'We would have joined them if they wanted to develop the college, but their motive is political.'
A non-Kashmiri describes the state of siege and police brutality that the outside students at the NIT campus in Srinagar are facing in the last week.
It is reggae. It is inspired by Bob Marley. It is targeted at first time voters and those who think that voting is not cool.
Are prisoners dying in Tamil Nadu jails due to lack of medical attention?
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Farming and debt go together in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district. There are those who have learnt to live with it and others like Alagar who could not cope with the loss.
What if a celebrity told you about their favourite holiday destination? Told you about all the things they like to do there -- be it tasting the local cuisine, indulging in leisure activities or haunting museums.
Detectives in Sydney have spoken to more than 2,000 people, taken almost 250 statements. They have considered the possibility that someone in India was involved in, or helped organise, Prabha Arun Kumar's murder.
'The Tamil Nadu government should ask Andhra Pradesh to speed up the investigation.'
Ruby Singhal is the only woman autorickshaw driver in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Her husband also drives an auto. Last month, both their autos were set on fire by a drunken man, who is not known to them. A lesser soul would have given up but Ruby is determined to buy a new rickshaw. How she does not know, but she is sure she will.
'Although strong arm tactics do cause inconvenience, they have not been able to stop us from carrying out our campaigns.' 'Allegations about being 'anti-development' mean very little when people in the country are still going hungry.' Greenpeace India chief Ravi Chellam on the challenges ahead.
The Chandigarh government is trying to ensure that students from the north-east are not discriminated against.
'The whale stranding-earthquake link is almost a certainty according to my reading.'
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com spends a day at the Manapaddu beach in Tuticorin where nearly 100 whales were mysteriously beached and many died despite the best efforts of the fishermen and authorities.
P Rafeeq's comment on the burkha led to his studio being razed.
'Kanpur and Hoogly district are the most polluted on the Ganga.'
'Thousands of people were stoning us, but we never fired back.'
'The copying mafia is very powerful. We need to use technology to fight them.'
Dr Ganesh Rakh has delivered 436 baby girls free of charge. The son of a coolie and housemaid, the good doctor wants to change the mindset of a 'boy- obsessed' society.
'There are Rs 90 crore worth of medicines in government hospitals, which is sufficient for the next three months.'
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