The Weekend Leader

Hope for hapless

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

Taking a cue from the Supreme Court, a man is trying to restore dignity to widows in Varanasi and Vrindavan, who lead a pathetic life. Aasha Khosa checks out what Bindeshwar Pat

Free women

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

Rajasthan’s 50 per cent reservation for women in local bodies has done wonders at the grassroots level, enabling many a women to discard the veil in the feudal rural society, says

Musical ties

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

Tagore’s legacy may now save Indo-China ties. A dulcimer player, Liu Yuening, has made a Chinese transcription of Tagore’s songs and is playing with Indian musicians, says Bi

One of a kind

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

A library has created a revolution in Kerala’s Cherukulathur by inspiring the entire village of 600 families to pledge their organs for donation. M Suchitra finds out how

Cycling pad

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

An Auroville resident, Kathy Walkling, feels that women should switch over to washable sanitary napkins. She tells P C Vinoj Kumar about the cloth pads that she makes and their

104-year-old operated on successfully

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

In a veritable medical miracle, a 104-year-old man successfully underwent spinal surgery within weeks of recovering from a heart operation, his doctors said here Friday. "While t

Friend marries gang-rape victim in Bihar

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

A friend of a woman who was gang-raped by three men in Bihar has married the victim, police said Saturday. Four days after the 22-year-old woman was gang-raped and her friend beaten u

Asia's biggest cruise liner docks in Goa

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

One of the world's biggest cruise liners, Royal Caribbean International's Mariner of the Seas, Friday arrived at Mormugao port in Goa, which has plans of promoting the state as a destina

British Airways to pay Rs.1.5 lakh compensation to passenger

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

An Indian scholar invited to a US conference has won his battle against British Airways in the top consumer forum, which has directed the airline to compensate him Rs.150,000 ($2,600) for his &q

Corporates step in to mitigate Gurgaon's water scarcity

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

Gurgaon, which boasts of some of the most imposing skyscrapers housing offices and residential blocks, faces acute water scarcity, besides being choked by eight to 16 hours of power outages. Now

Justice Chandru to deliver talk at FPJ Conclave

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

The Weekend Leader’s Friends of Positive Journalism (FPJ) Conclave, 2013, will be held in Chennai May 25, at Arena Animation, Anna Nagar. The program will begin at 5.00 pm

Indian-origin boy wins 2013 National Geographic contest

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

Twelve-year-old Indian-origin boy Sathwik Karnik won the 2013 National Geographic Bee by correctly naming Chimborazo, a peak in Ecuador, as the farthest point on earth from the centre of the ear

An Indian heart beats for Pakistani now

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

An Indian's heart is now beating for 40-year-old Moulana Mohammed Zubair Ashmi, a Pakistani national, who has undergone a successful heart transplant surgery at the Fortis Malar Hospital her

New mango named Nirbhaya after gang-rape victim

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh's famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old Delhi girl who was brutally gang-raped Dec 16 last year and

Wind energy to light up Maoist-hit Bastar

2013-05-25T05:17:01-07:00

If the efforts of the Chhattisgarh government produce results, the day is not far when wind energy would illuminate houses in the Maoist insurgency-hit Bastar district, an official said Thursday