New Delhi: The Reddys are reportedly the most prominent community in Andhra Pradesh and YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, their most popular leader. Sources say that his party is likely to fare well in the upcoming by-polls. The party is reportedly strong in the Rayalaseema region of coastal Andhra Pradesh. The Reddys have been traditional supporters of the Congress. However, after Jagan formed his own party, they backed him....
10:44 PM, May 27, 2012
THOOTHUKUDI: A total of 50 families from K Kumarettiahpuram in the Vilathikulam panchayat union have allegedly been ostracised from their community, reportedly over their support to a particular candidate during the recent civic polls. These families and the candidate, who was subsequently elected the panchayat president, have allegedly been barred from entering temples, sitting at public places and taking part in local functions. During the local body elections held in...
10:26 AM, May 08, 2012
Bangalore: The Congress is going all out to woo a powerful caste group in Karnataka that is generally perceived to be a strong supporter of the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even as the latter dithers in setting its house in order. State Congress leaders are set for a major score as they have succeeded in roping in party president Sonia Gandhi to be present at a birthday function of...
12:33 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made an appeal to the Kadva Patidar community to end female foeticide. "The act of female foeticide should not be there, instead birth of a girl child should become a matter of pride for the family," Modi said while inaugurating the community building of Kadva Patidar. He inaugurated the cultural hall and the community centre in Kudasan on Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad road, which has...
11:40 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Washington: Indian Americans numbering 3.2 million is the third largest Asian American community in US after Chinese Americans (3.8 million) and Filipinos (3.4 million). As per the details released by US Census Bureau for the year 2010, Asian American communities has emerged as the fastest growing ethnic communities in the last one decade. The total US population grew by 9.7 per cent, from 281.4 million in 2000 to 308.7 million...
10:08 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Ahmedabad: The mass-marriage of many young girls on March 11 is likely to usher in a social revolution in the lives of women of Sarania community in Vadia village of Banaskantha district, where prostitution is a "tradition" and a means to earn bread for their families. Vadia is a small village in Tharad block of Banaskantha, about 210 km from here, comprising of people from Sarania community, a de-notified tribe...
10:55 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Gangtok: While India is on the verge of a population explosion, ironically the Lepcha community of Sikkim is on its way to fading away. But 72-year-old Keepu Lepcha has been doing her best to fight this. She runs a home, the Lepcha cottage, which is perhaps the last stand of the Lepcha community. Keepu Tsering Lepcha is 'nikun' or grandmother to the children there. Almost 75 orphan and semi-orphan children...
10:13 AM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Thursday opposed decriminalisation of gay sex in the country before the Supreme Court. "This is highly immoral and against the social order," the Ministry told the apex court. The Ministry said that India's moral and social values are different from those of other countries and India cannot be guided by them. Delhi High court had earlier passed a judgement which decriminalized Section -...
12:09 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Taking to social media like Twitter and Facebook in a big way, the Information and Broadcasting ministry posted minute-by-minute accounts of a seminar on Community Radio on five websites simultaneously. As the Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni spoke to the gathering, a tweet flashed on microblogging site Twitter - "Radio is MoIB's flagship programme says Ambika Soni, Union Minster, Minister of Information and Broadcasting." "Lack of financial...
10:49 AM, Feb 19, 2012
Kolkata: Describing the writings of Salman Rushdie as "painful" for the Muslim community, Pakistani politician and former cricket captain Imran Khan on Monday said no one had a right to humiliate someone's belief. "First of all what is painful for a human community only the human community should decide, the issue is not what Rushdie wrote (in his novel 'The Satanic Verses'). The real issue is that nobody has the...
04:21 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government announced on Sunday that the Jain community will be accorded minority status in the state. "The Jain community would be included in the list of minority communities," Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, addressing a gathering of Jain devotees at a function organised to mark the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavira at Gannaur near Panipat. The 11-day long Panchkalyanak Pratishtha Mahotsav and Mahamastakabhishek has been organised...
10:37 PM, Jan 29, 2012
New York: US talk show host Jay Leno has been sued by an Indian-American in California for his 'racist' comments on the Golden Temple and ridiculing the entire Sikh community by portraying the holy shrine as a vacation home. According to court papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Randeep Dhillon claims that Leno "hurt the sentiments of all Sikh people in addition to those of the plaintiff" with his...
11:42 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Washington: Sending best wishes to the Sikh community on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, US President Barack Obama on Thursday said that people can draw inspiration from his message of equality, honesty and helping those in need. "As Sikhs across America and around the world celebrate the life of Guru Nanak, all of us can draw inspiration from his message of equality, honesty, and helping those who are...
09:02 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Jind: Two years after a newly-wed youth was lynched by villagers in the presence of police escort for marrying against social norms, a local court in Jind has convicted 12 persons in the honour killing case while acquitting a chief of 'jat' community organisation. The district and sessions court found guilty 12 of the 14 people facing trail including Dhanraj and Dhanpati, in-laws of the slain youth Vedapal, and Dharampal...
04:56 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Tokyo: Fifteen years ago, a growing sense of isolation due to old age prompted Kayoko Okawa, then 66, to knock on the door of a local volunteer centre and timidly ask if it was possible for someone her age to start an online community for seniors. The energetic 81-year-old is now president of the "Computer Grandmas Group" and says connecting this way can ease loneliness for Japan's increasing number of...
12:56 PM, Aug 25, 2011
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