The birth of a girl, so goes a popular Hindu saying, is akin to the arrival of Lakshmi - the four-armed goddess of wealth, often depicted holding lotus flowers and an overflowing pot of gold. ...
12:22 AM, Dec 30, 2012
Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Friday said live-in relationships must be discouraged in the country as it is 'against humanity and Indian culture'. "The Sangh is against live-in relationships because it is against humanity, and also against the Indian traditions and culture," RSS joint secretary Dattatraya Hosbale said, speaking to reporters on the first day of 'Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha', the outfit's highest decision-making body. Live-in relationships should be...
06:12 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Mumbai: About 58.8 per cent of households in Maharashtra have TV sets while 13.3 per cent have computer/laptop and 69.1 per cent have telephone/mobile in their households, as per the data on "housing, amenities and assets" in the 2011 census. The respective figures at national level are 47.2, 9.5 and 63.2 per cent, Ranjit Singh Deol, director Census operations, Maharashtra, told reporters in Mumbai. The share of households having two...
10:59 AM, Mar 16, 2012
The National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma created a controversy on Sunday after she said that words like sexy should not be taken in a negative context. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 29, 2012
The National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma created a controversy after she said that words like sexy should not be taken in a negative context. ...
09:06 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Jaipur: NCW chairperson Mamta Sharma on Saturday said the word 'sexy' should not be taken in a negative context as it means 'beautiful and charming', but her argument did not go down well with the BJP and women's organisations which termed her remark as shocking and demoralising for women. Speaking at a function, Mamta said that the word meant 'beautiful' and 'charming' so it should not be taken in negative...
08:12 AM, Feb 26, 2012
The victim who was allegedly raped in a moving car earlier this month in Kolkata is determined to fight for justice. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, does Indian society subject a rape victim to a morality test?
12:46 PM, Feb 20, 2012
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Just 18 days of massive protests toppled the 30 year-old regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who has gone down into history books. The 'Nile ...
05:47 PM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: India's urban population will more than double to over 600 million by 2035 as increasing number of people migrate to cities because of better infrastructure and employment opportunities, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday. "With sustained high economic growth, the pace of urbanisation is set to accelerate. The next 25 years should see the urban population living in Indian towns and cities doubling," Mukherjee said at the...
05:18 PM, Dec 17, 2010
