Angry With Inflation, Corruption ‘Youth’ Slapped Indian Union Minister
New Delhi: Indian Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar was slapped today by a youth at a public function. The assailant was identified as Harwinder Singh. He claimed that he was angry and dissatisfied with corruption and inflation issues.
First Train Derailment in Kashmir, 30 Injured
In the first incident of a train derailment in Indian administered Kashmir, at least 30 passengers were injured, some of them critically, when three bogies of the train derailed near Sadoora railway station, some 55 kms south of Srinagar.
Domestic Workers in Jaipur Narrate Stories of Discrimination and Abuse
Pratima, 20, works as a maid in Jaipur and it is she who set the tone for the first-ever public hearing of domestic workers in Rajasthan's state capital.
Tough Women Activists Come Together to End Violence in Manipur
Today, even as ethnic clashes continue to rage, the CJWU has successfully intervened in several incidents. They are also exploring ways of keeping the original issue alive and are thinking of filing an RTI petition on the action taken on the Rajkhow
Women Tea Workers on The Rise in Assam Community
There are challenges, of course, for these former daily wage earners, including alcoholism among their male counterparts. But there can be no doubt that these enterprising women, now part of the booming small tea growers' fraternity in Assam, are c
