Jobs lost due to lockdown, homes ravaged by cyclone: Migrants' plight

Jamal Mondal, 45, a migrant labourer who returned from Bengaluru to his hometown Gosaba in South 24 Parganas district on Monday, was happy to be reunited with his family, even though he had lost......

Time for Uttarakhand to learn from Orissa

Orissa learnt its lessons from previous cyclones, particularly the 1999 super cyclone, whereas Uttarakhand has failed to do so from any of the previous natural calamities that hit the state, says......

Child trafficking gets little attention as forces too strained

Child protection groups are worried about unaccompanied children in Uttarakhand, reports Kavita Chowdhury During natural calamities such as the horrific floods and devastation in Uttarakhand,......

PHOTOS: India's 11 DEADLIEST disasters

As fate would have it, thousands of people have been feared killed in Uttarakhand. Nature's fury slammed the hills in full force. Unsuspecting tourists and pilgrims visiting the Lord's abode in......

Struck by Aila, this 12-year-old became a pauper

Twelve-year-old Dilip Mondal could never imagine, even in his wildest dreams, of cooking for his family. "Ma is a wonderful cook and Baba and I lapped up whatever she made for us," he said,......

Fast on some, stuck on others - Pranab's mixed bag

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had made 45 major announcements in his Budget speech for 2009-10. As he prepares to present his next Budget for the United Progressive Alliance government on......

From Copenhagen to Mexico: The cycle continues

After failing at Copenhagen, we pinned our hopes on Mexico City; in Mexico, we'll look for some place else, writes Barun Roy. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. That's how the 2009 United......

Mukherjee a free man now

"So what!" quipped Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram when asked for a reaction to the Budget, which revoked most of the measures that he introduced as the finance minister. This was his only......