India News / Press Releases on September 15, 2007

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Curfew imposed in Bodhrawadi area of Udaipur
The District administration of Udaipur today imposed curfew in Bodhrawadi area following violent clashes between two Muslim groups over a dispute to offer namaz. ANI

West Bengal workers demand opening of tea garden shut for over a year
Hundreds of workers of a tea estate near the Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal have demanded immediate reopening of their company that has been closed for a year now. ANI

Auto rickshaw driver turns savoir of street children
Hundereds of street children in Kochi may not know who their parents are, but consider Murugan, the auto rickshaw-driver-turned social activist a dear friend. ANI

Sonia Gandhi lays foundation stone for Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojna
Congress party president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today announced that the Centre would give a package of Rs 1,500-crore for providing housing facilities to the poorer sections in Delhi. ANI

Family planning rules in China tightened
People in China who violate family planning policies will be fined according to their income level, the National Population and Family Planning Commission has said. ANI

SSB revives youth weapon training programme
The Special Services Bureau (SSB) has revived its programme under which youths of villages along Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan border are given weapon training. ANI

Pakistan police arrests suspect of Tarbela attack
Pakistan intelligence agencies have arrested a person who is suspected to have provided clues to the suicide bomber of Tarbela, where at least 15 soldiers were killed, a security official has claimed. ANI

Rights and environmental groups condemn Blue Lady ruling
The NGO Platform on ship breaking, a global coalition of environmental, labour and human rights organisations, today condemned the Indian Supreme Courts September 11 decision to allow the demolition of the asbestos laden ocean liner SS Blue Lady (formerly SS France, SS Norway). ANI

Sonia Gandhis tongue lashing to Ambika on phone!
Union Tourism Minister Ambika Soni has confirmed that while she was on an official visit to Tokyo, Congress President Sonia Gandhi telephoned her and gave her a tongue lashing over her ministrys affidavit filed in connection with the ongoing Sethusamudram project. ANI

A home in Karnataka brings smiles to abandoned AIDS children
There is a home in Karnataka, which brings a smile to the faces of over fifty abandoned children suffering from AIDS. ANI

Ambika Soni orders inquiry into ASIs affidavit on Ram Sethu
Union Culture Minister Ambika Soni today ordered an inquiry into the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in connection with the Sethu Samundram Project. ANI

IMA cadets on 3,500 km multi-safari expedition
Cadets of the Indian Military Academy are undertaking a multi-safari expedition that would cover four different adventure disciplines on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Academy. ANI

In Bihar villages, HIV positive makes you an outcaste
Visheshwar Paswan and his entire family have become outcastes in their own village, Jagannathpur in Bihar, after three of his family members succumbed to HIV/AIDS. ANI

UNESCO completes inspection of Shimla Toy Train for World Heritage status
A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officials have completed the evaluation of the Kalka-Shimla toy train to facilitate the process of its inclusion in the World Heritage site list. ANI

Rebel BJP leaders call on public to vote Modi government out
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebels have called upon the people to vote the Congress Party back to power. ANI

Screening of Indian movies only way to revive Pak cinema industry
Critics have suggested that the screening of Indian movies is the only way to revive Pakistans cinema industry. ANI

Yatri Niwas, a low-budget hotel for Pahalgam tourists
Keen to promote a tourism-friendly environment for students, the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department has opened Yatri Niwas, a budget hotel in Pahalgam.State Tourism Minister Muhammad Dilawar Mir, who inaugurated the hotel recently, said students and educational institutions would given a concession of 50 percent on the accommodation front. ANI

Maharashtrians commence Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations
Chants of Ganapati Bappa Morya, Mangala Murti Morya began resounding across Maharashtra at the start of the annual 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival on Saturday. ANI

After 20 years, Deorala tries to remove Sati stigma by empowering girls
Deorala looks like any other village of Rajasthan with dusty bylanes and brick houses, but the village that made headlines 20 years ago, when Roop Kanwar performed Sati, today presents a different picture with girls in school uniforms walking to school. ANI

PM undergoes surgery at AIIMS
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today underwent a surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for benign enlargement of the prostate gland. ANI

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