Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) A unique crowd funding initiative enabled a 22-year-old footballer from the Ivory Coast to return home. Yinkita Kone was stranded for three years in India, unable to buy a ticket to…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Delhi Metro has launched a ‘Daan Utsav’ to encourage people to donate books and stationary to help needy children, it was announced on Wednesday. The week-long will end on October…
By Mamta Aggarwal New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Photographers, amateur or professional, usually like to capture beauty — snow covered mountains, breathtaking flora and fauna, beautiful landscapes and the like, but her camera lens follows…
By Aditya Baruah Guwahati, Oct 4 (IANS) An Assam based artist has become a striking symbol of India’s traditional religious harmony in challenging times, proving yet again that art and culture transcend man-made social divisions…
Panchkula (Haryana), Oct 4 (IANS) A day after her arrest, jailed Dera sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s close aide Honeypreet Insan was on Tuesday produced in a court in Panchkula town in Haryana, adjoining…
Ranchi, Oct 4 (IANS) Jharkhand police have sent a proposal to the Raghubar Das-led state government to give 25 per cent of the compensation money to the deceased personnel’s parents, an official said on Wednesday….
Lucknow, Oct 4 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has been ranked first in the “Swacchta Hi Sewa” campaign of the central government, an official said on Wednesday. The feat was achieved by the state by constructing 3,52,950…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Online harassment is on the rise in India, with eight out of 10 surveyed reporting to have encountered some form of online harassment, cyberbullying and cyberstalking, global cyber security firm…
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IANS) Highlighting communal harmony, railing against terrorism and bringing diverse themes like the intricacies of human mind and the spirit of freedom to the fore, 68 community Durga puja organisers paraded their…
Las Vegas, Oct 3 (IANS) Musician Bryan Hopkins hid in a large ice chest with dozens others while the deadliest mass shooting in US history unfolded in Las Vegas claiming 59 lives and injuring over…
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IANS) The Bengali Service division of Voice of America (VOA), the international radio broadcasting service of the USA, which has seen a dip in its number of listeners in West Bengal, on…
Chandigarh, Oct 3 (IANS) Fugitive Honeypreet Insan, a close aide and “adopted daughter” of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was arrested on Tuesday along with another woman. She will be…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Honeypreet Insan, the “adopted daughter” of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, on Tuesday rejected allegations of physical relations with him and asked people not to…
Srinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) A youth was on Tuesday beaten up mercilessly in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on the suspicion that he was the braid chopper who had terrorised south Kashmir in the past…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) The ISKCON’s Annamrita Foundation launched a weeklong ‘Daan Utsav’ from Gandhi Jayanti to serve free meals to thousands of underprivileged children in Mumbai and other parts of India, a top official…
Kolar (Karnataka), Oct 2 (IANS) In a tribute to the father of the nation on his 148th birth anniverary, Kolar Deputy Commissioner K.V. Thrilok Chandra again became a doctor and treated about 100 patients on…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday said despite both being metropolitan cities, the Metro train fare in Kolkata is cheaper in comparison to Delhi. Addressing media persons here, AAP…
Imphal, Oct 2 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday night inaugurated a night plaza, known as Imphal Evening, in the heart of Imphal city that he said will give people a chance…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Swachh Bharat campaign launched by him three years ago has today become a “mass movement”. “Today, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India…
Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) West Bengal’s biggest festival Durga Puja may have ended but the celebratory mood is still on as the city gears up for the second edition of the immersion carnival to be…