Common Wealth Or White Elephant?
Why are we spending more crores on buildings that are destined to be dinosaurs from the day they are conceived? Is this the best way to use public money? Or is this the best way to line builders pockets? A spanking new stadium at the IG complex.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 09.08.10
Increased warming leads to greater evaporation, and, therefore, more rain-laden clouds get concentrated in a small mountain area and offload water in huge bursts... THE INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. A YEAR LATER. A little more than a year ago, when Operation Lalgarh began, the end was unambiguously defined, but the means were not even in sight. That end was the return of the writ of the state to Lalgarh in West Midnapore district and its neighbourhood��.
DWS, Sunday 14th September to Saturday 20th September.
The Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) expected a peak of about 700,000 cusecs, an exceptionally high flood, at Panjnad, in 36 hours indicating chances of a vast area of land coming under water adjoining Muzaffargarh and.. SRINAGAR: Fresh rain hampered rescue operations in India-held Kashmir on Sunday a week after deadly floods swamped the Himalayan region, with medics and survivors describing nightmarish conditions in the devastated city of Srinagar.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 13.11.10
THE INDIAN EXPRESS. COLUMN. SO NEHRU KILLED GANDHI!!! SHEKHAR GUPTA. The return of the RSS and, more importantly, its former Sarsanghchalak K.S. Sudarshan to the headlines gives me just the right excuse to recount the... Karunanidhis daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi has already met finance minister and chief troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee, an indicator that matters are quite serious since the BJP has decided to stall Parliament on the issue.
JandK: As talks with BJP falter, PDP advances Governor meeting
Serious proposal or more mind games to give the BJP decision makers sleepless nights? he tweeted from London. Earlier quoting PDP spokesperson suggestion for ���a PDP, BJP and Congress grand alliance, he wrote: ���All coming together against NC?
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. getting predictable �� New flu passes more easily from bird to human: WHO. Woman finds lost maps of British India on London street �� Support group for obese. Drug-peddler couples in district give policemen sleepless nights.. Abnormal rain may affect monsoon activity: Met �� Bridge slab falls on.. Dwarka-Somnath Express to halt at Maliya Hatina �� Married woman.. Nintendo forecasts eight-fold profit jump... Almond flavoured Kahwa tea for tourists to Srinagar.
Sleepless in Srinagar: Met forecasts more rain
Minister of State for Irrigation and Flood Control Abdul Majeed Padder told The Indian Express that the government is continuously monitoring the situation and the officials are present on the ground to help the people. ���Thankfully, no breach has been .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 22.09.10
The MPs who met the leader of the pro-Pakistani faction of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the leader of the so-called moderate faction of the APHC Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the JKLF chief, Mr Yasin Malik,.. THE INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. LISTENING IN. When an all-party parliamentary delegation arrived in Srinagar on Monday, they must have found the quiet of the security cordons forbidding. They were in Jammu and Kashmir to��.
JandK police rescues 400 people as flood situation remains grim
There was fear and chaos across the Kashmir valley, as people had a sleepless night on Thursday who kept a close watch on the increasing flood situation. Residents of the areas living on the banks of the Jehlum River in Srinagar city and other areas of.