By Meghna Mittal New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Away from the public glare, a company set up by the government to create the logistical and IT backbone for the pan-India Goods and Services Tax (GST)…
Hyderabad, Aug 18 (IANS) On the 50th death anniversary of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, his family rued that the contributions of the architect of modern Hyderabad remained forgotten….
Hohhot, Aug 18 (IANS) Archaeologists have discovered three ancient tombs in Mongolia with interior wall paintings dating back to 1,000 years, authorities said on Thursday. The colourful paintings were found in tombs in Jungar Banner…
Canberra, Aug 18 (IANS) Australia’s elderly population has increased by almost 20 per cent over the last five years, officials revealed on Thursday. At least 2.2 million people were now aged 65 years and above…
Mexico city, Aug 18 (IANS) Archaeologists have uncovered 1,000-year-old circular earthen pits built into the ground at an ancient ceremonial complex in central Mexico likely to have been used to process corn. Four small pits…
Caracas, Aug 18 (IANS) The crippled Venezuelean economy forced a group of starving people to break into a zoo and slaughter a horse for its meat in capital Caracas. The group forced their way into…
Melbourne, Aug 18 (IANS) Australia’s Melbourne city has been named the world’s most liveable city for the sixth consecutive year. The Global Liveability Ranking, released by The Economist on Thursday, scored 140 cities on health…
Hyderabad, Aug 17 (IANS) A 36-year-old Filipino woman delivered a baby aboard Dubai-Manila flight, which had to make an emergency landing at Hyderabad airport. The incident took place on Aug 14 on Cebu Pacific Air…
Hyderabad, Aug 17 (IANS) A 36-year-old Filipino woman delivered a baby aboard a Dubai-Manila flight, which had to make an emergency landing at Hyderabad airport. The incident took place on August 14 on Cebu Pacific…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that in the current year no new liquor shop with government license would be opened in the national capital. Communicating the Delhi…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party government on Wednesday approved the revision of minimum wages by about 50 per cent in the national capital but the ruling party’s traders’ wing voiced unhappiness…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) The British Transport Police was on Wednesday urging a heroic commuter who risked his life by jumping onto the London Underground rail tracks to rescue an ill passenger to come forward….
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Amid close vigil by the police, absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s nephew Alishah Parkar got married here on Wednesday morning. Alishah’s ‘nikaah’ ceremony with Mumbai girl Ayesha Nagani was performed…
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Traffic police personnel across the city were pleasently surprised on Wednesday when groups of children tied rakhs on their wrists on the eve of Raksha Bandhan “to express their thanks for…
Agra, Aug 17 (IANS) It’s a Rakshabandhan with a difference. About 50 high caste pandits on Wednesday extended their hands of brotherhood to the marginalised and castaway widows of Vrindavan who tied the Rakhi (sacred…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended greetings to the people at the start of Chingam, the first month of the Malayalam new year. “On the start of Chingam, the…
Agartala, Aug 17 (IANS) Around 7.5 lakh Chakma tribals observed a ‘black day’ on Wednesday to protest the occupation of their original homeland in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. Over 2.50 lakh Chakma…
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) If you thought your pet dog keeps waiting at the door for your arrival every evening only in the hope of filling its stomach, think again! A new research has…
Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) In a one-of-its-kind event, hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and liberated manual scavenger women on Wednesday publicly tied Rakhi to 50 upper caste sages, Sanskrit scholars and priests at the century-old…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Trees which grew during intense radiation bursts in the past have ‘time-markers’ in their tree-rings that could help archaeologists accurately date events from thousands of years ago, suggests new research. Until…