Tasleema Nasreen's book launch at Kolkata Book Fair cancelled
Bangladeshi author Tasleema Nasreen's book launch at the Kolkata Book Fair has been cancelled following objections from some religious extremist groups.

Sources at the book exhibition said religious fanatics had reportedly gone to the Lalbazar police headquarters with a memorandum that demanded that the launch of the book be prevented.

On the other hand, book fair organisers claimed that the hall where the book was supposed to be launched could not be made ready in time ... Read More

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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31 (IANS) The Kerala government will Thursday announce the names of 812 unemployed youths who will receive training under an ambitious Rs.2,500-crore scheme to create 50,000 entrepreneurs in five years, a minister said.

The Kerala State Self Entrepreneur Development Mission was announced by Finance Minister K.M. Mani in his Budget speech last year.

Addressing reporters here Tuesday, Mani said: 'The first batch of 812 people would be introduced on the day. These individuals ... Read More

TN plan to flush out open defecation
The State government has approved a perspective plan for eradicating open defecation in the city over a period of five years at an estimated cost of about Rs.10 crore. Disclosing this at an urgent meeting of the corporation council here on Tuesday, Commissioner K.Veera Raghava Rao said the government has given provisional sanction for Rs.2.66 crore for the current year under the plan. Utilising the funds, existing toilets in the city would be repaired, renovated, ... Read More