On Mahatma Gandhi's martyrdom day citizen groups across India took out a march against Corruption. Several marches were held across several cities against corruption. People from all walks of life, of all age groups came out in the thousands to stand up against corruption. In Delhi, thousands of people walked through heart of the city from Ramlila Ground to Jantar Mantar under the banner of India Against Corruption, and raised slogan...

A courier company in mumbai shows the way in providing employment for the hearing impaired. IN the milling crowds of mumbai, they stand apart with their orange T-shirts printed with the name Mirakle Couriers. Every day, during the busy hours of the working week, one sees them on the sidewalks, in public transport and elsewhere with large black bags slung on their shoulders. It would not be enough to say...

The CBI today registered a case against some retired Army officials and bureaucrats of Maharashtra government in connection with the Adarsh housing society scam . The case was registered after the CBI last week received flak from the Bombay High Court for its tardy probe in the case. It was not immediately clear whether the name of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan figures in the FIR registered at the special designated...

The country's most ambitious medical study to count the number of people with diabetes has found 44 lakh people with the condition in Maharashtra. The study's first phase also found another 69 lakh people with pre-diabetes living in the state. Roughly, Maharashtra has as many people with diabetes as mumbai's population of 1.2 million during the 2001 census. India has been infamously called the world's diabetes capital on the basis of...

Hundreds of thousands of government workers in India are protesting against the brutal killing of an official in the western state of Maharashtra. Yashwant Sonawane was burnt to death while investigating a fuel racket. Nine people have been arrested in connection with Tuesday's murder which has shocked people across India. Mr Sonawane's death is being blamed by the government on the so-called fuel mafia - criminals who steal petrol and mix it with...