Visitors: 278“WILL DEMAND FOR SEPARATE SMALLER STATES LEAD TO DISINTEGRATION OF INDIA?”WHAT DO THE COLLEGE STUDENTS THINK ? ALL INDIA ESSAY COMPETITION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS Objective of the competition The recent demand for smaller states from several quarters and related violent incidents have led to considerable concern about the future of the federal structure of […]
Visitors: 1,776Maharashtra The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to give senior citizens a five per cent rebate in property taxes. Those above 65 years of age will also not be charged for admission in BMC-run hospitals. The civic body has drawn up the proposal and will pass it next week at its group leaders’ meeting. […]
Visitors: 347A huge controversy has been generated in recent days over the much quoted lines in the IPCC’s 2007 report: “Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high […]
Visitors: 316[Synopsis: The country is facing multitude of problems in power sector. Despite huge investments since independence and considerable increase in generating capacity, electricity is still out of reach for about 40% of the population. In the backdrop of escalating demand for electricity, the social, economic and environmental implications of large addition of conventional power […]
Visitors: 310Bangalore/ New Delhi Prevention and Punishment of Sectarian Violence and Rehabilitation of Victims Law, 2010 with amendment of Criminal Proecdure Code.Sanctioning Authority shifted to either the District Judge or the State Legal Services Authority. New law with freshly inducted jurisprudence that draws from the Geneva Covention (Convention Against Genocide) and the International Criminal Court […]
Visitors: 244Bangalore/ New Delhi Prevention and Punishment of Sectarian Violence and Rehabilitation of Victims Law, 2010 with amendment of Criminal Proecdure Code.Sanctioning Authority shifted to either the District Judge or the State Legal Services Authority. New law with freshly inducted jurisprudence that draws from the Geneva Covention (Convention Against Genocide) and the International Criminal Court […]
Visitors: 507Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad:Guinness Record holder, “Maestro” Dr Ghazal Srinivas created another Guinness World Record for singing and recording the song “The Golden Dreams of Gandhiji” in 125 world languages as an audio Album “The Path of Mahatma Gandhi”with same theme-same musical composition in the category of Most languages sung in an audio album. Among […]
Visitors: 416Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad:Guinness Record holder, “Maestro” Dr Ghazal Srinivas created another Guinness World Record for singing and recording the song “The Golden Dreams of Gandhiji” in 125 world languages as an audio Album “The Path of Mahatma Gandhi”with same theme-same musical composition in the category of Most languages sung in an audio album. Among […]
Visitors: 296More than the economic and political concerns, the fall in the moral climate in the country is a more grave issue that has to be tackled at the earliest. There cannot be any difference of opinion that the increasing incidents of murders, violence in personal life and the corruption and nepotism in public life […]
Visitors: 219More than the economic and political concerns, the fall in the moral climate in the country is a more grave issue that has to be tackled at the earliest. There cannot be any difference of opinion that the increasing incidents of murders, violence in personal life and the corruption and nepotism in public life […]
Visitors: 323To,The Chairperson,National Human Right CommissionNew Delhi, sir, We want to acknowledge you that Seema Azad ,journalist ,human right worker and executive member of peoples Union for civil liberties (PUCL), and her husband former student leader Vishwavijay and friend Asha, were detained by the police on Allahabad Railway Junction without any proper reason on Saturday(6th […]
Visitors: 425To,The Chairperson,National Human Right CommissionNew Delhi, sir, We want to acknowledge you that Seema Azad ,journalist ,human right worker and executive member of peoples Union for civil liberties (PUCL), and her husband former student leader Vishwavijay and friend Asha, were detained by the police on Allahabad Railway Junction without any proper reason on Saturday(6th […]
Visitors: 334Port Vila, February 6, 2010 University of the South Pacific student, Miss June Atomea is the winner of the Human Face story competition. Twenty-two year old, Ms Atomea, who is from Northern Malaita in the Solomon Islands submitted her essay titled ‘Silent cry of John, a village boy’.Organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund […]
Visitors: 442Port Vila, February 6, 2010 University of the South Pacific student, Miss June Atomea is the winner of the Human Face story competition. Twenty-two year old, Ms Atomea, who is from Northern Malaita in the Solomon Islands submitted her essay titled ‘Silent cry of John, a village boy’.Organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund […]
Visitors: 834Maharashtra 5th February 2010, Mumbai: Bhupendra Singh Gulati, 52, opened the lift door at the 7th floor while talking on his mobile phone, and stepped inside. He plunged six floors down the empty lift well, and died after landing on top of the lift car. This tragedy happened on 3rd June 2008, at Violet […]
Visitors: 254Maharashtra 5th February 2010, Mumbai: Bhupendra Singh Gulati, 52, opened the lift door at the 7th floor while talking on his mobile phone, and stepped inside. He plunged six floors down the empty lift well, and died after landing on top of the lift car. This tragedy happened on 3rd June 2008, at Violet […]
Visitors: 244Maharashtra Pune-based activist Vilas Kane has been documenting road kills of animals in Maharashtra. In the hill station of Mahabaleshwar alone he reports 600,000 snakes crushed by vehicles in a single year. So many kills can disturb the ecosystem. One thing led to another. For Pune-based documentary filmmaker Vilas Kane, a 20-minute film titled […]
Visitors: 208Maharashtra Pune-based activist Vilas Kane has been documenting road kills of animals in Maharashtra. In the hill station of Mahabaleshwar alone he reports 600,000 snakes crushed by vehicles in a single year. So many kills can disturb the ecosystem. One thing led to another. For Pune-based documentary filmmaker Vilas Kane, a 20-minute film titled […]
Visitors: 352London International PEN announced today the launch of a year-long campaign in celebration of the Writers in Prison Committee’s 50th anniversary. The campaign-Because Writers Speak Their Minds-marks 50 years of defending freedom of expression around the world.“International PEN was created out of the scars of World War I to bring societies back together through […]
Visitors: 378London International PEN announced today the launch of a year-long campaign in celebration of the Writers in Prison Committee’s 50th anniversary. The campaign-Because Writers Speak Their Minds-marks 50 years of defending freedom of expression around the world.“International PEN was created out of the scars of World War I to bring societies back together through […]
Visitors: 200Karnataka Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) welcomes Justice Somasekhara Commission interim report. We urge Karnataka Chief Minister Mr. Yeddyurppa to live up to the solemn promise of prompt action given on the occasion of appointment of Justice Somasekhara Commission. Justice Somasekhara Commission is in the “impression” that “top police officers and the district […]
Visitors: 263Karnataka Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) welcomes Justice Somasekhara Commission interim report. We urge Karnataka Chief Minister Mr. Yeddyurppa to live up to the solemn promise of prompt action given on the occasion of appointment of Justice Somasekhara Commission. Justice Somasekhara Commission is in the “impression” that “top police officers and the district […]
Visitors: 234Gujarat If they return to their village they may not survive. If they stay on in their resettlement colony they will never have basic education, healthcare or livelihoods. Eight years after the Gujarat riots, this is the status of thousands of displaced Muslims in the state, amongst them 51 families from Kidiyad housed at […]
Visitors: 298Gujarat If they return to their village they may not survive. If they stay on in their resettlement colony they will never have basic education, healthcare or livelihoods. Eight years after the Gujarat riots, this is the status of thousands of displaced Muslims in the state, amongst them 51 families from Kidiyad housed at […]
Visitors: 271It is observed that Indian Railways have very recently arranged betterment of train coaches to facilitate passengers comfort during journeys. Much attention is given for upkeep ness by cleaning of the coaches. Railway may consider to add and rearrange the under noted provisions made in compartments for betterment as well as easement to elderly […]