A local court Tuesday ruled in favor of a 25-year-old man who was injured in the military while preparing for a martial arts screening for promotion, recognizing him as a "National Meritorious Person" who deserves state compensation.
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More families will receive childcare allowances this year as part of government efforts to boost the nation's declining birthrate, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
During a Cabinet meeting, the government approved a revised enforce…
Claiming that its troops had "never crossed" the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, China Tuesday said it always respected bilateral agreements on maintaining peace and tranquility in border areas.
"China's border personnel ha…
The families of ten Indians, who have been jailed for murdering a compatriot after a drunken brawl here, have been apprised of the details of their case.
On January 4, all the 10 Indians were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for p…
Flight operations at the IGI (Indira Gandhi International) airport were normal for the second consecutive day Tuesday due to absence of dense fog.
"As there was no dense fog at the airport and
visibility was good, flight operations r…
Delhi Tuesday remained under the grip of cold wave with the minimum temperature settling below the normal level.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.6 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal for this time of the year.
The …
Three pilgrims were killed and eight injured when a bus carrying them met with an accident, police said today.
The injured were immediately admitted to hospital.
The bus carrying pilgrims from Kasaragod was on its way to Saba…
A mother along with her two daughters committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of their house at nearby Olavanna here, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Soumya (34), Diya(4)Dilsha (6 months), they said.
Ace Indian athlete Preeja Sreedharan, who won a gold and a silver medal at the recent Asian Games, was picked as the 'Newsmaker 2010' by the Manorama News channel.
Preeja was adjudged the Newsmaker through SMS and online votes condu…
An ancient ritualistic performance that has been conducted for over 4,000 years in India is set to be performed once again in a remote village in
Kerala this April.
The 'Athirathram' ritual which literally means
'building up of the …
The three-volume encyclopedia on the A to Z of Indian music across 2000 years, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Music of India released recently, will soon be available in digital format.
"We are preparing a digital version of the book …
Any future inter-Korean dialogue should serve as a venue for North Korea to affirm its commitment to denuclearization, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday, dismissing the North's recent offers of dialogue as falsely motivated.
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An Indian-American is among Four persons charged by US authorities as part of a wide-ranging
investigation involving the multi-billion-dollar Galleon Group hedge fund scam, the biggest insider trading case in the country.
Sunil Bha…
North Korea on Tuesday repudiated a South Korean view that Pyongyang is not being sincere about its push for dialogue, insisting that both sides sit down first at a table to test each other's resolve to iron out differences through talks.
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Mrs. Vivian Anafo, the District Chief Executive of the Talensi/Nabdam, has appealed to the chiefs and people of the Sekoti Traditional Area to firmly hold the aspects of culture which were productive to promote economic development.
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The Omanhene of Asokore Traditional Area, Nana Susubribi Asante Krobea, has raised his concerns about the poor academic performance of schools in rural communities.
He said the consistent fall in the percentage passes scored by schoo…
The Methodist Church of Ghana will mark 50 years of its independence from the mother Church in the United Kingdom (UK), this year.
It attained autonomy status in 1961, four years after Ghana’s political independence.
The Rig…
The Omanhene of Agogo Traditional Area, Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong, has charged the people of Agogo to take advantage of the construction of the Afram Plains Super Highway to push the development agenda of the area forward.
He said th…
Mr Moses Asaga, the Member of Parliament for Nabdam, has been honoured by the chiefs and people of the Sekoti Traditional Area for his hard work and dedication that has brought development to the area.
He was decorated with a white sm…
Two members of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) who allegedly broke into the party’s headquarters last week, were on Tuesday granted bail by the Adjabeng District Magistrates Court “Two”.
The accused persons, Dr Somtim Tobiga a…
Fifteen (15) people perished on Tuesday when two Yutong buses on which they were travelling collided head-on just about a kilometre from Nkenkaasu on the Kumasi-Techiman highway.
Many other passengers suffered deep multiple cuts and…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday advised Muslim leaders and scholars to educate their members against infighting and other kinds of squabbles that undermine unity and development.
“Muslim communities are among the most depr…
The Co-ordinator of the International Union of Food (IUF), Mr Kirill Buketov, has said the Union was committed to a dignified life for “those who plant, harvest, process, prepare and serve the food we all depend on.”
For this reason,…
The management of Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has warned the public against patronising devices imported into the country purportedly designed for the elongation of the male sexual organ and the breast.
The devices, which are imported…
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday sentenced three persons to 50 years imprisonment each for raping a woman after robbing her and the husband at gun point in Weija, a suburb of Accra.
The three, Fred Agyapong, Christopher Gbetoryeku a…
The Adansi Traditional Council (ATC) has distributed a total amount of GH¢6,500 as bursaries to 53 students in tertiary and second cycle schools at a ceremony at Fomena in the Adansi North District.
Twelve of the beneficiaries were …
Four communities in the North-Tongu District of the Volta Region, have called on government to implement plans to address the economic problems confronting communities downstream the Volta Lake following the construction of the Akosombo Da…
Ghana Meteorological Agency has predicted that the dry weather conditions being experienced in the country would last till the end of January.
The sudden prevalence of cold dry winds, which typify the harmattan season, is the result …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed concern about the spate of suspicious incidents on the Tema motorway and called on the Ghana Police Service to get to the bottom of it.
Flight Lieutenant Rawlings was speaking when h…
The chiefs and people of Adumasa in the Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District, have asked the Department of Feeder Roads to rehabilitate roads in the area to facilitate the transportation of goods and services.
Nana Ayisi Addo, Odikro of Adu…
The main studio of Coastal Television, a local TV station in Cape Coast was consumed by fire at about 1800 hours on Sunday, as a result of an electrical fault.
Papa Nyomi, Administrative Manager of the station explained that they the…
Mr Dan Botwe, Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere, on Friday expressed worry about the persistent poor performance by students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in his constituency and the Akuapem Area in general.
Th…
Challenging Heights, a Non-governmental Organization (NGO) on children’s rights, has called for the “severest punishment” for fathers whose actions force their children to be on the streets.
In a statement of support for the Accra Me…
The Assembly Member-Elect for Amamomo, in Ashiedu Keteke Sub-metro, Mr John Oti Bless, has pledged to help equip the unemployed youth in the area with technical and vocational skills.
Mr Oti Bless, a 31-year-old undergraduate of the …
Opanyin Obuabi Mensah, Chief Farmer of Akwapem Susubiri, in the Eastern Region, has urged the Ministry of Lands and Forestry to take a serious look at the fast rate at which the forest reserves and rain forest were being destroyed by chain…
The Young and Lonely Foundation, Ghana (YLF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), at Agona Swedru, on Sunday, organized an HIV/AIDS awareness programme at Akim Oda, in the Birim Central Municipality.
The programme was the Foundati…
The people of Tei Mensah, a small farming community near Suhum, in the Eastern Region, has called on the government to extend development projects to the area, to help improve their living conditions.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agenc…
Mallam Ibrahim Alkad, Ashanti Regional Imam of the Ghana Muslim Mission, has urged Muslims to avoid un-Islamic attitudes and behaviours that could lead to disunity in the society.
He asked Muslims to eschew envy, arrogance, hatred an…
A Takoradi circuit court has remanded a couple, Osei Kwame and Akua Bernah who have been married for 20 years, in custody for dealing in narcotic drugs at Dedieso in the Western Region.
The pleas were not taken and they will re…
Four prisoners at the Sekondi Central Prisons have appeared before a Takoradi Circuit court for possessing and smoking Indian hemp.
Their pleas were not taken and were placed in custody to re-appear on January 20.
Prosecuting, C…
Expressing concern over the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal allowing increase in the height of Almatti dam in south Indian state Karnataka, a noted expert and environmentalist from Andhra Pradesh has said the ruling could result in floods i…
The police of northern Indian state Jammu and Kashmir will soon setup district level Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) to deal with the crime in the state.
"Special focus will be given on human trafficking issues. Anti-Human Tr…
There was no respite for resident's of Indian capital Delhi from the shivering cold on Monday as icy winds blew at a speed of nine km per hour and mercury fell by a few notches.
The minimum temperature fell to 4.7 degree Celsius, two …
India will soon have legal-aid clinics (LACs) on the model of primary health centres in remote regions across the country.
The National Legal Services Authority (NLSA) is planning to set up 'LACs' in remote areas especially in rural v…
India's first Titanium Sponge Plant (TSP), which will enlist the country among the few world nations having the technology to produce titanium sponge, is all set for operation in Kollam district in south Indian state Kerala.
A trial r…
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) on Monday rolled out its electronic connectivity agenda for 2011, which includes setting Information, Communication and Technology centres in all nurses training institutions.
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Students from Elon University, North Carolina, USA, have given full scholarships to three students from the Sokode Traditional area.
Under the package, two of the students would have their scholarships renewed every year till they co…
Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills, the First Lady, on Sunday urged churches to help in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
She said the MDGs were a call to help reduce poverty, ensure universal primary education, comb…
The Cape Coast Castle recorded a total of 89,018 tourists, as against 80,000 last year, Mr Robert Morgan Mensah, a Museum and Monuments Education Officer at the Cape Coast Castle told the GNA on Monday.
Out Of the figure, 67,862 were…
The national chairman-elect of the Association of the Methodist Men’s Fellowship, Mr George Omane, has renewed the Fellowship’s commitment towards assisting the Church to embed in society cherished values of integrity and discipline.
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