New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Friday gave three weeks to Art of Living (AoL) to pay environmental compensation of Rs.5 crore for holding World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplains…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Patchy showers on Friday night followed by heavy rains may spoil the Art of Living’s (AoL) World Culture Festival scheduled here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Two leading weather forecast…
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) Japan on Friday marked the fifth anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated coastal areas of the Tohoku region. At 2.46 p.m. (local time), millions of people will…
New York, March 11 (IANS) A female tourist has been spotted dragging a swan out of a Macedonian lake, taking a selfie with it and leaving it to die, a media report said. In the…
Guwahati: Actress Raveena Tandon during inauguration of a fitness store in Guwahati on Feb 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Actress Raveena Tandon has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the safety…
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) The Haryana government on Friday objected to the Punjab government’s move for de-acquisition of land taken to construct the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, which has been at the centre of a…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) It was a hazy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.2 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
San Francisco, March 11 (IANS) The researchers at Stanford University of the US have found a way to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) and inedible plant material, such as agricultural waste and grasses, into plastic. “Our…
Nairobi, March 11 (IANS) An elephant marched hundreds of kilometres from Kenya and crossed the border into Somalia for the first time in 20 years, confirming that elephants continue to survive in the Horn of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will attend inaugural function of the three-day World Culture Festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid continuing controversy over the holding of the World Culture Festival here, the volunteers, workers and performers on Thursday expressed both hope and uncertainty as they slogged…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The national capital got its first battery operated “zero-emission” electric bus on Thursday and Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said more such buses may follow if the six-month trial of…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) After Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s refusal to pay the fine of Rs.5 crore slapped by the National Green Tribunal, Art of Living on Thursday asserted that things were changing every…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sunny day on Thursday with the maximum temperature settling at 31.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, said the Met office, adding that…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking to block the holding of the three-day World Cultural Festival by the Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living Foundation…
Dhaka, March 10 (IANS) Hundreds of Bangladeshi activists set off on a 200 km march from Dhaka to the Sundarbans on Thursday to protest against the $1.5 billion power plant near the world’s largest mangrove…
Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) In a bid to attract more foreign tourists to the state, Odisha Tourism participated in International Tourism Festival (International Tourismus Borse) held in Berlin. The state put up a stall depicting…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday flagged off a pollution free electric bus here. It is the first such bus in India which is 100 percent pollution free and…
Shimla, March 10 (IANS) The cold is likely to grip Himachal Pradesh again with heavy rain forecast in the next three days by the Met office here on Thursday. “Some areas in the state are…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid anxious moments at the sprawling Yamuna plains, the venue of the World Culture Festival, weather officials here on Thursday forecast that heavy rain is “very likely” in and around…