Union Railways Minister announced hike in passenger fares and freights. He said that the earlier UPA government had made that decision but had left it to him to implement. He also indicated PM Modi had endorsed hike. In other words, Modi sarkar decided abkibaar doubles standards sarkaar. Modi and..[By Philip Mudartha]
One of the most interesting and exciting part of our tour in the Himalayan countries of Bhutan and Nepal was an opportunity to see the world’s tallest mountain-Mount Everest through arranged flight. However, the flight.. [By John Tauro]
I took a near empty bus to Andheri train station. The road trip took 16 minutes. The metro-rail would have taken 4 minutes. The BEST fare was Rs10, which is significant for a 3.0 Km distance. I got off on Gokhale Bridge..[By Philip Mudartha]
The Himalayan Mountainous Terrain with gorgeous snow-capped peaks, lush green valleys between hills, snaking rivers with their milky and foamy gushing waters, masculine boulders and rocks rising above the river waters and occasional springs and.. [By Philip Mudartha]
After our memorable journey through the Kingdom of Bhutan and on 19 May 2014 we packed our belongings and left our hotel at 5.30 am we proceeded to Paro International Airport to catch the Drukair flight scheduled to leave Paro at 8 am to Kathmandu... [By John Tauro]
Travelling has been one of my favourite pastime not only when I was working in Kuwait, but more so after my retirement and settling down in Mangalore. While working in Kuwait, I had visited practically all of the Gulf Countries and even Europe. After having retired...[By John Tauro]
Gold is our national obsession. Gold is a fashion and fascinating to us. We are obsessed with gold since generations. Gold makes and mars our most intimate relationships too. The god price has risen sharply in the decade up to mid-2011. Its popularity has risen.. [By Philip Mudartha]
Bringing up a child through giving birth and helping him or her growing up into an adult is considered to be the essence of motherhood. It is a challenge in itself, as she has to go through countless hardships in the process. Mother’s Day is an occasion
The Cherry Tomato is smaller and sweeter than conventional tomatoes. They are popular all over the world, and they can be found in a wide assortment of dishes from Mexico to Asia. They are also remarkably easy to grow, and they mature quickly in temperate zones.
At the time of writing, 349 LS constituencies have voted in 2014 general Elections. The voting process for remaining 194 will be over in 18 days. My readers will heave a sigh of great relief; good riddance! We can finally relax with regular news of music.. [By Philip Mudartha]
Voters’ enthusiasm could be seen as quite a large number of voters queued up at the voting booths in township Moodubelle and its cluster village centres. The Belle GP President predicted above 80% of registered voters to exercise their franchise.. [By Philip Mudartha]
Would a dark horse, please explain to us, a model that will work for us? Who is the messiah? I asked as I closed chapter 8 of the special election series. Majority of my readers thought Arvind Kejriwal has the messianic potential. The staunchest INC loyalist but a.. [By Philip Mudartha]
Modi and Rahul came to Mangalore. Their scripts were packed with barbs against each other plus a few tall promises. Their speech-writers are, oh so, boring, to say the least. People think their parties belong to opposite poles and therefore must be different.. [By Philip Mudartha]
As I had mentioned at the end of the last installment of ‘Indian Democracy at Cross-roads 5’, the echo of Narendra Modi’s attempt to consolidate his hold over the party and prime ministerial claim by sidetracking BJP.. [By Dr Eugene DSouza]
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