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What’s Hindu about these %&*#?
`We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a moralistic Talibanisque goonda Republic, and to thrash all citizens who dare to party and have fun ….’ This is the 2012 version of the Preamble to the Constitution of India that is being rewritten on the streets... -
Mohanlal at the Olympics
Superstar of Malayalam cinema Mohanlal is in London for the Olympics and his Facebook page carries photographs from London and also recommends you to watch the special video for the Olympics. -
The caterers are watching !
This is a story that provides food for thought, quite literally. A marriage in Tanuku town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh was stopped after one of the members of the catering team recognised the bridegroom as someone whose marriage he had attended, just last month. The groom who... -
Will TV channel, newspaper revive Congress in AP?
After suffering a humiliating defeat in the byelections in June where the Congress won just 2 of the 18 assembly seats that went to polls, the nine-member high-powered committee headed by Roads and Buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao (in pic) has recommended launching of a newspaper and a TV channel... -
`Nero’ Pawar fiddles as India prays for rain
India is staring at a 22 per cent rainfall deficit with states like Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, the worst affected. The storage in major reservoirs in 61 per cent of last year’s levels. Sowing has been lost in 80 lakh hectares. The immediate impact is likely to be on... -
Jagan to withdraw bail plea in SC
Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will withdraw the bail plea he had submitted in the Supreme court. Sources in the YSR Congress say the petition will be submitted with additional evidence while others say in the light of Enforcement Directorate continuing its separate investigation into Jagan’s disproportionate assets case, it does... -
Karnataka to pray to Rain God
At the entrance to Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore is inscribed : `Government’s work is God’s work’. New chief minister Jagadish Shettar seems to have taken it literally by ordering all 34000 temples in Karnataka to conduct special poojas to pray for rain. The state is reeling under drought with over... -
Jwala scores over Saina
Saina Nehwal is obviously one of the strongest medal contenders for India in badminton at the London Olympics. But netizens in India are searching more for fellow shuttler Jwala Gutta. The doubles player seems to be driving the majority of internet traffic on Google searches. Using Google Insights for search in... -
You are pushing students out of school
The story in `The Hindu‘ today from a Bangalore school where four students, admitted under the Right to Education (RTE) quota, were discriminated against by cutting their hair, was waiting to happen. In this case, the school, which has been opposed to the RTE’s 25 per cent quota for economically... -
`Auction Mahabubnagar Collector office’
Mahabubnagar collectorate to be auctioned? Yes, that is precisely what a civil court has ordered for non-payment of amount towards land acquisition by the government. The judge ordered the auction by August 22. `The New Indian Express’ reports that the case pertained to Sattaru Balaiah whose land was acquired by...