Yearly Archives: 2015
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy: All those residing in this country are Hindus
May 31, 2015
NEW DELHI – BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said that everybody living in India is a Hindu and that all other religion in the country should work in accordance with Hinduism to avoid “religion-based trouble.”
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy addresses the MCCI session, in Kolkata. (Source: Express Photo)
Land acquisition bill not a matter of life or death for me: Narendra Modi
May 30, 2015
New Delhi: Even as his cabinet on Saturday decided to promulgate the Land Acquisition Ordinance for the third time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the legislation is not “a matter of life or death for me” and that he was prepared to accept any suggestions.
A file photo of Narendra Modi.
Atal Pension Yojana may not be enough, plan for your retirement
May 30, 2015
New DELHI – The government recently announced the Atal Pension Yajana for all bank account holders in the country under which the Centre guarantees a fixed pension between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000 per month from the age of 60, depending upon the contribution.
Atal Pension Scheme
Madhuri Dixit in soup for endorsing Maggi, served FDA notice
May 29, 2015
Dehradun: Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit seems to have landed in a soup for endorsing Maggi with the Haridwar Food and Drug Administration on Friday serving a notice to her on the claims made in the advertisement.
Congress red-faced: Even after ‘snooping’ uproar, Rahul may have to tell cops his eye,...
May 29, 2015
NEW DELHI – Even though the alleged 'snooping' on Rahul Gandhi had created uproar in the Parliament in March, the Congress vice-president might still have to tell the colour of his eyes, gait, shoe size and other features to the Delhi police.
Feathered Suspect: ‘Pakistan pigeon’ sparks alert at border
May 29, 2015
NEW DELHI – When it comes to the India-Pakistan border, even an avian is not above suspicion
Illustration by Pradeep Yadav.
Security agencies are in a flutter over a pigeon with “Pakistani markings” that was “caught” on the border in Pathankot district of Punjab on Wednesday
National Spelling bee ends in tie for 2nd year in a row
May 29, 2015
OXON HILL, MARYLAND — They couldn't be rattled. They couldn't be denied. Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar had worked too hard and come close too many times not to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
After gumbo and beer, customer leaves a $2,000 tip at a D.C. restaurant
May 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – He is known as a regular who favors the gumbo and a beer at Blue 44, a restaurant in upper Northwest Washington. And he’s a good, generous tipper.
But the owner, bartender and chef at the restaurant on Connecticut Avenue said they were shocked when the patron left a really, really big tip — $2,000 on a $93 bill.
It’s not rats! Mystery of Swiss cheese holes finally cracked
May 28, 2015
Geneva: Eureka! After about a century of research, Swiss scientists have finally cracked the mystery of the holes in Swiss cheese.
Despite what you may have been told as a child, they are not caused by mice nibbling away inside cheese wheels.
World Cricket: The ICC has lost its mind and Tendulkar should tell it to...
May 28, 2015
Mumbai: In a not so distant future, two teams will walk down the stairs of their building and get all set to play a gully cricket match, probably 10 overs a side, if you break the window panes you are out, if the ball hits the wall on the full, it counts for a six. People will prepare for the game by bringing out the snacks and the perfect sledging vocabulary.
