Corporate, spiritual organizations urged to join clean Ganga projects
2015-05-19
Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram has joined the projectContinue Reading
Jesuit colleges devise new ways for staff development
2015-05-19
Psycho-spiritual integration is done through dreams analysis and personality types understandingContinue Reading
NE’s first e-Toilets launched
2015-05-18
Guwahati — Keeping cleanliness and public convenience in mind, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) installed North East region’s first e-toilet today at Maligaon, Guwahati. Two electronic public toilets, one each for male and female were launched by PHE Minister Sukur Ali Ahmed in the presence of Mayor of Guwahati AbirContinue Reading
Financial independence of women helps curb violence: NCW
2015-05-16
Mumbai — Financial independence of women can help curtail violence against them by as much as 90 percent, National Commission for Women chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said here on Saturday. “The NCW receives 250 complaints on daily basis… 70 percent are for domestic violence. We have noticed that when women own property orContinue Reading
Quick cop action App for women’s safety
2015-05-16
Bhubaneswar — Women in distress can now expect prompt police assistance thanks to ‘Mo Sathi’, a mobile phone-based application, launched by chief minister here on Friday. “I urge all women to make use of this technology for their own safety. I call upon police to promptly respond to women, usingContinue Reading
Rajasthan: Dalits killed, thrashed in violence over land dispute
2015-05-16
Nagaur — Scores of people have fled their homes in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district after four men died in a clash between Dalits and Jats, some of them allegedly run over by tractors, following a sudden flare-up over a decades-old land dispute. Six women of the Meghwal Dalit community who wereContinue Reading
Mixed reactions over tribal woman as Jharkhand governor
2015-05-16
Murumu’s appointment is expected appease Jharkhand tribal peopleContinue Reading
Panaji church road to turn canvas for kids creativity
2015-05-15
Panaji — Around 40 children, aged eight to 16, will participate in The Times of India’s painting event on May 15 from 9 pm to midnight at Panaji’s church square. The children, under the guidance of artist Raj Bhandare, will break all boundaries to express themselves with water-based paint onContinue Reading
ISIS killed 39 Indian hostages, Iraq survivor says
2015-05-14
Chandigarh — A man from Punjab who escaped from the clutches of the ISIS in June 2014 claimed on Thursday that 39 Indians taken hostage have been killed. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said in New Delhi that she did not believe the claims and her own sources felt theContinue Reading
Bihar couple set on fire, villagers watched, nobody called cops
2015-05-14
Gaya — A man and a teenager who had eloped were beaten mercilessly and set on fire on Wednesday as hundreds watched at a village in Bihar’s Gaya. A 30-year-old man and the girl, 16, were allegedly dragged to a square by 20 of the girl’s relatives and thrashed publiclyContinue Reading