Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Lowland” among Time’s top 10
By Arun Kumar Washington, Dec (IANS) Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel, “The Lowland”, set in Kolkata of the 1960s, has been listed fourth in Time magazine’s top ten books of fiction in 2013. Describing it as “a life-spanning novel... read more »
‘India’s Rape Epidemic’ among Time’s top ten storie...
Washington – Time magazine has listed “India’s Rape Epidemic”, about the nationwide uproar over a number of rape incidents, especially following a shocking gang rape in Delhi, as the ninth top world news! story of 2013. Mass protests at the time over the shocking gang rape... read more »
Shutdown brings Telangana to a halt, paralyses transport
Hyderabad – Normal life came to a standstill in Telangana Thursday as day-long shutdown to protest the centre’s reported proposal to carve out a Rayala-Telangana state evoked near total response. Transport ! service came to a halt while shops, business establishments and educati! onal... read more »
Communal Violence Bill a recipe for disaster: Modi
Questioning the timing of bringing the Communal Violence Bill, Narendra Modi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, describing the proposed legislation as “ill-conceived, poorly drafted and a recipe for disaster”. Terming the bill as an attempt to encroach upon the domain of... read more »
Pakistan begins work on civil nuclear power plant
Pakistan has broken ground on what will be the country’s largest civil nuclear power plant, which is being built with help from China. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the... read more »
Japan sets up new panel for national security
Japan on Wednesday created a National Security Council, giving the prime minister’s office greater authority over security matters. The law approved by parliament would give Premier... read more »
Kerala CPI-M plenum for introspection, says Karat
Palakkad – Inaugurating the three-day meeting of the Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist here Wednesday, party general secretary Prakash Karat said the plenum would... read more »
Why hurry in announcing poll dates, asks Bangladeshi daily
Dhaka – The Bangladesh poll schedule “cannot be said to have been properly thought through”, said a leading daily which observed that the announcement was made in... read more »
Kanchi seers, all accused let off in Sankararaman murder
Chennai – A Puducherry court Wedne! sday acquitted all the accused in the high-profile Sankararaman murder ! case in which two seers of Kanchipuram Sankara Mutt Jayendra Saraswathi and... read more »
