Underwater Ravana Palaces Discovered
Sri Lankan archeologists claim they have found two underwater palaces near Kirindi in the Indian Ocean. Reports suggest that these great drowned structures could be 2,500 to 3,000 years old and could belong to the era of Ravana, the mythical king of Lanka. Indrajith De Silva, of the Ministry of Tourism and Development, has strongly backed the claim. The government now awaits the final report by archeologists who are studying the underwater sites, says De Silva, adding that it was very difficult to reach these places. Once a conclusive report is prepared, the department plans to release pictures and videos. The palaces were discovered near Kirindi between two lighthouses built by the British on two islands. Interestingly, these two islands were named Kota Ravana Kotwa (fort of Ravana) and Maha Ravana Reef respectively, much before the discovery of the structures.
Liquor Leak In Punjab Lab
The staff of Punjab바카라s State Drug Food and Chemical Testing Laboratory has had to 바카라dispose of바카라 98 bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue label and Black Label. At least, this was the explanation they provided to the state바카라s vigilance department, which came on an inspection to the lab바카라s premises after a complaint against the lab for not following 바카라standard operating procedures바카라. The bottles had been deposited with the lab by the state police as samples of liquor seized in raids. The bottles were discovered missing when the vigilance staff sat down to tabulate all 바카라case properties바카라 of seized contraband, supposed to be in safe custody of the lab. A bottle of Black Label costs around Rs 3,000; a Blue Label costs nothing less than Rs 17,000.
Possessive Over Mother바카라s Sari
The legacy of a saint in today바카라s times has huge influence, and also, by rule, huge commercial value. When Mother Teresa was canonised by the Vatican in September last year, a lawyer on behalf of Missionaries of Charity바카라the organisation that the Mother founded바카라had the trademarks registry in India copyright her iconic sari that we know so well. Yes, the plain white drape with three blue borders. News of this perhaps reached Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins a little late in the day, and he is not pleased with it at all. Martins, 85, a top Vatican cardinal, thinks it 바카라absurd바카라 that taxes will now have to be paid on Mother Teresa바카라s sari. 바카라It바카라s the first time I have heard anything like it,바카라 an Italian weekly quoted him as saying.
Buddha On A T-shirt Will Get You Deported
It probably was in the does and don바카라ts list that Indian tourists get with their on-arrival visa in Sri Lanka and often ignore, but few would think that such laws would be taken seriously by Colombo cops. A 26-year-old Indian tourist was shopping in a swanky mall in the country바카라s capital when cops approached her and informed her family that she was being arrested. For what? Wearing a t-shirt with a blissful Buddha printed on it. Apparently, any depiction of Buddha on clothes or in tattoos is an offence in the country. In 2014, a British tourist was reportedly deported from Sri Lanka for having a Buddha tattoo on her arm. The woman with the Buddha t-shirt, as the Indian tourist came to be known to all the mall goers that day, apologised for wearing it. But the sensitive cops were in no mood to take the middle path.
The All-Red Hot Property
This is not the first time that tomato prices have shot up. But this time, it has alarmed the lucky traders who have them hoarded in plenty. Some of them in Indore have asked the management of the local vegetable market to hire security guards to protect their stock, prompting quick deployment of guards. The traders see nothing unusual in their demand. A big consignment of tomatoes was recently stolen in Mumbai and they fear something similar. Tomatoes prices have skyrocketed across the country over the past few days because of the extensive damage caused to the crop by incessant rains.
A Mission That Went Awry
The pressure to reach the objectives of lofty national programmes is great. Kanwal Tanuj, DM of Aurangabad district in Bihar was promoting the anti-open defecation campaign in a speech when someone in the audience shouted that they did not have money to build them. 바카라If that is the case, then go sell your wife,바카라 blasted Tanuj. Someone took a video, and all hell broke loose. The officer later said he was speaking in a 바카라larger context바카라 of cases of molestation and rape due to open defecation.
No News From Darjeeling
In today바카라s world, protests and civil unrest are not only confronted by crackdowns by security forces but also silenced through attacks on that virtual, disseminator of information바카라the internet. So, all the Bengal government needed to do to mute the Gorkhaland agitations was to pull the plug on the internet in the hills. With the internet blocked for over 40 days, mainstream media, which now relies on people posting information online, soon ran out of daily updates. But the more local ABN News Network, the only Nepali satellite channel in India which operates from Siliguri, was still active. As of Saturday, July 22, the state government has sealed the channel바카라s office on Sevok Road after accusing it of 바카라promoting unrest바카라 and 바카라encouraging바카라 the movement for a separate state of Gorkhaland.
London Falling
London might well be a favourite property market for the world바카라s rich and famous. But for Pakistani politicians it surely is proving to be a jinxed destination.
If Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is under pressure to explain the legitimate source of income that allowed him to buy property in the British capital, his bete noire, Imran Khan, also seems to be facing the heat for a similar indiscretion.
The former cricketing icon-turned-politician took the lead in demanding Sharif바카라s resignation when the PanamaGate scandal, involving the prime minister and his family, erupted in Pakistan. But now, Imran is finding it difficult to explain the source of his own income that enabled him to buy a flat in London.
Pakistani media reports say the 바카라misstatement바카라 given by Imran before the country바카라s apex court to explain the 바카라money trail바카라 about his flat could well end the political career of the leader of the opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf.
In a sworn statement before the Supreme Court, Imran claimed he bought the flat from the money바카라$75,000바카라he was given during the 1977-79 Kerry Packer Series and subsequently, an amount of £61,000 he was paid while playing county cricket for Sussex.
The Chelsea flat had cost £1,16,500 and with the money from his two cricketing contracts in Australia and Sussex, he could pay for it. But Imran also claimed that at the time of the purchase of the flat there was parity in the value between the US Dollar and the British Pound.
However, this was not the case and during the period in question the Dollar and Pound ratio was 2:1. This, in effect, makes the Dollar income from the Packer Series well short of the amount required to buy the flat in London.
According to a Pakistani English daily, The News, which contested the PTI chief바카라s claim with documents obtained from the Bank of England, the wrong exchange rate raises a big question about Imran바카라s source of income that allowed him to buy the flat. A demand is now growing for him to come out with details of all bank accounts associated with his offshore company, Niazi Service Limited, set up in 1983 and shut down in 2015.
However, many in Pakistan are wondering whether the documents about Imran바카라s London property and offshore company are being supplied by the Sharifs and their supporters, or sections within his own PTI.
Illustrations by Sajith Kumar
