New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Delhi Police is likely to arrest retired army Colonel Ajay Ahlawat for his alleged role in trafficking and exploiting foreign women, as part of its probe into a high-profile…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Carnatic music exponent T.M. Krishna and social activist Bezwada Wilson are two Indians who have been conferred the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for this year. While Krishna got the award…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Auto-rickshaw and yellow top taxi drivers of around 20 unions on Wednesday began an “indefinite hunger strike” against app-based taxi aggregators even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A six-day ‘Bharat Parv’ — India Festival — will be organised by the Union Tourism Ministry in coordination with other ministries and departments to mark Independence Day next month, official…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the BJP of sponsoring the auto and taxi strike in the national capital saying its “goons” were forcibly stopping autos and taxis…
Dehradun, July 26 (IANS) Over 50 passengers on board a bus had a providential escape when their vehicle was on the verge of being swept away in surging waters of a seasonal rivulet in Uttarakhand…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Following the furore over severe pellet gun injuries to protesters in the Kashmir Valley, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved the formation of an expert committee to explore…
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) A tiny colony of the endangered Humboldt Penguins, including three males, three females and two female babies, arrived at Mumbai Zoo from an aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, an…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Railway stations in India are unclean, lack basic amenities such as water taps, urinals, shelters, and stalls of essential goods and medicines, and are not disabled-friendly, the Comptroller and Auditor…
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) A tiny colony of Humboldt Penguins, including three males, three females and two female babies, arrived at the Mumbai zoo from Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, an official said. This will…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the identity of a 14-year-old Dalit rape victim. The victim,…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has extended till August 30 the last date for entries for its second annual competition for short films on human rights, an official statement…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Around one lakh auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers launched an indefinite strike here on Tuesday against the increasingly popular app-based taxi services, causing hardship to tens of thousands of commuters. An…
By Deepa Padmanaban Bandipur National Park (Karnataka): For someone whose cow — valued at Rs 20,000 ($300) — was killed by a tiger in August 2015, Mahadeva Gowda is calm, as is Shiva Murthy, whose…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Thousands of autorickshaw drivers went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday in the national capital against app based taxi services, badly affecting commuters. An estimated 90,000 autorickshaws ply in Delhi,…
CAIRO, July 24, 2016 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on July 23, 2016 shows the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 at the international airport in Cairo, capital of Egypt. The solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 left…
Bhubaneswar, July 25 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched the free pilgrimage scheme for senior citizens in the state, an official said. The Chief Minister flagged off the first pilgrimage train to…
Ahmedabad, July 25 (IANS) The protests by Dalits over the July 11 flogging of Dalit boys in Una by self-styled cow protection vigilantes continued for the second week on Monday, but unlike several places where…
London, July 25 (IANS) Britain’s Prince Harry has said he wishes he had spoken about the death of his mother, Princess Diana, earlier. “You know, I really regret not ever talking about it (his mother,…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Marshalling creativity and fantasy, an IIT-Kharagpur student has depicted the beauty of the premier institute’s sprawling campus with an animation on the lines of HBO’s hit fantasy drama TV series “Game…