New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government over reports that 16 patients, 12 of them women, lost their sight during a botched up…
New York, June 29 (IANS) Even as the world laments Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, a new study has found that larger crowds do not always produce wiser decisions. In fact, when it…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) A two-judge Supreme Court bench on Wednesday declined to hear a fresh petition by high profile celebrities challenging criminalisation of consensual gay and lesbian sex, and the matter was referred…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) A 70-year-old brain-dead woman here bequeathed a new lease of life to four persons, with her kidneys and cornea were successfully transplanted in the city’s first multi-organ cadaver donation operation on…
Varese (Italy), June 28 (IANS/AKI) Doctors praised a four-year-old boy in Italy who managed to get help for his mother who fainted while driving due to a heart problem. When his mother passed out after…
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) A widow on Monday sought Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s intervention for justice and to know the truth behind her son’s mystery death 23 years ago when he was working in the…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the poor are the central focus of his government’s economic agenda and the have-nots should be made strong so that they become partners…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged commercial banks to “shed reluctance” in lending to the urban poor, stating that loan repayment by them was 98 per…
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) A widow on Monday pleaded for justice to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar regarding her son’s mysterious death 23 years ago when he was working in the Indian Navy. Anuradha A. Paldhe,…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Humour is diminishing from public life, and this is a cause of concern, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Humour is fading away from public life. Ab toh kuchch…
Sydney, June 27 (IANS) The 37,000-year old remains of the “Deep Skull” — the oldest modern human discovered in South-East Asia — was not related to indigenous Australians, as had been originally thought, says…
Mysuru: Trishika Kumari, Fiancee of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar performs rituals as part of her marriage at the Mysore Palace, in Mysuru, on June 25, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mysuru (Karnataka), June 27 (IANS) Pomp and…
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) The hand-pulled rickshaw, which has through the decades emerged as a symbol of Kolkata despite facing threats to its existence in an age of speed and mechanised transport, is the cynosure…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The war widows of 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) (Siachen), currently on a pilgrimage tour, called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Sunday. The…
New York, June 26 (IANS) Playing with magnets could increase levels of satisfaction, intimacy and commitment amongst romantic partners, new research has suggested. The research examined the metaphor “love is a physical force”. This metaphor…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Saying terrorism, smuggling and drug activities were linked, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said unless the common thread was broken, it would be very difficult to fight all three. Alcoholism…
London, June 26 (IANS) Men think women who wear make-up on are more “prestigious”, while women think women with make-up on are more “dominant”, reveals new research. The findings suggest that make-up changes perceptions of…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Indian students contribution in the field of science and technology, and said that there was a need for more youth to choose science…
Mysuru (Karnataka), June 25 (IANS) The majestic Ambi Vilas Palace in the heart of the state’s cultural capital has been decked up and illuminated for the five-day royal wedding of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Charamaja, the titular…
By Sandeep Pauranik Bhopal, June 25 (IANS) Thirty nine years have passed since the end of Emergency, but my experience of those 21 months as an impressionable child never left me. It’s as if it…