Working women help children develop: Study
byNew Delhi: Increasing participation of women in the work force, especially in the government’s flagship rural employment guarantee scheme NREGS, has reflected positively on the…
May, 2013
Malaysian Indians’ political party rejects merger proposal
bySingapore, May 28 (IANS) Malaysian political party Indian Progressive Front (IPF) has shot down a proposal to merge the party with the Malaysian Indian…
Akhilesh seeks UPA’s support for Muslim reservation
byLucknow, May 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday sought support from the UPA government at the centre to effect a constitutional…
Japan and India partners in quest for peace: PM
byTokyo, May 28 (IANS) Stressing the need for defence and strategic cooperation between Japan and India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that both…
Pollard backed himself to play match-winner after Mumbai slump
byKolkata, May 28 (IANS/CMC) West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard says he backed himself to play a match-winning role for Mumbai Indians as wickets tumbled…
Time to try different dance forms, Shweta on ‘Jhalak…’
byMumbai, May 28 (IANS) Shweta Tiwari, who is a good dancer, says she has danced to Bhojpuri songs, but wants to try other dance…
Two Chinese workers fired for not refuelling ambulance
byBeijing, May 28 (IANS) Two gas station workers in central China’s Hubei province have been fired for refusing to refuel an ambulance carrying a…
Nepal introduces ID cards for all Everest summiteers
byKathmandu, May 28 (IANS) Nepal Tuesday launched a new system of providing identity cards to all summiteers of Mount Everest. The first batch of…
Two killed as gunmen attack polio team in Pakistan
byIslamabad, May 28 (IANS) Two female polio workers were killed when gunmen attacked a polio-eradication team in Pakistan’s northwest Peshawar city Tuesday, a media…
India prepares guidelines on rearing abandoned tiger cubs
byNew Delhi, May 28 (IANS) India is preparing guidelines that will for the first time apprise tiger reserve officials on how to deal with…