Noted Gandhian worker Natwar Thakkar has been conferred “Lifetime Service to Naga people award” by the villagers where he started his work in the fifties as a Sarvodaya worker.Chuchuyimlang Senso Mongdang (people’s union) gave the award to octogenerian Thakkar, founder of Nagaland Gandhi Ashram, at a function on Tuesday at Chuchuyimlang village near Mokokchung. The award [...]
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Sky enthusiasts in India, especially in Tamil Nadu, will have a rare opportunity to witness the longest annular eclipse of the sun, occurring on 15th Jan next. “The annular phase runs from 10.44 am (IST),when the eclipse begins in the Central African Republic to the end of the eclipse on the Chinese Yellow Sea coast [...]
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The government has said that the river Ganga would be pollution-free by 2020. Speaking to newsmen in Varanasi, the Environment Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh said, the 15,000 crore rupees will be spend for cleaning programme under river development fund. He said the clean-up involves building modern sewage treatment, revamping drains and other measures to improve [...]
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By Our correspondent in Kendrapara, India
In a gruesome incident , a lover allegedly threw his 15-year old lady love ,who is a pregnant girl , out of a runnig train near Gadamadhupur Railway station in Jajpur district two days back.
The critically injured girl ,who was stated to be six months conceived , was undergoing treatment [...]
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Rajesh Kumar Behera, Kendrapara, India
The National Population Register (NPR) survey of infiltration-hit coastal villages in Kendrapara has come to a halt due to the bureaucratic red-tapism. Though the head-count operation has already been completed , but the photography, date entry and finger-print biometric work to issue identity cards is yet to be commenced in the [...]
