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Norway authorities take away Indian couple's kids, say feeding with hands wrong NDTV Correspondent, Updated: January 17, 2012 08:05 IST New Delhi: Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya - an Indian couple from Kolkata are living a nightmare in Norway. Their children - a three-year-old son...

Indian students rank 2nd last in global test Hemali Chhapia, TNN | Jan 15, 2012, 02.24AM IST MUMBAI: Across the world, India is seen as an education powerhouse - based largely on the reputation of a few islands of academic excellence such as the IITs. But scratch the glossy surface of our...

Indian bureaucrats have 'terrific powers', rated worst in Asia PTI | Jan 11, 2012, 06.26PM IST Indian bureaucracy is the worst in Asia with a 9.21 rating out of 10, according to a report by a prestigious consulting firm based in Hong Kong. SINGAPORE: Indian bureaucracy is the worst in...

A seven-year-old Indian girl was murdered in a tribal sacrifice and her liver offered to the gods to improve crop growth, police in the central state of Chhattisgarh said on Sunday. The body of Lalita Tati was found in October one week after her family reported her missing. "A seven-year-old...

"Wife-sharing" haunts Indian villages as girls decline Thu, Oct 27 2011 By Nita Bhalla - Reuters BAGHPAT, India (TrustLaw) - When Munni arrived in this fertile, sugarcane-growing region of north India as a young bride years ago, little did she imagine she would be forced into having...

Away from Punjab - the south Indian Sikhs By Biswajit Choudhury , Bangalore, Oct 17 : South Indian Sikhs? The description may seem unfamiliar. While Sikhs are overwhelmingly associated with Punjab, much less known are those from the community who made their home in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh...

Jagjit Singh dies Singh was called the 'king of ghazal' Renowned Indian singer Jagjit Singh has died in Mumbai (Bombay), aged 70. Mr Singh, who was famed for his semi-classical ghazal songs, suffered from a stroke last month and had been in a coma in hospital ever since. Popularly known as...

Pace By Satadru Sen When the team that you support has had an unbelievably bad series, and the angry and serious post-mortems are out there for all to see, the sporting thing to do is to look for the brighter side of the whole affair. The India-vs-England Test series is over: that is a...

Per capita income in India has doubled between 2004-05 and 2010-11 to touch Rs 54,835 per annum. The PCI figure gives a fair idea of the standard of living of the people. India's per capita income in 2009-10 was Rs 46,492...

August 18, 2011 Special to the Tribune Indian couple in UK alleges caste discrimination Shyam Bhatia in London The UK society has learned to its dismay this week that there is a darker side to the Indian connection that surpasses the stories of holidays in Kerala, tigers, Bollywood and...

August 6, 2011 US has snatch-and-grab plan for Pak nukes: report - Indian Express Posted: Sat Aug 06 2011, 14:11 hrs Washington: The US has a contingency plan to "snatch-and-grab" Pakistan's nuclear weapons, if and when the President believes they are threat to either America or its...

London (August 04, 2011): On 30 June the Foreign Secretary Rt. Hon. William Hague MP met with Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna. The Indian Express on 1 July reported the British Foreign Secretary William Hague assured India that they will curb “anti-India demonstrations” by Sikhs...

By Madhu Chandra, Article 15 of the Indian Constitution gives fundamental rights to all Indian citizens against any form of discrimination either by the state or any citizen on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them. Every Indian is proud about this guarantee...

July 23, 2011 Indian diaspora tops remittance list Anahita Mukherji & Ashley D'Mello, TNN | Jul 23, 2011, 12.40am IST MUMBAI: Just how much do the 27 million global desis, scattered across 190 countries around the world, contribute to the Indian economy? World Bank figures show a...

Received this mail from Nitin Gupta (Rivaldo) B Tech, IIT Mumbai, Hats Off to him. Send this to all educated people (hope they understand) and explain to all uneducated people (as many as possible) – Must read fully!!!!!! DISCLAIMER: I DON'T ENDORSE ANY POLITICAL PARTY. NOR DO I ENDORSE...

A little dirty and little hungry but in good health considering everything he's been through – that's how an off duty Merced County Sheriff's Deputy found a missing teen. Lovedeep Singh vanished June 23rd during his first trip to Los Angeles. He was on an educational tour from India. By...

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July 8, 2011 35% Indian women beaten up at home: UN PTI - Jul 8, 2011, 04.51am IST NEW DELHI: The United Nations on Thursday deplored the miniscule 3% representation of women in India's judicial system and claimed that 35% of fair sex face physical violence in the country. UN women...

Journal of the Australian War Memorial "Great in adversity": Indian prisoners of war in New Guinea Peter Stanley {1} Hitherto little attention has been directed to the experience of Indian prisoners of war in South-East Asia, and much of that had concerned the formation of the...

June 30, 2011 Some 500 slaves freed in raid by Indian government India Gazette Thursday 30th June, 2011 • 500 workers forced to labour in brick kiln in illegal 'bonded labour' • Women and children among those rescued • Officials shocked by conditions A shocking case of slave...