More volunteers joining NGOs
byKolkata, May 15 (IANS) NGOs working on social issues are now finding more volunteers, especially youths, who want to be engaged in different projects…
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Campaign against early marriage in Bihar, Jharkhand
byNew Delhi, May 15 (IANS) With the focus on empowering women, the NGO Breakthrough will launch a campaign in Bihar and Jharkhand to raise…
New Kolkata terminal: Beware of crashing glass panes, rubble, water seepage
byKolkata, May 15 (IANS) A day after a glass pane came tumbling down, closely missing two wheelchair-bound passengers in the domestic section of the…
Descendants of Goans to revisit state under youth programme
byPanaji, May 15 (IANS) Descendants of Goans, who fled their villages centuries ago to escape religious inquisition during the Portuguese regime, will be brought…
Return of US dollar, end of gold run
byMark Twain once said that a gold miner is a liar standing next to a hole dug up in the ground. The time has…
Skeletons dating back to 1930s found near Moscow
byMoscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The remains of 11 people buried about 80 years ago have been discovered near the Russian capital, officials said….
Sonia Gandhi shocked at violence against women
byNew Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday said she was shocked over the society’s failure to check violence against women and…
Once landowners, they now work as security guards
byGurgaon: They once owned the land where swanky highrises have come up in this corporate hub adjoining the national capital. Injudicious use of the money…
Educating the Muslim girl child – in a Mughal-era structure
byNew Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Functioning in a Mughal-era structure near Jama Masjid in the capital’s old quarters is the Balak Mata Centre of…
Rural Goa, SC/ST population lead sex ratio figures
byPanaji, May 14 (IANS) Folks living in rural Goa as well as scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST) population account for higher sex…