Radio show for Gurgaon school kids
September 27th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 27 (IANS) A radio show that promises to combine radio broadcasts with classroom learning material and making learning fun was launched Tuesday for school children in Gurgaon."Galli Galli ... Read more...
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Seven kids go missing in Delhi every day
July 20th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Many fathers and mothers in Delhi, especially from the working class, are coping with a sudden vacuum in their lives: their children have disappeared. Seven ... Read more...
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A school for ‘floating’ kids
June 2nd, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, June 2 (IANS) A school in a Shanghai suburb evokes an unusual charm among children as its special classrooms are built inside ship containers.These children of migrant workers, ... Read more...
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Prime Minister inaugurates township for Kashmiri migrants in Jammu
March 4th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 4(ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday formally inaugurated the Jagti township in the outskirts of Jammu, which has been built for Kashmiri migrants.The inauguration of ... Read more...
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Immigrants ‘must know English’, says British PM
February 3rd, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 3 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to introduce tougher rules to ensure that immigrants specially from the Indian sub-continent have a "reasonable standard" of English, a ... Read more...
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New Canadian act targets ‘Ghost’ immigration agents
December 8th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 8 (IANS) "Ghost" immigration consultants in India, who dupe people desperate to migrate to Canada, will be put out of business with the passing of new legislation by ... Read more...
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Britain will need 2 mn new homes for immigrants
November 27th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 27 (IANS) Britain will need more than two million new homes over the next 25 years to cope with immigration, a media report said Saturday.Official figures released Friday showed ... Read more...
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Delhi minister denies building owner’s claim
November 17th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Delhi Finance Minister A.K. Walia Wednesday denied an allegation that the owner of a building which collapsed in east Delhi, killing 67 people earlier this week, had ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: 20 still missing, probe ordered (Roundup)
November 17th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Two days after a building collapsed in east Delhi, rescuers were still struggling to reach around 20 persons feared still trapped under the debris. The tragedy has ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: Owner claims innocence, toll may rise (Second Lead)
November 17th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Amrit Pal Singh, who owned the five-storey building that collapsed in east Delhi, was remanded to two days' police custody Wednesday while rescue work was continuing ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: Owner claims innocence, probe ordered (Lead)
November 17th, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday ordered a judicial probe into the east Delhi building collapse that killed 67 and left 82 injured, even as the owner maintained ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: Owner claims innocence
November 17th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Amrit Pal Singh, owner of the collapsed building in east Delhi, Wednesday said he had followed all rules in its construction, and did not bribe ministers ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: People pitch in with relief work
November 17th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) With little or no government help, survivors of the east Delhi building collapse are relying on voluntary organisations to help them in rehabilitation.Members of an NGO, South ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: 20 still buried under debris
November 17th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Rescue operations continued Wednesday at the site of the collapsed five-storey building in east Delhi to search for the 20 people still feared buried under the debris, ... Read more...
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Cash assistance to Kashmiri migrants in Delhi hiked
September 13th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday decided to hike the monthly cash assistance given to Kashmiri migrants in the capital by nearly 25 percent, a move that will help ... Read more...
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Delhi Cabinet gives nod to gas-based Bamnauli power project
September 13th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.13 (ANI): The Delhi Cabinet has decided to set up a gas-based 750 MW Pragati Power-II at Bamnauli with an aim to ensure generation of 50 percent demand from Delhi ... Read more...
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Illegal migration leads to exploitation of women: study
August 6th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Poverty, landlessness and unemployment are pushing larger number of Indian and Bangladeshi women to different countries through illegal channels and subjecting them to exploitation and sexual harassment, ... Read more...
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Asians top in Australia’s high school entrance test
July 3rd, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 3 (IANS) Children of Asian migrants outperform their English-speaking counterparts in the entrance test of selective top high schools in Australia.
Analysis shows that 42 percent of children from non-English speaking ... Read more...
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Asian pupils top the entry tests for selective schools in Australia
July 3rd, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 3 (ANI): Children of recent Asian migrants are outperforming students from English-speaking households to dominate the ranks of the top selective high schools in the country.According to the Sydney Morning ... Read more...
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Aussies Down Under to be outnumbered by migrants within 15 years: Survey
April 18th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 18(ANI): A new survey has indicated that an Australian-born family in the country will be outnumbered by migrants from Europe and Asia, and become a minority group by 2025.Figures from ... Read more...
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To press her plaint, woman stops Omar’s motorcade
April 16th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 16 ( IANS) A migrant Kashmiri Pandit woman, who had not been getting the monthly monetary relief due to her for some months, intercepted the motorcade of Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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Chidambaram expresses displeasure over Services team not playing in Srinagar
November 4th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Nov 4 (ANI): Union Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Wednesday expressed his displeasure over the Services team, representing the armed forces, pulling out of the Ranji Trophy match in Srinagar, ... Read more...
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Chidambaram visits homes being built for Kashmiri migrants
November 4th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday visited a satellite township in Jammu being constructed for Kashmiri Pandit migrants and asked officials to get the township ready at ... Read more...
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Bihar leaders woo Chandigarh’s migrant population
May 11th, 2009 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and the Bharatiya Janata Party's actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha Monday addressed election rallies in this union territory in an attempt to ... Read more...
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One in three whites in UK believe they are racism victims
August 13th, 2008 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.13 (ANI): ONE in three whites in the United Kingdom do believe they are victims of racism in key public services.
According to a government survey, there is a 50 ... Read more...
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Migrant Hindu families start returning to Kashmir
May 4th, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, May 4 (IANS) Responding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's rehabilitation package, nine migrant Hindu families have returned to their homes in south Kashmir. Totalling nearly 40 members, these families had left ... Read more...
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PM pledges major relief for Kashmir migrants, refugees
April 25th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
Akhnoor (Jammu and Kashmir), April 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday announced major relief and rehabilitation measures for Kashmiri Pandit migrants, refugees and victims of terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir. ... Read more...
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Centre to give Rs. 750,000 to migrant families returning to J-K: Manmohan Singh
April 25th, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by admin
Akhnoor (J-K), Apr 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday said that the Central Government proposes to give migrant families who opt to return to Jammu and Kashmir a ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandits rehabilitation begins in Budgam
March 4th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by admin
Sheikhpora (J-K) Mar 4 (ANI): The resettlement of migrant Kashmiri Pandits has started at Sheikhpora in Jammu and Kashmirs Budgam District.
Thirty Kashmiri Pandit migrant families have shifted into newly constructed flats here ... Read more...
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