'There is an undercurrent in favour of the BSP' Former state minister and Janata Dal (S) rebel leader P G R Sindhia is one of the pillars of Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Karnataka now...
VIEWPOINT
Elephantine cruelty Can we not preserve our spirituality without abuse of our magnificent, endangered and dumb friends...
Bulldozed for Olympic splendour "Are we going to host the Olympic Games this way?" a woman shouted. "To force civilians to move away?"
SANITATION
Need a direction The poorer the state, the lesser is the motivation level to make people value toilets.
Scavengers pick through the remains of Wang Lianmin’s house in Beijing’s Yangshan, razed to make way for Olympics-related construction. The Washington Post
Many candidates have made it a habit to change parties just to contest elections. Should people of Karnataka reject the party-hoppers lock, stock and barrel? DH had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. Not surprisingly, most readers called the turncoats as a sign of decadence in democracy and ideology, and that they should be written off with the bullets of the ballot. Voting for stable, honest and ideal-driven candidates, requires maturity on the voters’ part, said some.
There were a handful who felt that it was okay to be search for “greener pastures” to seek gain and sure enough, hop and jump.
