Kathmandu: Nepal will grant citizenship certificates to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, recognising their sexual orientation for the first time. Nepal's Home Ministry has issued directives to this effect. Now third-gender people will have separate head as "others" in their citizenship certificates, according to Home Ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala. "We have already issued directives to the Ministry of Law to add the "others" head in all necessary forms, documents...
05:03 PM, May 24, 2012
BANGALORE: A unique initiative was kickstarted last week by Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM). A marathon campaign on energy-saving measures is being held by making use of all available tools of communication. They have not limited themselves to just street plays, drum beaters, flash mobs, cinema slides, dollu kunitha, but also using car stickers, leaflets and displaying huge hoardings all over the city.The coming week will witness BESCOM making...
09:33 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: NAC member Aruna Roy is leading the newly formed Pension Parishad to demand a universal pension scheme. The question is whether every elderly person in India who is above 60 years of age should be entitled to a pension. The question was taken up by IBN18 Network Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghosh on her show Face the Nation. Here's the transcript of the discussion with a distinguished panel: Sagarika...
11:40 AM, May 09, 2012
Gurgaon: A city court on Monday sent four Anna Hazare supporters to jail for 14 days. They wanted to install a statue of the anti-graft activist in Gurgaon in spite of refusal of permission from the authorities. The activists were arrested on Sunday when they were trying to install a statue of Hazare at Sector 4/7 Chowk, police said. The Hazare supporters are PL Kataria, Abdul, Puran Chand Joshi and...
02:19 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Washington: Indian and American officials are slated to discuss aligning visa policies and children's issues between the two countries during the second US-India Consular Dialogue to be held in New Delhi on March 21, the state department has said. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Janice Jacobs will travel to New Delhi leading her countries delegation to the second US-India Consular Dialogue, the State Department said. Jacobs will be...
05:27 AM, Mar 20, 2012
BANGALORE: The repercussions of LPG price hike has been very harsh on the citizens, demonstrating its negative impact on the life of a householder as well as on the food industry. LPG gas is the only choice available for the middle classes and the steep rise in its price has been putting increased pressure on the wallets of the consumers who are already trying to cope up with rising prices...
10:16 AM, Mar 19, 2012
London: Responding to concerns of British citizens holding the status of 'Overseas Citizen of India' (OCI), the UK Foreign Office has clarified that when such citizens are in India, they will continue to be treated as British citizens and offered consular assistance if required. A large number of people of Indian-origin have acquired OCI status after being naturalised as British citizens in the UK. The scheme launched by the Indian...
12:59 AM, Mar 16, 2012
New Delhi: More than 700 Pakistanis have acquired Indian citizenship in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written answer, Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said while 321 Pakistanis got the citizenship in 2009, the figure dropped to 150 in 2010 but rose to 300 in 2011. The government rejected 31 applications in 2009, 54 in 2010 and 14 in 2011. Among...
08:37 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Kolkata: A senior citizen Manik Dabriwal wants tax laws to be amended so that citizens above the age of 60 years can claim deductions on the medical insurance premium paid by dependents. Manik, a 70-year-old businessman, spends his days catching up on the news that is something he didn't have time for when he was young. In his twilight years, Manik hopes to reap the benefit of his age, as...
08:48 AM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Railway Ministry has agreed to extend to up to 40 per cent the concessions in fares given to male senior citizens while also agreeing to reduce the age for availing concession for women. This was informed by the Delhi government whose minister for Social Welfare Kiran Walia had taken up this demand with the Railway Ministry. The government of India has agreed to grant a relief of...
01:16 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad court will pass its order on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots on February 15. The SIT on Monday opposed giving its report on the massacre to Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace and senior lawyer Mukul Sinha, saying that they had "no locus in the case". The SIT opposed not only the duo in the...
03:11 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Finding his government embroiled in controversies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came out in his government's defence, saying it is doing all it can to battle corruption. Speaking at the annual Chief Secretaries Conference, Singh said, "Last year I had stated that our government was committed to take all legal and administrative measures to curb corruption in public life. We have introduced a bill on Citizens' Charter which will...
12:24 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Nagpur: Encouraged by a Supreme Court verdict, making live-in relationships legal and inspired by a recent meet of senior citizens in Ahmedabad, in search of a life partner, elders in Nagpur have decided to give the idea a go. A group of senior citizens under the banner of 'Jyeshtha Nagrik Liv-In Relationship Mandal', led by a former banker Arvind Godbole hit on the idea to float an organisation for helping...
12:24 PM, Jan 24, 2012
According to the 'State of the Nation' poll by CNN-IBN, a majority of the urban citizens say they would never get involved in community welfare associations. ...
11:52 PM, Jan 23, 2012
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