New Delhi (ANI):The Food Security Bill will be the focus of discussion in the second meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC), which meets here on Thursday. It has been reported that the NAC, which is headed by Congress President and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi is expected to chalk out ways and [...]
Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama retuns to his exile home in Dharamsala this afternoon, after a very successful visit to Japan. His Holiness was received with hearty welcome by the Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche , Deputy Speaker Dolma Gyari, Kalons of the various departments, Secretary Chhime Rigzin of the Office of His Holiness [...]
Kalpana Palkhiwala writes: Noise pollution or environmental noise is displeasing to human beings and animals. Unwanted sound can damage physiological and psychological health of humans. It can cause hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus which leads to forgetfulness, severe depression and at times panic attacks, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects. Noise also has a [...]
New Delhi (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the Centre has approved a scholarship scheme for medical students and institutions willing to serve in Central paramilitary forces (CPMF). Presenting Union Home Ministry’s June month’s report card, Chidambaram said: “The scholarship scheme for medical students in selected medical colleges/institutions willing to serve [...]
New Delhi (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the Central Government has approved a comprehensive scheme to strengthen law enforcement capability to deal with human trafficking. Presenting the monthly report card of the Union Home Ministry, Chidambaram said the scheme includes: 1. Establishment of Integrated Anti-Human Trafficking Units (IAHTU) in 335 police [...]
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) (ANI): Three civilians were shot dead by the Maoists in Chhattisgarh”s Bastar district on charges of being police informers. According to sources, the Maoists stormed into Pattegaon village in Bastar district and took away four people. The bullet-ridden bodies of three of them were found in a forest on Monday. “They (the Maoists) [...]
Bhopal (ANI): Hundreds of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster demonstrated at the office of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board demanding explanation of its role in the toxic exposure and injury of six workers at the MP Waste Management Facility at Pithampur near Indore The protestors criticized the entire incident as negligence on part [...]
Srinagar (ANI): The situation in Jammu and Kashmir”s Sopore town continues to be tense for the fourth day on Tuesday. Curfew has been imposed in Sopore while movement of civilians has been severely restricted in many parts of Srinagar. Additional security forces have been sent to Sopore, Baramulla and downtown Srinagar Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman [...]
New Delhi: ZyXEL Communications (TSE: 2391), world’s one of the leading provider of complete broadband access solutions, announces its new ZyXEL NWD-270N Wireless N-lite USB Adapter, combining with the lightning fast speed and greater range of 802.11n technology which delivers maximum convenience to its users. The new streamlined device, ZyXEL’s NWD-270N Wireless N-lite USB Adapter provides an easy and cost-effective [...]
City Council of Vacaville (California, USA), one of the fastest growing areas of the nation, will reverberate with Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures on July 27. Hindu leader Rajan Zed will deliver invocation from Sanskrit scriptures before Vacaville City Council on this day. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English translation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered a [...]
New Delhi (ANI): The ibibo in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki is organising a talent hunt show called Maruti Suzuki ibibo i-serial star. This is a talent hunt in which India”s first online serial would be made and participants would be chosen in three categories namely: Acting, Directing and Scriptwriting. It would be a 24 episode [...]
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) (ANI): Tension continued in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday after a nine-year-old boy was killed allegedly during a police firing in the Delina area of Baramulla District in Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier in the day, a 20-year-old youth Bilal Ahmed Wani was killed in police firing in Sopore town. Fresh clashes erupted [...]
Jamshedpur (ANI): Police opened fire in the air to disperse Tata Steel labourers who were protesting against the alleged beating of one of their colleague by a security guard on Monday. Protesting labourers also set fire to several vehicles in the company premises here. They also prevented security forces when they tried to intervene to [...]
New Delhi (ANI): The mobile phone of Congress General Secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi was stolen from his checked-in baggage at the Indira Gandhi International Airport last week. The incident occurred when Rahul arrived in New Delhi from London. According to source, the handset was found after a couple of days later from a [...]