Madhya Pradesh decides to change to January-December fiscal year
2017-05-02
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday became the first Indian state to move to a January-December financial year after PM Narendra Modi urged such a shiftContinue Reading
Assam event draws international participants
2017-05-02
By Laishram Swital Singha Guwahati – An on-line environment protection event organised by an Assam university has garnered unexpected number of overseas participants. The event participants and followers hailed from Thailand, Italy, Bolivia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and India. “Shout Out To Green World the E-event turned out to be successful,Continue Reading
ADB’s 50 years: Protests to take place in several places
2017-05-02
New Delhi: People’s movements and other civil society organisations across India would hold over 100 actions of protest in 21 states of the country between May 1 – 7, 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), highlighting the gross human rights violations,Continue Reading
Cow vigilantes lynch 2 in Assam
2017-05-01
This is the first case of cow vigilantes violence in AssamContinue Reading
Kerala’s Aymanam India’s first digitized panchayat ward
2017-04-29
Kottayam,Kerala: A ward in the district today became India’s first digitalised panchayat ward. Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the website of the first digitalised panchayat ward number 15 of Aymanam grama panchayat at a function held at a temple premises. The ministerContinue Reading
Men should learn to do household work : Sushma Swaraj
2017-04-29
New Delhi : Men should be encouraged to study home science in college and hone their culinary skills, while women should be motivated to take up physical education, especially martial arts, as an effort to banish gender bias from society. The suggestion was made on April 27 by external affairsContinue Reading
India slips in press freedom rankings
2017-04-29
India slipped three places in the 2017 world press freedom rankings to 136th among 180 countries, the dismal performance blamed on “government’s nationalism” and growing “self-censorship” in the mainstream media. In the index released on Wednesday, India was ranked just three places above Pakistan and was one notch below violence-tornContinue Reading
Give women their space, says SC
2017-04-28
Court upholds conviction of man who stalked a girl, driving her to suicideContinue Reading
Aligarh Muslim University to provide free treatment to acid attack survivors
2017-04-28
Agra: Aligarh Muslim University has decided to provide free treatment to acid attack survivors at its J N Medical College. Not only this, the university will bear all expenses related to food and stay of patients. Moreover it will also provide certificates to survivors stating that they are victims ofContinue Reading
13 drown in village tank as boat capsizes in Andhra Pradesh
2017-04-28
Anantapur: Thirteen members of a family died and two others are missing after their boat capsized in the Erratimma Raju lake in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Friday. The victims, which include seven women and six children, were taking a joy ride when the accident took place. Police have launchedContinue Reading