New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs was severely toxic on the New Year day with pollution rising to “severe-plus or emergency” levels. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi…
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1, 2018 (Xinhua) — A girl takes photos of fireworks during New Year’s celebrations in San Francisco, the United States, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling/IANS) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1, 2018 (Xinhua)…
Mumbai: Artistes perform during a program organised to celebrate New Year at Film Nagar Cultural Club (FNCC) in Mumbai on Dec 31, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai: Artistes perform during a program organised to celebrate New…
Mumbai: Artistes perform during a program organised to celebrate New Year at Film Nagar Cultural Club (FNCC) in Mumbai on Dec 31, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai: Artistes perform during a program organised to celebrate New…
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) A hearing and speech impaired 12-year-old boy from Pakistan, arrested for accidentally straying into Indian territory in May last, is set to reunite with his family in Lahore as the Indian…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) As many as 1,752 cases were registered for drunken driving in the national capital during New Year celebrations, police said on Monday. “This is the total number of offenders caught…
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) The 11 Gorkha Rifles Regimental Centre (11 GRRC) celebrated its 71st Raising Day at the Lucknow Cantonment on Monday, an official spokesman said. The celebration began with the hoisting of the…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Describing the country’s scientific and research institutions as comparable with the best in the world, Union Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Monday said India ranks third in the…
Hyderabad, Jan 1 (IANS) Telangana became the first state in the country to supply free 24-hour electricity to the agriculture sector as the scheme came into effect from Monday. In a New Year gift, the…
Tehran, Jan 1 (IANS) In the biggest challenge to the authority of the Tehran regime since mass protests in 2009, anti-government protests over corruption, rising food and fuel prices as well as unemployment continued for…
Brisbane, Jan 1 (IANS) Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and Johanna Konta of the United Kingdom on Monday advanced to the second round at the Brisbane International tennis tournament. In the first round, Svitolina, seeded No.3,…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The government and the opposition seem headed for a face-off in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday when the bill to criminalise triple talaq is taken up for consideration with non-BJP…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A thick blanket of fog enveloped Delhi and its suburbs on the New Year Day, with visibility dropping to near-zero, delaying trains, disrupting flight operations and slowing down traffic on…
Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth, who made waves on Sunday by plunging into electoral politics, on Monday launched a website and an app inviting people to sign up in his campaign to bring about…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday called for a 12-hour shutdown of all private hospitals in the country on Tuesday to protest the “anti-people and anti-patient” National Medical Commission…
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) Fog and poor visibility continued to wreck havoc on roads and highways of Uttar Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day on Monday leaving three dead and more than a dozen injured…
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) President Donald Trump began the New Year on Monday with a stinging attack on long-standing ally Pakistan, saying it will get no more US aid as it was giving “safe haven…
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) Three prisoners escaped from the high-security Mathura jail in Uttar Pradesh early on Monday, police said. The state government later suspended three jail officials for dereliction in duty, an official said….
Jaipur, Jan 1 (IANS) The first day of the year was run in with violent protests and tension in Bundi, Rajasthan, with a police lathicharge on protesters who wanted to perform pooja at a disputed…
Guwahati/Kohima, Jan 1 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang on Monday called on his Assam counterpart Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati and discussed formulation of a common strategy for improvement of connectivity. The meeting comes in…