Society
Far more people in India have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet, according to a UN study on sanitation.
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.
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...
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.
28 people killed in heavy rains in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Twenty eight people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu as heavy rains, under the influence of a depression over the Bay of Bengal, lashed different parts of the state, throwing normal life out of gear.
Modi halts temple demolition
Narendra Modi returned from abroad this morning and suspended his temple-razing drive after a meeting with the man who had dubbed him “Aurangzeb” yesterday.
'My son put on weight on the hijacked ship'
You may blame it on Stockholm Syndrome but some of the MT Stolt Valor crew members, relieved as they are to be on their way home, do not seem to be exactly agitated with their Somali captors.
Muslim clerics sign fatwa against terror
The 89-year-old Jamiat-Ulema-i-Hind, the largest Islamic body in the country, is focusing its 29th national meeting in Hyderabad on delinking terror from religion. The conference is being held to reiterate that the community is secular and peace-l...
'Lt-Col's arrest for Malegaon blast has hurt Army's prestige'
NEW DELHI: Army's "prestige has been hurt" after the arrest of its serving officer in connection with the Malegaon blasts, the deputy Army chief said on Thursday, but stressed that it was a "freak" incident.
12 killed in Arunachal Pradesh landslides, flash floods
ITANAGAR: At least 12 people have been killed and many houses damaged in mudslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Thursday.
Fireworks blast kills 26 in India
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory killed at least 26 people in India's western city of Deeg, in the state of Rajasthan, police said Thursday.
India below sub-Saharan Africa in hunger index
NEW DELHI: Despite robust economic growth in recent years, India’s record on hunger is worse than that of nearly 25 sub-Saharan African countries and all of South Asia, except Bangladesh. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)’s ...
Dasmunsi still in hospital, ‘serious but stable’
Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi’s condition continued to be critical a day after he was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences after a cardiac arrest. Dasmunsi was admitted with complete left ventricula...
Nirupam stable, say doctors
KOLKATA: State industries and commerce minister Nirupam Sen was comparatively stable, said Debashis Sharma, superintendent of the AMRI hospital at Salt Lake, on Tuesday. The former was admitted there on Monday night with chest pain and blood press...
Dasmunsi still on life support in AIIMS
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting P R Dasmunsi is critically ill. He is currently on a ventilator at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Assam violence victims await relief
The recent spurt of violence in Assam may have been controlled for the time being, but with over a lakh of people displaced, it is a bigger challenge now to send them back home. More than 500 houses have been destroyed in the communal clash in Ass...
Dalai Lama to undergo medical check-up
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama will have a medical check next week, a senior aide said on Saturday, calling it a routine follow-up after he was admitted to hospital with abdominal discomfort in August.
Alternative Nobel for Indians working for social justice
India's Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan and their organisation Land for the Tillers' Freedom (LAFTI) have been awarded the Alternate Nobel Prize 2008 for social justice and sustainable human development, an official said here.