New Delhi: At a time when the Supreme Court has asked the state governments to provide shelter to the homeless, a group of visually challenged students in Delhi have been forced to live out in the open, after their shelter in the Virender Nagar area near Janakpuri in west Delhi was sealed without notice by the authorities. Till 2010, the nearly 30 visually-challenged students of the Louis Welfare Blind Association...
04:35 PM, Jan 28, 2012
There are at least 10000 homeless women in Delhi, but most of the night shelters provide space only for men. ...
10:38 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: The national capital is home over 10,000 homeless women, and that's only the official figure. But Delhi has just four permanent shelters that can accommodate only 200 women. And the 72 temporary shelters can accommodate very few women. But even where homeless women can sleep - security issues mean they prefer the open. One of the homeless women said, "Who will take responsibility for us if we are...
09:09 AM, Jan 18, 2012
AIIMS told the Supreme Court that it will construct temporary night shelters on the vacant 6000 square feet land. ...
08:05 AM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) told the Supreme Court on Monday that it will construct temporary night shelters on the vacant 6000 square feet land at the hospital complex. The Supreme Court had earlier issued a notice to AIIMS asking why people coming to the super specialty hospital for treatment are staying in the open in extreme cold. The Supreme Court has also directed all state...
03:23 PM, Jan 16, 2012
How much money has been spent in providing night shelters for the homeless as north India endures a chilly winter? ...
11:44 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Seventy-five people have been killed by cold this year and thousands are at risk. ...
10:40 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: With chilling conditions across North India, cries of homeless in Delhi are never heard over the din of the traffic. They are on their own in Delhi, with no place to call their home they are forced to spend the cold night under the flyovers. At past 11 pm of the cold December night the homeless people are fight an extremely difficult battle against the cold. A flyover...
06:26 AM, Dec 21, 2011
Bangalore: Six-year-old Ashwini went missing three years back. Her family came looking for her at the Government Shishu Mandir after they saw a CNN-IBN report on 300 child beggars rescued by the police and found that Ashwini had been at the rescue centre for the last few months. Ashwini's Father R Venkatesh said, "There's not a single place I had not gone searching. I had given complaints at many police...
07:56 AM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: Irked over the closure of 84 temporary night shelters in the national capital against its orders, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the city government to reopen them immediately. Directing the government to restart the shelters, a division bench of acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw pulled up the Delhi government for shutting down the night shelters citing low occupancy. The judges also...
10:56 PM, Dec 13, 2011
BANGALORE: Many people brave the burning sun and rains to catch buses to reach their destination, you might have noticed many unused bus shelters in the city. It is an irony that many bus stops have more than two bus shelters while some have no bus shelters at all. Bus shelters are erected jointly by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation and the city traffic police....
09:47 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Out in the cold, CJ Bipin shows how Delhi's homeless shelters are inadequate. ...
09:03 PM, Nov 26, 2011
BANGALORE: Meet M S Suresh Kumar fromSahakaranagar who is ever ready to extend his cooperation to promote Kannada. Kumar, a civil contractor, has been striving for the promotion of Kannada in his own little way. Kumar had embarked on a journey to promote Kannada in and around Sahakaranagar by launching a unique programme " Namagondu Kare Nimagondu Kannada Naamapalaka " in 2006. I had supplied Kannada name boards to 800...
08:12 AM, Nov 01, 2011
![]()
Ever heard of Chinese made polypropylene innerwear? It's standard issue for the Indian Army in the sub zero climes of Ladakh! It's a way of ...
11:09 AM, Oct 31, 2011
London: 'High School Musical' star Vanessa Hudgens is trading her bubblegum teen image for a new grunge avatar for her upcoming film Gimme Shelter. The 23-year-old actress was spotted filming a major part of the movie in baggy jeans and t-shirts, with short and messy hair. She is made-under to look pale and under-nourished, reported Contactmusic. Gimme Shelter is about a pregnant teenager who leaves her abusive mother's home and...
07:52 PM, Jul 18, 2011
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.
Disclaimer: Network18 Media & Investments Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in and the websites of the Lead Managers at www.icicisecurities.com and www.rbs.in Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and are requested to refer to "Risk Factors" in the Draft Letter of Offer. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or any state securities laws in the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable U.S. state securities laws.
Disclaimer: TV18 Broadcast Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in and the websites of the Lead Managers at www.icicisecurities.com and www.rbs.in Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and are requested to refer to "Risk Factors" in the Draft Letter of Offer. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or any state securities laws in the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable U.S. state securities laws.
