Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Aiming to save the girl child and nurture her bond with nature, the West Bengal forest department has conceptualised project ‘Bonani’ (forest) envisioning girls turning ambassadors to protect the environment. Bengal…
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Actors Swara Bhaskar, Vir Das, Vivek Oberoi, Kalki Koechlin and Govind Namdev have featured in a video to make an appeal to the citizens of India to gift masks to the…
Mumbai: Actor Nana Patekar during the trailer launch of Marathi film Natsamrat in Mumbai on Dec. 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) A fundraising campaign organised on micro-blogging website Twitter saw over 2,670…
By Ruwa Shah Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) The weddings are still taking place, albeit quietly, in the Kashmir Valley. But invitations to wedding receptions have been cancelled en masse amid violence, curfews and shutdowns. The…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved compensation of Rs 5 lakh for civilian victims of cross border firing and hiked the compensation for victims of Maoist violence from…
By Sarwar Kashani and Ruwa Shah Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) With shops shut for a fourth day due to official restrictions and separatist-called shutdown, curfew-bound parts of the Kashmir Valley are facing several shortages of…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, July 12 (IANS) It’s that time of the year again when 14 Hindu deities are out in full glory, worshipped by thousands of tribals in Tripura. It’s time for the Kharchi…
Patna, July 12 (IANS) It was supposed to be a WhatsApp number for drawing the Bihar government’s attention to get bad roads repaired. What has happened is it has drawn the young maidens as if…
London, July 12 (IANS) Humans might have learned how to eat cashew by observing Brazilian capuchin monkeys cracking the tough nuts with stone tools, suggests new research. The researchers found archaeological evidence to suggest that…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Around 100 snakes have been ruthlessly killed as part of a so-called magic show at the Karachi zoo, it was reported on Tuesday. Titled “The snake-eating man”, the stunt has been…
Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) First Sathya Sai World Youth Festival, beginning at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, will bring together youth from diverse global cultures, the organisers said. The three-day conference, to be attended…
Madrid, July 11 (IANS) The world’s largest solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, on Monday took off from Seville in Spain to Egypt. After intense preparations, pilot Andre Borschberg communicated with the control tower just after…
Patna, July 10 (IANS) Now people can get “Gangajal” — holy water from the Ganga — at all post offices across the country and if they want, they can even get it delivered to their…
New York, July 10 (IANS) Prosocial behaviours, such as willingness to help others, may be linked to specific personalities, revealed a study. According to the research published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB),…
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) The soyem for celebrated Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi — founder of the non-profit organisation Edhi Foundation — was held in Karachi on Sunday amidst tight security. A soyem is a…
London, July 10 (IANS) Norwegian researchers have ventured to delve into why people tend to perceive affinities between sound and body motion when experiencing music — and agreed that it is all rooted in human…
Madrid, July 10 (IANS) A Spanish matador was gored to death when a bull’s horn pierced his chest — the first matador fatality in the ring in Spain this century. Victor Barrio, 29, a professional…
Patna, July 9 (IANS) A man in Bihar has sent a bribe of Rs 500 by registered post to an official of the Bihar Information Commission to ensure speedy processing of his petition, officials said…
Perumbavoor (Kerala) July 9 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday handed over the keys of a newly constructed house here in Ernakulam district to the mother of young Dalit woman Jisha who was…
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Celebrated Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of the non-profit Edhi Foundation that provided succour to millions of poor and destitute over the years, has died at a hospital in Karachi….