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LONDON: Young people and families with children are increasingly facing homelessness, according to a study, which says rising numbers of people are finding themselves without a roof over their heads.
Published 06 Dec, 2012 03:06am
MORE schoolchildren are being killed every day by traffic on the highways of the world`s poorest countries than by...
Published 14 Sep, 2010 12:00am
LONDON Almost a quarter of London`s rough sleepers are from new EU states, a trend exacerbated by rising ...
Published 06 Jul, 2010 12:00am
IT`S official move to the countryside and you live longer. Men in rural areas on average can expect to celebrate...
Published 27 May, 2010 12:00am
LONDON In my six years as a reporter there, it was hard not to be infected by the hubris of India - a nation that...
Published 08 Mar, 2010 12:00am
IN India, the rich just got richer. Despite one of the worst global recessions in history, the number of ...
Published 21 Nov, 2009 12:00am
TRINCOMALEE Living by a palm-fringed golden beach on the edge of the Indian Ocean, Suganthinhi Thesamanikam ...
Published 15 Sep, 2009 12:00am
A SENIOR Unicef official has been given two weeks to leave Sri Lanka after expressing concerns about the plight of...
Published 08 Sep, 2009 12:00am
SHE was a princess routinely described as one of the world`s most beautiful women. Her irresistible magnetism ...
Published 02 Sep, 2009 12:00am
WHEN Indian officials arrive in the heart of the United States`oil capital, Houston, next week for the country`s...
Published 20 Aug, 2009 12:00am
THE global battle against plastic took a draconian turn on Friday when officials in Delhi announced that the penalty...
Published 18 Jan, 2009 12:00am
NEW DELHI India`s most hotly awaited film is an Oscar frontrunner about the aspirations of some of the world`s most...
Published 11 Jan, 2009 12:00am
It may be known as a tropical paradise, an archipelago of 1,200 coral islands in the Indian Ocean. But the...
Published 04 Jan, 2009 12:00am
MUMBAI In the winding back streets of south Mumbai, there is a palpable sense of relief that the city`s bloodiest ...
Published 01 Dec, 2008 12:00am
THE Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country`s billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new...
Published 11 Nov, 2008 12:00am
DELHI Dalits, the `untouchables` at the bottom of the Hindu caste system, are the last to be rescued and are getting...
Published 04 Sep, 2008 12:00am
DELHI He may be India`s most famous living artist, but Maqbool Fida Husain was conspicuous by his absence from the...
Published 24 Aug, 2008 12:00am
NEW DELHI India`s so-called Dalit Queen, a former schoolteacher who has become the country`s most powerful...
Published 07 Feb, 2008 12:00am
