Your writings on food, hunger well known: Prez tells Sainath

Friday, August 3, 2007, 19:41 [IST]

New Delhi, Aug 3 (UNI) President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today congratulated noted journalist P Sainath on winning the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2007, stating that the award became ''more important'' as it had been given in recognition of his reporting on rural areas.

Extending her ''heartiest congratulations,'' Ms Patil said, ''the award becomes more important as it has been given in recognition of your work in the field of rural reporting and to highlight the problems of poverty and illiteracy.

''Your writings on water, food, hunger and other matters of societal interests are well known,'' she said in a message.

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CCA approves two key appointments

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Meerut-Haridwar highway closed to facilitate 'Kanwariyas'

Friday, August 3, 2007,19:41 [IST]

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 3 (UNI) The Meerut-Haridwar National Highway has been closed till August 11 for security of 'Kanwariyas', who bring sacred ganga water from Haridwar for the 'jal abhishek' of lord Shiva every year. Police said today the vehicular traffic at Meerut-Roorkee, Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur and Panipat-Muzaffarnagar route had been diverted. This was the temporary arrangement and traffic would be resumed on August 12 after the 'jal abhishek' of Lord Shiva, they added. UNI.....

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LIC Housing Finance to set up more 'senior citizen villages'

Friday, August 3, 2007,19:41 [IST]

Kochi, Aug 3 (UNI) LIC Housing Finance Ltd, which recently commissioned its first exclusive community living centre for senior citizens in Bangalore, is discussing similar projects with several State Governments, its Chief Executive S K Mitter said today. Addressing a press conference here, he said LICHFL had floated a 100 per cent subsidiary 'LICHFL Care Homes Ltd' with an authorised capital of Rs 25 crore to set up 'Assisted Living Community Centres' for senior citizens. The.....

MLC ask Dalits not to participate in land movement

Friday, August 3, 2007,19:42 [IST]

Hyderabad, Aug 3 (UNI) Terming the Communists and the TDP as two sides of the same coin, Mala Mahanadu leader and member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Jupudi Prabhakara Rao today called upon Dalits not to participate in the movement for house sites launched by these parties and sacrifice their lives. In a statement here, he said of the seven persons killed in the police firing in Mudigonda village of Khammam district in the land movement,.....

South West monsoon revives in Orissa

Friday, August 3, 2007,19:42 [IST]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 03 (UNI) The Southwest monsoon has become very active in some parts of Orissa, after remaining weak for the last two weeks. Met office sources here today said the current meteorological conditions and interpretation of various numerical weather prediction models had suggested a revival in monsoon activity over the state. A low pressure area is likely to form over northwest Bay of Bengal on August four along with a.....