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Is there any similarity between the “3 Idiots” satire “All Is Well” and the current state of Punjab? Yes, but conversely. Were Aamir Khan to make the popular song truly reflective of Punjab’s situation, he would have made it more lyrical by reciting it as “All Is Unwell”. Even a casual glance at the goings-on in the state would have justified the changed composition. We begin with the sharp decline in public life standards.

New Delhi: The overflow from river Kosi in 2008 leading to floods in Bihar was caused by the corruption among contractors who were from Bihar in India and not because of increase in the volume of water, according to a former Minister of Nepal.

Six months into office with a commanding majority of her loyal party-men around, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa has brought both her political skills and capricious moves into play in tackling tensions embedded in the Dravidian brand of politics, enforcing law and order, improving finances and setting directions for future development of Tamil Nadu.

The much talked about Mobile TV is yet to take off. The nodal Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, notorious for its inertia, incompetence and vacillations, is still bogged down in working on the regulatory framework for its introduction despite the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) having already recommended to this effect.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today challenged the Asia and Pacific region to assume global leadership on issues of international concern, including climate change, sustainable development, access to food and energy, human rights and the empowerment of women.

New York: The United Nations independent expert on access to water and sanitation as a human right today urged States to allocate more resources to improving sanitation and promote efficient use of existing hygiene facilities, stressing that people are entitled to decent toilets.

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh on Saturday moved close to finalising the draft extradition treaty. It would facilitate handing over of terrorists and criminals operating on the other's soil.

New Delhi: India has donated one million dollar to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide daily supplement of food to thousands of Palestinian children in camps in Gaza Strip, indicating and reaffirming its support to the Palestinian cause.

KOLKATA: For the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, the post-election honeymoon period is over.

LUCKNOW: BJP is trying very hard to convince the people in Uttar Pradesh that it would not again support BSP if it emerges as single largest party in 2012 assembly polls. The biggest problem with BJP is the public perception that it would again support Mayawati to become chief minister if she was short of number.