
US encourages discussion to resolve J-K issue
Dungeon dad smuggled daughter to hospital while wife was on holiday
Discovery of weird stellar pair leaves astronomers puzzled
| |
