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PTI’s Imran alleges large-scale rigging in Karachi

(NVONews.COm): As Pakistan election results 2013 start pouring in indicating return of Sharif at the helm, PTI’s Imran Khan has alleged large-scale rigging in Karachi. But Khan has also conceded defeat and has decided to sit in the opposition Pakistan Tehreeki Insaf President while speaking from his hospital bed where he is confined following his [...]

May 12, 2013 / No Comment / Read More

CBI to quiz Janardhana Reddy in ore export scam

March 9, 2013 No Comment

Bangalore, (IANS) A CBI special court Friday permitted the investigation agency to interrogate former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and five other accused in the case of multi-crore iron ore exports scam from Belekeri port on the state’s west coast. Granting its plea for five-day custody of the accused till March 12, [...]

I can look back at life with satisfaction, surprise: Dilip Kumar’s interview

December 11, 2012 1 Comment

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, On his 90th birthday Tuesday, thespian Dilip Kumar, who has regaled scores of fans over decades, recalls his journey full of surprises with satisfaction and a smile. He says it was his patience and sense of choice that helped him lead a successful career. “I can look back at my [...]

Anti Islam film and reaction in the Muslim world

September 18, 2012 No Comment

By Asghar Ali Engineer A Coptic American, extreme right winger and Islam hater made an anti-Islam film and put it on internet. Its reaction was very violent in the Muslim world beginning with Libya wherein an American ambassador Christopher Steve along with four other consulate staff was killed in violent demonstration. It was followed by [...]

Gabby Douglas wins all-around gold

August 3, 2012 1 Comment

By Raaj Datta Human beings are not exactly designed to fly but this squirrel is – that would be Gabrielle Douglas with the individual all-around, her second gold at the London Olympics. Gabrielle Douglas’s win at the London Olympics puts her in the same league as Carly Patterson in the Athens Olympics and Nastia Liukin [...]

A Parsi who doesn’t earn Rs 50,000 per month is poor

March 3, 2012 No Comment

(Nvonews.com) The parameters for poverty varies greatly in India. The government apparently believes only those who earn less than Rs 32 a day, or less than a thousand a month are poor. A member of the Parsi community believes otherwise. A Parsi who earns less than Rs 50,000 per month is poor, says Bombay Parsi [...]

India vs Australia 2nd test, Clarke, Ponting destroy Indian bowling

January 4, 2012 No Comment

India vs Australia 2nd test has been humiliating for India. Clarke and Ponting have destroyed Indian bowling with ruthless batting display. Australia seems to be on top and every batsman is making runs, in fact hundreds after the loss of the initial three wickets that fell in quick succession yesterday. Ponting made a hundred after [...]

Legendary musician-singer Bhupen Hazarika dead

November 5, 2011 No Comment

(Nvonews.com) Legendary musician-singer Bhupen Hazarika today died of multi-organ failure in a hospital in Mumbai He was 86. ayanta Saha, chief PRO at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital informed media, “It was a multi-organ failure. The end came around 4.30 pm.” He was suffering from respiratory and kidney failure. His condition had detoriated significantly in the [...]

Would you take a pay cut to save your colleague’s job?

October 5, 2011 No Comment

(NVONEWS) LONDON: We have heard a lot about ‘survival of the fittest’ and ‘greed is good.’ And we now know that it is neither good for us nor for the society, and that is exactly how a majority of the British workers feel. British workers have discovered a new camaraderie in the wake of the [...]

2nd Oct: Return of the Mahatma

October 2, 2011 No Comment

NEW DELHI (IANS): This is the year which saw a surprise revival of gandhism. Were Gandhi alive today he would have been 142 years of age. Though India in the 21st century has moved very far from his vision, he would have been gladdened by the recent return of his methods of protest into popular [...]

Basis of Identification of Minority Concentration Districts

September 5, 2011 No Comment

Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) have been identified on the basis of substantial minority population and relative backwardness in terms of selected socio-economic and basic amenities norms based on data of 2001 Census. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Vincent H. Pala, Minister of State for Minority Affairs, [...]

Rooting-out Corruption is Good, but Parallel Government is Injurious to Democracy

August 30, 2011 1 Comment

By Mirza A. Beg “In a democracy, the government is only as good as the people vote for. If the electorate really wanted honesty and integrity, they could have voted for them as beacons. But they did not, they vote for personal aggrandizement on the basis of cast etc. Impetuous quick solutions often bring unintended [...]

Unanimous Resolution Passed by the General Body Meeting

August 26, 2011 No Comment

ALIGARH: This meeting of the Joint Action Committee (consisting of teachers, non-teaching staffs, Technical Staff Association and Fourth Grade Employees Union) strongly condemns the letter (No. F. 3-12/2011-Desk (U), dated 10 Aug. 2011) issued by the Office of Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Human Resource Development in a unanimous resolution passed by the General [...]

Tagore – The Poet, Songwriter, Philosopher, Artist and Educator

May 2, 2011 No Comment

“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.” – Rabindranath Tagore Tarit Mukherjee writs: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the BrahmoSamaj. Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta into a wealthy and prominent family. His grandfather had established a huge financial empire for himself. Tagore received his early [...]