Lima: A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation centre for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital, killing 27 people and critically injuring five as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside. The "Christ is Love" centre for drug and alcohol addicts was unlicensed and overcrowded and its residents were apparently kept inside "like prisoners," Health Minister Alberto Tejada told The Associated Press. Authorities said...
10:43 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Friday asked the central government to provide early assistance of Rs 3,265.38 crore for relief and rehabilitation work in regions hit by the September floods. At least 21 of state's 30 districts were devastated by two successive floods and the state government asked the centre to provide assistance of Rs 3,265.38 crore and for release of adhoc assistance of Rs 1,000 crore. "The union government did not...
03:10 AM, Dec 03, 2011
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted continuation of the stay of the trial court order validating the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act which has been challenged by the Tatas. The stay order passed by the high court means that West Bengal government cannot distribute land among farmers until the matter is heard. The court will hear the case from November 8 onwards. A division bench of justices...
12:38 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Washington: Six years after he was denied prison guard's job in California as he refused to shave off his beard required by his Sikh religion, an Indian-American has finally been appointed as a correctional officer in the prison and won $ 295,000 in damages. Trilochan Singh Oberoi, 63, has reached a settlement in this regard with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) as a result of which he...
05:13 PM, Oct 28, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal government on Thursday told the Calcutta High Court that return of acquired land to unwilling farmers is in public interest and defines such farmers as those who do not accept the compensation awarded in return for their land. Hearing the Tata Motors Ltd's petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, Justice IP Mukerji asked the government if return of the acquired land was for...
06:15 PM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Land Acquisition Pre-settlement and Rehabilitation Bill 2011 suggests that under no circumstances should multi-cropped, irrigated land be acquired. The government put the Land Acquisition Pre-settlement and Rehabilitation Bill 2011 in public domain on Friday. The draft bill is now available on the Press Information Bureau website. The draft bill also says that the government can acquire land only for public purpose and that the land acquired for...
04:27 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 as "draconian" while the Singur Bill would show the way for the entire country. Participating in the debate in the Assembly over the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, she said the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, has been a cause of suffering to a large number of countrymen as it was "draconian". Banerjee...
07:44 PM, Jun 14, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Rubbishing allegations of forcible land acquisition for Posco project near Paradip, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said force was not used for the purpose as his government believed in "peaceful industrialisation". "I have often said that we believe in peaceful industrialisation," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told reporters adding the state government was constantly monitoring developments at the proposed plant site villages. The state government would take appropriate...
05:21 PM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday admitted in the Supreme Court that the prevailing situation of tribals being caught in a crossfire between Maoists, the police and anti-Maoist vigilante group Salwa Judum was a testimony to governance failure. "All these are the testimony of failure of governance in the state. It is honestly accepted," senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the state government, submitted before a Bench comprising Justices B...
07:25 PM, Jan 18, 2011
Jammu: After over two decades of violence and militancy, the Jammu and Kashmir government has finally rolled out its controversial rehabilitation policy for terrorists who crossed over and went to Pakistan for arms training starting 1989. The parents of one such terrorist Lal Din and his wife Saira have waited for the past nine years for their son to return home. Khursheed Aslam was 15 years old when he crossed...
10:58 AM, Nov 25, 2010
Kolkata: The first Maoist has surrendered in West Bengal after the state government announced a rehabilitation package for the rebels. Shobhan Karak, a member of the Maoist action squad, surrendered in West Midnapore on Thursday. Karak surrendered with a .303 rifle and a few live cartridges. He has 13 cases of murder and sedition registered against him. Karak surrendered before the West Midnapore Superintendent of Police, Jhargram Superintendent of Police...
04:43 PM, Aug 26, 2010
Severe acute malnutrition means much higher risk of death as compared to those who are not severely malnourished. ...
07:13 PM, Apr 30, 2010
A general view of Dharavi, considered Asia's biggest shantytown. ...
06:35 PM, Nov 02, 2009
Patients tried to escape through barred windows, officials said. ...
06:09 PM, Sep 14, 2009
The state government is working on a rehabilitation scheme for eunuchs. ...
03:00 PM, Jul 13, 2009
MJ's friends say he was too frail to have carried out a heavy concert schedule. ...
01:32 PM, Jul 12, 2009
A former drug addict recounts his ordeal, says there's still hope. ...
10:21 PM, Nov 20, 2008
New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has said in-form Virat Kohli should not be rushed into Indian captaincy but advised Mahendra Singh Dhoni to relieve himself of the burden of leading the side in at least one of the three formats. As far as blooding young Virat Kohli as a captain in smaller formats is concerned, I think that should just wait. The guy is in the form of...
09:11 AM, Jul 06, 2008
London: Graham Onions has been called into the England squad for the fourth Test against India at The Oval, after Chris Tremlett was ruled out on Monday and James Anderson emerged as a new injury concern. Although Anderson's leg injury has so far been described as minor his potential unavailability would be a major blow to England's hopes of closing out a 4-0 whitewash of India. Unfortunately Chris Tremlett has...
04:05 PM, Feb 21, 2008
