Bike and Skateboard Riding on HKUST Campus
Region: Hong KongRecently Safety Office has received reports on a number of cases involving riding skateboards and bicycles erratically and at high speed around HKUST campus. These dangerous incidents had occurred in the atrium, in the par... more
Views: 3171Newari strike paralyzes Kathmandu Valley
Region: Nepal
Professional gangs make an attempt on Newar activists A general strike called by Newar communinity of the Kathmandu valley has paralyzed the Kathmandu Valley on Monday. Various Newar groups did jointly call this strike... more
Views: 1546Mike Tyson's Daughter's Death
Region: United StatesAs Mike Tyson's family members mourn the death of his daughter Exodus, who died at the age of four years old on May 26, 2009, they request some privacy, stating that "No words can describe" their pain. I imagine no... more
Views: 2282Bollywood facing its hardest times
Region: IndiaBollywood stars are finding a new career everywhere but their prime occupation of working films is in doldrums. The current Bollywood producers versus Multiplexes war have created more problems for this ailing industry tha... more
Views: 1106Jammu & Kashmir Govt announce to implement revised pay scales from August 2009
Region: India
Jammu, February 18 - In a significant meeting that took place today between the Cabinet Subcommittee, constituted by the Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah yesterday, and the agitating employees, certain important decisions... more
Views: 3416Work in offices paralyzed in J&K as Government employees go on 3-day strike
Region: India
The state employees of Jammu and Kashmir went on a three-day strike on Monday in support of their demand for implementation of 6th pay panel report and enhancing the retirement age to 60 from the present 58 years. ... more
Views: 877Gorkha Janamukti Morcha on Violence Path in Dooars: Two Killed
Region: IndiaAs expressed by the this reporter in the article dated 4th Feb’09, the restive Gorkhaland movement has started entering the phase of violence when the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters resorted to arson, looti... more
Views: 2032Petrol Strike Called Off, Almost
Region: IndiaThe Petrol strike has finally come to an end, hopefully, with over 70%(reportedly) of the employess returning back to work and withdrawing the strike. Employees of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and members of Oil... more
Views: 1986Petrol strike paralyses India
Region: India
Indefinite strike by oil PSU's have left the whole country at an almost stand-still. The petrol strike is in Day-3 and no successful negotiations has been done yet. Many petrol pumps across the country are running dry, in ... more
Views: 2970The transporters in Chitral on strike, commuters wondering on the roads
Region: Pakistan
Chitral, N.W.F.P: The transporters in Chitral on strike on the second straight day. In the past few months, when the Oil prices hit the highest prices in the international markets, the Pakistan government also inc... more
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