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Audit report on child rights released
BHUBANESWAR: An audit report on the implementation of United Nations Convention on Child Rights (CRC) to affirm the human rights o..
Parents of boy born an hour earlier made parties
CUTTACK: The child swapping controversy hogging the SCB Medical College and Hospital has taken a new twist with the Orissa High Co..
Mahua collectors get pittance for hard labour
ROURKELA: Marianus Ekka and his wife of Patua village in Lathikata block wake up at the first stroke of dawn. They take baskets, b..
HC show-cause to CP, Home Secretary
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Thursday issued show-cause notices to the Home Secretary, Commissioner of Police, Bhubanes..
Middlemen put fast track counters off track
KOCHI: Fast Track Counters opened under the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) to provide hassle-free and time-bound services to moto..
The vicious smoke ring
KOCHI: A recent study published in The Lancet points out that 5,56,400 people in India died due to cancer in 2010. And out of this..
APAT sets up vacation bench
HYDERABAD: The AP Administrative Tribunal has issued a notification for constitution of vacation benches and appointment of vacati..
Drought: DVS to lead all-party team to Delhi
BANGALORE: The state government has revised its estimation of crop loss due to the prevailing drought to Rs 4,550 crore even as it..
Now, get your Thailand visa in Bangalore
BANGALORE: Now you can save yourself the hassle of having to wait endless hours after you arrive in Thailand by applying in advanc..
AIADMK men being chosen for DMK youth wing posts
CHENNAI: DMK Salem district secretary Veerapandi S Arumugam on Thursday submitted a report to the party high command claiming that..
Seeking alms to aid daughters IT dream
MADURAI: In a bid to help his daughter realise her dream of becoming an IT professional, a physically challenged man from Pudukott..
Jayalalithaas gift to rural youth
CHENNAI: Aiming to fulfil the higher education dreams of youngsters hailing from rural areas of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J Jayal..
Change party's leadership in the state: AP Cong
A handful of senior ministers, a group of MPs (from Telangana region), scores of MLAs and senior party leaders were demanded N Kiran Kumar Reddy's removal.
India welcomes Kayani's statement on Siachen
Pakistani Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had said on Wednesday that his country favoured talks with India to demilitarise the Siachen Glacier.
Objectionable web content: Petitioner fined Rs 200
The court fined the petitioner for seeking an urgent review of its order which dropped the names of Google India and others.
Agni-V, INS Chakra give India a deadly punch
In the past few months several steps have been taken to plug the gaps in India's defence, particularly in relation with China.