The Weekend Leaderhttp://www.theweekendleader.com/The Latest news from The Weekend Leader(www.theweekendleader.com)en2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00theweekendleaderhttp://feedburner.google.comNorth East herohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/O_w2k6Ndtz8/North-East-hero.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00The son of a government primary school teacher, Mohammad Ismat, has done both his father and the entire North East India proud by topping the class 12 CBSE exam with a total of 495 out of 500<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/O_w2k6Ndtz8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Success/1155/North-East-hero.htmlSummer of peacehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/8vQlneN9SKg/Summer-of-peace.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00Tourists are flocking like never before to Kashmir – the beautiful land of meadows, streams and hills that was deserted just 2 years ago as tension reigned and bullets flew, says Sheikh Qayoom<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/8vQlneN9SKg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/1154/Summer-of-peace.htmlDam stand-offhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/tlraor-IADk/Dam-stand-off.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa has said that the Tamil Nadu Police would be sent to protect the Mullaiperiyar Dam if the Kerala government did not allow the closure of holes drilled in the dam<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/tlraor-IADk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Causes/1152/Dam-stand-off.htmlGood soldierhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/wG1_-Pqa6Rk/Good-soldier.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War II veteran who turned 100 recently, it’s been a life of service and his latest achievement is setting up of a hospital in a remote village, says Nikhil Walia<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/wG1_-Pqa6Rk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Heroism/1153/Good-soldier.htmlLand reclamationhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/qmxwmX32sTs/Land-reclamation.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00In a first of its kind initiative, the Assam government is drawing up plans to launch a mega project to reclaim the land the state has lost over the years due to erosion<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/qmxwmX32sTs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Innovation/1151/Land-reclamation.htmlRevolution in skyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/WBpqb9ypOhY/Revolution-in-sky.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00The world’s largest solar powered plane, Solar Impulse, completed the first leg of its first-ever cross continent flight without using a drop of fuel and running purely on solar energy<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/WBpqb9ypOhY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Innovation/1150/Revolution-in-sky.htmlBrown girlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/rkWklhMuE5o/Brown-girl.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00When fairness products sell like hot cakes, how does one help people appreciate real beauty? Zippora Madhukar dispels the 'white is beautiful' myth through the story of dancer Aparna Nagesh
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/rkWklhMuE5o" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Causes/1144/Brown-girl.htmlGirls’ gardenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/TI2qskveWO4/Girls’-garden.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00Daughters get a grand welcome in Bihar’s Dharhara, which has tackled issues like low sex ratio, global warming and climate change in one go. The villagers plant at least 10 trees, traditionally mango, when a girl is born, says Saadia Azim<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/TI2qskveWO4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/1145/Girls’-garden.htmlThe chosen onehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/rSfxfArjIzs/The-chosen-one.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00B D Sharma was chosen by Maoists of Chhattisgarh to negotiate the release of Sukma collector, Alex Paul Menon. Why the 81-year-old former IAS officer? Onkareshwar Pandey finds out from him<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/rSfxfArjIzs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Heroism/1146/The-chosen-one.htmlNow, go bluehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/OmK9ot82ZIk/Now,-go-blue.html2012-05-30T22:30:01-07:00Soon, industries will have to adhere to ‘blue rating’, a new concept to improve water management practices in a country where the demand for water is more than the supply, says Richa Sharma<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/OmK9ot82ZIk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Causes/1147/Now,-go-blue.html