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,…
By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, July 5 (IANS) Eighty-one and still young. The Dalai Lama believes it’s to do with peace of mind. Turning 81 on July 6, his age is no bar to campaign for…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Percept Pictures, an integrated content creation, aggregation and distribution company, has released a short musical film “Just Begun” — which touches upon LGBTQ issue while spreading the message of love…
Dhaka, July 4 (IANS) Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, the 20-year-old Bangladeshi student who was given a chance to escape to safety by IS militants at a Dhaka cafe but chose to stand by his friends including…
By Vidhi Dhankar New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Flying Sikh Milkha Singh has shed tears on five occasions in his eventful life — and the most heart-wrenching was when he saw his family being killed…