Harda: At least 28 people were killed and some 40 wounded when two trains derailed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday night. Six coaches of the Mumbai-Varanasi Kamayani Express derailed around 11:30 pm while crossing a culvert near the Kudawa railway station, around 25 km from Harda,Continue Reading
New Delhi – What was conceived by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government as bringing employers and job seekers on a single platform, seems to now promote and allow the hiring of the prohibited act of manual scavenging at the click of a button. Cleaning of sewers, descending into manholes, removingContinue Reading
United Nations: The UN has called for better support systems and policies for working mothers to enable them breastfeed their babies as it marked the start of the annual World Breastfeeding Week. The theme for this year’s observance from August 1 to 7 is ‘Women and work – Let’s makeContinue Reading
Guwahati — An assistant professor in northeast India has published his second book within less than three months of joining the university Department of Social work. The Vice Chancellor of Assam Don Bosco University Dr Stephen Mavely released Dr Jacob Lukose’s new book entitled “Social Analysis” at the inauguration ofContinue Reading
New Delhi — Despite a big increase in college attendance, especially among women, fewer than one out of every 10 Indians is a graduate, new Census data show. Over the weekend, the office of the Census Commissioner and Registrar-General of India released new numbers on the level of education achievedContinue Reading
Tirunelveli : The officer, who uprooted the decades-old lucrative bootlegging in the district which was the root cause of a range of social issues, particularly bloody caste clashes that consumed several lives in till late nineties, retired from service on July 31 as Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) after 29 yearsContinue Reading
The fibre glass nativity scene made by Kolkata-based company Church Art.Continue Reading
Vested interest of officials, politicians, businessmen and local collaborators has been making optimum use of insurgency just to fill in their pocketsContinue Reading
New Delhi : In what could give a great boost to government’s efforts to curb militancy in North-East India, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) signed a peace deal with the Government of India on Friday. The historic pact was inked at 7 RCR, the official residence of Prime MinisterContinue Reading
New Delhi — Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country have been asked to block more than 800 pornographic websites, communications ministry sources said Sunday. “Certain websites have been reviewed and found to be spreading anti-social activities as hyperlinks from these websites, some of them were pornographic, so we haveContinue Reading