First tribal school survey reveals gaps in infrastructure, toilets, libraries, safetyA recent survey of tribal residential schools across five states reveals critical infrastructure gaps. Overcrowded toilets, dilapidated bui...
13 May, 2025, 11.50 PM IST
CBI court grants bail to 3 arrested in Odisha bribery caseA CBI court in Odisha granted bail to three individuals arrested in a bribery case involving a CPSU general manager and contractors. The CB...
19 Dec, 2024, 09.12 AM IST
Amrit Bharat Express impresses monk, patient and migrant labourers in its inaugural runThe inaugural run of the Malda-SMVT Bengaluru Amrit Bharat Express sees diverse passengers, including a septuagenarian monk, a medical pati...
02 Jan, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
'Better late than never': Padma Shri for 102-year-old Gandhian Shakuntala ChowdharyA close associate of Vinoba Bhave, Chowdhary has been the ''heart and soul'' of the Gandhian institutions since 1947, bringing about immens...
29 Jan, 2022, 02.35 PM IST
How India, overcoming its prejudice for soy, now offers the world a model for sustainable use of the beanIndia is now the world’s fifth largest producer of soy, with production centred in regions like Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh where planting ...
07 Dec, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Troubled by the humdrum of city life, this author opted for a Vipassana retreat to reboot her soulVipassana is where one goes to disconnect to live optimally in a connected world.
20 Mar, 2019, 02.36 PM IST
Rae Bareli beggar turns out to be a crorepati trader from Tamil NaduWhile bathing the destitute beggar, Swami's helpers were astonished to find an Aadhar Card and FD documents worth Rs 1,06,92,731 inside his...
21 Dec, 2017, 04.24 PM IST
How churches in Arunachal Pradesh are facing resistance over conversion of tribalsThe church has over the decades reaped rich rewards by converting tribal souls of Arunachal, but now the indigenous communities — with some...
19 Nov, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
How Dakshayani Velayudhan broke the iron ceiling of caste to become the only Dalit woman in Constituent AssemblyDakshayani recalls in her manuscript one particular professor who refused to let her touch the lab equipment. She had to watch the experime...
15 Aug, 2017, 06.43 AM IST
882 tribal children die in state-run residential schools across the countryThese are numbers of innocent lives lost seemingly on account of sheer official apathy, manifest in the lack of basic facilities.
18 Apr, 2016, 05.43 AM IST
Green norms relaxation in naxal areas to continue till 2018To expedite creation of public infrastructure in Left Wing Extremism affected areas by government departments, the Centre on Sunday extende...
21 Feb, 2016, 08.18 PM IST
Punjab government mortages widow home and jails to tide over its financial crisisThe Gandhi Vanita Ashram for widows in Jalandhar and the state jails at Bathinda, Amritsar and Goindwal have been mortgaged by the state go...
09 Dec, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
660 'one-stop' help centres planned for women: Maneka GandhiThirty-six such centres were being set up in the country under the pilot project, Gandhi said.
16 Jul, 2015, 11.17 PM IST
Principal held for issuing fake certificate to girl assaulted by AsaramSant Kripal, the principal of Sant Vivekanand Public School, was arrested for issuing the fake age certificate for the victim, Circle Offic...
10 Jan, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituenciesET Magazine profiles this youth brigade of winners to see how they got here and what they intend to do for their constituencies. Read on
25 May, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
- Asaram Bapu's Indore ashram gets notice for violating rules
The district administration today issued a notice to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's ashram here for allegedly violating several condition...
10 Sep, 2013, 10.27 PM IST
Maharashtra government to set up education commissionerates for tribalsMaharashtra government is mulling setting up separate education commisionarates to provide education to students from the tribal community.
13 Jun, 2013, 10.05 AM IST