October 11 marks the International Day Of Girl Child and to celebrate gender equality, a group of Delhi girls assumed the role of traffic controllers on the eve of the worldwide event. More than 100 girls came out on the roads in four places in Delhi to manage traffic asContinue Reading
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of cases of crime against members of the Schedule Caste community with 8,358 instances in 2015, according to National Crime Records Bureau data. There was an increase of 3.50 per cent from 2014 when 8,075 cases were reported in the largest state.Continue Reading
In a shocking case reported from Waghwade, a village about 12 km from Belagavi city, school girls are forced to carry sticks to protect themselves from molesters suspected to be from the neighboring Markhandey village. Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, Kiran Nippanikar, director of Pyaas Foundation that works on water management,Continue Reading
Siddipet : Nearly two-and-half years after it came into existence as India’s 29th state, Telangana’s map was redrawn on Tuesday with the creation of 21 new districts. As a Dasara gift to people, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government unveiled the new districts with an aim to improve administration atContinue Reading
Preumbavoor(Kerala): Tensions broke out at church premises here between a group of parishioners and the parish priest, at a funeral ceremony regarding the burial vault allotted to the family. The incident happened at St.Antony’s church Antopuram, Okkal near Perumbavoor. Around 9:30 am in the morning, the deceased person’s body wasContinue Reading
The move is expected to mark opening up the Church in India for the third genderContinue Reading
Chandigarh: The multi-pronged strategy adopted by the Haryana government to reduce the Infant and Child Mortality Rates has yielded positive results, Health Minister Anil Vij said Monday. The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has declined to 36 per 1,000 live births from 41 per 1,000 live births, he said. Child MortalityContinue Reading
A voluminous colour photo-biography on Mahatma Gandhi containing over 1,280 rare photographs related to his life and times was today launched here. Titled “Mahatma – Gandhi’s Life in Colour”, the 692-page book published by GandhiServe India also has maps, letters, cartoons and newspaper articles documenting Gandhi’s journey from birth toContinue Reading
Shillong: Sunil Kumar Dutt started his journey as a photographer with Mother Teresa in 1956 and through the years he had captured some of the best memories of the Mother. An exhibition in the city recently brought together some of the rare photographs of Mother Teresa that depicted a powerfulContinue Reading
The festival falls on October 11 this yearContinue Reading
