Access now restored (update 21st May) Access to the Twitter site had been blocked for 8 hours on Sunday, but it had no real effect on the ability to tweet, with users able to use smartphones and download apps to avoid the ban. According to the Washington Post the blockade
After a slow start, the unrest sweeping the Middle East has reached the Levant. Protesters have been in the streets of Daraa, an agricultural town in Syria’s extreme southwest near the border with Jordan, since March 15. They started after a group of children between 10 and 14 were arrested
The famous infamy 2G spectrum scam revisits the headlines as the Supreme Court cancels 122 licenses and gave verdicts about various ministers of the contemporary period. The basic summary of the entire scam is as compiled in a few questions and answers. Q. What is 2G spectrum? A. 2G
As the session The disappointment of Obama by David remnick ended , announcement for the press conference for issuing the statement of salman rushdie was made, On the press terrace at Jaipur literatture festival Namita gokhale, william and Festival producer Sanjoy roy addressed the press and issued the statement. Statement from
Anna Hazare, a leading social activist and a prominent leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, will go on a day-long fast for a strong Lokpal Bill. Ahead of his fast, Anna commenced a spiteful attack on the government. Anna told the reporters, “So many martyrs lost their lives
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the government has no intention of “interfering” with the social media, nor does its plan to evolve guidelines amount to restriction or regulation. After he got a strong reaction from bloggers, social world and tweeters he had to say this. Recently tweeters did a campaign
The names of Indians holding Swiss bank accounts may be revealed by WikiLeaks sometime next year, its founder Julian Assange said on Saturday. Assange, who is under house arrest in the UK, said this through videoconferencing during a conference held in Delhi , that whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, who passed CDs
Petrol prices has been a hot topic since the latest price hike which puts a litre of petrol at Rs70 in India. But after this people have started blaming the government (read as: congress) for all the hike and above all they have totally neglected the international crude oil price
One of the iconic figures in India’s struggle for independence has been that of Mahatma Gandhi. A believer of truth and non-violence, Gandhi had been successful in uprooting the British Raj from India with his peaceful satyagrahs. A man of simple living and high thinking, Gandhi has spent all his
Finally breaking out the silence over the petrol hike issue, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed government’s inability to control them at a time when global crude prices are high. He said “Those who are criticising us, they should also remember that it is during their time all the petroleum products
Narendra Modia has finally responded back to media and to the world. Narendra modi even wrote an open letter telling the world what he went through and that he always was innocent. Doing this at this stage of time when BJP seeks a new leader, we try to our imagination to work
DailyJag is aimed at delivering quality and interesting news from across the world. Why the name “DailyJag”? Jag is described in the dictionary as : a period of unrestrained indulgence in an activity; spree; binge: a crying jag; a talking jag. So we here at daily jag try to indulge
“A functioning police state needs no police” though Burroughs did mean it this can at best be considered an utopian dream in our society. To better realize this utopian dream Indian Police Services were created. Under the British Raj:ThenIndia Act 13 of 1856 reformed the municipal police administration in the three Presidency capitals
Bin Laden is no more. And yeah sure No RIP but RIH ( Rest In Hell ) !! But the way I hate Osama, I got no love for Obama as well. Why the praise for him. On contrary, the man cost him around a trillion dollars and don’t know