Take steps to educate your children, Vidya urges women
byNew Delhi: Bollywood actress Vidya Balan unveiled a giant abacus in Lusa village in Uttar Pradesh Friday and urged women to take steps to…
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Manipur’s women gun survivors weave new beginning
byImphal: A hand-woven scarf, or Leiroom, as they call it in Manipur, a cane jewellery box, a painting on Manipuri dance — the Lei…
Mining dumps in Goa the next Congress-BJP battleground?
byPanaji: Till recently it was considered mining waste – all 700 million tonnes of it. With technology now available to extract low grade ore…
Unauthorized mobile towers scar hill landscpaes
byShimla: Crowding the hill townships skyline in larger numbers each year, the government has failed to regulate mushrooming of mobile towers across the urban…
Living atop a tree, he campaigns for the environment
byNew Delhi: Brikesh Singh is getting ready to climb another tree, this time inside a tiger reserve, and stay there for a month –…
Shanta Kumar’s ‘dream hospital project’ under judicial scanner
byShimla: A philanthropic ‘dream project’ of former chief minister Shanta Kumar, the Palampur based Vivekanand Medical Research Trust, has come under judicial scanner as…
Mandi Police on Facebook: The aim is to produce ‘Social Cops’
byI met a Police constable while traveling from Mandi to Manali, who told me ‘n’ number of things about Facebook and how it helps…
Veteran Himachal minister dead
byShimla: Congress leader and five-time Himachal Pradesh minister Sat Mahajan died early Saturday in New Delhi after a brief illness, family members said. He…
Renowned Delhi socialites gather for a social cause
byNew Delhi: It was a much anticipated evening at the Aadyant School in Vasant Vihar on the 24th of August, 2012. Kids, in the age…
A Step Closer to the Real World, But at What Cost?
byIt has started. It’s that time of the year when all that mad frenzy begins. Competition, ruthlessness, selfishness, desperation (you name it!), is in…