Women to get free bus ride in Delhi on Rakhi day

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has lauded Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's train ride as part of his party's austerity drive. Mamata Banerjee, who inaugurated the newly spruced up terminal of New Delhi railway station in the capital along with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday, lauded the austerity act.

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Raksha Bandhan the festival that celebrates the bond between a brother and his sister, is being observed in various parts of the country on today, with great enthusiasm. Sisters visit their brothers and tie a rakhi on their wrists.

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday flagged off the the first "Ladies Special" train here for women commuters from Delhi to Palwal in Haryana and said the service would be extended to other nearby cities Sonepat, Aligarh and Ghaziabad soon. "More 'Ladies Special' trains will be provided in the other suburban areas like Sonepat, Aligarh and Ghaziabad," Banerjee said.

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday celebrated Raksha Bandhan, a festival that marks the bond of love between siblings, with a group of mentally challenged, and hearing and speech impaired children here Wednesday. "The feeling of brotherly love and affection should flourish all around, especially among children," the speaker said while celebrating the festival with children from the Aastha Special School in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, at her official residence here.

August 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Wearing their best clothes, sisters went to meet their brothers Wednesday to tie rakhis on their wrists and in return get beautiful gifts and also a promise of lifelong care to mark the Raksha Bandhan festival. Raksha Bandhan, celebrated in many parts of India, marks the love and affection between brothers and sisters.

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kids from various schools and orphanages tied rakhis on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's hand on the ocassion of 'Raksha Bandhan' today.ome kids presented Dr.

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sisters tied colourful rakhis on the wrists of their brothers, prayed for their long life, and got some beautiful gifts and money in return as the festival of Raksha Bandhan, marking the bond of love between siblings, was celebrated Wednesday. Celebrated on the full moon of the Hindu month of Shravana, Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi was observed with much gaiety across the country.

August 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Zoozoo is donning a new role this Raksha Bandhan. The black-and-white creature that made a dazzling debut in the cellphone service provider Vodafone's ads early this year has found a place on the rakhi - the thread or symbolic bond of protection that sisters tie on their brothers' wrists to mark the festival.

July 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For the first time in the online gifts industry, Indiangiftsportal.com is presenting the largest ever display of Rakhi and associated gift hampers, with the collection going over 1000 in their online 'Rakhi' store. It's the first of its kind collection which has been able to succeed in maintaining such tremendous quality with such a high number.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indiangiftsportal.com has now introduced free shipping of 'rakhi' and 'rakhi gifts' to US, UK from India and vice versa on the occasion of the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan. Indiangiftsportal.com specializes in the delivery of 'rakhi' and 'rakhi gifts' across the globe.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Tourism minister Kumari Selja on Monday sought support of all political parties for Women Reservation Bill, saying it would help in empowering the women fraternity across the country. "The Women Reservation Bill must be passed.

May 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An elated Election Commission Saturday said that over 50 percent of women voters in the capital came out to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha polls, showing much more enthusiasm than in the last general elections. 'We were flooded with calls from women voters enquiring about the poll process and clearing doubts over their identity proof,' Uday Baxi, joint chief electoral officer, told IANS.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - From businessmen, doctors to models and NRIs - over 12,500 men from across the world have sent applications to marry controversy queen Rakhi Sawant after she announced a 'swayamvara' as part of a reality show on NDTV Imagine. Within 20 days of the announcement of the unique reality show 'Rakhi Ka Swayamwar', expected to go on air next month, a huge number of men have sent their profiles to woo Rakhi.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Actress-dancer Shradha Sharma, who was rumoured to have a romantic liaison with item girl Rakhi Sawant's ex-boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi, has denied any relationship with him and says he is just not 'my type'. 'There is nothing between Abhishek Awasthi and me.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - It's a clash of the item girls now. 'Bhojpuri Helen' Sambhavna Seth has hit out at controversial Bollywood item queen Rakhi Sawant, stating that even if the latter joins her on reality show 'Dancing Queen', she would not be doing any wonders.