New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The odd-even scheme on Monday saw some forgetful MPs violating the traffic restriction scheme, while some other lawmakers car-pooled to reach Parliament House. One MP cycled while another walked the…
Santiago, April 25 (IANS) The remains of famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda arrived at the Congress in Santiago for a ceremony on Monday before being buried a day after, three years after exhumation. The coffin…
Bengaluru, April 24 (IANS) The central government should declare “parental alienation” a crime and make shared parenting mandatory in order to protect the rights of the children, an activist said on Sunday. “Parental alienation” refers…
By Ankush Vats New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi’s grand daughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, who was recently conferred with a top French honour for her contribution in the field of environment, education and culture,…
San Francisco, April 24 (IANS) The world’s largest solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, has completed a three-day flight over the Pacific Ocean, a media report said on Sunday. It flew over San Francisco’s Golden Gate…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Actor Riteish Deshmukh has donated Rs.25 lakh to ‘Jalyukta Latur’ as his contribution towards drought relief during his recent visit to his hometown Latur. Jalyukta Latur is an initiative started by…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Delhi-based cab aggregator Ola says it had “erroneously calculated toll charges” in some cases and has stepped in to reverse the amount charged from some customers. This…
By Himadri Ghosh Kolkata: Over nine years since 2005-06, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 76 percent, hiding darker changes that evolved in concert with this economic transformation. One of those is a 20 percent…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) After a long struggle of 38 years, a 90-year-old Spanish Jesuit priest — who has lived and worked in the country for 67 years — was finally granted Indian citizenship here…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Even as the Delhi government has cracked down on app-based taxi aggregators for “surge pricing”, one such operator has been overcharging commuters — showing higher toll or…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Shopping for eco-friendly crafts fabricated from water hyacinth, making wishes in front of a replica of a red sandstone ‘wish fulfilling tree’ dating back to 2nd century B.C. and an exhibition…
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…