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Hindu millions flock to purify themselves in the Ganges – in one of the world’s filthiest rivers
Nearly a million Hindu pilgrims braved unseasonally cold weather to bathe in the holy River Ganges yesterday on the opening day of a three-month festival said to be the biggest religious gathering in the world.
India floods death toll crosses 300: officials
BURDIPADU, India — The death toll from the worst floods to hit southern India in decades passed 300, officials said Wednesday, as relief efforts struggled to help survivors.
Millions affected, thousands homeless in South India floods
Millions in India's southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are reeling under the impact of incessant rains that has claimed hundreds of lives and left several thousand homeless.
India must invest in green technology: PM Singh
India's prime minister said on Tuesday the country must invest in its own environmentally friendly technologies, the latest in myriad pledges from one of the world's biggest polluters to fight climate change.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Says ITC Green Centre is a "Monument to the Future"
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chose the LEED Platinum rated ITC Green Centre to announce a vision for Indo-US collaboration on climate change. Secretary Clinton, after a tour of ITC's green building, said that, "The ITC Green Centre is a m...
Moral dictators to make PDA public
In pursuit of new means to terrorize couples from displaying affection in public places, the hardliners have now threatened to shoot clippings of couples involved in public display of affection (PDA) and place them on internet. Such groups have p...
Thousands take a dip in Ganges
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus converged at India's northern Allahabad to bathe in the river Ganges to mark 'Basant Panchmi', the spring festival.
Govt to introduce biometric passport system by 2010
With a view to checking human trafficking, the Government plans to introduce biometric passport system that will include finger-printing, by 2010, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today.
Locals protest as culling begins in bird-flu hit Malda
Kolkata: Locals in the Malda district of West Bengal are protesting culling operations in bird flu hit areas. This has increased the potential danger of the disease spreading.
15-25 yr-olds most active users of AIDS helpline
PUNE: According to the annual statistics released by city-based Muktaa HIV/AIDS helpline, a staggering 50 per cent of its 12,477 callers in the last one year were in the age group of 15-25 years, with a majority of them graduate and post-graduate ...
Hit by avian flu again, West Bengal's Malda begins culling
Kolkata (IANS): Malda district of West Bengal has been hit by bird flu again - the second time this year. Culling of poultry has begun in the area, an official said Tuesday.
Terror chills ties but Indian docs save Pakistani lives
New Delhi: Indo-Pak peace talks might have been badly hit after the Mumbai attacks, but that has still not deterred Pakistani patients from heading to India. Many are still heading to India fearless to get respite from all their health problems.
The Royal Indian Navy - World War II
Rare footage of the Royal Indian Navy seamen from World War II. This is part of the news reels released by the US navy as part of its publicity efforts. Some of the seamen's caps bear HMIS Dalhousie as the title. Dalhousie was a training institution.
Slowdown has not affected Indian science: Expert
Bangalore (IANS): Science and technology has seen a steady growth in India this year despite the economic slowdown, thanks to resurgence of youngsters' interest in research and development, a top scientist said in Bangalore on Thursday.
All roses but no celebrations as Sonia turns 62
It was roses all the way for Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her 62nd birthday on Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was among the prominent leaders who rang her up and greeted her on the occasion.
Kerala CM finally apologises for insult to slain major's family
NEW DELHI: It has been two days since the Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan made insensitive remarks about the slain commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who lost his life in the Mumbai terror attacks.
38% of HIV hit in Goa are women
PANAJI: A woman, cheated into a marriage with an HIV positive man, filed for divorce as soon as she learned about his HIV status as she didn’t wish to live the rest of her life with the man who kept her in the dark about the same. Women’s liberati...
HIV & AIDS: Women construction workers under threat
The Asia AIDS Commission report released in 2008 mentions that the Asian epidemic will be driven by men who visit sex workers. According to the report, Asia has some 75 million men who visit sex workers. Fifty million women are married to such men...
40,000 poultry culled in Assam after bird flu outbreak
GUWAHATI: Authorities in Assam have culled some 40,000 poultry of an estimated 60,000 birds ordered to be killed after an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in the region, officials Monday said.
Govt plans National Science and Engineering Research Board
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government proposed to establish a National Science and Engineering Research Board on the lines of National Science Foundation in the US.