Short hairstyles is in style and as a african american you know how to rock the style with attitude, due to its low maintenance and trendy looks, more black woman are opting to wearing their hair short... more »

Harbhajan Singh and Tillakaratne Dilshan may have been the stars of the day but the duo was more than gracious to acknowledge the real hero - the pitch. “This is the kind of wicket Test cricket should be played on,” said Harbhajan, who claimed four for 107. Sri Lanka, powered by Dilshan's 109 and an unbeaten 86 from Angelo Mathews, .. more »

Madhu Singhal, who runs an NGO, Mitra Jyothi and is an executive member of National Federation of the Blind says, “Although there is a provision for reservation, the Government has made the recruitment procedure very complicated. I feel the director or commissioner of the Department of Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens should be a .. more »

Unveiling his administration’s Af-Pak policy, Obama said America’s “security is at stake in Afghanistan and Pakistan” and that the “stakes are even higher within a nuclear-armed Pakistan, because we know that al- Qaeda and other extremists seek nuclear weapons, and we have every reason to believe that they would use .. more »

Top ULFA leader Arabinda Rajkhowa was on Wednesday pushed back by Bangladesh authorities into Tripura where he surrendered to security forces and flown to New Delhi. Another top northeast insurgent leader of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura Biswa Mohan Deb Barma has also been detained by the authorities in Bangladesh. A couple of .. more »

 Another top Northeast insurgent leader of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)  Biswa Mohan Deb Barma has also been detained in Bangladesh. Rajkhowa (53), who was held in Dhaka on Monday, was pushed back by the Bangladesh authorities to an undisclosed place in West Tripura district bordering Bangladesh, intelligence sources .. more »

"I am speaking to you from the same location in Bangladesh from where I normally speak from. Those who say that I have been arrested are deliberately trying to create confusion. They want to derail the peace process in Assam even before it can begin," he told North East TV channel. 53-year-old Rajkhowa said, "They (people opposing .. more »

ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa is now under the custody of the Indian Government. Rajkhowa, after being handed over by Bangladesh in Tripura on Thursday, he has been flown to the national capital. Earlier on Wednesday, Home Minister P Chidambaram said in the Rajya Sabha that if the ULFA issues a statement to offer talks, the centre would give its nod .. more »

Published on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 13:40, Updated on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 21:39 in India section Apurba Baruah, the outfit's publicity secretary, has also been arrested. Both are expected to be handed over to India soon, the sources told IANS. The two leaders are believed to have been arrested by the Special Branch of the Bangladesh Police from .. more »

Published on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 13:40, Updated on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 21:39 in India section Apurba Baruah, the outfit's publicity secretary, has also been arrested. Both are expected to be handed over to India soon, the sources told IANS. The two leaders are believed to have been arrested by the Special Branch of the Bangladesh Police from .. more »

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday extended support and sympathy to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy that occurred 25 years ago. The families that suffered and lost their dear ones can never really be fully compensated, Dr. Singh said in a statement to mark the 25th anniversary of the incident. We owe it to our fellow .. more »

Indian activists marked the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak disaster on Thursday with protests and demands that those responsible for thousands of deaths finally be held to account. Demonstrators and survivors capped a week of commemorations with a planned march to the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, where on December 3, 1984 a .. more »

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday promised early clean-up of the deserted Union Carbide site and continued support to the affected population. The deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas released by the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal this day 25 years ago affected even the .. more »

This January, 25 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) invited research to study the effects of methyl isocyanate (MIC) poisoning. After 11 months, ICMR has received only two proposals. A disappointed Council has now decided to keep the ‘call for research proposals’ open till it gets some .. more »

Since the day they were hit by the gas, Rayeesa Bi has had breathing problems, has lost her eyesight and is bed-ridden. Fourteen-year-old Suraj was born with congenital deformities. So was Kartikey and Khushi living in the same neighbourhood. Their parents are all gas victims. But doctors routinely turn them away saying they are not gas affected. .. more »