Mumbai, Mar 30(ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Tuesday said that India’s responsibility on gender issues is not in doubt and it is committed to bringing about gender equality. Addressing the 59th annual convocation of the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University in Mumbai, Vice President Ansari said that equally important is the role of other stakeholders, individually and collectively. “Social reform is a relay race in which the baton has to be carried forward incessantly. The national discourse on the gender question has traveled a good distance and gathered momentum. It should remain focused on promotion of meaningful equity and on enhancing choices,” he added. Vice President Ansari further stressed that it is necessary to delve into the underlying, unstated sources of the problem. “Most often women are denied the rights to emotional, mental, psychological and physical spaces. The fact that the female body is constantly under pressure to conform and mould into prescribed social and cultural roles brings into question the spaces that need to be protected as well as rights to be claimed so that women’s bodily integrity is respected,” he said. (Continue reading)
New Delhi, Mar 30(ANI): Organizing Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday said that the successful staging of the ensuing Commonwealth Games is crucial, as it would strengthen the prospects for India to host the Olympic Games in near future. Addressing the media on the sidelines of a conference ‘Tomorrow's North: Green and Educated’ in the national capital, Kalmadi said: “Commonwealth Games are very important for us. We are trying to promote Olympic sports. We are moving towards Olympics, there is no doubt about it.” He further said that the Organising Committee has to be careful with the arrangements, as apart from the sportspersons, top functionaries of various federations and allied bodies would be visiting India to have a look at the assorted arrangements related to such mega events. (Continue reading)
New Delhi, Mar 30(ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Tuesday said that a lot of broadcast media issues would be resolved if the media houses stringently follow the Cable Regulatory Act of 1995. (Continue reading)
Share Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir), Mar 30(ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday recovered five kilograms of improvised explosive device (IED), three kilograms of RDX and three detonators from Charmer Gali forest area in State’s Rajouri district. Police were acting on the disclosure made by two men arrested earlier. The arrested men were identified as [...] (Continue reading)
Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 (IANS) Kerala's Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Palatt Mohandas appeared before the state assembly's privileges and ethics committee Tuesday after the high court asked him to do so.
Both Mohandas and his deputy P.N. Vijaykumar arrived at the assembly complex where the sitting of the privileges and ethics committee takes place. (Continue reading)
Jammu, March 30 (IANS) Three militants and an Indian Army soldier were killed in a fierce gun battle in the mountainous Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday evening, officials said.
According to police sources, a group of militants was reported to be hiding in Kandi area of Rajouri, 200 km northwest of Jammu. Security forces, comprising the army in the frontline backed by police, cordoned off the area. The gun battle between the hiding militants and security personnel began Tuesday evening. (Continue reading)
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) An Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan 15 months ago has been recovered after a successful operation by Iran's intelligence agencies, Tehran's envoy here said Tuesday.
Hashmat Atharzada, the commercial attache at the Iranian consulate at Peshawar, was recovered after a successful operation by Iranian intelligence officials, even though the safety of diplomats was the responsibility of the Pakistani government, Ambassador Mashaullah Shakiri Shakiri said at a press conference at the Iranian embassy here. (Continue reading)
Karnal (Haryana), March 30 (IANS) Her son and his newly-wed wife were brutally killed on the orders of a khap panchayat three years ago, but Chanderpati fought for justice despite all odds. She was a relieved woman Tuesday when a court ordered death for five guilty men, and wants the same sentence for a sixth man convicted.
Chennai, March 30 (IANS) Heavy truck makers Kamaz Vectra Motors Tuesday said it is taking steps to restart its Hosur plant that has been shut down by Tamil Nadu Factories Inspectorate for operating without a licence.
"The renewal of the factory licence is under progress," Vectra spokesperson Benedicte Meyssan told IANS in an email. (Continue reading)
Abu Dhabi, March 30 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tuesday confirmed the death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahayan, brother of the country's president, who was missing since a plane crash, WAM news agency reported.
Sheikh Ahmed, who was the head of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and chairman of the board of trustees of the Zayed Foundation for Charity and Humanitarian Works, was in a private plane when it crashed into the ocean March 26 near the Moroccan capital city, Rabat. (Continue reading)