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A dai steps toward ensuring safe motherhood in Rajasthan

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She has assisted in the birth of almost the entire village population. At 65, Charki Devi, a dai or midwife in a Rajasthan village, is happy she has played a pivotal role in birthings. But her role an

The grooms were drunk, the brides said no

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Left at the altar - alone and drunk. That was the fate of two grooms in normally patriarchal Bihar when their would-have-been brides and their families walked out on them because they were simply too

Women not safe under Mamata's rule - NCW study

Women in West Bengal are apparently not safe under the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress government.

The National Commission for Women (NCW), in a report released on Tuesday, stated that the sta

Panchayat: No DJ, liquor at weddings

With the intention to check alcoholism and DJs in marriages, which often leads to squabbles and fatal accidents, a village panchayat in Haryana has banned use of liquor and loud music in all marriage

US pastor burns Koran again

Controversial US pastor Terry Jones has burned more copies of the Koran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman, The Gainesville Sun report

Sight for soaring highs

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A guy with a passion and a dream to fly —and yes, it’s taking him places. Bengaluru’s very own RJ Prithvi is flying high, quite literally. He is the only one in the city to own a two-seater Powered Pa

Sight for soaring highs

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A guy with a passion and a dream to fly —and yes, it’s taking him places. Bengaluru’s very own RJ Prithvi is flying high, quite literally. He is the only one in the city to own a two-seater Powered Pa

Pallava, Kalinga touch to Iskcon temple off ECR

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Spread over 1.5 acres at Akkarai village at Sholin-ganallur off ECR near here, the 50-foot high spectacular Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple, consecrated on Thursday morning, is a dream come true after ov

Iskcon temple opens today

The aesthetically constructed ISKCON temple on ECR is all set for inauguration on Thursday.

“The Sri Sri Radhakrishna temple is a new symbol of rich Indian culture designed with architectural excelle

Gujarat IAS officer ties knot at mass wedding ceremony

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Instead of going for a pompous ceremony, an IAS officer from Gujarat today tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony organised by his tribal Dungri Garasia community in Bhiloda taluka.

Vijay Kharadi,

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.