DHENKANAL: Growing instances of

Dispur has decided to create a corpus fund of Rs 100 crore in order to incorporate the suggestions made by the expert committee on mega dams on the downstream impact.

The government

Steps to spread use of IT among all sections of society: VS

IT-enabled services: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurating an activity laboratory for autistic children set up by the Kerala State IT Mission in the city on Friday.

ITANAGAR, Dec 2

Growing up in Bero, a tiny village situated 30 km from Ranchi, Simon Oraon realised that irrigation water was what his native Chhotangapur region needed the most.

The septuagenarian, therefore, spent most of his life mobilising villagers to build dams and ponds.

Leh: Shading her eyes from the sun, Tsering Angmo puts the spade back on the ground, and rests one foot on a rock to take a break. Her hands and clothes are coated in dust. Angmo, 37, survived the flash floods that devastated Leh early August and claimed over 150 lives leaving hundreds homeless.

Thirty-nine people, said to be bonded labourers, were rescued during a raid on a quarry at Vittal near here on Wednesday.

Freedom: Workers and children rescued from a quarry at Vittal near Mangalore on Wednesday. dh photoThe labourers included 11 men, as many women and 17 children.

Chandigarh: A group of Sikhs living abroad have come up with what they call

Thrissur: Artistes, poets and theatre personalities in the State will get together at Kasaragod on December 1 to express solidarity with the victims of Endosulfan.

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi chairman Mukesh told reporters here on Monday that the artistes would call on the hapless villagers in Kasaragod district, who are living victims of the rampant use of Endosulfan.