By Rupesh Dutta Anpum (Arunachal Pradesh), April 24 (IANS) Until a couple of years ago pregnancy was unavoidable for women in this tiny village of Arunachal Pradesh. Unavailability of contraceptives in the defunct Public Health…
Aligarh, April 24 (IANS) One person was shot dead when two groups of students clashed in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here, police said on Sunday. A dozen students were injured in the violence that…
By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Marxist cadres chanting “Rahul Gandhi laal salam”, enthusiastic Congress workers crowding CPI-M veteran Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s road show and the red flag fluttering alongside the Congress tricolour – scenes…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India cannot achieve its economic growth without a robust judiciary overseen by an adequate number of judges, Chief Justice T.S. Thakur said on Sunday. A robust judicial system was needed…
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar alleged on Sunday that a passenger tried to strangle him on board a Mumbai-Pune flight here but the airline refused to act against the attacker. In a…
By Aparajita Gupta New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Blame it on spectrum! That’s been the alibi of telecom operators on many of the ills in the system, including the call drop menace. As India readies…
Patna, April 24 (IANS) The 10-phase panchayat elections began in Bihar on Sunday to elect a three-tier rural administrative structure, officials said. Over 61 lakh people are registered to pick 124 district panchayat and 1,246…
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday said a man tried to strangle him on a Jet Airways flight earlier in the day. “Yet again, this time inside…
Ranchi, April 24 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, a bus was burnt and five legislators were detained under preventive measures on Sunday as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has called a shutdown…
By Venkatachari Jagannath Chennai, April 24 (IANS) With its festival of Indian curries and breads – Indian Curry Trail – Hilton Chennai’s Ayna restaurant is currying favour of its guests with varied taste buds. “After…
Bengaluru, April 24 (IANS) The central government should declare “parental alienation” a crime and make shared parenting mandatory in order to protect the rights of the children, an activist said on Sunday. “Parental alienation” refers…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the government should now focus on quality education. In his 19th radio address ‘Mann ki Baat’, Modi said that every government has…
By Ankush Vats New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi’s grand daughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, who was recently conferred with a top French honour for her contribution in the field of environment, education and culture,…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the efforts of the Indian Railways as well as common people in battling the ongoing draught in the country. In the 19th edition…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The external affairs ministry on Sunday revoked the passport of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owes Rs. 9,000 crores to various banks in India and is currently residing in Britain….
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) One person was killed and over a dozen were injured on Sunday when student groups of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) clashed and set set varsity property, including vehciles and the…
By Vikas Datta Poets can be divided into two broad categories – those who are sometime, somewhere influenced by the world outside and ‘prosaic’ concerns like politics, or at least reference what is happening, while…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Chittagong Armoury Raid: A Memoir; Author: Subodh Roy; Publisher: LeftWord Books; Pages: 137; Price: Rs.175 It cost only Rs.18,000 to prepare for the 1930 Chittagong Armoury Raid. That – coupled…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) It was a clear Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.9 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
Bhubaneswar, April 23 (IANS) The Odisha government on Saturday said it would purchase 5,000 tonnes of pulses from the central government, which has decided to provide subsidy on ‘tur’ and ‘urad’ dals for distribution by…