-The Telegraph   Salboni, June 13: Teachers of a school in West Midnapore’s Jungle Mahal have been visiting the homes of students who are irregular, mainly because of poverty-related reasons, and motivating them to attend classes every day. The 25 teachers of Moupal Deshpran Vidyapith in Salboni have split themselves into two groups and are touring the 22 villages in the area from where the students come. The drive, in which the teachers...

-The Hindu   Dr. Hillel has pioneered a method of bringing water to crops in arid land regions While leading nations of the world are engaged in conflicts over the entire range of physical resources, from rare earth minerals to oil, this week the U.S. recognised the importance of a resource that matters much more to the vast numbers of the Poor the world over — water. It was recognition of the importance of...

RANWAN, India — In this north Indian village, workers recently dismantled stacks of burned and mildewed rice while flies swarmed nearby over spoiled wheat. Local residents said the rice crop had been sitting along the side of a highway for several years and was now being sent to a distillery to be turned into liquor. Just 180 miles to the south, in a slum on the outskirts of New Delhi, Leela...

-The Hindu Police arrested 25 members of Students Federation of India (SFI) here on Tuesday when they tried to picket the office of the Chief Education Officer demanding implementation of 25 per cent reservation of seats for Poor students in educational institutions, as assured by the Government under the Right to Education Act. They tried to enter the CEO's office when the police stopped them and arrested them. Arularasan, district secretary of...

Khap panchayats of Haryana, which have already warned Bollywood actor Aamir Khan against portraying them in 'Poor light' and demanded his show Satyamev Jayte be taken off air, have now summoned a meeting of all village khaps of the state.  The Sarv Khap Panchayat has been called to decide the course of action to be taken against the film star and respond to his attempts of maligning the Khaps and intruding...