Jaipur, Nov 16 (IANS) Opposition to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” continued to grow with a Karni Sena leader on Thursday threatening actress Deepika Padukone with physical harm over her “provocative statements”, while a Brahmin group…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Over three years into office, Prime Minister Narendra Modis popularity is still at par with what it was in 2015, and 70 per cent Indians are “satisfied” with the way…
New York, Nov 16 (IANS) Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” has become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at an auction, going for $450.3 million at Christie’s in New York. Dating back to around…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Residents of the Delhi NCR region want schools to be shut between November 1 and 20 to protect their children from pollution, a survey participated in by 13,000 respondents has…
Los Angeles, Nov 16 (IANS) Three more people were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease after they visited Anaheim, home to the Disneyland Resort in California, bringing the total number of infected to 15, according to health…
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh), Nov 16 (IANS) Inspired by the central government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a tribal woman in this Madhya Pradesh district mortgaged her jewellery to build a toilet in her house. Annapurna Bai lives…
New York, Nov 16 (IANS) Christie’s auction house has sold a painting, believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci, for $450.3 million. The work — entitled “Salvator Mundi”, sold on Wednesday, was painted…
Jamshedpur, Nov 16 (IANS) Tata Steel kickstarted the fourth edition of its five-day tribal festival here on Wednesday, with 103 tribes from across the country and many from overseas slated to showcase their indigenous culture….
Panaji, Nov 15 (IANS) Thousands of sardines mysteriously popped out of Mandovi river near Panaji and up a ferry ramp on Wednesday, video footage of which went viral on the social media. Hours later, the…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) India is fully committed to working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7 to eliminate child labour, Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi said on Thursday….
Ranchi, Nov 15 (IANS) Tata Steel kickstarted the fourth edition of its five-day tribal festival here on Wednesday, with 103 tribes from across the country and many from overseas slated to showcase their indigenous culture….
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday inaugurated the “Hunar Haat”, organised by the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA), at the India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday blamed the Centre for blocking projects as an RTI query revealed that the Kejriwal government did not spend even a paisa out of…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Still suffering “very poor” air quality, the national capital on Wednesday saw improvement, with environment authorities considering revoking the “severe-plus” category restrictions imposed over the past week. The air quality…
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Nov 15 (IANS) Setting aside politics briefly, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Wednesday played a Good Samaritan by helping accident victims in a remote area here, party officials said. The NCP…
Washington, Nov 15 (IANS) A US consumer safety group has released its annual list of worst toys ahead of the holiday season. Fidget spinners, a Wonder Woman sword and a remote-controlled Spider-Man drone were among…
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Ending a bitter fight with neighbouring Odisha, West Bengal on Tuesday won the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the iconic ‘rosogolla’, signifying that the spongy, syrupy sweet originated in its territory….
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Former Supreme Court judge Gyan Sudha Misra on Tuesday said there is a need to enact special safety law for children in the country. She said this at a programme…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition in India was 12 times higher per person than in China in 2016 even as the life expectancy at birth in the…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Furniture, handloom, bakery and confectionery items made by Tihar jail inmates will be available for the first time at the Hunar Haat being organised by the Minority Affairs Ministry at…