Stockholm (AP) -- Ukrainian singer Jamala's melancholic tune about Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars was crowned the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday, an unusual choice for the kitschy pop fest ... With somber lyrics it recalls how Crimean Tatars, including her great-grandmother, were deported in 1944 by Soviet authorities during World War II ... "All ofEurope voted for Russia....
The report "hyped up" China's military threat and lack of transparency, "deliberately distorted" Chinese defence policies and "unfairly" depicted Chinese activities in the East and South China seas, Yang was quoted as saying ...The Pentagon report said the planned addition of military infrastructure would give China long-term "civil-military bases" in the contested waters....
Teenager Max Verstappen became the youngest ever Formula One winner today when he took full advantage ofMercedes' first lap crash to claim a drama-laden Spanish Grand Prix... "It was a great race and it felt like an endurance race ... But he owed some of his good fortune also to Red Bull's decision to put him on a three-stop strategy while his senior team-mate Daniel Ricciardo was on a two-stop plan....
(CNN)Australian police have charged five men suspected of planning to travel to Syria to join ISIS... The men, aged between 21 and 31, were charged on Saturday with preparing to enter a foreign country "for the purpose of engaging in hostile activities," an offense that carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment ... The interior of the boat authorities say the five men were planning to use to escape Australia ... 1 of 22 ... 2 of 22 ... 3 of 22....
Ferrari builds three types of cars. sports cars, Grand Touring or "GT" cars, and of course rare and exotic "hypercars," such as the current LaFerrari, which sells for more than a million bucks. Of these three, without question the most important for Ferrari's reputation are the sports cars. The only things more important are Ferrari's Formula One race cars, but they are squarely beasts of the track ... The late, great 458....
“I have been practicing the principles ofBuddha, Basava and Ambedkar throughout my life in the last 40 years ... Several organisations like the Federationof Dalit Organisations, Federation of ......
From now through September, plenty of high-profile and high-energy attractions are promised in central Ohio...Ohio State University officials hope to top the attendance of a year ago, when the inaugural two-day event drew a combined 90,000 fans ... Music, though, is just one appealing commodity in the offing ... And, in the visual arts, the Columbus MuseumofArt will showcase “Picasso....
Buddhists paying their respect before the body of the slain monk U Damma Oaing Cha Bhikku inside the Baishari Upor Chakpara Natun Chand NirvanaBuddhaBihar in Naikkhangchhari ofBandarban yesterday. Photo. Sanjoy Kumar Barua He chose to live in seclusion in a remote temple to attain Buddhist wisdom... ....
It was the screening of Agnihotri's "Buddha In A Traffic Jam" on May 6 that had sparked off the controversy at Jadavpur University (JU) recently and led to Ghosh making a comment that attracted widespread outrage ... each other in the name of protest....
Mayureswar's BJP candidate Locket Chatterjee has condemned BJP's state president Dilip Ghosh's statement regarding girl students ofJadavpur University... But we can't talk about a woman's character or choice of association ... Chatterjee also went against the stand taken by some of her party members who landed up at JU during the screening of 'Buddha In A Traffic Jam'....
If what they (students) do is decency, then I have used apt language for them," added Ghosh, who, in response to charges of molestation brought against ABVP activists during a scuffle in the varsity over the screening ofVivek Agnihotri's film "Buddha in A Traffic Jam" on May 6, wondered why female students were present during the clash....
Keeping up the attack on Jadavpur University students, West BengalBJP president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday called women students in the university “below standard”, “shameless” and “constantly seeking company of male students” ...The clash was over screening ofVivek Agnihotri’s film, Buddha in a Traffic Jam, on May 6 on the varsity campus ... “Those allegations of molestation are baseless....
"This kind of statements only shows their cheap mentality. This kind of culture must have been prevailed in their own houses that is why they make such remark without regret," Sidhu told ANI here ... Clashes had broken out between Left-leaning students and ABVP activists after campus screening ofVivek Agnihotri's film 'Buddha in A Traffic Jam' on May 6 ... More from The TimesofIndia....
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” ... A Memoir of the Craft... Or, something that can be gained by sitting through a weekend seminar, or a tenth viewing ofThe Secret. Or worst of all, something you feel the need to wait for, before taking action. The truth is that it is none of these things ... A little while back, on an episode ofRise UP with B ... This is one of the main reasons goals fail....
If what they (students) do is decency, then I have used apt language for them," added Ghosh, who, in response to charges of molestation brought against ABVP activists during a scuffle in the varsity over the screening ofVivek Agnihotri's film "Buddha in A Traffic Jam" on May 6, wondered why female students were present during the clash. The clashes were between activists ofRSS student wing ABVP and Left-leaning students....
There is a new twist to the issue of outsiders that has been plaguing Jadavpur University (JU) in the recent past. The student who organised the screening of "Buddha In A Traffic Jam" on the university campus is now claiming that he never invited any of the BJP or ABVP supporters ... This was after the JU Alumni Association had cancelled the permission for screening of the film at the Triguna Sen auditorium....