USS Nimitz all set to return Exactly two months after making a controversial port call in Chennai, the nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is all set to return to the Indian shore as a part of an US flotilla participating in a five nation naval exercise beginning in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday.
Govt apathetic as Orissa cholera toll touches 260 People in the cholera-hit Koraput and Rayagara districts feel that this was a disaster waiting to happen due to the apathy of the state government which failed to provide for the two basic necessities healthcare and safe drinking water to poor tribals despite repeated assurances.
Lalu should be railway minister for life: Nitish Lalu Prasad Yadav is obviously still basking in his achievements of having turned the Indian Railways into a cash surplus public sector unit...
No caste quota for disabled: SC The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be caste-based reservations in special benefits provided to physically challenged persons.
Mutiny tourism draws British Now a great grandson of Havelock, Mark Havelock Allan will revisit the Residency to relive the Mutiny among the ruins and also to remember those who lost their lives during the Siege. Twenty other British will be visiting Kanpur, Bithoor and Lucknow, to connect themselves to events in 1857 as part of a package thats being promoted as The Great Indian Mutiny.
Tibetan dancers dressed in traditional costume perform a dance during celebrations for the 47th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, at Tsuglakhang Temple in Dharmsala on Sunday.On this day in 1960 in the Himalayan town, Tibetan Leader His Holiness The Dalai Lama initiated a historic political reform by introducing a Commission of Tibetan People's Deputies. The commissions comprising of 13 members were the first elected legislative members of emerging new society leading to the formation of the Tibetan government in exile. AFP
The Chief Election Commission wants to limit the number of political parties in the country. Will it be a wise move?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send in their opinions. Most responses favour restricting the number of political parties, as it is believed to check horse-trading and divisiveness of the nation based on region, religion and caste. Few others assert that the move will be impractical, as coalition and regional parties are now calling the shots.
