‘India can learn from Bangladesh on women’s empowerment’
byNew Delhi: India could learn from Bangladesh in the way it is tackling crimes against women, including acid attacks, as well as making strides in…
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Indo-China trade at Shipki La post touches Rs 1.4 cr
byShimla: Trade on the Indo-China border post through Shipki La pass in Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) for the first time in 18 years touched a…
India’s forex reserves down $471 million
byMumbai: India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves went down up by $471.3 million to $294.50 billion for the week ended Nov 30, according to Reserve Bank…
Media should raise voice against AFSPA
byNew Delhi: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, has been in force in India’s northeast for…
Hope, despair, Legal tangles follow Kolkata hospital fire tragedy
byKolkata: The charred remains of the annexe of the AMRI Hospital stands as a ghostly reminder of the fire that snuffed out 94 lives on…
Kerala’s e-toilets, treatment plants to help sanitise Kashmir
byThiruvananthapuram: An e-toilet manufacturer from Kerala will install four sewage treatment plants in Jammu and Kashmir and two customised toilets – one at 4,000 feeet…
Prayers, peaceful marches Monday for Tibet
byDharamsala: From prayers to peaceful marches to appeals to the United Nations (UN), a number of events have been lined up by the Central Tibetan…
Omar Abdullah’s ‘grand alliance’ is vindicated in council poll (Kashmir Newsletter)
bySrinagar: The clean sweep by the ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance, which won the polls for all the four legislative council seats Wednesday, has dispelled…
Parties battle over who their opposition is! (Karnataka Newsletter)
byBangalore: With the Karnataka assembly polls less than six months away, political parties in the state are busy deciding who will be their main opposition…
Yeddyurappa’s Sunday show: Will BJP government fall?
byBangalore: The BJP is gearing up for the possible fall of its government in Karnataka with its former leader B.S. Yeddyurappa launching his own party…