A Super act
Action hero Akshay Kumar dons a new role in real life as the ‘Goodheart Ambassor’ for a Mumbai based hospital that wants to support children and senior citizens suffering from heart ailment
Case against Rajapakse
The widow of a LTTE leader, ‘Col. Ramesh’, has filed a case in the Southern District of New York, against the visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse for killing her husband
Peace Talks
Join actor Nandita Das, National Advisory Council member Harsh Mander, and Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, who will be suggesting ways to prevent communal violence at a meeting in Mumbai
Bus class
It is a school on wheels. Chalta Firta School is just a yellow bus that has been taking slum kids in Delhi on a journey to a successful future since 2008 and has already put over 100 of them back in regular schools, says Mohita Nagpal
Needed, policy change
The US Congress Report that praised Narendra Modi has also criticised India’s “fence sitting” and “hands off” foreign policy. It states that New Delhi acts too timidly on the global stage
Deepening debate
The Save Tamils Movement is organising a hall meeting in Chennai to discuss the war crimes of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse
Wastage stopped
Karnataka government has taken a sensible decision in denying permission to organisers of ‘tomatoes festival’ in Bangalore and Mysore, who wanted to have ‘fun’ by hurling tomatoes on the road
Battle cry
IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt tells Modi: I have principle and no power, You have power and no principle, You being you And I being I Compromise is out of the question, So let the battle begin
Get aggressive
China has been getting away with its incursions and bullying tactics against India for too long. It is high time India woke up and frames an aggressive foreign policy, says M G Devasahayam
Campaign for a cause
Human rights activist Binayak Sen has vowed to mobilise one million signatures during a nationwide campaign he plans to undertake for demanding the scrapping of the colonial sedition law
Call for debate
While we fought for Parliament’s supremacy in making laws in the context of the Lokpal Bill, a situation is emerging over the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India bill to force a debate
Vendors venture
Reaching out to roadside vendors and giving them dignity is the objective of Streets India. Its founder, Tanishk Shyamya, tells us how the project has given hope to BPL families in Jharkhand
Twist in case
BJP MP Tarun Vijay has come under the police scanner in RTI activist Shehla Masood’s murder case as phone records show he had been in touch with her, even as demand for CBI probe grows louder
Point of view
The Jan Lokpal bill is a "regressive piece of legislation" and Anna Hazare has been "used as a prop by foreign-funded NGOs" to lead the anti-corruption movement, says Arundhati Roy
More good news
Adding strength to the fast growing democratic movement against Team Anna, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has urged Anna Hazare to refrain from dictating terms to Parliament