Friend, philospher and guide: the evolving father-child bond (June 16 is Father’s Day)
byNew Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Ishaan Chawla, a student, is planning a motorbike road trip. Unlike others of his age, who would want their…
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Ex-legislator seeks Mulayam’s permission to end life
byLucknow, June 13 (IANS) A former legislator of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) has written to party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh…
Bangalore initiative: Training local leaders to be good corporators
byBangalore, June 12 (IANS) Fed up with Bangalore being in the news for all the wrong reasons – strewn garbage, chaotic traffic, air pollution,…
Sheila Dikshit inaugurates semi-open prison in Tihar
byNew Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday inaugurated the semi-open prison complex and beauty culture centre in Tihar Jail here….
India has 50 lakh child labourers
byNew Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Fifty lakh children eke out a livelihood in the country, of whom 17.5 lakh are in Uttarakhand, according to…
Voter ID to be valid as address proof, says poll panel
byAgartala, June 11 (IANS) The Elector’s Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) will be treated as residential proof of a citizen in India, an Election Commission…
Can Modi modify the Right and BJP?
byA large number of leaders of the right have made serious efforts to re-invent themselves, and also to push their party towards the centre…
For children of a lesser god, it’s about abuse, slavery
byNew Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Being forced to sit like a hen for hours or getting thrashed for being slow at work. Or being…
Guadeloupe’s haunted house: Witness to Indian immigrants’ travails
byPointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe): Legend has it that Maison Zevallos, a large colonial mansion once part of one of the biggest sugar estate on Guadeloupe in…
Marijuana cultivation as green profits
byWith Colorado, the American state having legalized marijuana, the opposition that the herbal psychotic substance faces runs across the world has found acceptance in…