30 migrants rescued off Spain’s coast
Madrid, Nov 5 (IANS) Members of Spain’s Maritime Safety Agency early on Saturday rescued a third group of migrants from a small boat in the Strait of Gibraltar. The news comes after two other small…
Human Interest
Five-month-old girl found dead near Gurgaon
Gurgaon, Nov 5 (IANS) A few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Haryana government for improving the girl sex ratio in the state, a nearly five-month-old girl was found dead near here, police…
Father-son duo held for sexually abusing minor girls
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) In a shocking incident, two minor girls were sexually abused by their neighbour and his minor son for over a year with the alleged support of the victims’ parents. Police have…
Why 10 mn Indian women secretly undergo abortions every year
By Charu Bahri In 2008, Arti Chauhan (name changed to protect identity), mother of a 12-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and a 6-year old girl, became aware that two pills — mifepristone and misoprostol –…
Muslim religious preacher nabbed in Kerala for advising against breast milk
Kozhikode ( Kerala) Nov 5 (IANS) After the arrest of a newborn’s father, Kerala Police took a Muslim religious preacher into custody early on Saturday for advising against breast milk for a child until the…
Britons suffer from ‘deliberate historical amnesia’, says Tharoor
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Britain has constantly suffered from “deliberate historical amnesia” about their wrong-doings during their colonial rule in India, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said here on Friday. The former Union minister also…
Maneka discusses women, children issues in Facebook Q&A session
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Union Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Friday held a live Q & A session on Facebook for the third time to discuss issues like domestic violence,…
President condoles death of Congress leader Prasanta Nandi
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday condoled the death of West Bengal Congress leader Prasanta Nandi, calling it a loss of a great leader and a social worker. “I am saddened…
Satyarthi asks IIT students to participate in childrens’ cause
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Friday urged IIT students to be a part of his ‘100 million for 100 million’ campaign and bring a change in the lives…
Vietnam Corner opens at National Library
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) The National Library, the largest library in the country, will now house books from Vietnam at the ‘Vietnam Corner’, which was inaugurated on Friday and is the first such corner to…
Modi greets nation on Chhath
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Chhath festival, on Friday. “Chhat puja starts with the tradition of Nahai-Khai. I wish the people on the…
Three states achieve ‘Open Defecation Free’ status, four by March
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) on Friday said that three states had become Open Defecation Free (ODF) while four more state were expected to achieve the status by…
RTI in schools, college syllabi will rein in misuse: Official
Panaji, Nov 4 (IANS) Misuse of the Right to Information Act can be prevented by introducing the RTI in school and college syllabi, Goa’s Chief Information Commission Prashant Tendulkar said on Friday. The top official…
Bihari migrants carry home smiles, prosperity for Chhath
By Imran Khan Patna, Nov 4 (IANS) With four-day ‘Chhath’ festival underway, it is celebration time in thousands of villages of Bihar. Over a million migrant workers are returning home with broad smiles and pockets…
ABVP demands security for its students over missing JNU youth
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday approached the Delhi Police Commissioner asking him to provide security cover to the three JNU students who were involved in a fight…
Gandhiji kin, ex-NASA scientist Kanu, battles death in penury
By Quaid Najmi Surat (Gujarat), Nov 4 (IANS) Remember that energetic little boy who led his grandfather, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi — revered as Mahatma Gandhi worldwide — holding his stick on the beaches of Gujarat’s…
Paris attack music venue to reopen
Paris, Nov 4 (IANS) The Parisian music venue that was the scene of a deadly terror attack last November is set to reopen with a Sting concert, the British singer announced on Friday. Tickets are…
We love our freedom the most, say Delhi street artists
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) They hail from varied backgrounds — one born with a kind of silver spoon and the other not so fortunate. What they have in common is their…
Over 200 petitions demand clean air in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) As the national capital continues to choke on hazardous air, more than 200 online petitioners have urged the Prime Minister to intervene and chalk out a solution for clean air…
Global Citizen event faces political heat in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Nov 3 (IANS) The opposition Congress-NCP on Thursday attacked the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance for waiver of entertainment tax and rentals to the Global Citizen India’s upcoming mega-event in which British rock band Coldplay is…