Woman who sold child found - still starving
July 19th, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 19 (IANS) A destitute Bihar woman who went missing after selling her child to a Nepalese couple for Rs.62 has been finally traced - still starving along with ... Read more...
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Sonia defends PM, stresses Congress unity (Second Lead)
June 4th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday defended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against "unfounded allegations" and also called for an end to infighting within the party.In ... Read more...
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Tirath discusses issues of community-based organisations
May 8th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Union Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath Monday met the representatives of community-based organisations working for transgenders, sex workers and urban poor from ... Read more...
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Volunteers to ensure better delivery of welfare in Maoist areas
January 15th, 2012 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Volunteer community workers will henceforth ensure better delivery of flagship welfare schemes and public services in Maoist-controlled areas to those who need them most.Concerned ... Read more...
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Bihar’s new tool to fight corruption - YouTube
August 26th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 26 (IANS) Bihar, for years a metaphor for backwardness, will now harness modern communiction tools to nail corruption. It will expose officials seeking bribes in welfare schemes ... Read more...
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PM lauds high turnout at Kashmir panchayat polls
April 24th, 2011 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday expressed happiness over the large participation of voters in the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls - held after 10 ... Read more...
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Caste doesn’t work in court, petitioner told
April 18th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 18 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Monday refused to entertain a plea of a man who wrote his caste in the title of his petition.Bhapadiya (Brahmin) Navinbhai Mayaram ... Read more...
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Congress seeks resignation of Orissa minister
February 4th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) The Congress Friday demanded the resignation of Orissa's Woman and Child Development Minister Parmila Mallick over the alleged scam in the supply of poor quality pulses to beneficiaries ... Read more...
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Court moved over CBI probe into Orissa pulses scam (Lead)
February 3rd, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (IANS) The Orissa High Court was Thursday moved by a petitioner seeking a CBI probe into an alleged multi-crore rupee scam involving supply of poor quality pulses ... Read more...
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BJP team to visit Orissa over pulses scam
February 3rd, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (IANS) A central team of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will visit Orissa next week over an alleged scam related to supplying poor quality pulses to beneficiaries ... Read more...
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Security demanded for Uttar Pradesh RTI activists
January 28th, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 28 (IANS) Pitching in strongly in support of a Right to Information (RTI) activist, who was shot at allegedly for seeking information on irregularities in government welfare schemes, several social ... Read more...
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Bengal girl who defied oppressors wins bravery award
January 17th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The trauma she was made to undergo - being paraded naked across three villages and molested by locals on suspicion of having an affair with a boy ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi monitors execution of central welfare schemes in Rae Bareli
November 29th, 2010 - 11:41 pm ICT by ANI
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Nov.29 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday visited a couple of villages in her constituency of Rae Bareli to assess the factual implementation of numerous Central ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli today
November 29th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 29 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi will undertake a three-day visit of Rae Bareli from today.Gandhi is expected to make surprise visits to villages to access the ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli
November 27th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 27 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be on a three-day visit of her constituency Rae Bareli from Nov 29 to evaluate the status of developmental schemes, a party ... Read more...
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BJP to set up Good Governance Cell in party-ruled states
November 20th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) A Good Governance Cell (GGC) would be constituted for all the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states to bring in transparency in public welfare schemes and improve civic facilities, ... Read more...
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Spread awareness on schemes for needy women, court tells Delhi
October 20th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Taking note of a destitute woman's death after she gave birth to a baby on a pavement here in July, the Delhi High Court Wednesday suggested to ... Read more...
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UID to benefit common people: Manmohan (Lead)
September 29th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Nandurbar (Maharashtra), Sep 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the Unique Identification Number (UID) was a major step his government had taken to benefit the common man.Handing over the ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi launch UID project in Maharashtra village
September 29th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Nandurbar (Maharashtra), Sep 29 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and Congress President Sonia Gandhi launched the ambitious Aadhaar/ Unique Identity (UID) project in Tembhli village in Maharashtra's Nandurbar District ... Read more...
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Single portal for e-governance services in Gujarat
July 21st, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 21 (IANS) Gujarat Wednesday unveiled a single stop portal --www.portal.gujarat.gov.in -- for all its e-governance services.
State minister Jaynarayan Vyas said: "More than 50 G2C services will be made available ... Read more...
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Government allows banks to do mobile banking
April 16th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Indian government has allowed banks to deliver basic financial services to the unbanked population of the country using mobile phones.
The banks may start the operation by ... Read more...
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Lawsuit seeks derecognition of political parties
March 10th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea to derecognize major political parties for launching welfare schemes in the name of their ... Read more...
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Dissatisfied Sonia asks officials to get pro-active
December 12th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Rae Bareli, Dec 12 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi is unhappy over the poor implementation of central government welfare schemes for the poor in her constituency Rae Bareli and has asked ... Read more...
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Hindu woman battling conversion claims in Malaysia
November 25th, 2009 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
George Town (Malaysia), Nov. 25 (ANI): A Hindu born woman in Malaysia is fighting a court battle to prove that she was not converted to Islam by her father when she was ... Read more...
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First unique ID number to be issued within a year: Nilekani
October 30th, 2009 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 30 (IANS) Unique Identity Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani Friday said it would take about a year to issue the first unique identity (UID) number in the country.
"According ... Read more...
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Planning Commission meets today
September 1st, 2009 - 11:38 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 1 (ANI): The full Planning Commission will meet here on Tuesday to take stock of the economic situation in the country.Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will chair ... Read more...
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Homeless man earns $400 a day begging Down Under!
August 24th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, August 24 (ANI): A homeless man in Sydney earns up to 50,000 dollars a year by begging.According to reports, Ken Johnson, 52, makes his living at George and Market St, ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh not taking development to Maoist areas: Rahul Gandhi
August 21st, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 21 (IANS) Maoist violence was continuing in certain parts of the country because development was not reaching the troubled areas, particularly in states like Chhattisgarh, Congress general secretary Rahul ... Read more...
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Come in large numbers, Sonia tells Rae Bareli voters
April 25th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), April 25 (IANS) Three days after the voting percentage disappointed the Congress in Amethi, party chief Sonia Gandhi Saturday came to her citadel in Rae Bareli and ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan troops enter no fire zone: Radio
April 11th, 2009 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 11 (Xinhua) Sri Lankan troops nearing the end of their campaign against Tamil Tigers have entered the no-fire zone in the north, state radio reported Saturday.
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in ... Read more...
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New Zealand welfare agency uses Facebook to catch fraudsters
March 29th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, March 29 (DPA) New Zealand's government welfare agency has confirmed it examines internet social network sites like Facebook to catch benefit fraudsters, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Lauren Kaney, 22, of Mount ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Navy rescues fleeing civilians
March 18th, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 18 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan Navy has rescued a group of civilians fleeing the Tamil Tigers' last pocket in the northern Mullaittivu district, the military said Wednesday.
Some 550 ... Read more...
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Malayali diaspora buys lottery tickets worth Rs.100,000
February 21st, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 21 (IANS) An association of the Malayali diaspora in Australia Saturday purchased Rs.100,000 worth of lottery tickets to chip in for a Kerala government welfare fund for artistes from various ... Read more...
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UN concerned over civilian casualties in Sri Lanka
February 19th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 19 (IANS) A top visiting UN envoy Thursday expressed concern over civilian casualties in Sri Lanka's north where thousands of Tamil civilians are caught in fierce clashes between the troops ... Read more...
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India’s only magazine for slum dwellers battles for survival
January 5th, 2009 - 9:22 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 5 (IANS) It is a unique magazine brought out by slum dwellers to address the issues of the urban poor. Now nine years after its launch, India's only such news ... Read more...
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