-The Indian Express Jaipur: Ashok Jain, the chairman of the Mangrol Nagar Palika in Baran district, on Friday won the first right to recall vote in Rajasthan. Mangrol had voted Wednesday on a no-confidence motion passed by the municipal board against Jain, elected as an Independent in November 2009, and, as the results showed, decided to keep him in the job. Of the 10,998 people who cast their ballot — the total electorate...

-Agence France-Presse Nekpur: With both hands holding the basket of human excrement on her head, widowed grandmother Kela walks through a stream of sewage, up a mound of waste and then dumps the filth while cursing. "Nobody even pays us a decent wage!" she spits as she rakes mud and rubbish over her newly deposited pile, one of several she drops in the course of her working day cleaning toilets as a...

-Outlook Hyderabad: New approaches such as Public Private Partnerships(PPP) and community-based activities would go a long way in maintaining healthy ecosystems and improving livelihoods, a senior World Bank official said here today. Observing that there is not enough public money to invest in the biodiversity needs of the world, Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development, said new approaches are needed to finance nature conservation efforts. The World Bank has a...

-PTI New Delhi: Thirty-one fresh cases of dengue were reported on Monday in the national capital, taking the total number of those affected to 233 this season. While one case was reported from VIP areas of the capital, the rest were from South, East and North Delhi Municipal Corporations. All the 12 zones, except Sadar Paharganj zone, in the jurisdiction of South, North and East Delhi Municipalities recorded dengue cases, a statement issued...

-Outlook New Delhi: Congress today blamed BJP-ruled civic bodies for rise in dengue and malaria cases in the city, saying the vector-borne diseases are spreading due to inefficiency of Municipalities. Congress legislature party spokesperson Mukesh Sharma accused the three civic bodies of failing to contain spread of the diseases. "The three BJP-ruled civic bodies have been sleeping and are not taking cognisance of the presence of dengue and other water and vector-borne diseases....