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http://ekjodikapda.com The above NGO is doing fantastic job by collecting old clothes from people and taking them to poor Indian villages.Those who are in India should become part of this and donate their old clothes to their Drop boxes

A September 8 report by a leading Canadian newspaper cited the Indian branch of the Deloitte consulting firm estimating the world’s second most populous nation plans to spend as much as $80 billion for its defense sector in the next five years. It quoted an Indian journalist, Rahul Bedi, a...

Compensations historically approach $25,000, Air India families told By Steven Chase and Robert Matas From Friday's Globe and Mail - October 22, 2010 Government opens discussions with relatives of bombing victims The Harper government has opened discussions over compensation with...

Sikhs urge Obama to visit Golden Temple on India trip Sikh groups have urged US President Barack Obama not to avoid visiting the Golden Temple in Amritsar during his India trip next month, amid reports he is now unlikely to go there. A US official told the BBC there were...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/obama-to-skip-amritsar-in-his-india-tour/133313-2.html?from=tn Washington: Barack Obama will not visit Amritsar during his India tour said sources. The US President will only visit Delhi and Mumbai in his November tour. Sources said, security at the Golden Temple is...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, a writer born in the Bihar town of Motihari published a dystopian novel predicting the victory of totalitarianism in the West. This envisaged an all-powerful state that would take over all aspects of a citizen’s life, regulating what he (or she)...

Manmohan Singh to launch Little India on Oct 27 KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh will launch the first phase of the project to upgrade and beautify Brickfields into “Little India” on Oct 27. Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Deputy Minister Datuk M...

India win second track gold medal after a 52-year wait India surprisingly won the women’s 4x400m relay yesterday at the Commonwealth Games, with Ashwini Akkunji overtaking a Nigerian opponent just before the final handoff and Mandeep Kaur sprinting to victory. The gold was only the second on...

http://sports.rediff.com/report/2010/oct/10/cwg-2010-delhi-hockey-india-pakistan-sandeep-singh.htm Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh and Shivendra Singh scored a double each as India [ Images ] thrashed Pakistan 7-4 in a must-win Pool A match to storm into the semi-finals of the men's hockey...

Harminder Singh on Saturday became the first Indian to win a medal in a walk race in the history of the Commonwealth Games [ Images ], a day after Kavita Raut won the first-ever women's track medal, but their compatriots disappointed in other athletics events. The 26-yer-old walker from...

See if this sounds familiar: Several thousand years ago a man who would become a god was born on a land that would become holy, because of him. Several thousand years later, people are still dying because of disputes surrounding this god's birthplace. It's not what you think. It's about...

Two faces of modern India October 02, 2010 Ramesh Thakur - Toronto Star Indians joke that their economy grows at night while the government sleeps. The federal and state governments have indeed been asleep at the wheel as a much foretold disaster loomed over the Commonwealth Games that begin...

India cannot help but be complex October 02, 2010 Haroon Siddiqui - THE TORONTO STAR Photo: Schoolgirls ride along a beach road in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. India is reaping a “demographic dividend,” with half its 1.2 billion people under 25. Michael Melford/National Geographic...

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett will next year approach a group of India's richest to enlist their support for and views on setting up fund-raising initiatives in India, the billionaire duo said this week, after organising a first-of-its-kind charity dinner for China's billionaires. On...

India: Where have all the young men gone? October 01, 2010 RAVEENA AULAKH - THE TORONTO STAR PUNJAB, INDIA—When you walk into the village of Littan, population 1,500, you are immediately struck by what you don’t see. There are no young men in the narrow, dusty streets. None hanging out...

Top American graduates heading to India for employment link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDHfqpEVD4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11437229 30 September 2010 The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder on the security situation in Ayodhya Nearly 200,000 security personnel are being deployed in...

I found this quote from Sri Aurobindo whereby atheism does not contradict faith in God. It is a good example of paradoxical reasoning which I enjoy practicing. "Atheism is a necessary protest against the wickedness of the churches and the narrowness of the creeds. God uses it as a stone to smash...

What Ails India? Sep 29, 2010 | author/source: Vikram Chhabra India is making the headlines again. As its capital city of New Delhi gets ready to host the 19th Commonwealth Games, accusations of corruption, inadequate security, and apparent inefficiencies by the organizing committee have...

Sir Mota Singh, the United Kingdom's first Sikh and Asian judge, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year, received the ‘Pride of India Award' 2009, instituted by the India International Foundation (IIF). Indian High Commissioner Nalin Surie presented the trophy at the 6th annual...