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Mannar civil society slam Sri Lankan President's plan to attend opening of illegally constructed Buddhist ...

Edit Tamil Guardian 26 Sep 2017
Members of Mannar civil society have written to the Sri Lankan president, criticising his planned participation in the opening ceremony of a Buddhist vihara constructed illegally in the environs of the historic Thiruketheeswaram Kovil ... The civil society leader criticised the endorsement of the vihara by the army and the ......

Libby Purves criticises BBC’s ‘lacklustre’ approach to theatre

Edit Belfast Telegraph 26 Sep 2017
Broadcaster Libby Purves has criticised the BBC for “ignoring” theatre unless celebrities are involved ... Her comments come after Giles Coren, the new presenter of BBC’s Front Row TV show, was criticised for saying he had not been to the theatre much in the last six years, that the seats were uncomfortable and there should be better access to the toilet ... She added ... She lamented the “BBC’s lacklustre approach to covering” theatre ... ....

‘It’s PM's constituency, he should apologise to girls’, says Rahul on police action in BHU

Edit One India 26 Sep 2017
Ahmedabad, Sep 26. On Monday, when Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi started his three-day tour of poll-bound Gujarat, the Gandhi scion criticised Narendra Modi government over the violence and police action against girl students at the well-known Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in Varanasi, ... ....

And they say the theatre is dull! Day-long play featuring naked actors, simulated sex and bloody violence is broadcast live on Serbian television

Edit This is Money 26 Sep 2017
Television bosses in Serbia have been criticised after a 24-hour-long play featuring nudity, simulated sex and gore was broadcast live on TV for the entire duration ... 'C***s on national TV!' ....

Uber’s new boss offers apology to Londoners

Edit The News International 26 Sep 2017
LONDON ... Mayor Sadiq Khan, a Labour politician who has criticised the firm in the past, said on Monday he had asked Transport for London (TfL) to be available to meet CEO Khosrowshahi ... "It’s true that we’ve got things wrong along the way. ....

CM lacks moral values to address babus: YSRC

Edit Deccan Chronicle 26 Sep 2017
Vijayawada. The YSRC has criticised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, saying he lacks moral values to address senior IAS officers. Speaking to the media on Monday, YSRC MP and former IAS officer P ... The district collectors do not have any say in Andhra Pradesh ... Jayalalithaa and M ... ....

Those working against country and army from abroad to face law soon: COAS

Edit The News International 26 Sep 2017
RAWALPINDI. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday said that hostile agencies which are trying to destabilise Pakistan from abroad and elements which are criticising the army would be in the grip of law soon, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Geo News reported ... “Pakistan’s enemy is our enemy,” he noted ... ....

Pakistan mission at UN exposes Indian atrocities in IOK

Edit The News International 26 Sep 2017
UNITED NATIONS ... Earlier, during her address at UN general Assembly, Lodhi had shared photographs of victims of pellet gun attacks ... The real issue is of Security Council resolutions, which India refuses to implement," said he ... It is to mention here that the use of pellet guns by Indian forces against Kashmiris has been criticised on the record by rights organisations such as Amnesty International ... ....

Plan to bring 202 nurses from Philippines to work in UK hospital stalls after 90% of them fail English language test

Edit This is Money 26 Sep 2017
A plan to bring over 202 nurses from the Philippines to work as nurses in an NHS hospital has failed after nearly 90 per cent of the first wave failed an English language test ... They are put through and oral, reading, writing and listening test where they must gain a pass mark of just under 80 per cent - something which hospital chiefs have criticised for being too stringent ... The nurse, who does not work for Medway, said....

Multan traders reject increase in power tariff

Edit The News International 26 Sep 2017
MULTAN ... Addressing a press conference here on Monday, MCCI president Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi criticised the Nepra, which allowed an increase of 48 paisa per unit in the average electricity tariff for Discos for 2015/16. He claimed that the Discos were also demanding hike of Rs 225 billion as additional revenue for them on account of line losses, non-recovery of bills, late payment surcharge, etc ... SEMINAR ... He said ... He said ... ....

Imran eats his own words by seeking MQM votes: Khursheed

Edit The News International 26 Sep 2017
SUKUR. Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Monday said PTI chief Imran Khan had earlier termed the MQM an anti-state party and now he was eating his own words by seeking its votes ... Today, the same Imran Khan is eating his own words and is going to the MQM to seek its votes ... Criticising Imran, he asked how a leader who had failed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could successfully run the country ... ....

TD stands over remark on 'morning after' pill for rape victims

Edit Irish Independent 26 Sep 2017
A Fine Gael TD has defended remarks in which he appeared to suggest the morning-after pill was a solution for crisis pregnancies caused by rape or incest ... Mr Durkan began his question saying ... She said that most people who are raped don't report it at all, and criticised his apparent suggestion that there was a treatment available for those who become pregnant after a rape ... "That is certainly not our experience." ... ....

Implement Dr SP Gupta report on employment: RSS-affiliate wing to Niti Aayog

Edit DNA India 26 Sep 2017
After criticising and running down several key decisions of Niti Aayog under former vice chairman Arvind Panagariya, RSS-affiliated economic wing Swadeshi Jagran Manch has put forth two suggestions to its new head Rajiv Kumar ... Dr Ashwani Mahajan, co-convenor of SJM, says he has met Kumar and has informally conveyed the points ... The task force is slated to submit its report by November ... Amrita Nayak Dutta. ....
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