Barcelona, Oct 30 (IANS) A second-half goal from Rafinha gave FC Barcelona a tougher than expected win at home against bottom of the table Granada in the Spanish football league. Following a first half in…
Kurukshetra (Haryana), Oct 30 (IANS) Indian Army soldier Mandeep Singh, whose body was mutilated by terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC), was on Sunday cremated in his village in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district with full…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed happiness over the progress being made in all states of India to make the country Open Defecation Free (ODF). Addressing the nation in…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to mark Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary and remembered the anti-sikh riots of 1984. “Tomorrow we are celebrating Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth…
By Sheikh Qayoom Hokarsar (Srinagar), Oct 30 (IANS) Undeterred by the prolonged unrest in Kashmir, hundreds of migratory birds are reaching this wetland reserve daily to keep their annual tryst with the Valley. The avian…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the courage of soldiers and thanked the nation for sending them Diwali messages. “From last few months, our jawans (soldiers) are sacrificing their…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday greeted the nation on Diwali and urged people to maintain brotherhood. “Human beings should maintain the brotherhood. Happy…
United Nations, Oct 30 (IANS) The UN celebrated Diwali for the first time on Sunday after it was recognised in 2014. “Happy Diwali! UN celebrates Diwali for 1st time,” Syed Akbaruddin, India’s permanent representative to…
Beijing, Oct 30 (IANS) A Chinese commercial vessel joined the search for the Chinese sailor Guo Chuan who has been missing for nearly five days while trying to break the record for crossing the Pacific…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished the nation in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ monthly radio programme on the occasion of Diwali, saying this is a festival associated with cleanliness….
Moscow, Oct 30 (IANS) The landing module of the Russian spaceship Soyuz MS-01 successfully touched down on Sunday in the steppes of Kazakhstan with three crew members on board, according to the Russian Mission Control…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the courage of our soldiers and thanked the nation for sending them messages. “From last few months our jawans (soldiers) are sacrificing their…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Taipei, Oct 30 (IANS) Finding a seat at the Din Tai Fung restaurant that churns out around 22,000 dumplings and other dishes per day is much more difficult than going up to…
Sanaa, Oct 30 (IANS) At least 40 people, including prisoners and Houthi rebels, were killed in an airstrike by the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition on a Yemeni prison on Sunday. Security sources told Efe news…
Jammu, Oct 30 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) retaliated a fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers on the International Border (IB) in Jammu district’s R.S. Pura sector on Saturday night, officials said on Sunday. No…
Shimla, Oct 30 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will regulate childhood care and education institutions in the state, an official said here on Sunday. Proposed legislation the Himachal Pradesh Early Childhood Care and Education Centres (Establishment and…
By Vikas Datta Colonialism, even in its heyday, had its detractors as well as defenders, but the view now is of unbridled and universal disparagement, with what were deemed to be its benefits being questioned….
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday greeted the nation on the festival of Diwali saying that it may dispel “darkness of ignorance” and “illumine our lives with hope and prosperity”. “Warm…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Sunday morning here, with the minimum temperature recorded at 15 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal, the weather office said. “The sky will remain partly…
Shimla, Oct 30 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday greeted the people on Diwali and urged them to celebrate the festival of lights in a pollution-free manner. In a message, he said…