Amritsar's Khanna Paper Mills, the largest user of paper waste in countryAugust 12th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Based in Amritsar, Khanna Paper Mills Pvt Ltd specializes in manufacturing quality and environment friendly paper from waste paper. It caters to the domestic market and exports it to SAARC countries, Africa and Middle East as well.
Toy making from paper pulp empowers tribal women in OrissaJuly 23rd, 2009 KORAPUT - Tribal women in Koraput district of Orissa are engaging in the art of making toys from paper pulp, which helps them to make a living. Thanks to a self-help group that trained them in the art.
CPI (M) joins BJP's demand for reverting to Ballot paper systemJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Sunday supported Bharatiya Janata Party concerns over the unreliability of the Electronic Voting Machines, (EVMs). Yechury told reporters in the national capital on Sunday that if the need be, the country should revert back to ballot paper, so that the records could be maintained.
Lalu says Mamata suffers from complexJuly 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Accusing Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on doing nothing new in the rail budget, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Friday said that she had used his achievements in the ministry to build her case. "Is this a budget? She has just read out what I had announced during my stint...She suffers from a complex," he said.
Here, there, Mamata Banerjee everywhereApril 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was an unusual sight. Residents of South Kolkata were startled to find hundreds of Mamata Banerjees walking in a procession, canvassing for votes for the Trinamool Congress chief.
Reality shows - good for Shilpa, terrible for GoodyMarch 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - British reality TV star Jade Goody who died Sunday and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty have both used reality shows as their path to international fame. Ironically, it was on a reality show that Goody's life came crashing down.
Class 12 CBSE students find maths paper easy but lengthyMarch 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Students of Class 12 of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Saturday were not satisfied with the mathematics paper. Many found it easy but lengthy.
Tough, indirect mathematics paper worries CBSE Class 10 studentsMarch 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thousands of students sat for their Class 10 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) maths exam in centres across the country and abroad Saturday. Many found the paper 'tough' while others felt the questions were 'indirect'.
Washing machine more important for women's liberation than contraceptive Pill: EditorialMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - The Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has published a long editorial saying that the washing machine did more to liberate women than the contraceptive Pill. The editorial marking International Women's Day said that washing machines had freed generations of women from the drudgery of housework.
AGP not part of NDA despite poll tie-up with BJPMarch 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) clarified Monday that it was not part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) even though it had stitched an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run-up to the general elections. 'Let me clarify that we are not part of the (BJP-led) NDA.
Easy and doable, say students after first day of board examsMarch 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hundreds of thousands of students sat for the class 10 and 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams in centres across the country and abroad Monday and many of them said they found the paper 'easy' and 'doable'. Many students, at a exam centre here, walked out with a smile on their faces and hugged their parents and teachers.
Haryana students given wrong exam paperFebruary 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Students appearing for the class 10 mathematics examination in Haryana were taken aback Tuesday when they were given a semester I question paper instead of the semester II paper they were expecting. Students at various centres of the Haryana School Education Board were given the wrong question paper, a board official said.
Uttar Pradesh police bust railway recruitment scam, arrest 110February 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police has arrested 110 people for the leakage of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) examination paper, police officials here said Sunday. While 16 of them were arrested for organising the scam, the other 94 were candidates who were to take the examinations.
Poisonous gas kills four in West Bengal's old paper millFebruary 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Four people died Friday while cleaning up a gas chamber at an abandoned paper mill in Kolkata's neighbouring district Hooghly, the police said. 'Four workers died late Friday evening when they were cleaning up a gas chamber at an abandoned paper mill at Dankuni in Hooghly district,' Hooghly district police superintendent Rajiv Mishra told IANS.
Mamata sings patriotic number in reality showJanuary 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday evening participated in a reality show, organised by a private television channel here, and sang popular patriotic song 'Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo'. 'I believe music is the lifeline of our nation.
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