SHILLONG: – Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s office has ‘seriously’ gone green. He asked his staff to make an earnest effort to build a plastic-free environment. All the CM’s stationery and letterheads will be made from recycled paper. Sangma, a self-proclaimed environmentalist, walked six kilometres from his residence at 3rd Mile Upper Shillong to the […]
A transgender person was killed and two others were injured in India’s Hyderabad city. Observers say it is the latest in a series of mob lynching provoked and egged on by fake videos about child traffickers and robbers. Here, an irate mob thrashed a transgender to death after they mistook him for a child-lifter. The […]
The guys couldn’t believe it! No bikinis on the Miss America show?Hard luck, bikinis and evening gowns are out. How will that affect viewership on TV? That’s a million dollar question, literally! The Miss America beauty pageant is scrapping its swimwear segment and will no longer judge competitors on physical appearance. It’s going to be […]
Beyond the call of duty, a policewoman in Karnataka breastfed an abandoned infant to save her life. An Indian policewoman is being praised for breastfeeding an abandoned newborn and possibly saving his life in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, according to a BBC report. “I just couldn’t bear it,” she said. “I felt like […]
Large amounts of rubbish have washed ashore in Australia after 83 shipping containers fell from a vessel in the Tasman Sea. The cargo tumbled off a Taiwanese-owned ship in a heavy swell off the coast of New South Wales last Thursday (31 May). Locals have complained that rubbish continues to wash up on usually spotless […]
New Delhi, June 5 (PTI): Misplaced sympathy for the accused is harmful to the criminal justice system, a Delhi court has said while refusing to set aside the three-year jail term awarded to a man for illegally possessing a pistol. Special Judge Rakesh Kumar upheld the sentence awarded to convict Anil Kumar, a south Delhi resident, […]
Jamshedpur: When Mr Lalu Prasad, as Union Minister for Railways introduced the earthen teacup or kulhar or chooka on Rajdhani trains, several people scoffed. Now, you may soon be drinking tea out of chookas in your college canteen! Acting on an advisory of the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed […]
Patna: Kids with physical disabilities and others organised a ‘run’ to spread green awareness on the eve of World Environment Day in the Bihar capital. State disabilities commissioner Shivajee Kumar led a group of some a hundred citizens, young and old – the differently-abled children and their parents, gymnasts, social activists and environmentalists, in the event […]
Even as citizens’ groups continue to protest the increase in molestation and rape of minors, more disturbing news filters in from various parts of India. Worse, politicians and their supporters refuse to see beyond their short political noses and vote bank politics. Cuttack: (Orissa/Odisha) :The eight-day-long battle for survival of the six-year-old, who was allegedly […]
Patna Thu 26 April: The community becomes a safe space for children when all its members are alert. People living close to schools can make a big difference if they stand up and speak up for children’s protection. Some 500 kids held hands in a one kilometre long human chain, in an appeal to grownups […]
The Revolver Club is the ONLY official partner store in India! Come on out, dig through crates, and support your friendly neighbourhood record store. It’s a celebration of buying music and building local communities is; a wonderful cause we all believe in completely. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t visit your neighbourhood crate digging joint, […]
Saturday marks the 11th year of Record Store Day, the annual international jamboree that celebrates the shops that continue to prop up the recorded music industry, often against some pretty stiff challenges. There are often grumbles about the event being too gimmicky, but for many people this is a great chance to reconnect with record […]
