Take steps to educate your children, Vidya urges women (With Images)
September 7th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Bollywood actress Vidya Balan unveiled a giant abacus in Lusa village in Uttar Pradesh Friday and urged women to take steps to ensure the ... Read more...
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She braves bullets to bring healthcare to women (Feature)
April 16th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) The frail and seemingly calm Udasi Sahu manages to conceal the excitement of her first plane journey. But the 42-year-old health worker can't conceal the thrill ... Read more...
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Mumbai fishing village makes jewellery, touches the world
August 26th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Nestled in the heart of India's buzzing financial capital but still cast adrift, the fishing village of Worli has found a way to keep pace with ... Read more...
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‘Hum’ recreates the ‘Hum Log’ magic (With Images)
July 16th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Remember "Hum Log", that revolutionized the genre of TV soaps in India? Producer Shobha Doctor has brought a new show titled "Hum", which she says ... Read more...
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Villagers awestruck as Rahul bathes, rests on terrace
July 6th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Rampur Bangar (Uttar Pradesh), July 6 (IANS) It is an occasion villagers here are unlikely to forget -- a night Rahul Gandhi spent with them.As the sun went down, ... Read more...
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NCW wants CBI probe into assaults on Bhatta-Parsaul women (Second Lead)
May 21st, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The demand for an indpendent probe into the alleged atrocities against farmers of Uttar Pradesh's Bhatta-Parsaul village intensified Saturday as the National Comission for ... Read more...
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Remove acting chief of NCW, demands Uttar Pradesh
May 21st, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 21 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Saturday demanded immediate removal of acting chief of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Yasmeen Abrar, who earlier in the day ... Read more...
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Bengal village women vote for first time since independence (Lead, correcting figure in para 1)
May 7th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Para (West Bengal), May 7 (IANS) Overcoming an almost six-decade-old social barrier, 29 women from a village in West Bengal's Purulia district for the first time since independence exercised their ... Read more...
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Bengal village women vote for first time since independence
May 7th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Para (West Bengal), May 7 (IANS) Overcoming an almost six-decade-old social barrier, 40 women from a village in West Bengal's Purulia district for the first time since independence exercised their ... Read more...
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War against corruption may have just begun (Part-II)
April 13th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
It has taken almost half a century for governance of India to plummet to the current low level. It commenced when ministers were given huge financial powers in running of their departments. ... Read more...
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After Carnival, Goa goes into Shigmo festivities
March 21st, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 21 (IANS) While the echoes have not yet died of the Carnival celebrated March 5, Goa is braced for another week-long celebration of the carnival's indigenous variant called ... Read more...
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Indian docs inspired by Gandhi treat people by listening to them
January 24th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 24 (ANI): Indian doctors Abhay and his wife Rani Bang have revolutionised the approach to healthcare for mothers and babies.In one of the poorest parts of India, the husband and ... Read more...
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‘Khap’ bans jeans, mobile phones for girls in Uttar Pradesh village
January 18th, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by ANI
Bhenswal (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 18 (ANI): A 'khap' or self-styled caste council in Bhenswal village of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has given orders to ban girls from wearing jeans and using mobile ... Read more...
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India tops list of nations lacking toilets
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): India has topped the list of top ten nations that lacks sanitary facilities.In an initiative to bring awareness to the need for adequate sanitary facilities, the "big squat" ... Read more...
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Pulwama residents compelled to survive on contaminated water
August 29th, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by ANI
By Fayaz AhmadPahoo (Jammu-Kashmir), Aug 29 (ANI): Residents of Pahoo Village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district are compelled to drink contaminated water since the water plant in their area has stopped ... Read more...
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Divya’s Acting Appreciated
July 28th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 28, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Divya Dutta will be seen in Anup Das' Life Express, which is a film on fast-paced life of today's women. To be released on ... Read more...
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West Bengal rural woman accuses CRPF personnel of harassing her
July 22nd, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
By Rick SundarKolkata, July 22 (ANI): A woman from Birhandi village in Paschimi Medinipur District of West Bengal accuses paramilitary personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of harassing her.The provincial ... Read more...
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Rural Haryana women to help check crimes against peers
July 21st, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 21 (IANS) Haryana, with its patriarchal society and a dismal sex ratio of just over 860 women per 1,000 males, has initiated a new scheme to involve women in rural ... Read more...
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They keep cholera at bay with a simple sari
May 20th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 20 (IANS) A study on village women in Bangladesh, who filter water with their saris, found that this method not only keeps cholera at bay in households but also cuts ... Read more...
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Using sari to filter water can provide protection against cholera
May 20th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): Sari cloth is a simple, sustainable protector from cholera, a study conducted in Bangladesh has revealed.Using the sari to filter household water protects not only the household from ... Read more...
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Village women queue up till late night to fetch water in Gujarat
April 21st, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by ANI
Navsari (Gujarat), April 21 (ANI): Faced with acute water shortage due to the onset of summer, local residents the Navsari District of Gujarat are having a very tough time.Masa and Movasa ... Read more...
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RBI organises outreach programmes in northeast villages
February 21st, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Feb 21 (IANS) In an effort to touch base with people in far-flung areas, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is organising financial outreach programmes in remote villages of the country's ... Read more...
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Self-Help Groups need to help themselves for survival
January 18th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by ANI
Raipur (Chhattisgarh),Jan.18 (ANI): Self Help Groups or, the SHGs have gathered momentum in the last decade or so while serving as a forum for women usually in the rural context to meet, ... Read more...
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India targets village women as HIV infections increase
September 25th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) As HIV infections among India's rural women show an increasing trend, the government is reaching out to them to reduce their vulnerability to AIDS, targeting ... Read more...
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New Chipko movement: Himachal women tie rakhis to protect trees
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Renuka (Himachal Pradesh), Aug 3 (IANS) In a throwback to the Chipko movement to save trees in the seventies, the Rakhi festival has turned into a rallying point for hundreds ... Read more...
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Haryana village women to get exclusive meeting place
July 30th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Rural women in Haryana will get "women chaupals" - an exclusive common meeting place for them - in all villages across the state.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said ... Read more...
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And the groom came riding, riding - right till the polling booth (Rajasthan poll snippets)
May 7th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 7 (IANS) First the polling booth, then the altar. The priority was crystal clear for Ramesh Kumar, who came riding on a horse to vote in a village in ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh villagers benefit from rural employment scheme
May 5th, 2009 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI
By Narender ParmarRave Village (Chhattisgarh), May 5 (ANI): State authorities in Chhattisgarh are undertaking a road-building project leading to Rave village in Durg region, which has created ample employment opportunities for villagers ... Read more...
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They jostled to see ‘handsome’ Gandhi and Omar Abdullah
April 14th, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Binoo Joshi
Vijaypur (Jammu and Kashmir), April 14 (IANS) Sweltering heat and dusty roads didn't stop Suman Devi and Vidya from walking a long distance to catch a "glimpse" of two ... Read more...
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Women redefining farming in Punjab
April 9th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI
By Avtar GillAbohar, April 9 (ANI): For centuries, women in India have contributed to the family income by working in fields shoulder to shoulder with men of their families. Today, they are ... Read more...
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An all women savings bank in rural area of Dehradun
March 12th, 2009 - 10:20 pm ICT by ANI
By Asheesh Goyal
Dehradun, Mar 12 (ANI): Setting an inspirational example of womens empowerment in Uttarakhand, a group of rural women in a Dehradun village have set up a bank which today ... Read more...
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Cashew nuts crops popular in Tripura
February 3rd, 2009 - 8:28 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki Das Agartala, Feb.3 (ANI): Many farmers in west Tripura are taking to growing cashew nut, as it offers better prospects to earn bigger profits.
Farmers get good returns for ... Read more...
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‘Hindu Taliban’ behind Mangalore pub attack: LA Times
January 29th, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) Hindutva activists' attack on women in a pub in Mangalore in south India last week caught international attention with a leading US paper voicing fears of the rise ... Read more...
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Community radio brings out hidden talent of village women, men
January 12th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IANS) For Sunita Chandel looking after her family was a full time job - till she discovered the joys of being a radio reporter. The housewife from a village ... Read more...
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Meira Paibi leader shot dead by militants in Manipur
December 28th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Dec.28 (ANI): The militants in Manipur are becoming increasingly unpopular as they do not even spare women and children from their violent activities.
In the latest incident of brutality, militants ... Read more...
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