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…
Opinion
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…
What is Life?
byAlmost no one can deny that they think about this question quite often. Whenever I think about it, my answer always comes in the…
Samson saves Kerala pride as Sreesanth stays behind bars
byThiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) Teenage sensation Sanju V. Samson appears to have saved the day for Kerala after he bagged the best young cricketer…
IPL 6 Sponsors in costly fix
byWith fresh disclosures tumbling out everyday in the ongoing investigation into the notorious bookie-player nexus in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 6, things…