Ayushman Jamwal

Kindred mind |

In their book Flight of the Buffalo, corporate gurus James Belasco and Ralph Stayer beautifully state the politics of change when they say, "change is ...
12:59 AM, May 07, 2013

Rihanna naked in bathtub for new video
by IANS
Rihanna has stripped off for a video of her single 'Stay'. She is seen soaking in a bathtub. ...  
11:36 AM, Feb 13, 2013

MP tribals ready to cover any distance to remove landless tag Khatipura: Madhya Pradesh's unemployed tribals have been demanding land from the government for basic sustenance. CNN-IBN travelled to the Khatipura village for a ground report. Mansoor Ali, a Bheel tribal, lives in a hut on the outskirts of Khatipura, a village under the Budhni assembly segment which is represented by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. For over three decades, Mansoor Ali along with 80 other families survived on...  
09:47 AM, Oct 18, 2012

MP: Evicting protestors in Harda an unfair treatment?

The government, which conceded to demands of protestors in the first case of jal stayagraha at Khandwa, acted tough in Harda. ...
10:00 PM, Sep 12, 2012

BA offers free stay in London on every return ticket
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New Delhi: Aiming to corner a major chunk of India-UK traffic, British Airways on Wednesday announced an attractive limited-period offer of two-night free stay in London on every return ticket. The return ticket on any class has to be bought from Wednesday (September 05) till September 30 and the travel has to be carried out till January 31, 2013, a British Airways statement said. The offer includes stay in London...  
06:51 PM, Sep 05, 2012

Cultural divide leaves Mangalore boiling Mangalore: From an outsiders point of view, Mangalore with its booming economy looks like any other cosmopolitan city in the making. However, behind this facade is a deep divide within the society which is leading to frequent frictions that some call attack on individuals freedom; while others describe it as an attempt to protect Hindu culture. Not everyone here condemns the July 28 raid on Morning Mist homestay, although they...  
11:44 AM, Aug 14, 2012

Shormishtha Panja

Delhi Musings |

Mangalore has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. On July 28, a band of around fifty hooligans belonging to the Hindu ...
11:42 AM, Aug 07, 2012

Mangalore moral policing: Colleges shut in protest Mangalore: Colleges in the city on Monday remained closed in response to a bandh call given by students to protest against the attack on girls and boys at a homestay in Mangalore on July 28, allegedly by activists of a Hindu outfit. Students of St Aloysius college staged a demonstration in front of their institution, demanding action against the culprits responsible for the attack. Police said no untoward incident was...  
03:33 PM, Jul 30, 2012

Mangalore: Girls thrashed for partying, 4 arrested Mangalore: About a dozen girls and boys bore the brunt of moral policing when a pro-Hindu organisation on Saturday allegedly raided a local private home-stay and attacked them, triggering off protests from public and opposition parties alike. According to police, a 50-member group, suspected to be members of 'Hindu Jagaran Vedike', raided the home-stay at Padieelu alleging that a rave party was being held there and assaulted girls and boys...  
11:14 PM, Jul 28, 2012

Clemency politics prevails, execution of Rajoana stayed

The Centre on Wednesday stayed hanging of Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant singh Rajoana. ...
08:45 PM, Mar 28, 2012

Budget 2012: Pay more for the comforts of life New Delhi: Budget 2012 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, March 16, makes eating out and phone bills and other comforts of life costlier, pinching the common man. Increase in service tax will increase one's mobile bills by 2 per cent every month. Two and four wheelers will get more expensive and so will refrigerators, air conditioners (ACs), washing machines, watches, cosmetics and tobacco products. The FMCG industry...  
08:58 AM, Mar 17, 2012

A peek into loss and darkness with Dan Chaon Tokyo: In the world of Dan Chaon's stories, nothing is quite what it should be -- or perhaps it's the way it always was, and nobody saw it clearly before. A widower finds cryptic messages on dollar bills blowing along the street. A man and his wife try to cope with having a baby that is born with two heads. Sleety nights invite images of skeletons flying through the air....  
02:18 PM, Feb 10, 2012

Simple tales at the movies this week from B'wood
by IANS
New Delhi: Moviemaking is about telling interesting tales and this Friday not-so-big Bollywood directors are offering four simple but seemingly exciting tales in the form of black comedy 'Staying Alive', Hinglish comic thriller 'Love You To Death', laugh riot 'Gali Gali Chor Hai' and thriller 'Married 2 America'. Last year real life stories became box office's favourite recipe and now Anant Mahadevan brings another such tale on the big screen...  
04:35 PM, Jan 30, 2012

DVD recommendation: 'The kid stays in the picture' The Kid Stays in the Picture is a captivating documentary that places a revealing camera into the life of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans, and has him narrate his acclaimed biography in a gravelly-low, matter-of-fact tone. It's a tale of enterprise, relationships, scandals and tragedy, yet what this film beautifully paints out for you is a real portrait of Hollywood, with all the glamour of its success and all the...  
11:02 PM, Jul 22, 2011

Ramdev's protest venue wears a deserted look New Delhi: Twenty-four hours ago, the Ramlila Grounds was brimming with activity, sea of humanity descended there to join Baba Ramdev's protest, but a late night police action gave a deserted look. The Ramlila Grounds, which has witnessed a series of historic protests, was filled with tear gas soon around 1.30 am after police swarmed the protest site and Ramdev was whisked away by the police. The premises, where the...  
09:18 AM, Jun 05, 2011

Ramdev's supporters hold fast across Tamil Nadu Chennai: Hundreds of supporters of Baba Ramdev on Saturday staged a one-day fast at various places across Tamil Nadu, expressing solidarity with the yoga guru who began his indefinite hunger strike in Delhi over the black money issue. In the city, scores of persons belonging to Ramdev's Patanjali Trust and some pro-Hindu outfits like Hindu Makkal Katchi held the protest near the women's arts college off arterial Anna Road. Similar...  
04:23 PM, Jun 04, 2011

SC stays probe against Justice Dinakaran New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the pre-impeachment probe by a Rajya Sabha-appointed panel into allegations of judicial misconduct and corruption against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran. The apex court passed the order on a plea by Justice Dinakaran, expressing apprehension of biased probe against him by the three-member panel, comprising Justice Aftab Alam of the apex court, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice J S...  
12:29 PM, Apr 29, 2011

Ramdev to start 'Satyagraha against Corruption' New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will launch the next phase of nationwide people's movement 'Satyagraha against Corruption' in the capital on June 4 after completing his 'Bharat Swabhiman Yatra'. The yoga guru's spokesperson SK Tijarawala said Baba Ramdev will announce the launch of the mass movement 'Satyagraha against Corruption' next week. "The satyagraha will start from June four," he said in a statement. Ramdev will also write a letter...  
06:44 PM, Apr 20, 2011

Dubai to organise first ever Yogafest Dubai: The first ever 'Yogafest' in the UAE, offering day-long free yoga and meditation classes for working professionals, will begin here tomorrow, a newspaper report has said. The yoga classes for novice and experienced practitioners will be held in succession at Dubai Internet City's outdoor amphitheatre and the organisers hope it will draw some of the thousands of people who work in surrounding office buildings out into the fresh air,...  
10:53 AM, Dec 21, 2010