NewsRack: chvartak/Burngarbage/Crime

'We can't negotiate with fragmented rebels' - The Guardian -- World Latest

Martin Chulov — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The Syrian president says that the opposition could not uphold any peace deal, and blames the west for supporting them Syria's embattled leader Bashar al-Assad has used a rare interview – carried out amid the sound of artillery fire resounding through his presidential palace in Damascus – to warn the United States and Russia that their efforts to bring about talks will do little to halt the civil war laying waste to his country. In an exclusive interview for the Argentine newspaper Clarin , shared with the Observer , Assad says he welcomes attempts at dialogue, but believes that western states are looking for ways to fuel the violence, rather than stop it, and are seeking to topple his regime regardless of the toll. At loggerheads since the outset of the anti-Assad uprising began, Moscow and Washington have been in dispute over the anti-Assad uprising since it began in March 2011, but are now trying to find common ground to quell the bloodshed and destruction as its effects continue to ...

Time to put garbage on the table - Hindu: Home

Ranjith Annepu — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

With no long-term planning and policy reforms, the country’s burgeoning waste management problem is set to become a health and environmental crisis

Students in Ghana launch mini-satellite - Zee News : Science and Technology

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Their project might not sound like much: The college students today launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a Coke can on a big yellow balloon.

Labourers risk their lives at Bandhwari - Hindustan Times: India

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Labourers risk their lives at Bandhwari

Texas fire investigators to release findings on West blast that killed 14 - The Guardian -- World Latest

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

State and federal agents still conducting interviews with first- responders in effort to find out exactly what happened last month When they saw 30ft flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in the tiny Texas town of West rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe. They were concerned with preventing toxic gas from leaking out of the facility and drifting into nearby homes. The plant soon exploded into a deadly fireball and lay waste to much of the community. Four weeks after the blinding blast, investigators have yet to announce not only what started the fire and touched off the explosion, but precisely what happened in those frenzied moments before 14 people were killed. They are especially interested in the town's volunteer fire crews, who may not have been fully aware of the dangers they faced. Did they know about the potential for an explosion? Were they trained to prevent one? ...

Modern incinerator at RCC - newindianexpress.com

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Acute shortage of land forces Varanasi Municipal Corporation to burn and dump garbage in open - Varanasi - City - The Times of India

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Garbage is being dumped carelessly in the open and burnt rampantly by the cleaning staff of Varanasi Municipal Corporation.

Partially burnt body of a child found - newindianexpress.com

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Rohtak villagers refuse to bury dead, demand action against ashram - The Indian Express -- Front Page

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The clash worsened after the mob began hurling stones and police had to cane them.

Modern incinerator at RCC - newindianexpress.com

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Municipal corporation fined for not lifting garbage in Kanpur - Kanpur - City - The Times of India

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

As A 2 Z and municipal corporation Kanpur nagar failed to lift the garbage from the city, residents have now started burning them.

Girl of 15 refuses to marry, step-mother sets her on fire - New Kerala: India News

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Kolkata, May 10 : Three persons, including the step-mother, have been arrested in West Bengal's Hooghly district after they set on fire a minor girl who refused to be forcibly married, police said Friday.

Girl of 15 refuses to marry, step-mother sets her on fire - deccanherald.com

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Girl of 15 refuses to marry, step-mother sets her on fire

Girl of 15 refuses to marry, step-mother sets her on fire - Latest News

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Three persons, including the step-mother, have been arrested in West Bengal's Hooghly district after they set on fire a minor girl who refused to be forcibly married, police said Friday.

Meet on pre-monsoon cleaning - newindianexpress.com

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Yaalon: Israel not getting involved in Syria civil war - Doordarshan

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Israel is not getting involved in Syria's civil war, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Wednesday, just days after two Israeli air strikes near Damascus sent regional tensions soaring.

Israel not getting involved in Syria civil war: Yaalon - Latest News

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Israel is not getting involved in Syria's civil war, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said today, just days after two Israeli air strikes near Damascus sent regional tensions soaring. The raids struck several military targets in the early hours ...

When development triggers caste violence - Hindu: Home

Hugo Gorringe — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The educational and economic development of Dalits is seen by the backward castes as a challenge to the social order, as recent incidents in Tamil Nadu show

Delhi among US cellphones junkyards - Deccan Herald - Analysis

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Americans replace their cellphones every 22 months, junking some 150 million old phones in 2010 alone. Ever wondered what happens to all these old phones? The answer isn't pretty. In far-flung, mostly impoverished places like Agbogbloshie, Ghana; Delhi, India; and Guiyu, China, children pile e-waste into giant mountains and burn it so they can extract the metals &mdash; copper wires, gold and silver threads &mdash; inside, which they sell to recycling merchants for only a few dollars. In India, young boys smash computer batteries with mallets to recover cadmium, toxic flecks of which cover their hands and feet as they work. Women spend their days bent over baths of hot lead, 'cooking' circuit boards so they can remove slivers of gold inside. Greenpeace, the Basel Action Network and others have posted YouTube videos of young children inhaling the smoke that rises from burned phone casings as they identify and separate different kinds of plastics for recyclers. It is hard to imagine that ...

Wife sets herself ablaze after hubby refuses to have food in TN - Zee News : States

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Upset over her husband declining to have food prepared by her, a newly married wife took her life by setting herself ablaze at her home near here, police said on Tuesday.

In a class of its own - Hindu: Home

C. K. MEENA — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The public spirited individual is one of the comforting features of our city. In a moderately distressing situation he is eager to lend a hand and expects no reward. In fact, he goes a step further by trying to prevent you from landing in a sticky situation

Newly-married-dies-after-she-set-herself-ablaze-as-hubby-refuses-to-eat - Hindustan Times: India

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Newly-married-dies-after-she-set-herself-ablaze-as-hubby-refuses-to-eat

Wife sets herself ablaze after hubby refuses to have food - deccanherald.com

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Upset over her husband declining to have food prepared by her, a newly married wife took her life by setting herself ablaze at her home near here, police said today.

Salem District Valapadi DSP P Mathavan said the 20-year-old woman had prepared dinner for her husband and brother last night, but after tasting it, he refused it.

Immediately, she poured kerosene and set herself ablaze, the DSP said. The two men doused the fire by pouring water and rushed her to hospital but she succumbed to her injuries last night, he added.
The Salem RDO is investigating.

Shirts with a conscience - Indian Express: International

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

How would you know if the T-shirt you are wearing has not been made in a Bangladesh sweatshop? Chances are you''ll never know

Fear of nuclear disaster has no basis: court - Hindu: National

J. Venkatesan — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The Supreme Court on Monday said there is no basis to the fear that the radioactive effects of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, when commissioned, will be far reaching. A Bench of Justic...