New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Thousands of Muslim women have sought support to abolish the “heinous” practice of ‘triple talaq’, which they have termed an “un-Quranic” practice. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) wrote to…
New York, May 31 (IANS) Call it bizarre but the management at an apartment building in Salt Lake City has told tenants living in the complex to like its Facebook page or they will be…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) With an estimated 18.35 million men, women and children trapped in modern slavery through human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced or servile marriage or commercial sexual exploitation, India is…
London, May 31 (IANS) Ancient remains of Asian species like rice and mung beans from excavated sites in Madagascar point to the first archaeological evidence that settlers from Southeast Asia might have colonised the island…
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Goa may be an educated state, has a poor sex ratio and malnutrition is also an issue, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. Speaking at the launch of a universal…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) After getting mobile phones, saris, jewellery and apparel through the e-commerce route, it is time for Gangajal (water from Ganga river). I used to get several requests that with this…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Climate change was probably not the sole cause for the collapse of the Harappan civilisation in the Indus-Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys, say Indian scientists in a breakthrough study, highlighting that the the…
By Aadil Mir Manzgam (Jammu and Kashmir), May 30 (IANS) A Hindu temple and a Muslim shrine in this lush green village of south Kashmir have stood close to each other for centuries as pillars…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, May 30 (IANS) Umang Lai, the sylvan god of Manipur, is also present in Myanmar. And that’s because several centuries ago many Manipuris were taken as prisoners of war by the…
Rome, May 30 (IANS) Pope Francis met a group of young ‘YouTubers’ from six continents and encouraged them to make the world a better place with their videos. At the close of the Sixth World…
Shimla, May 29 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday started a programme to save the girl child in the Kangra district – the state’s largest. The programme named ‘Kangre Di Munni’ or…
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) A Pakistani boy who went missing from his home in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan two years ago was found in India. Tufail Ismail, who was five years old at the…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) An automated laundry service launched in a mental health hospital here seeks to give the inmates an opportunity to work and earn a daily wage, organisers say. Called ‘Dhobi Ghar’, the…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government has introduced many reforms to strengthen the anganwadi system for tackling malnutrition, introduced a children’s…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Actress Raveena Tandon, who along with her craft is also known for backing social causes, joined the celebration of two years of the Narendra Modi government here on Saturday, and…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The girl child should be nurtured, educated and treated as equal to the opposite gender, megastar Amitabh Bachchan said as the ambassador of the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padao’ campaign, at…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) With every unsuccessful love story, there comes a phase when dealing with normal life becomes a task. What follows is a heartbreak that leads to several other…
Washington, May 28 (IANS) Two Indian-origin students won the the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, third straight year of double winners. Nihar Janga, 11, of Austin, Texas, and Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Corning, New York,…
New York, May 28 (IANS) If you thought that only men post abusive words on various social media platforms, you are wrong. Researchers have found that half of sexist comments women face on the micro-blogging…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) With every unsuccessful love story, there comes a phase when dealing with normal life becomes a task. What follows is a heartbreak that leads to several other…