The Indian government Thursday deployed the armed forces for a coordinated response to the havoc caused by cyclone Laila that hit the coast of the
southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
A Defence Ministry release said the Indian …
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday pitched for the revival of Shanti Niketan, the abode of Rabindranath Tagore, and asked the committee for commemoration of the Nobel Laureate's 150th anniversary to see how the historic institu…
Elephant population in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu has shown an increase of six elephants after the two-day elephant census concluded
recently.
A total of 57 jumbos including 13 calves were found in various forests of the di…
It was a harrowing time for the family of an Indian journalist based in Pakistan while returning home as they found cash and jewellery missing after Pakistani security officials searched their belongings at the Attari border.
Earr…
A group of land guards purported to be acting on
the instructions of one Ayitey Canada, one of the claimants to the Ga Mantse stool, early Friday morning invaded the Ga Mantse Palace locked the main gate to the Palace.
The group wh…
Professor Kofi Awoonor, Chairman of the Council of State, on Friday said demands for the development of the Volta Region were not parochial.
He said that "Volta Region's development is not in isolation of Ghana's development but link…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Thursday said as long as he remained chairman of the Regional Security Committee, nobody would be allowed to take the law into his or her own hands.
He also assured the police tha…
A group of people, purported to be acting on the
instructions of one Ayitey Canada, on Friday invaded the Ga Mantse's Palace and locked the main gate of the palace.
Mr Clement Nii Tackie Teiko, one of the caretakers at the Palace,…
Five armed robbers, who five years ago, broke into a hardware store at Dzodze, in the Ketu-North District, and stole over GHC700 worth of goods have been jailed 10 years each in hard labour.
They are Kwame Ahedor, Sakpa Xorlali Ahiad…
Shaibu Abdulai, 50, a pupil teacher, has been remanded by a Krachi Magistrate Court for impersonating Mr Godwin Tetteh Seini, a tutor of the Dambai College of Education.
He stole Mr Seini's certificate and presented himself as Mr Se…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday appealed to tractor manufacturers to provide after sales services in order to attract more Ghanaian farmers to their products.
"Ghana is also moving from the position of a net importer int…
Ghana and Nigeria have resolved to enact national
legal frameworks on the sustainable management of Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) contaminated sites in both countries.
They also resolved to ensure the successful implementatio…
Mr. Alban S. K. Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, called for strong partnership and alliances between journalists who have specialised on reporting water-related issues in West Africa, to enable them to exchange and s…
Ms Mardey Ohui Ofoe, Executive Director of the Foundation for Female Photojournalists has said norms and socio-cultural beliefs and practices continue to encourage gender inequity in society.
She observed that the situation was pushi…
Air India Sunday said that 87 bodies have been handed over to the family members and relatives of
the passengers who died in the Mangalore plane crash.
All the 158 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, Air India spokesper…
Most American companies are considering incentives which help to balance work and personal
life as the key to retain and attract talent, a survey has said.
As per the survey of 741 MNCs by global HR consultancy Mercer, conducted in…
Talent migration may soon become the buzzword in the global job market, as experts feel emerging Asian nations, including India, are attracting top- level executives from developed markets amid the spiralling financial crisis in the Eurozo…
A naval officer Saturday became the first Indian ever to circumnavigate the globe solo on a sail
boat when he steered into the Mumbai harbour after his arduous effort spanning a little over nine months.
Commander Dilip Donde, who emb…
Leaders across the world Saturday expressed grief and sent their condolences to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the death of 159 people in an Air India plane crash at Mangalore in India's southern state of Karnataka.
"I was deeply s…
Television is the most preferred entertainment medium and women have established their supremacy over men in living rooms, a media study has
found.
TV sealed the first slot with as many as 92 per cent of respondents voting for it in …
Prosper Kudohia, a chainsaw operator, charged with stealing, has been remanded in prison custody by the Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Birim South District.
The 27-year-old operator pleaded guilty to stealing chainsaw machine value…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, has expressed worry about the refusal and failure of teachers to accept postings to rural areas, which he said had contributed to the poor academic standards in those areas.
He obser…
A tiger which stepped into a nearby village here and disappeared into the Burgur forests after killing a buffalo triggered panic in Erode district of south Indian state Tamil Nadu.
According to forest officials, local people had spo…
The Men's Fellowship (MF) of the Tema Community 20 Ebenezer Methodist Church has donated various food items to the James Camp prison in Accra.
The items included rice, sugar, cooking oil, yam, bread, laundry soap and detergents.
…
Vodafone Ghana Foundation has launched the world of difference, an initiative to provide ordinary people the opportunity to contribute their skills to community development or project that they are connected with.
The community impact…
Professor S.K.B. Asante, Board Chairman, of the Salvation Army Senior High School at Akyem Wenchi in the Kwaebibirem District, has expressed worry about the wide gap between the rural and urban educational systems.
"Despite the fact …
Mr George Andah, Chief Marketing Officer of MTN has urged parents to inculcate the habit of reading in their children when they are young.
He observed that besides promoting a child's cerebral and emotional development, reading was a…
Air India on Sunday announced an interim compensation for the victims of the air crash,
including Rs ten lakh for the family of those above 12 years of age, even as it handed over 128 bodies to the kin of the victims.
Addressing a pr…
Mr Mohammed Ahmed Baba Jamal, Deputy Eastern Region Minister, at the weekend admonished students not to resort to violence and demonstrations to back their demands, but to channel their grievances through the appropriate quarters for redre…
The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)and the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) of the illfated Air India
Express plane were Sunday recovered from the crash site here and are expected to provide vital clues about the cause of the accident that left 15…
Global sanitation NGO, Sulabh Foundation, which has pioneered low cost Indian toilet system will introduce the innovative technology in over 50 developing countries across the world.
Bindeshwar Pathak, head of the Foundation whi…
It was nothing less than a miracle or perhaps beginning of a 'second life' for the nine people who did not show up at the airport here to board the ill-fated Air India Express flight that crashed in Mangalore killing 158.
The nine, …
Rapid urbanisation is leading to destruction of natural habitats of birds as they are struggling to find a place to build their nests, according to
a noted ornithologist.
As towering apartments dot the urban skyline, the felled trees…
A team of experts arrived here Sunday morning from Hyderabad city in south India to conduct DNA tests to help in identification of bodies charred beyond recognition in the Air India Express plane crash.
Some 115 bodies had been iden…
One in every four air crashes across the globe can be attributed to error during landing, similar to this morning's Air India crash in Mangalore in which 158 people were killed.
An analysis by commercial aircraft maker Boeing show…
Monsoon watchers appear to have heaved a sigh of relief on the weakening of cyclone 'Laila' as they believe it would now have little impact on the annual rainfall season.
"We are still going ahead with the initial prediction on mons…
Tools For Self Reliance (TFSR), a non-governmental organisation in the United Kingdom has, through the Centre for the
Development of People (CEDEP), presented sewing machines worth 66,000 Ghana cedis to four institutions and individuals …
The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has announced its decision to sponsor a prize award for well researched articles on HIV/AIDS as part of this year's Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards package.
The winner would receive a plaque…
Ghana Journal on Disability, a book highlighting scientific research findings, challenges and general information on disability issues is to be published in 2011.
The quarterly Journal is a collaborative work between the Centre for Disab…
The World Food Programme operating in the three northern regions, has sponsored 15 girls to second circle institutions.
The girls, who performed well in the 2009 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), were presented with 400…
An Agona Swedru Circuit Court on Thursday remanded into prison custody a drinking bar operator at Agona Duakwa, when he made his second appearance before the court, for alleged defiling 14 year-old girl.
Kobina Baah, 28 maintained hi…
Mr Alex Tettey Enyo, Minister for Education said government was seriously considering a recent request by the Jayee University College to support private universities through the Ghana
Education Trust Fund (GETFUND).
Mr Tettey Enyo…
Stakeholders at a day's workshop held in Bolgatanga on Friday, observed that the best way to deal with child migration, child labour, and child abuse in the Region, was for them to collaborate with one another.
The Workshop organized…
Fifteen persons have been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command in a swoop at Asenema in connection with violence that led to the vandalizing of houses.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) R…
A consultative Committee is to be formed to champion the rapid socio-economic development of the Volta Region.
The Committee, to be chaired by the Regional Minister, would identify and collate all developmental challenges of the Regi…
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology on Friday urged Ghanaians to make use of biodiversity, especially in eco-tourism, medical research, agriculture, horticulture and other
economic ventures to the benefit of the people.
…
Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, has said that the Government would not discriminate in the provision of education infrastructure.
He said Government would ensure that all school children have access to quality educatio…
MTN Ghana, the mobile telecommunication services
provider, on Friday launched "Happy Minds Reading Clubs" to mark the end of its annual 21 Days of Y'ello Care programme.
A statement signed by Mrs. Georgina Asare-Fiagbenu, Senior Ma…
The Ministry of Information has appealed to all
Ghanaians and foreigners resident in Ghana to come out boldly on Friday, May 21, in their red, gold and green outfits "as Ghana gets ready for the World Cup 2010."
A statement issued…
The mobile phone service provider, MTN Ghana, has
supplied insecticide treated bednets and thousands of cedis worth of malarial drugs to residents of selected communities across the country, as part of its annual 21-day "Yello' Care" pro…