Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) With the aim of improving the sex ratio in the state, the Haryana government has sought help of neighbouring Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to curb sex determination tests. In…
Washington DC: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, at the IMF 2016 Spring Summit, in Washington DC on April 15, 2016….
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, April 22 (IANS) Liquor baron Vijay Mallya may be a billionaire, but he did not hesitate to claim amounts as little as Rs.20,000 as perks to…
By Sheikh Qayoom Aishmuqam (Anantnag), April 22 (IANS) It is a rare spectacle of faith and fire that lit the hillock leading to the shrine of 15th century Kashmiri Sufi saint Zainuddin Wali, in this…
By Vishal Gulati Chamba (Himachal Pradesh), April 22 (IANS) In spite of advancing years, health worker Kaushalya, whose name roughly translates into “ability to do something well”, is showing the light to women in one…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The news of a young techie who committed “easy and painless” suicide by inhaling nitrogen gas in Hyderabad has left the Indian health care providers worried. This may lead others…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India’s domestic carriers ferried 24.03 percent more passengers in the first quarter of the current calendar year — 23.03 million, against 18.55 million in the like quarter of last year,…
By Imran Khan Patna, April 21 (IANS) This is one marriage in Bihar that could not have gone more green. The bride and the groom planted saplings of fruit trees, as did the rest of…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 21 (IANS) Business honcho and Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s passion for preserving military history has found support from the central government, which has agreed to accept a Douglas DC3 ‘Dakota’ aircraft from…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) This is an example of how the power of community radio is being innovatively harnessed to spread the message on skill development – a priority area for the central government….
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) Female pilots will fly the Chinese Air Force’s FBC-1 bombers for the first time, the PLA Daily reported on Wednesday. The FBC-1 fighter jet, also known as the Flying Leopard, is…
Gurdaspur (Punjab), April 20 (IANS) The mortal remains of Kirpal Singh, who died in a Lahore jail in suspicious circumstances last week, were consigned to flames at his village in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Wednesday…
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) A BJP activist here on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to stop ‘VVIP helicopter tourism’ by various state and central ministers to drought-hit areas to prevent wastage of precious water…
By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi-based central government employee’s 20-year-long search for his younger sibling finally ended on a happy note last week with help from social networking site Facebook….
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The government on Monday told the Supreme Court that the East India Company did not take away the Kohinoor diamond but it was gifted to Britain by Maharaja Duleep Singh….
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Maharashtra’s ruling allies, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena, have evolved a new strategy to win the hearts of the agitated people of the state’s drought-hit…
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Celebrating its continuous philanthropic efforts to make healthcare accessible to people from all sections of the society, the Wadia Hospitals chain has celebrated 90 years of excellence in paediatric and neo-natal…
Bengaluru, April 18 (IANS) With the second tie of hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) being held on a Sunday night against Delhi Daredevils (DD), the exciting IPL-T20 tournament turned the Chinnaswamy stadium into a carnival…
London, April 17 (IANS/EFE) British singer-songwriter Elton John and novelist J.K. Rowling have topped the list of the most generous celebrities in the country for donating millions to charity in 2015. According to the Sunday…
By Vishal Gulati Kumarhatti (Himachal Pradesh), April 17 (IANS) A 20-million-year old fossilised tree, discovered on the outskirts of Himachal Pradesh’s Kumarhatti town, was saved from destruction, a geologist said on Sunday. The tree fossil…