Radiation death in India raises nuclear safety concerns

"The radiation-related death of a scrap metal worker has raised concerns over nuclear safety in India, at a time when the Asian power is wooing foreign players to its $150 billion civilian nuclear market."

'Save Us From This Hell'

(This is an article that appeared in DNA Sunday on April 18, 2010.) Priyanka Borpujari visits the CRPF camp in Chintalnar — where the 76 jawans killed by Maoists on April 6 were based — and discovers that the current lot there are quite conscious of their status as...

It's Not The Revolution of The Maoists But Of The Poor & Opressed

Remember, remember the fifth of November,  The gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. On this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes (the man from whose name we get the word 'Guy') failed...

Maoists shut down Manipal hospital in Nepal

Supporters of Nepal Maoists, who have often been accused of resorting to violence and intimidation, have now targetted a medical college set up as a joint venture between India's Manipal Group and the Nepal government in the Himalayan nation. Demanding salary hike and other...