Mumbai: It's a school on wheels. Bina Laksharia's unique initiative of transforming buses into classrooms in Mumbai is educating many slum children. With 5 school buses transformed to classrooms, Bina's "Door step school" reaches out to many slum children. Farzana lives in the slums of Rey Road in Mumbai. Once she is done with her household chores every morning, her mother sends her to the "Door Step School" or school...
09:01 AM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: Journalist: You must be so relieved and satisfied at the end of this operation. What does the victory feel like? Captain Vikram Batra: Feel like? Yeh dil maange more! That was Captain Vikram Batra who died a valiant death fighting Pakistan tooth and nail in July 1999 during the Kargil war. His famous war-cry, 'Yeh dil maange more' became a part of the youth lexicon. Nine years on,...
08:48 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Sixty-five-year-old George Paul, an actor, has played the role of Mahatma Gandhi more than 2,000 times. His reel life experience has now inspired him to make a difference in real life as well. Thanks to George Paul, little kids are getting to know the Father of The Nation better. The 65-year-old has an uncanny resemblance to Mahatma Gandhi. That explains why Paul has played the role of Gandhi over...
09:11 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Mohupada: It may be the 21st century for the rest of India, but for Mohupada village in Maharashtra, it's still the Dark Ages. Mohupada is one of India's 70,000 'dark villages' and areas with no electricity. Resident Vishram Vartha has never lived or worked with the aid of artificial light. And even though the government has constructed electric poles in Mohupada a few years ago, there is no electricity yet....
07:34 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Yet another Facebook group has taken wings and flown out of virtual space, hoping to be Good Samaritans in real life. The group, named Helping Hands, was started by a BE Computer Science student, Shilpa G J, of Narayana Guru College of Engineering, Manjalumoodu. The group brought smiles to the faces of a few mentally-challenged children last week when its members visited Amma centre for rehabilitation and training of...
01:58 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Karachi: Pakistan's Sindh province government has established contact with a well-known welfare foundation to obtain details of a hearing impaired Indian girl, who had inadvertently strayed into the country some 13 years ago, as efforts were being made to send her back to India. An official of the Edhi trust foundation, which has taken care of Geeta for the last few years and has housed her in Karachi for the...
10:16 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: Ahead of the Independence Day, CNN-IBN brings the story of the bravehearts during the fire at the Mumbai Mantralaya. Even as a major fire raged on and people were being evacuated, seven men waited on the roof just so they could protect the Indian flag. When a fire raged across the Mantralaya, everyone was busy getting out of the building, but seven men waited fearlessly, guarding the Tricolour hoisted...
08:55 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt were Monday night accorded a grand welcome as they returned after their historic exploits at the London Olympic Games. Hundreds of fans gathered at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to receive the star wrestlers along with the family members of the grapplers. The fans, who came with garlands, bouquets and sweets, danced to deafening drum beats while they waited for the wrestlers...
08:27 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: The country has witnessed a 56 per cent drop in HIV related cases in the last one decade, the government on Monday said. "HIV infections have declined by 56 per cent during the last decade from 2.7 lakh in 2000 to 1.2 lakh in 2009 in our country," Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said. Addressing an international HIV vaccine symposium, he said new evidence from...
04:21 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday gave its nod to implementing a project to provide food security to two lakh vulnerable households in the current year not covered under other schemes. Dilli Annashree Yojana was earlier announced in city's budget 2012-13. "We have approved the scheme and it will be implemented from Nov 19," said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Under the scheme, a monthly food subsidy of Rs 600...
10:24 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Chandigarh: Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh burst into tears after grappler Sushil Kumar won the silver medal in 66kg freestyle wrestling competition at the London Olympics on Sunday. "I could not control my emotions. My eyes were moist and I burst into tears. I was really happy that this boy and other athletes have made our nation proud," the 'Flying Sikh' told PTI here. Congratulating Sushil, Milkha Singh said that...
01:16 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Narsinghpur: A government school in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district remembers Mahatma Gandhi every day. The school takes pride in following Gandhi's principles and it reflects on their uniform as well. To galvanise support for the non-cooperation movement, the Mahatma visited 'Shashkiya Buniyadi Shala' in the Singhpur village of Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh. He spent the night at the school and interacted with the students, taught them the use of...
09:59 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Jodhpur: A youth from Jodhpur has been chosen among 50 computer experts from across the globe by the Google for its 'Mentor Summit' to be held at its headquarter in California on October 20-21 this year. Aditya Maheshwari, who will be presenting a paper on 'How to attract youth for contribution in development cycle of open source world', has been chosen by the internet giant as a student mentor of...
05:29 AM, Aug 13, 2012
London: Indias Sushil Kumar won India its sixth and final medal of the 2012 London Olympics after settling for silver in the final of the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event on Sunday. Sushil, who reached the final after defeating Tana Tarov of Kazakhstan in the semi-finals, was beaten by Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 3-1 in a short and swift final bout at the ExCel Arena. The Japanase took the first period...
01:47 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Gangotri: The higher habitats of Uttarkashi have been the worst-hit in the recent flash floods. CNN-IBN trekked to one such hamlet where a few families had taken shelter at some partially-constructed buildings. For six days, they waited for assistance from the government and their wait went unanswered. However, one organisation did reach them and provided them immediate relief material. Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram, a local NGO went through the difficult terrain...
08:29 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Kolkata: An NGO called Iswar Sankalpa has a mission to provide shelter and healthcare to people with special needs. The NGO has re-united more than 100 people with their families and given a new lease of life to many. Laboni, Counselor, Iswar Sankalpa said, "A person with mental illness is also a human being. The characteristics they show are something we also display daily during certain moments." This belief has...
10:13 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Jaipur: Murder convict TB Thapa always wanted to be a painter. At the age of 35, he finally realised his dream, albeit at the most unlikeliest of places - the Jaipur Central Jail. "This is like meditation... It takes away from the stress and confinement of being in jail," he says with a glint in his eye. Like Thapa, Madhusudan, another convict, too picked up the brush and palette and...
08:12 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Chandigarh: In a first of its kind initiative, a library of RTI documents has been set up in Chandigarh. It aims at becoming a repository of RTI documents that have already reached the public domain and need not be applied for again. So, if you have filed an RTI application in Chennai or Guwahati, Hemant Goswami in far-flung Chandigarh is its safe-keeper. He has been diligently spending hours formulating a...
08:09 AM, Aug 06, 2012
This week on India Positive, the stories of those who are grooming the specially-abled. ...
11:32 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Army marksman Vijay Kumar won a silver medal for India in the men's 25 metre rapid fire event at the 2012 London Olympics here on Friday. The gold went to Cuban Leuris Pupo while Chinese Feng Ding got the bronze. Pupo kept his cool to win Cuba's first gold. Pupo scored 34 to edge out India's Vijay Kumar, who took silver with 30 after hitting just 2 from the...
07:52 PM, Aug 03, 2012
