As experts argue over the implications of Mumbai's latest Development Plan 2034, a look at why half of the city lives in slums, even as five lakh houses lie unoccupied.
Guntur DSP Ramesh Suspended for Indecent Behavior with Woman
Director General of Police (DGP) Gautam Sawang suspended Guntur (Urban) Women Police Station DSP V Ramesh Kumar on Friday for misbehaving and sexually harassing a woman when she approached him to lodge a complaint against her husband and in-laws for allegedly harassing her.
The woman recorded the entire episode on her mobile phone and, armed with the evidence, lodged a complaint against the DSP with the Guntur urban police during the Spandana programme on Monday. After a thorough inquiry against Ramesh Kumar, Guntur urban SP PHD Ramakrishna submitted a report to South Coastal Zone Guntur range IG Vineet Brijlal and the same was forwarded to DGP Sawang. Following this, the DGP issued orders suspending Ramesh Kumar.
The Ruins of Hampi, Karnataka, India
Hampi is one of the most impressive sites to visit in India. Inscribed as UNESCO Heritage site (quote from unesco.org): "The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich princes built Dravidian temples and palaces which won the admiration of travelers between the 14th and 16th centuries."
Music:
“The Higher Mind” from the album "Embrace The Moment", an album of instrumental yoga and relaxation music.
Music:
“The Higher Mind” from the album "Embrace The Moment", an album of instrumental yoga and relaxation music.
Badami Cave Temples, Karnataka, India
The Badami cave temples are a complex of four Hindu cave temples located in Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in the northern part of Karnataka, India. The caves are considered an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami Chalukya architecture, which dates from the 6th century. Badami was previously known as Vataapi Badami, the capital of the early Chalukya dynasty, which ruled much of Karnataka from the 6th to the 8th century. Badami is situated on the west bank of a man-made lake ringed by an earthen wall with stone steps; it is surrounded on the north and south by forts built in later times.
The Badami cave temples represent some of the earliest known examples of Hindu temples in the Deccan region. They along with the temples in Aihole transformed the Malaprabha River valley into a cradle of temple architecture that influenced the components of later Hindu temples elsewhere in India.
Caves 1 to 4 are in the escarpment of the hill in soft Badami sandstone formation, to the south-east of the town. In Cave 1, among various sculptures of Hindu divinities and themes, a prominent carving is of the Tandava-dancing Shiva as Nataraja. Cave 2 is mostly similar to Cave 1 in terms of its layout and dimensions, featuring Hindu subjects of which the relief of Vishnu as Trivikrama is the largest. The largest cave is Cave 3, featuring Vishnu-related mythology, and it is also the most intricately carved cave in the complex. Cave 4 is dedicated to revered figures of Jainism. Around the lake, Badami has additional caves of which one may be a Buddhist cave. Another cave was discovered in 2015, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the four main caves, with 27 Hindu carvings.
The Badami cave temples represent some of the earliest known examples of Hindu temples in the Deccan region. They along with the temples in Aihole transformed the Malaprabha River valley into a cradle of temple architecture that influenced the components of later Hindu temples elsewhere in India.
Caves 1 to 4 are in the escarpment of the hill in soft Badami sandstone formation, to the south-east of the town. In Cave 1, among various sculptures of Hindu divinities and themes, a prominent carving is of the Tandava-dancing Shiva as Nataraja. Cave 2 is mostly similar to Cave 1 in terms of its layout and dimensions, featuring Hindu subjects of which the relief of Vishnu as Trivikrama is the largest. The largest cave is Cave 3, featuring Vishnu-related mythology, and it is also the most intricately carved cave in the complex. Cave 4 is dedicated to revered figures of Jainism. Around the lake, Badami has additional caves of which one may be a Buddhist cave. Another cave was discovered in 2015, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the four main caves, with 27 Hindu carvings.
What It's Really Like to Fight for the Islamic State
VICE News has obtained footage taken from the headcam of an Islamic State (IS) fighter who died in March while battling Kurdish peshmerga troops in northern Iraq. The clash took place about 30 miles north of Mosul.
Unlike IS propaganda, which often presents sweeping battlefield victories, the video shows chaos, panic, and the fighters retreating.
VICE News shows the grim reality of an IS foot soldier.
Unlike IS propaganda, which often presents sweeping battlefield victories, the video shows chaos, panic, and the fighters retreating.
VICE News shows the grim reality of an IS foot soldier.
The Taliban's Most Feared Plane of USA
In 2009, Norwegian journalist Peter Refsdal embedded with the Taliban in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States' attempt to uproot al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban from power. One of his most interesting observations: The Taliban do not fear fighter jets.
"All the time there's jets, the sound of jets flying around, and the Taliban, they don't care about it," Refsdal told Anderson Cooper in a 2010 interview for CNN. "But there's one plane that scares them. ... It was the sound of this transport plane that scared them. And this is a plane equipped with a lot of heavy machine guns, even a cannon. And the thing is, the Taliban, they know that this gunship is used when there are some Special Forces operations. It's used as a support, air support during these kinds of operations."
Refsdal is talking about the AC-130 gunship, a variant of the C-130 that is absolutely brimming with firepower.
"All the time there's jets, the sound of jets flying around, and the Taliban, they don't care about it," Refsdal told Anderson Cooper in a 2010 interview for CNN. "But there's one plane that scares them. ... It was the sound of this transport plane that scared them. And this is a plane equipped with a lot of heavy machine guns, even a cannon. And the thing is, the Taliban, they know that this gunship is used when there are some Special Forces operations. It's used as a support, air support during these kinds of operations."
Refsdal is talking about the AC-130 gunship, a variant of the C-130 that is absolutely brimming with firepower.
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