It is hot here: Marco Rubio reacts to soaring temperatures in Delhi amid heatwave conditionsUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata, marking his first visit to India. He later commented on Delhi's intense heatwave, not...
23 May, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Saint Teresa's Mother House in KolkataUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Kolkata on Saturday as part of his first four-day trip to India, beginning with a visit to Mother...
23 May, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
Education alone no ground to deny maintenance to wife: Delhi CourtA Delhi court has ruled that an educated woman cannot be denied financial support. The court upheld an order for a man to pay interim maint...
08 May, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
From Slums to Stethoscope: How Pinki Haryan from Mcleodganj escaped poverty and became a doctor after 20 yearsPinki Haryan, who once begged for food, is now a qualified doctor. With the help from a Tibetan monk and charitable trust, she pursued educ...
04 Oct, 2024, 03.21 PM IST
HP CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announces Rs 10,000 per year as apparel allowance for inmates of old age homes, orphanagesA sum of Rs 5,000 would be provided for summer wear and Rs 5,000 for winter clothing, he said and interacted with the inmates and enquired ...
14 Jan, 2023, 10.00 PM IST
Parliamentary panel asks health ministry to expedite setting up of anti-retroviral treatment centresThe panel has also asked the ministry to devise a mechanism for providing an expanded access to subsidised anti-retroviral therapy for poor...
05 Aug, 2018, 11.50 AM IST
Stalling triple talaq criminalisation bill shows lack of will for reforms08 Jan, 2018, 10.28 AM IST
HCL Chairman Shiv Nadar offers Rs one crore to shrineThe hill temple PRO Talari Ravi said after offering prayers, the HCL chairman handed over the offering in the form of a cheque to TTD Execu...
21 Aug, 2016, 02.50 PM IST
IIT Bombay students to celebrate dry holi with destitute childrenThe team will also visit the children living in the slums near the IIT Bombay campus. Students will celebrate a dry Holi, using only eco-fr...
23 Mar, 2016, 08.15 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben observes fast against razing of hutments in monsoonPrime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben today observed a day-long fast in solidarity with a cause for slum-dwellers.
12 Feb, 2016, 08.40 PM IST
Central scheme soon to tackle beggaryThese anti-beggary laws are mostly based on the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 which criminalizes the act of begging and any person...
17 Jan, 2016, 12.24 PM IST
Vice President Hamid Ansari meets militancy-affected children from KashmirThe children were part of the Youth Exchange Programme called, 'Waton Ko Jano' and spent a fortnight in the capital visiting places of inte...
06 Jan, 2016, 04.35 PM IST
Haryana to start 'give up' scheme for social security pensionsThe arrear of pension from March to June 2015 amounting to Rs 13.23 crore was also transferred to the beneficiaries.
06 Aug, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
High Court dismisses plea for elimination of child beggary in DelhiThe Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL highlighting the plight of child beggars in the city and seeking directions to ensure their reha...
07 Jan, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
PIL in High Court to eliminate child beggary in DelhiA bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice P S Teji after brief arguments posted the matter for further consideration on January 7.
25 Dec, 2014, 04.38 PM IST
Delhi government to provide Aadhaar cards to children living in homesDelhi government has undertaken an intensive drive to enrol children housed in government and NGO run institutions for issue of Aadhaar car...
16 Sep, 2014, 08.38 PM IST
- J&K starts survey of families hit by militancy for rehabilitation
J&K government is carrying out an elaborate survey to identify the individuals and families rendered destitute by the two-decade-old turmoi...
11 Mar, 2008, 01.02 AM IST