By Srinivas Reddy | Hyderabad
The Congress's move to push for the creation of Telangana state is aimed at isolating and restricting Y S Jaganmohan Reddy completely. When Telangana comes into existence, there won't be much difference between the new state and the rest of Andhra Pradesh as far as number of districts or Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies are concerned. But it would certainly restrict Jaganmohan's political influence to less than half the state.
Jaganmohan, who is meeting national and regional party leaders to seek support for a united Andhra Pradesh, may have unwittingly become the reason for bifurcation of the state.
By M H Ahssan | INN Live
Nelson Rohlihlahla Mandela, anti-apartheid activist, joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and the first President of South Africa to be elected by a truly democratic election, died peacefully and surrounded by his family members at his Johannesburg home on Thursday evening, local time. He was 95.
His life, more than any other, has come to symbolise the struggle for racial equality and self-determination of the diverse peoples of South Africa and the African continent: beginning with his early childhood in the remote region of the Transkie, his gradual entry into politics as a young lawyer, the 27 years of imprisonment at the hands of white supremacists, and his triumphant return to freedom as a man who, in his own words, sought the middle ground between “white fears and black hopes” in one of the most segregated modern societies in the world.
By Amitabh Mattoo (Guest Writer)
Article 370 was and is about providing space, in matters of governance, to the people of a State who felt deeply vulnerable about their identity and insecure about the future.
At the Bharatiya Janata Party’s recent Lalkar rally in Jammu, its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, called for a debate on Article 370. This is encouraging and suggests that the BJP may be willing to review its absolutist stance on the Article that defines the provisions of the Constitution of India with respect to Jammu and Kashmir.
By Ruchi Kumar | Mumbai
If you claim to have never been stuck in the rush hour traffic, you probably aren't from Mumbai; so then this isn't for you. But for those of you who've travelled the roads of hell and back, here's a little relief in form of a mobile service.
SmartMumbaikar works around the concept of carpooling, bringing fellow commuters just a miss call away. It allows users to reach out to each other and share vehicles to common destination.
By Dr. Shelly Ahmed (Star Guest Writer)
Engineering graduates from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been getting extremely lucrative job offers from MNCs as well as Indian companies despite the poor state of the economy. The number of companies visiting IIT campuses has gone up this year and several graduates have landed jobs with pay packages of several lakh rupees.
The highest pay package is as high as $210,000 per annum, which has been offered to three students of IIT-Kanpur by Oracle US, confirmed sources in the placement team.
By Wasif Raja | Srinagar
Narendra Modi raked up Article 370 and Kashmiri women’s rights at his Jammu rally. What followed was a flurry of counter-claims.
At his first ever and massively attended rally in Jammu and Kashmir, which saw the participation of a significant number of Muslims, the BJP’s prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi asserted that Article 370 that grants special status to the state did not protect the rights of women. Citing an example, he said that unlike men, if women from J&K marry outside the state, they lose their rights as permanent residents of the state.
By Kajol Singh | INN Live
At last the long pending issue of Andhra Pradesh bifurcation is solved. The Union cabinet approves the Telangana bill with 10 districts and some conditions to justify the both divided states.
The Cabinet has cleared a parliamentary bill for the creation of the state of Telangana, with the original 10 districts first proposed by the Congress Working Committee. Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that Hyderabad would be the common capital for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for a period not exceeding 10 years, adding that an alternative capital for Andhra Pradesh would be identified by the central government and developed with central government funding.
By Paagal Patrkaar | Mumbai
SATIRE In a development that has left the entire nation awestruck, except Robert Vadra and Sharad Pawar, a photocopier has approached IIT Bombay with salary packages worth 5 crores.
Chapai Kumar, a local xeroxwallah residing in Bhandup, has been allowed by the IIT administration to take part in the recruitment process.
“Engineers never get laid, they just get placed,” an IIT faculty told to this writer, “We have been sending the finest brains to the US leaving us with Rahul Gandhi and Kripa Shankar Singh. At least this offer stops brain drain.”
