Abandoned girl children find shelter at Unique Home in Ludhiana

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Ludhiana, May 7 (ANI): A number of girl children, either abandoned by their parents or orphans, have found a shelter at The Unique Home here. Run by Bhai Ghanayya Ji Charitable Trust, the Unique home provides support to 52 girls, who were abandoned by their parents once and now some ...

A drive to rid Srinagar of polythene

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Srinagar, Apr 21 (ANI): The municipal corporation of Srinagar, in association with the Trader's Federation, has launched a massive cleaning drive to make the city free of polythene. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) joined the people in the city in their endeavor to rid the city of the rampant menace ...

A drive to rid Srinagar of polythene

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Srinagar, Apr 21 (ANI): The municipal corporation of Srinagar, in association with the Trader's Federation, has launched a massive cleaning drive to make the city free of polythene. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) joined the people in the city in their endeavor to rid the city of the rampant menace ...

LJP manifesto calls for smaller and better managed states

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Patna, Apr.7 (ANI): The Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Tuesday said that it would fight the upcoming general elections on the plank of creating smaller states, as this was the best way to ensure better administration ...

UK Govt. to monitor social networking sites for security reasons

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Washington, Mar. 25 (ANI): The UK government could soon start monitoring and saving web-profiles of millions of British social networking site users as part of its security upgradation endeavor. "Social networking sites, such as MySpace ...

TATA’s Nano launched

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

[caption id="attachment_11522" align="alignright" width="260" caption="tata motors nano car"][/caption] Mumbai, Mar. 23 (ANI): Tata Motor's much awaited people's car, 'Nano' was commercially launched here on Moday with a promise to stick to the 1,00,000 rupee price tag for the base model. "We made a promise and we've ...

Jazz concert enthralls many in Shillong

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Shillong, Mar 21 (ANI): In an endeavor to generate interest in Jazz amongst the music-loving people of Northeast, a Latin group recently performed before a sizable crowd in Shillong. 'Duende Quartet', a Latin jazz group enthralled many music lovers who came from different parts of the State. Besides ...

Punjab’s rural womenfolk gaining empowerment with self employment scheme

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Abohar, March 15 (ANI): To enable rural girls to become self-reliant, the Department of Science and Technology in association with the North India Technical Consultancy Organisation Ltd (NITCON) has organized special training camps in Punjab. The initiative has helped ...

Sonia says neighbouring country spreading terror

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Jaipur, Feb. 3 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused the neighbouring country (Pakistan) of spreading terror in the country but emphasized that Indians were strong enough to fight the menace. While addressing a thanks-giving rally in Jaipur, the state capital of Rajasthan, where Congress returned to power during Assembly ...

Seminar on peace and development in northeast

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Guwahati, Feb.3 (ANI): Various members belonging to intelligentsia, peace workers, academicians and social activist groups from different states of the northeast India recently participated in a seminar on issues related to peace and development. The two-day workshop-cum-seminar had a theme 'Peace Alone Leads to Development and Prosperity'. It was ...