West Bengal issued notice over hunger deaths
August 29th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued notice to the West Bengal government over three starvation deaths in a tea estate in Jalpaiguri district.Among those ... Read more...
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Antony visits forward posts in Kashmir
July 30th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 29 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony visited a forward post in the Kupwara sector on the final day of his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir and interacted ... Read more...
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Committed to food security bill: Thomas
July 18th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Food Minister K.V. Thomas Wednesday said the union government was committed to ensuring food security of the people, particularly the vulnerable sections.He said the proposed ... Read more...
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‘Food security bill can be global example’
July 17th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The proposed National Food Security Bill has the potential to be a global example, experts from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Oxfam said ... Read more...
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Rural restaurants for food security - and jobs too (Comment)
May 16th, 2012 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
In every religion, culture and civilization, feeding the poor and hungry is considered amongst the most noble deeds. In the Hindu religion, for instance, one is able to do one's ... Read more...
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Will delay in poverty survey affect food security bill?
April 10th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Expressing concern over delays in the poverty census, a member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) has asked the government if it ... Read more...
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Chidambaram to convince Reang refugees to return home
February 13th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will Saturday visit Tripura's refugee camps, where over 36,000 tribal migrants from Mizoram have been staying for the past 15 ... Read more...
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In Goa, it’s time to sponsor pilgrimages
January 18th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 18 (IANS) Politicians in Goa have suddenly begun sponsoring pilgrimages to Hindu and Christian religious sites with gusto - possibly hoping for "divine intervention" in the March ... Read more...
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Panel slams supply of defence ration after expiry date
December 29th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) With an audit revealing that defence personnel were supplied food items whose use-before dates had expired, the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) Wednesday slammed ... Read more...
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Eat less, take coffee for better memory, thinner waistline
December 20th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 20 (IANS) If you are one of those who always wished to have a strong memory power or remained worried due to increasing waistline, the solution lies in ... Read more...
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Cabinet clears food bill (Lead)
December 18th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The union cabinet Sunday approved the draft National Food Security Bill, which seeks to provide subsidised foodgrains to over half of India's 1.2 billion ... Read more...
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Junior officials should come under Lokpal ambit: Kiran Bedi
November 15th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal bill should include the junior most government official under the ambit of the proposed legislation to remove corruption ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan spends on three soldiers what India spends on one’
October 20th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) Pakistan spends on three soldiers what India spends on only one soldier, army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said here.During the briefing of defence committees ... Read more...
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Slum dwellers protest direct cash transfers
September 27th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Around 1,200 slum-dwellers gathered Monday near the Income Tax Office here to protest against the Delhi government's proposed move to dismantle the fair price ration ... Read more...
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Woman washed away in Kashmir flash floods, alert sounded
September 16th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) A woman was washed away and many houses in south Kashmir were damaged Friday following flash floods caused by incessant rains since Thursday, officials said, adding ... Read more...
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10 killed as Maoists trap police party in ambush (Third Lead)
August 20th, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 19 (IANS) Nine policemen and a civilian were killed as Maoist rebels Friday ambushed a police party in a dense jungle in Chhattisgarh, India's worst left-wing insurgency-affected state, ... Read more...
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10 killed as Maoists ambush police party (Second Lead)
August 20th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 19 (IANS) Nine policemen and a civilian were killed as Maoist rebels Friday ambushed a police party in Chhattisgarh, India's worst left-wing insurgency-affected state, police said."There is a ... Read more...
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Team Anna, police stuck on negotiating fast period (Lead)
August 17th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Team Anna and Delhi Police were stuck on negotiations over the number of days for the planned fast of Anna Hazare to push for a ... Read more...
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Government committed to welfare of armed forces: Antony
August 14th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Sunday said the government was committed to the welfare of the armed forces and had taken steps to improve the quality ... Read more...
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Ration shop for leprosy patients in Chennai
June 28th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Tuesday inaugurated an exclusive outlet for around 230 leprosy-affected people in the city's Villivakkam area to enable them to buy rations ... Read more...
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Blueberries help build sturdy bones
June 22nd, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 22 (IANS) Blueberry compounds help build sturdy, healthy bones, if results from studies on lab rats also hold true for humans.Jin-Ran Chen, assistant professor in paediatrics, ... Read more...
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Bihar to check corruption in anganwadi centres
June 14th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 14 (IANS) Bihar plans to conduct a social audit of the government-run anganwadi centres (AWC) to check complaints about corruption and to bring transparency in the functioning of ... Read more...
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Blueberry found to lower cholesterol in lab study
June 1st, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Lab hamsters fed with rations spiked with blueberry peels and leftovers from the berry's juice had better cholesterol health than normal counterparts.
Hamsters are members of ... Read more...
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The harsh realities of counter-insurgency operations
May 28th, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 28 (IANS) Questions are often asked why several columns of soldiers could not eliminate two or three terrorists hiding in the jungles of Jammu and Kashmir, or why ... Read more...
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Haryana to replace ration cards with smart cards
May 16th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) Ration card holders in Haryana will now have smart cards to ensure transparency in allocations under the public distribution system (PDS), a senior official said Monday.The ... Read more...
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Pakistan didn’t help hide Osama: Malik
May 10th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday said his government did not help Osama bin Laden to hide in the country, but the Al Qaeda ... Read more...
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Help for police rampage victims in Chhattisgarh
March 25th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 25 (IANS) Authorities in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district Friday reached out with relief material, mainly rations, to dozens of families whose houses were burnt allegedly by about 300 security ... Read more...
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Fukushima workers admit being on a ” suicide mission”
March 18th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.18 (ANI): Brave technicians fighting to avoid a nuclear catastrophe in Japan have sent heart-breaking messages to their families while admitting that they know they are on a " suicide mission."
The ... Read more...
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Lt. General gets three years imprisonment in ration scam
February 19th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Jalandhar, Feb 19 (ANI): Lt. General Surendra K Sahni (retired) of Army Supply Corps has been found guilty on six of the nine charges in the General Court Martial and sentenced to ... Read more...
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50,000 displaced Rabhas and Garos facing discrimination in Assam
January 21st, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan 21 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights today said that about 50,000 Garos and Rabhas displaced by conflicts since January 1, 2010 are being discriminated in terms of relief ... Read more...
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Survivor of Chittagong armoury raid going strong at 101
January 19th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Pradipta Tapadar
Barasat (West Bengal), Jan 19 (IANS) Now the only survivor of the Chittagong armoury raid, Binod Behari Choudhury vividly remembers the day - April 22, 1930 - when he received ... Read more...
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2011 to be ‘Year of the Disabled Soldier’: Army chief
January 15th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Indian Army will observe 2011 as the 'Year of the Disabled Soldier' to honour its soldiers who suffered injuries or were disabled in operations, its chief ... Read more...
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Mufti slams J-K Govt. for failing to provide basic infrastructure to people
January 4th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Jan 4(ANI): People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti criticizing the Omar Abdullah Government, on Tuesday said the quality of life has deteriorated in the last two years due to the ... Read more...
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Pakistan food aid programme halted after suicide attack
December 27th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) A UN agency has temporarily shutdown its food aid programme in Pakistan's restive tribal region after a suicide bomb attack on one of its posts killed 46 ... Read more...
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Why shouldn’t we become Maoists, ask Chhattisgarh tribals
December 16th, 2010 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
By Sujeet Kumar
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Dec 16 (IANS) Many poverty-hit tribals in Chhattisgarh are asking why they shouldn't become Maoists and take up arms, pointing to the latest incident in which two civilians ... Read more...
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