13 days ago
A bank of Indian heritage thrives in Africa
Lusaka -, Feb 1 - On the ground floor of a squat building in downtown Lusaka, tellers sit inside tiny wooden cabins, counting out money. The busy scene is as ordinary as at any other bank, but the provenance of this financial firm is a rather unique experiment, beginning nearly 6,600 km away - in India.The Indo-Zambia bank, as is evident from its nomenclature, was born of a mixed parentage of thre ... read more

New Delhi | 16 days ago
New law to bar hospitals from turning away emergencies
New Delhi, Jan 28 - The cabinet Thursday approved path-breaking legislation making it mandatory for doctors, hospitals and other medical establishments to treat victims of road accidents and other emergencies and not turn away patients on specious pleas, official sources said.The legislation 'makes it mandatory to provide, stabilise and treat emergency medical conditions', official sources said of ... read more

19 days ago
Apex court warns political parties against blocking roads
New Delhi, Jan 25 - The Supreme Court Monday warned various political parties, agitating for a separate Gorkhaland, against blocking the sole road linking Sikkim to the rest of the country. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Deepak Verma warned Gorkha Janmukti Morcha - and other political parties with derecognition and their leaders of arrests and detent ... read more

6 months ago
'Hum Do, Hamare Do' success in Himachal
Shimla, Aug 2 - Himachal Pradesh has a reason to celebrate -- asked to control its population under the 'Hum Do, Hamare Do' campaign, it has achieved its target much before the 2010 deadline. Himachal Pradesh is among the 11 states to have achieved the central government's 'two-child per couple' target for population control, an official statement said Sunday. 'The hill state has fulfilled the ... read more

6 months ago
On show, Cuban artist's love affair with India
New Delhi, July 28 - It's the country's first brush with the works of late Cuban writer-painter Severo Sarduy. An exhibition of paintings, photographs and artefacts here documents his fascination with India and the orient. 'The East of Severo Sarduy' has come to Delhi for a month after travelling to international cities like Madrid, Paris, Tangier, Tetuan and Rabat. Sarduy's photographs of Varan ... read more

6 months ago
Vacancies in courts being filled to clear backlog of cases
New Delhi, July 27 - The government is periodically reviewing the strength of judges in high courts across the country and filling up vacancies to solve the heavy backlog of cases, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Monday in parliament. 'On the basis of these reviews, 163 posts of judges have been created in various high courts. The strength of judges in the Supreme Court has also been increas ... read more

6 months ago
Woe of seven sisters: northeast heading for drought?
Agartala/Shillong, July 20 - In India's northeast it has rained a little, but way too little. The weatherman has no pleasant news for states in the region, saying it may be heading for drought that will affect autumn as well as winter crops. 'The rainfall during the current monsoon season in Assam and Meghalaya is scanty - while in the remaining states - Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and A ... read more

6 months ago
Darjeeling shutdown to be relaxed for 10 hours Monday
Siliguri -, July 19 - The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha -, spearheading a protest for a separate Gorkhaland state out of West Bengal, Sunday declared it will allow a 10-hour relaxation Monday in the ongoing indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling district. 'We've decided to give a 10-hour relaxation from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday to the ongoing strike in the hills. We'll allow everything to be open during ... read more

6 months ago
Chandigarh achieves 'two children per couple' target
Chandigarh, July 19 - Chandigarh is among the 11 states and three union territories in the country which have beaten the 2010 deadline set by the central government to achieve total fertility rate - of two or 'two children per couple' policy. The 2010 deadline for achieving the TFR was set by the central government under its National Population Policy of 2000. 'Chandigarh has scored the golden ... read more

7 months ago
GJM relaxes restrictions on key highway to Sikkim
Siliguri -, July 18 - The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha -, spearheading a protest demanding a separate Gorkhaland state, Saturday partly opened the National Highway 31-A, a key route connecting West Bengal and Sikkim. 'We've decided to allow only those vehicles which have Sikkim number plates. We allowed all the cars to enter Sikkim. This relaxation would be effective for next five days -,' GJM assist ... read more