Meghalaya man moots court sanction to kill ailing sons
byShillong, May 29 (IANS) A father has decided to seek permission from the Meghalaya High Court for mercy killing of his three sons who…
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Digital village – Government at people’s doorsteps
byAgartala, May 29 (IANS) Thirty-eight-year-old Abinash Das is excited. From his doorstep he will soon be able to get any government certificate and permit…
Maoist attack linked to leadership change?
byA recent news report has quoted intelligence sources as saying there has been a change of guard in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)…
Rahul Gandhi assures aid for drought-hit in Maharashtra
byAurangabad, May 28 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday assured full relief by way of water supply, food and fodder to people in…
Malnourished children are less literate: Report
byNew Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Malnourished children struggle to read and write simple sentences and nearly 20 percent of them are less literate than…
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…
A ‘Spring Thunder’ that keeps shaking the Indian state
byIt would have remained – and forgotten — as another localised peasant-police clash had not the lanky Charu Mazumdar called it the start of…
Hindu seers, scholars break bread with widows
byVaranasi, May 27 (IANS) In a rare experience for the city, a large number of high caste Hindu seers and Sanskrit scholars Monday shared…
Bengal appoints first woman graduate from Toto community
byKolkata, May 27 (IANS) The first woman graduate from the endangered Toto community in West Bengal will be appointed a social worker in a…
Sick man Europe
byThe ramification of the European Union (EU) formation in 1950 in hope to achieve peace and prosperity may be seen as a blunder in…