Months ago, when a bunch of “foreigners” came to meet Nileema Mishra, she considered it as just another visit by people who wanted to see her work.

Faulty tube-wells coupled with poor water storage capacity seems to have adversely affected the city's drinking water needs, of late.

KOCHI: With 11 municipalities and a municipal corporation, Ernakulam tops the list of the most urbanised districts in Kerala with 68.07 percent of its residents living in urban areas, according to Census 2011 findings.

Of the total population of 32,79,860 in the coastal district, 22,32,564 live in urban areas, according to the Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala.

The National Mission for Empowerment of Women will soon establish a state-level resource centre to bring about coordination among the schemes of different government departments to ensure the empowerment of all sections of women.

This was disclosed during a consultative meet and workshop on Operationalisation of NMEW in Assam organised by the ministry of women and child development in collabora

The rural population of the state has dropped to 66.51 per cent in 2011 census compared with the 72.7 per cent in 2001 census.

The spat between residents of Sukhdev Vihar and the Delhi government over the proposed waste-to-energy plant witnessed another twist during the ongoing hearing in the Delhi High Court on Monday.

While the counsel for the Residents

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Joba Murmu (35) had to watch her husband Chako die of a chest ailment last year, as there was no money for treatment. But now, she sends her daughter Dulari (14) to a private Hindi medium school in Jamshedpur by bus.

Gosai Baskey (55) was almost on the verge of starving when monsoon played truant in 2009 and 2010.