Give us water, Maharashtra villagers tell Rahul (Second Lead)
April 28th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited drought-hit villages of Maharashtra's Satara district for two and a half hours Saturday but did not any announce any ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Farooq Abdullah fears Indians will become gays due to declining sex ratio
April 13th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): Showing a matter of concern towards India's sex ratio, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah today said 'we will all become gays'.Addressing the India Water ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Opposition stir in Bangladesh ends peacefully (Lead)
June 27th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 27 (IANS) The opposition stir in Bangladesh called to demand, among other things, cancellation of five deals with India ended peacefully Sunday.
While the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Opposition observes nationwide strike in Bangladesh
June 27th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 27 (IANS) The opposition in Bangladesh Sunday observed a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike to protest against the policies of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, chief among them being the five deals ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
US should end discrimination towards Pak to ink civil nuke deal: Qureshi
May 4th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 4 (ANI): Reiterating the country's long standing demand, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the United States must end its 'discriminatory' behaviour and enter into a civil ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Water woes, train problems overshadow Kasab verdict
May 3rd, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Mumbai's water woes and protests by suburban train drivers were uppermost in the minds of most city residents on a day Pakistan's Ajmal Amir alias Kasab was found ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Existing governments and institutions powerless to cope with man made crises
September 12th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 12 (ANI): A group of eminent environmental scientists and economists has warned that the world faces a compounding series of crises driven by human activity, which existing governments and institutions ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists sound alarm bells over impending global catastrophe
September 11th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 11 (IANS) Scientists have sounded the alarm bells over impending global catastrophe as existing governments and institutions are too powerless to head it off.
The world faces a compounding series ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Keoladeo acts to end water woes in birds’ paradise (With Images)
September 24th, 2008 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Planning Commission is considering a project to supply 350-million cubic feet of water per year to help protect the wetlands in Rajasthan's Keoladeo National Park, a ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Brits use 58 bathtubs full of water every day!
August 21st, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 21 (ANI): A new report has suggested that the average person in the UK uses the equivalent of about 58 bathtubs full of water every day.The report is titled ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |