In a bizarre incident that sent shock wave across India, a 12-year old boy in Orissa's Rourkela was pushed out of a moving train for not paying Rs. 50 ($1.2) to a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE).
New Delhi, June 22 - Amnesty International's June 18 report on People's Republic of China: Tibet Autonomous Region: Access Denied gives a detailed account of the Chinese government's tight control over the region accusing them of torturing and beating...
Recently, worldwide increases in food prices have triggered a global surge in hunger. But even before the current crisis, hunger had been on the rise. The truth is that long-standing U.S. food aid programs haven't proven effective in reducing chronic hung
Every school should practice Children Parliament and allow children to express their views and give their suggestions for their development with open mind, according to N. Markandan, former Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram Rural University.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) - Employees counting donations at a popular Hindu shrine in southern India will no longer have to take off their underpants at work after the local human rights commission intervened.
Top Indian and Pakistani officials are holding talks in Islamabad to review the two countries' peace process.
The meeting is the first since a new civilian government took over in Pakistan.
Developed countries are spending millions on sports and wars. Whereas the latest report from 'Save the Children' shows that 200 million children worldwide do not live until their fifth birthday; majority of them die due to lack of basic health care.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is restricting the purchase of rice at Sam's Club - the latest sign of a global shortage of the staple food. The new restriction - customers can buy a maximum of four bags per visit.
Protests against the Indian leg of the Olympic torch relay have put a spotlight on the country's large population of Tibetan exiles.
Tens of thousands have crossed into India since 1959, when Chinese put down a Tibetan uprising.
More than five thousand people from all parts of North India gathered at Ram Lila Maidan in Delhi on the final day of three-day peaceful protests organized by the Tibetan Solidarity Committee to raise attention to the latest holocaust in Tibet.
Scientists predict that a nuclear war between India and Pakistan would lead to a destruction of ozone layer and cause disastrous consequences for the mankind.
NEW DELHI: As the Olympic torch was flown into the Chinese capital on Monday to be taken around the world, the shadow of Tibetan pro-tests over the Beijing Games seems to be growing.
Now, Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia has refused to run with t
