Day: November 13, 2019

Tribals from different states, abroad to attend five-day conclave from Friday

10:52 pm November 13, 2019

Jamshedpur: Nearly 2000 tribals from all over the country and abroad will participate in the five-day sixth edition of Samvaad, a tribal conclave, beginning here on November 15. The conclave this year will focus on “Tribalism Today” and around 2000 tribals from 18 states and 10 countries will take part in the event organised by […]

UN Women to partner with Kerala’s Gender Park

10:44 pm November 13, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: UN Women has proposed to partner with Kerala’s Gender Park to take forward projects and campaigns aimed at securing gender parity in South Asia. Setting the context for the tie-up, officials of the UN Women multi-country office (MCO) had a meeting with Kerala Minister for Health and Social Justice K K Shylaja at UN […]

TSRTC employees call off nearly two month old strike

TSRTC strike: Another worker commits “suicide”

10:36 pm November 13, 2019

Hyderabad: Another Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) driver allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday in Mahabubabad district as the indefinite stir by the employees’ unions entered the 40th day. A Naresh, 45, consumed some poisonous substance at his house in the early hours and was rushed to a hospital by his family where he died, […]

Official anthem, radio jingle for IFFI 50 launched

10:34 pm November 13, 2019

New Delhi: The Information and Broadcasting ministry on Wednesday launched the official anthem and radio jingle for the golden jubilee edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), scheduled to take place in Goa from November 20 to 28. The anthem, inspired by the nine ‘rasas’ (emotions) of the Natya Shashtra and an amalgamation of […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

Mentally ill woman abducted from road, gang raped

10:30 pm November 13, 2019

Kolkata: An inmate of a home for mentally ill women in the city was abducted from road and gang raped after she went out at night breaking a lock, the police said on Wednesday. A group of men got the 38-year-old woman in a car by force from a road near the home at Panchasayar […]