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Forgetting the recent talk about the positive demographic dividend, India's health minister Saturday voiced his concern about the population explosion and called for fighting it by reaching to the grassroots level and creating awareness.

Bagging over 300 medals, the Arjuna and Padma Shri Awards is not easy. And Paralympic champion Malathi K. Holla has done just that, confined to a wheel chair.

Making a point: S.P. Mukherjee, former president of ISPS, browsing through the souvenir at the 'National Statistics Day' celebrations in Tirupati.

The 84-year-old Mehta passed away last night at Asian Heart Institute Hospital, they said.

New Delhi, July 3: Vice President Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the demise of Tyeb Mehta, renowned artist and recipient of Padma Bhushan.

Mumbai, July 2 : Noted Indian painter Tyeb Mehta died Thursday of a cardiac ailment at a hospital here.

Around 50 percent of child labourers in Karnataka are working as domestic helps in defiance of law, say activists.

Padma Iyer Kaul, C Rangarajan Posted: 2009-06-29 02:41:03+05:30 IST Updated: Jun 29, 2009 at 0241 hrs IST : The first half of the current decade saw India perform reasonably well on the growth front.

Miles to go Mandolin U. Shrinivas talks to Chitra Swaminathan about his musical journey as he readies to perform at a Miles Davis tribute concert in Montreal Photo: R. Ravindran Revelling in ragas U. Shrinivas Boys are said to be mama's pets.

Our Correspondent, Jessore Bhairab River is the lone river flowing through Jessore town.

RAJSHAHI: The Rajshahi district unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party has demanded immediate resignation of foreign minister Dipu Moni and water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen for their recent false statements of receiving the agreed share of the Ganges water through Farakka barrage in India.

We deeply regret to announce that Mr. Kasturi Srinivasan, Editor, The Hindu, passed away early on June 22 at his residence "Sabarmati", Mowbray's Road.

New Delhi, June 19 : Noted Sarod player Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who belonged to Sania Maihar Gharana, breathed his last on Friday at his residence in San Anselmo, San Francisco, USA.

Sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan may have passed away, yet his legacy will live forever.

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni today said India finally sent information to Bangladesh about the proposed Tipaimukh Dam after repeated requests.

Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy, Executive Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Padma Shree awardee has observed that it is the duty of each and everyone to preserve and nurture the Indian culture.

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Yet if her musical longings are ethereal, her feet are very much on the ground. And as she graces the corridors of The Metropolitan, New Delhi, on her way to the hotel's Indian cuisine restaurant, Chutney, the eminent vocalist is alive to the decor, the sounds and sights of corporate India.

Indian theatre Monday lost one of its tallest heroes Habib Tanvir, who passed away after a month-long illness at a private hospital in Bhopal.

Habib Tanvir was one of the towering personalities of Indian theatre and his death early Monday marks the end of a 'people's era' on Indian stage, say members of the country's theatre fraternity as they mourn 'the irreparable loss'. Tanvir died at a hospital in Bhopal at about 6.30 a.m. after prolonged illness.