MP cabinet announces sops for poor and tribal families
Bhopal, Aug 19 (IANS) Big relief in power tariff for small consumers, greater outreach towards the tribal population, mid-day meals for madarsa students, and age …
Families at risk as Yamuna set to cross danger mark
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Families living in the low-lying areas near the Yamuna in national capital are bracing for tough days with the alarming …
Low-income families impacted by high cost of internet: Report
Having internet access is proving to be a costly addition for many low-income families and ACORN Canada, a charitable organization is urging the federal government …
Rahul Gandhi’s largesse for 18,000 families in Wayanad
Wayanad (Kerala), Aug 16 (IANS) The Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, as promised, has started distributing kits to over 18,000 families affected by the floods. Speaking …
With stocks dipping, Kashmir families want restrictions eased
Srinagar, Aug 16 (IANS) Life has come to a standstill for Abdul Rahim and his family, living in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. It is …
Couples commit suicide as families oppose relationship
Lucknow, Aug 15 (IANS) Two cases of couples committing suicide due to the opposition of their families have been reported in Kanpur and Hathras districts …
Karnataka to give Rs 5 lakh each to flood-hit families
Bengaluru, Aug 12 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for each family, which lost its house due to …
Doval Effect: J&K officials told to reach out to families
Srinagar, Aug 9 (IANS) Taking a cue apparently from National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who continues to interact with local residents in Srinagar, the Jammu …
Over 50% families in Pakistan can’t get two meals a day
Islamabad, July 26 (IANS) Nearly half of all households in Pakistan are unable to meet their nutritional needs, the first ever survey of its kind …
Families of slain Bengal BJP workers heading to Delhi
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Nearly 50 family members of BJP activists killed in political violence in West Bengal left for New Delhi on Monday to …
Priyanka to visit Sonbhadra to meet victims’ families
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will meet on Friday the family members of the victims belonging to the Gond …
Three families lose breadwinners in Delhi factory fire
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Three families lost their breadwinners as three labourers were killed in a massive fire that broke out in a three-storey …
Delhi police reunited 333 children with their families under ‘Milap’
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Delhi police have rescued 333 children from Delhi and handed them over to their families in different parts of …
Government to give pension to families of soldiers who get re-employed
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The government has decided to give special or liberalised family pension to the families of armed forces pensioners who get …
Rajnath salutes IAF personnel, meets families
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday paid tributes to five of the 13 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel who died …
Four youth held trying to cross LoC handed back to families
Srinagar, June 15 (IANS) Four youth, arrested from the Uri sector of the Line of Control (LOC) while trying to cross over into Pakistan-administered Kashmir, …
More families applied for carbon tax rebate than expected
Canada Revenue Agency data shows that as of June 3, just more than eight million families in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick had applied …
‘Bharat’ screening hosted for partition families: Salman
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) A special screening of “Bharat” was hosted for the families who experienced the events of 1947 and the partition, says superstar …
5 Kashmiri youths give up arms, return to families
Srinagar, June 1 (IANS) Five Kashmiri youths gave up arms and returned to their families on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. …
Kidney swap unites Hindu, Muslim families
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) In a rare gesture, a kidney swap was successfully conducted between a Hindu family from Bihar and a Muslim family from …
Families demand return of missing relatives in Bangladesh
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) Family members of hundreds of people who disappeared between 2009 and 2019 in Bangladesh, took to the streets in the Bangladeshi …
Modi thanks PMO staff, their families for support
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked the staff of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and their families for supporting …
WC: Wives, families of Pak players not to travel with team
Lahore, May 24 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to ensure its players stay focused during the upcoming World Cup and has banned wives …
Badal, Amarinder families hand in glove, says Mann
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Bhagwant Mann, the Aam Aadmi Party Punjab unit chief, said, here on Saturday, Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has put his …
US mulls deporting migrant families with court-ordered removals
Washington, May 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deporting migrant families with court-ordered removals, a move that senior Department of Homeland Security …
‘For your families’: Abhinandan poses for selfies with colleagues
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who spent some days in Pakistani custody when his MiG-21 was shot down in a …
Lanka blasts: Some of the arrested are from rich families
Chennai, April 22 (IANS) The Sri Lankan police have arrested over two dozen persons in connection with Sunday’s serial bomb blasts in churches and hotels …
Housing wealth makes immigrant families richer than Canadian-born
The good news is that newcomers to Canada are laughing all the way to the bank, the bad news is they are carrying a riskier …
Political families ‘milking’ Kashmir issue: Modi
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the people want freedom from “political families” who have been “milking” the …
US could take 2 years to identify separated immigrant families
Washington, April 7 (IANS) The US government has said that it may take federal officials two years to identify what could be thousands of immigrant …
The big fat political families of Maharashtra (Dynasty Politics)
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) All politicians in Maharashtra love to call its 12-crore people a ‘family’. No wonder, since politics runs in the families of …
Food shortage stares at 40,000 families in Zimbabwe
Harare, March 26 (IANS) Over 40,000 families are facing food shortages after cyclone Idai ravaged the eastern and southern parts of Zimbabwe recently, a cabinet …
Rahul meets families of those martyred in J&K
Dehradun, March 16 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the family members of three martyrs who died in separate incidents in Jammu and …
Tell Pulwama victim families who released Masood Azhar: Rahul
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pulwama terror attack,, pointing to National Security …
Families of troopers killed in Pulwama terror strike given over Rs 1 crore: CRPF
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday said that the family members of 40 of its personnel killed in …
Slain CRPF personnel’s families seek proof of terrorists’ killing in Balakot
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Two families of CRPF personnel killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama bombing have raised questions over government’s claim of killing …
TN CM launches Rs 2,000 special assistance for BPL families
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palanswami on Monday launched financial assistance of Rs 2,000 for 60 lakh below the poverty line …
Families of MH370 passengers urge Malaysia for a fresh search
Bangkok, March 3 (IANS) An association representing the families of the 239 passengers, who disappeared with Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in 2014, on Sunday called …
Families of murdered Youth Congress workers demand CBI probe
Kasargode (Kerala) March 1 (IANS) The families of the two murdered Youth Congress workers in Kerala’s Kasargode district, on Friday approached the police chief and …
Families of slain CRPF troopers hail air strike against JeM in Pakistan (Roundup)
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) From Punjab to Tamil Nadu, from Maharashtra to West Bengal, the families of CRPF troopers killed in the Pulwama suicide …
Martyrs’ families hail IAF strikes, seek wipe-out of terror
Lucknow, Feb 26 (IANS) Families of the martyrs of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel hailed the strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter …