Bhopal, July 8 (IANS) Heavy rains since Tuesday have swamped about 3.25 lakh hectares of farmland in the long suffering Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh with little chance that newly-sown Soybean and Urad crops will…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 (IANS) Keeping a promise made to the state’s women in the Left Democratic Front election manifesto, state Finance Minister Thomas Issac, in his maiden budget presented in the assembly on Friday, announced…
Bhubaneswar, July 8 (IANS) The Odisha government on Friday said child marathon runner Budhia Singh was not missing and that he will return to state capital Bhubaneswar’s SAI hostel in four days. The government, however,…
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) “Mamma” will keep a close watch over her son and Rashtriya Samaj Paksh (RSP) President Mahadeo Jankar, who was sworn-in as a cabinet minister in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ ministry here…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Eminent author Amitav Ghosh will stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan as Writer In-Residence from July 10 to July 14. He will be accompanied by his wife Deborah Baker, it was announced…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) Batting for opportunities for underprivileged children, former India Test cricketer Arun Lal on Thursday lamented the “general aversion” people display towards street children. Lal and his wife Debjani took a laundryman’s…
Beijing, July 7 (IANS) Chinese internet firm Tencent will launch a new version of its most popular video mobile game themed around Beijing’s Forbidden City — Palace Museum, under a deal with the management of…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, July 7 (IANS) Despite laws to rein in frog poaching, constant hunting of frogs and serving their curried or fried meaty legs on plates continue to irk wildlife activists in Goa,…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) In order to streamline the procedure for issuing of concessional certificate to physically challenged persons, Railways has made changes to the rules in case of change of residence for the…
Bengaluru, July 6 (IANS) The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the single most innovative programme from India and a lesson to the whole world, said Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz on Wednesday….
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) It’s that time of the year when thousands of devout Hindus pull the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and their sister Subhadra. And Wednesday was no exception as devotees across West…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, July 6 (IANS) A senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshyari has admitted that he had a meeting with Nepal’s…
By Ashish Mishra Pandharpur (Maharashtra), July 6 (IANS) Maharashtra’s temple town Pandharpur is all set to get the world’s biggest toilet facility to serve to the needs of over three lakh pilgrims who throng the…
New York, July 6 (IANS) Accuracy is the paramount principle of trust, followed by timeliness and clarity, when it comes to news, a new study has said. The research, conducted by Media Insight Project –…
Dhaka, July 5 (IANS) As Bangladesh is still picking up the pieces after the deadly Dhaka cafe terror strike, from media reports it now appears clear that five of the seven young attackers went missing…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra on Tuesday unveiled the world’s largest charkha (spinning wheel) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here. In his message on…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) BJP lawmaker from Rajasthan Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday cycled up the Raisina Hill to the Rashtrapati Bhavan for his swearing-in as Union Minister of State. He said he was…
By Abhishek Waghmare For 10 years, Degal Srimangar Sao, 26, has been sleeping in the corridor of a central Mumbai commercial complex, where he delivers tea every two hours to busy corporate employees. Vijay, as…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) An 82-year-old man from Kerala became the oldest liver donor in south India, officials said on Tuesday. The donor, Vikraman, was declared brain dead after an accident late last month. The…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Rajasthan Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday cycled up the Raisina Hill to Rashtrapati Bhavan for his swearing-in as Union Minister. Meghwal, a former IAS officer,…