Group 'breaks open' door, pours sewage inside DMK critic Savukku Shankar's house; issues threatPopular Youtuber and critic of the ruling DMK, Savukku Shankar, faced an attack where sewage and human feces were dumped into his house. Mu...
25 Mar, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
Four sanitary workers killed after being hit by train in KeralaFour sanitary workers, including two women from Tamil Nadu, lose their lives after being struck by the Kerala Express near Shoranur Railway...
02 Nov, 2024, 05.24 PM IST
DFS Secretary meets officials from 10 departments to boost enrolments under PMJJBY, PMSBYAs a step towards amassing scale, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), will also be taking a meeting with the heads of all pu...
12 Apr, 2023, 05.12 PM IST
NHRC notice to Gujarat, Haryana governments over death of 7 sanitation workersThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo moto cognisance of media reports about the deaths of seven sanitation workers in ...
06 Apr, 2023, 10.56 PM IST
Ensuring smooth flow of funds for water, sanitation and hygieneWhen many would have thought that India's sanitation years commencing from 2014 are behind us, with Covid and other issues vying for attent...
11 Feb, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
Pakistan mob attacks Hindu man over alleged blasphemyMany people have been lynched to death in Pakistan on the mere accusation of blasphemy. Countless others languish in jails for years with n...
22 Aug, 2022, 03.57 PM IST
Tripura govt approves proposal to provide free sanitary napkins to schoolgirlsA total of 1,68,252 students shall be covered under this new scheme called 'Kishori Suchita Abhiyan'. This will involve an investment of Rs...
21 Jan, 2021, 09.21 AM IST
Steel companies engage with vaccine makers for bulk supply of doses for employeesDomestic steel makers like -- Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNS India) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) said they will...
18 Jan, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
Parties practising dynastic politics present from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, says ModiThe PM was addressing a gathering of party supporters at the BJP headquarters here to mark the victory of BJP-JDU in the Bihar elections. H...
12 Nov, 2020, 08.52 AM IST
Covid-19 as a great equalizer: Reality or myth?We live in an era of unprecedented technological advancement. And yet, inequality remains an impediment throughout the world and liberty ha...
16 Aug, 2020, 02.23 PM IST
Azim Premji: The interests of workers, businesses are deeply aligned, especially in these times of crisisWipro founder expressed shock over states diluting labour laws related to settling disputes.
16 May, 2020, 03.08 PM IST
Iran accuses US of fear-mongering as deadly virus spreadsIran accused the United States on Wednesday of fear-mongering over a coronavirus outbreak that has spread across the Islamic republic and c...
26 Feb, 2020, 06.58 PM IST
Under Imran Khan government, religious minorities remain discriminated againstThe Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) sought recruits for a variety of positions ranging from sub-inspector to sepoys but the "non-combatant" jobs l...
05 Sep, 2018, 10.34 AM IST
Manual scavenging: This is caste violence, says filmmaker Divya BharathiFor her efforts and activism against manual scavenging, CPI (ML) activist Divya Bharathi was forced to be on the run till recently.
24 Sep, 2017, 06.10 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa grants solatiumTamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today granted a solatium of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of 23 people killed in rain-related incidents ...
12 Dec, 2015, 01.02 PM IST
The Indian House Crow slowly disappearing from BengaluruThe crow — the original pourakarmika (sanitary worker) of our cities, who cleaned up entire neighbourhoods of left-overs — is being seen le...
27 Dec, 2014, 06.28 AM IST
- China fights to stave off disease amid miracle quake rescues
China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offere...
17 May, 2008, 08.12 PM IST