Indian box office, fix Dhoomsday prices for D: 3 tickets
As Dhoom: 3 readies to make its stylised entry at the Indian box office this Friday, it seems that it will not just impact audiences visually but financially as well. If that is not enough, the film is expected to make waves in Pakistan too. As the film’s release draws closer, the IMAX... read more »
Schools caught in red tape generated by new education mandates
For more than a decade, Brockton High School ushered in each fall with a renewed focus on literacy. For the largest high school in Massachusetts, with 4,000 mostly poor black and Latino students, a near obsessive commitment to improving literacy in every discipline — from science to social... read more »
Vaccinations for Travel Abroad
You’ve worked hard all year. So has your spouse. Your children say they’ve studied hard — and you’re a good parent so you believe them, particularly because their grades are good. Now, it’s time to relax, time to take your first vacation of the year as the holiday... read more »
US flies 150 Americans, plus diplomats out of South Sudan
Washington – The United States flew more than 150 Americans as well as US and foreign diplomats out of South Sudan on Wednesday amid fierce fighting in the capital, US officials said. Two C-130 planes plus a charter aircraft took off from Juba “carrying non-emergency chief of mission... read more »
Sibal hopes apex court acts against Ganguly
New Delhi – Law Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday the Supreme Court should look into the matter against Justice A.K. Ganguly who has been accused of sexual harassment by a law... read more »
Situation unchanged despite tougher anti-rape law: Speaker
New Delhi – Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Monday said that despite the government having brought out a tougher law to fight sexual harassment, nothing much has really changed in the... read more »
Law intern’s affidavit against Ganguly made public
Excerpts of an affidavit by a law intern, who has accused former Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly of sexual harassment, have been made public by Additional Solicitor-General Indira Jaising,... read more »
Is China going to eat up the whole world?
Whole species in India are disappearing and their parts fetching up in China. From scorpions to sharks and tigers, our neighbour is poaching our wild life furiously. Our border states have... read more »
Seemandhra lawmakers tear, burn copies of Telangana bill
Hyderabad – Tension prevailed in the Andhra assembly premises Monday when legislators from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions tore off and set fire to copies of the bill for formation of a... read more »
