Born in Nellore, 15-year-old Saira and 12-year-old Sumaiya Sheikh are just like other kids — they like to “play the piano, movies are a must and they would love to see the world”. In fact, Sumaiya ha

Chennai: Gone are the days when representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) alone took up social work courses in college. Now, engineers, dentists and even journalists are into social wo

Thiruvananthapuram: Wheelchair-bound George K. Thomas, 31, with spine injured in a road accident eight years ago, is undergoing a seven-month residential programme at Kanthari International at Vellay

This project aims to reach the hospital to the doorsteps of urban poor and rural people across the state. A mobile facility, ‘Smile on wheels’, which has been running successfully in other states, wil

An NGO has written to the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) for immediate release of activist Medha Patkar and 21 others arrested on Sunday evening in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district.

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Trusts and charities in Andhra Pradesh are the third biggest recipient of foreign funding in the country. In just one year, these organisations received Rs 1,324.87 crore from abroad in 2009-10, and t

Supporting his colleague and party man Salman Khurshid, Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma came up with a statement that did not go down well with many.

Quizzed on the NGO row Khurshid found him

Amid protests by Arvind Kejriwal, law minister Salman Khurshid today returned to the capital from abroad and said he will fight back the allegations that his NGO siphoned off money meant for disabled

Law minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday held a press conference to give clarification on allegations against him.

Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday came out with documents to rubbish charges of misappropriation of funds by a trust run by him and his wife and expressed willingness for any probe while making i