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
Thoubal: Manipur has been crippled by floods, which locals claim are the worst in three decades. Some parts of the state remain disconnected with roads and bridges washed away by flood waters. With skies remaining clear on Sunday, the water level receded in some parts. However, the Thoubal District, known asContinue Reading
Mumbai: Teachers and non-teaching staff members working in 150-odd Christian schools in Mumbai have been asked to submit character references that will prove that they are suitable to work with children. They have been asked to sign declaration forms with the names and addresses of two people who can vouchContinue Reading
Panaji : Nearly 28 years after its first edition, Goa’s lone Konkani daily ‘Sunaparant’ is heading for a closure from next month, with the management attributing the decision to escalating cost of bringing out the newspaper. “It is with a very heavy heart that I have to take the decision todayContinue Reading
A multi-purpose dam to hit nearly 12,000 people in 11 villagesContinue Reading
Dahala-Khagrabari: Bangladesh and India prepared on Friday to swap tiny areas of land, ending one of the world’s most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years. Officials of two nations will hoist their respective national flags in 162 enclaves – 111 inContinue Reading
New Delhi — The government has identified 200 districts with high extent of malnourishment in children under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said that Uttar Pradesh tops the list with as many as 41 districtsContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The National Human Rights Commission has expressed ‘grave’ concern over alleged farmers’ suicides in Mandya district of Karnataka over low payment by sugar mills and issued a notice to the state government seeking a reply within four weeks. Mandya, known as the ‘sugar bowl’ of Karnataka, has seen aContinue Reading
The case is related to a midnight raid on a church in 2012Continue Reading
New Delhi : Against the backdrop St Stephen’s molestation row, the college’s principal Valson Thampu Thursday met senior University Grants Commission (UGC) officials and hailed their “support” for the institute. “I had a great time in UGC. My friends will be happy to know that officers overwhelmed me with their appreciationContinue Reading
