Foster parents win girls’ custody
2015-05-22
The sisters were found in garbage dump 11 years agoContinue Reading
Greenpeace India employees to work for free after govt freezes funds
2015-05-21
New Delhi — Greenpeace is determined to keep operating in India even after the central government froze its bank accounts, leaving it with no funds to pay wages to hundreds of staff, its country head said on Thursday. The home ministry blocked foreign funding to the local branch of theContinue Reading
Heat wave claims 30 lives in Telangana in 2 days
2015-05-21
Hyderabad — Heat wave claimed 12 lives in Telangana on Thursday, taking the toll to 30 in two days, unofficial sources said. The daily wage labourers, petty traders and people living on streets are the worst-hit, reported The Times of India. Heat wave conditions have been sweeping the state theContinue Reading
Maharashtra cabinet gives nod to night shifts for women workers
2015-05-21
Mumbai — The state government Wednesday decided to make several amendments to the Factories Act, 1948, clearing the decks for women employees to work in night shifts. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the cabinet decision at a media interaction. “While there were objections raised as to why women were beingContinue Reading
India’s Republican Party opposes beef ban in Maharashtra
2015-05-21
The ban has hit farmers and beef traders hardContinue Reading
Indian papers stop matrimonial ad for gay son
2015-05-21
Like many Indian parents, when Padma Iyer wanted to find a spouse for her son Harish Iyer, she decided to place an advert in the matrimonial sections of a few national newspapers. But three of the four publications the Iyers approached, refused to run the advertisement, according to Iyer. TheContinue Reading
Witch doctor forces newborn to walk as fever cure
2015-05-20
The two-day-old baby was grabbed by his neckContinue Reading
Mumbaikars come together to help this teen from Pakistan
2015-05-20
Mumbai — The Maximum City has shown the maximum support to Saba Tarikh Ahmed, a 15-year-old from Pakistan’s Karachi district, who is suffering from a rare, genetic disorder called Wilson’s disease. The disease occurs as a result of accumulation of copper in the body, slowly resulting in degeneration of organsContinue Reading
MP government to institute award in name of Aruna Shanbaug
2015-05-20
Bhopal — Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday announced an award of Rs one lakh in the name of Aruna Shanbaug, the nurse who was raped and gagged with a dog chain that left her in a coma for 42 years. She died on Monday at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai.Continue Reading
Church seeks nod to increase production of wine
2015-05-20
Kochi — The Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church which had strongly stood for the closure of bars in the state has sought permission from the Excise Department for increasing production of wine from 1,250 litres to 5,000 litres on a yearly basis. A request in this regard was filedContinue Reading