For one under pressure, Manmohan is confidence personified
byUnder unrelenting attack on more than one count, one would expect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be wilting. No way! On the night he…
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Help Age India, caring for senior citizens
byChanging values with times has youngsters debunk traditions for now they don’t have time as well as money for their aging parents. Both cities…
Is National Food Security Bill a viable solution ?
byDespite India’s significant economic development in the past decade, it lags in terms of various social indicators even when in comparison to Bangladesh, Nepal…
IPL: plot thickens, rot gets deeper
byLast word in the cricket fixing racket is yet to be heard as the investigation widens and more skeletons tumble out of the popular league cupboard
New mango named Nirbhaya after gang-rape victim
byLucknow, May 23 (IANS) A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh’s famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old…
Environmentalists concerned at Everest becoming a garbage dump
byDehra Dun : NCC teams climbs Mt Everest; Sanawar boys on the peak; twin sisters make it to the top; first Indian amputee on…
Bangladesh’s Shahbag movement still on, claim leaders, activists
byDhaka, May 22 (IANS) Directed at channeling the “patriotic spirit” of youngsters in Bangladesh to create a “secular youth force”, the Shahbag movement, that…
Afghan women getting jailed for ‘moral crimes’
byKabul, May 21 (IANS) The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,”…
Kerala nearly free of child labour: Minister
byThiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) State Labour Minister Shibu Baby John Tuesday said Kerala is almost free of child labour and that his ministry will…
Nine years as PM: What will be Manmohan Singh’s legacy?
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh completes nine years in office Wednesday, the longest tenure of any prime minister outside the Nehru-Gandhi family. But his…