Category: Human Interest

Delhi Fire Service ready for Diwali emergency

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has cancelled Diwali leave of all its employees and is…

9 years ago

Road connectivity puts Nepal region back on map

Kathmandu, Oct 30 (IANS) Road connectivity has put Jumla, an under-developed region in Nepal, back on the map. Some 850…

9 years ago

Trinidad celebrates Diwali

By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, Oct 30 (IANS) Trinidad was lit up on Saturday night as the Hindu community celebrated Diwali,…

9 years ago

First-ever fitness club for women opens in Kabul

Kabul, Oct 30 (IANS) The first-ever fitness club for women has opened in Kabul with the objective of promoting health…

9 years ago

Chhath gives great message to society: Modi

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted the importance of Chhath festival, saying it is…

9 years ago

Modi happy over progress on Open Defecation Free India

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed happiness over the progress being made in all…

9 years ago

Tibet’s Potala Palace gets annual whitewash

Lhasa, Oct 29 (IANS) The 1,300-year-old Potala Palace here is having its yearly facelift as workers and local volunteers whitewash…

9 years ago

Free cancer screening for Kerala police officers, families

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29 (IANS) Various social and medical professionals will join hands to conduct a free cancer screening camp for…

9 years ago

India cricketers wear mothers’ names on their jerseys

Visakhapatnam, Oct 29 (IANS) India cricketers wore jerseys bearing their mother's names instead of their own in the fifth and…

9 years ago

Diwali celebrated in Tamil Nadu with traditional fervour

Chennai, Oct 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu woke up early on Saturday to celebrate Diwali with children bursting crackers and adults…

9 years ago

Kedarnath post-office washed away in 2013 functional again

Dehradun, Oct 29 (IANS) The post office at Kedarnath shrine which was washed away in the 2013 flash floods, has…

9 years ago

Sex determination test gang busted in Haryana

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) The Haryana Police have busted a gang which used to lure women from the state for…

9 years ago

Modi’s Sandesh2Soldiers drive draws over 10 lakh messages

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Over 10 lakh messages have come in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "#Sandesh2Soldiers" appeal,…

9 years ago

92 per cent support ‘No crackers post 10 p.m.’

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) With India's biggest festival Diwali approaching, a majority of citizens surveyed supported a ban on…

9 years ago

Himachal declared free of open defecation

Shimla, Oct 28 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday declared the state free of open defecation under…

9 years ago

Nutritional meals for abandoned, orphaned children

Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Nutrition company Herbalife will extend its nutrition support to around 100 children at SOS Children's Village…

9 years ago

Goa’s only woman Chief Minister Shashikala Kakodkar passes away

Panaji, Oct 28 (IANS) Goa's second Chief Minister and the only woman to hold that post so far, Shashikala Kakodkar,…

9 years ago

Mamata’s foodfest triggers political slugfest

By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) It was meant to appeal to the citizens' taste buds with a…

9 years ago

Prime Minister greets nation on Dhanteras

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of Dhanteras --…

9 years ago

Life expectancy in Australia hits new high: Report

Canberra, Oct 28 (IANS) Life expectancy in Australia has hit a new high, with babies born in 2015 expected to…

9 years ago



This website uses cookies.

%%footer%%