Skip to main content

Featured

One nation, many notions 

At least 10 dead, 25 injured as 2 passenger trains collide in AP

A passenger train derailed in Andhra Pradesh, India, after colliding with another train, resulting in at least 10 deaths and 25 injuries. This is the third rail accident in the country since June. The accident occurred when one train was switching tracks and was rear-ended by the other train. Rescue operations were hindered by the darkness, but locals assisted in the effort. The Prime Minister and Chief Minister expressed condolences and provided compensation to the victims.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Three years of protests, no jobs for teachers

Kolkata: I met Madhabi Paul one afternoon near a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Kolkata. A frail woman, she had been protesting for nearly three years for a job she felt was her but went... http://dlvr.it/T2TsGQ

People will teach Nitish Kumar a lesson for shifting loyalties: NCP chief Sharad Pawar

In 1920, Muslims said they were a nation, not minority: Senior advocate

Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi on Tuesday cited a string of episodes from history to counter Supreme Court's proposition that if Muslims were deemed to be the force behind Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, it could qualify as a minority institution in the post-Constitution era by arguing that Muslims, at that point of time, never considered themselves as a minority but as a 'nation'. http://dlvr.it/T25xk3