San Francisco Bay area commuter rail union voting on contract after deal averted strikeAugust 25th, 2009 SF Bay area rail union voting on contractSAN FRANCISCO — Members of a commuter rail union in the San Francisco Bay area are voting on a new contract aimed at averting a strike. Union president Jesse Hunt says he's confident the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency's train operators and station agents will ratify the agreement.
Meira Kumar celebrates Rakhi with differently abled childrenAugust 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday celebrated Raksha Bandhan, a festival that marks the bond of love between siblings, with a group of mentally challenged, and hearing and speech impaired children here Wednesday. "The feeling of brotherly love and affection should flourish all around, especially among children," the speaker said while celebrating the festival with children from the Aastha Special School in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, at her official residence here.
Theater: Shaw Festival under way in OntarioAugust 3rd, 2009 Theater: Shaw Festival under way in OntarioNIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario — The 2009 season of the Shaw Festival is under way in Ontario with productions by Noel Coward, Eugene O'Neill and Stephen Sondheim. The theater season, which runs through Nov.
LA County leaders vote in support of Wagner opera festivalJuly 22nd, 2009 LA County leaders vote in support of Wagner operaLOS ANGELES — County supervisors have voted to support the Los Angeles Opera's planned festival next year celebrating Wagner's epic "Ring" cycle despite one supervisor's protest over the composer's anti-Semitic views. The Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday in support of a motion by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky replacing a motion by Supervisor Mike Antonovich.
American Indian cultural leader Clarence "Curly Bear" Wagner dies in MontanaJuly 21st, 2009 Blackfeet cultural leader Clarence Wagner diesHELENA, Mont. — Clarence "Curly Bear" Wagner, an American Indian historian who pressed for repatriation of ancestral remains to tribes, has died.
Bonjour India! France to stage mega festival this DecemberJuly 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The bilateral cooperation between India and France which, already heightened with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attending the French National Day celebrations in Paris this week, will scale new heights this December when France unveils a 10-city mega festival - Bonjour India: Celebrating France in India. The festival was announced on the French National Day in Paris, a statement issued by the French Embassy in the capital said Thursday.
Conn. town officials apologizes for behavior toward police after drunken driving arrestJune 17th, 2009 Conn. councilwoman apologizes for arrest behaviorGLASTONBURY, Conn. — A town councilwoman apologized to police Wednesday for her conduct after a police video showed her warning officers who were charging her with drunken driving that she approves their salaries.
Conn. councilwoman apologizes after release of DWI arrest video; warned cops she OKs salariesJune 17th, 2009 CT councilwoman apologizes for DWI arrest behaviorGLASTONBURY, Conn. — A town councilwoman in Connecticut is apologizing for her conduct after police released the video of her drunken driving arrest which shows her warning officers that she approves their salaries.
Shimla summer festival begins June 2May 30th, 2009 SHIMLA - The five-day annual Shimla summer festival will begin in this Himachal Pradesh capital Tuesday, an official said Saturday. "Shimla summer festival will start June 2.
St. Louis Brewers Festival, June 5-6May 4th, 2009 St. Louis Brewers Festival, June 5-6ST. LOUIS, Mo. — St. Louis is the destination for beer lovers next month as the St.
Airport employees' strike avertedApril 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A planned nationwide two-day strike by 15,000 airport employees from Thursday midnight has been called off after the government agreed to discuss their grievances, a civil aviation ministry spokesperson said. 'The strike, called by the employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), has been called off,' the official said.
Hip-hop singer Lauryn Hill to headline Stockholm Jazz Festival as part of European tourApril 21st, 2009 Lauryn Hill to headline Stockholm Jazz FestivalSTOCKHOLM — Organizers say former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill will be the headline act for the Stockholm Jazz Festival in July. Festival spokesman Gunnar Lagerman says the hip-hop and R&B singer will perform at the five-day event as part of a 10-stop European tour.
Nitish Kumar refrains from Holi celebrationsMarch 12th, 2009 PATNA - To express solidarity with the victims of last year's devastating floods in the Kosi river, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar refrained from celebrating Holi, and instead spent the day reading books and meeting officials. This is the second successive year the chief minister did not celebrate Holi.
Goods worth nearly Rs.1 bn stranded in Tamil NaduJanuary 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tea, vegetables and perishables worth nearly Rs.100 crore (Rs.1 billion) are stranded in various districts in Tamil Nadu on account of the truckers' strike, which continued Saturday for the sixth straight day. 'Tea worth over Rs.15 crore (Rs.150 million) is stranded in Ooty (in the Nilgiris district) due to the strike,' a United Planters' Association of Southern India (UPASI) spokesperson said.
Shopping festival starts in KolkataDecember 24th, 2008 KOLKATA - With the aim of emulating shopping festivals in Dubai and Singapore, the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival has got off to a glittering start. Inaugurating the festival here Wednesday evening, West Bengal Tourism Minister Manabendra Mukherjee said: 'This is the first time any such festival is happening in India.
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