New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An overwhelming majority of Indians surveyed feel that civic bodies across the country have been ineffective in reducing the use of polythene bags in the first two years of the…
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Millions of peak-hour commuters were left stranded for around an hour when a power glitch paralysed the suburban train services of the Western Railway here on Monday. The commuters were left…
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) Crumbling and at the end of its tether in the digital age, one of the world’s longest-running photographic studio ‘Bourne and Shepherd’ silently downed its shutters here after 176 years of…
Bengaluru, June 20 (IANS) Age is no bar for senior citizens to marry for the first time or re-marry to have company for the rest of their life, especially in old age, as evident from…
Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) A study conducted by Assocham has found that the number of Yoga practitioners has gone up by 30 per cent in the course of the past one year. The findings released…
Chandigarh, June 20 (IANS) The Capitol Complex, one of the acclaimed creations of French architect Le Corbusier, here has been spruced up for global attention as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead thousands of participants…
Kurnool, June 20 (IANS) A top police officer in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district has come out with an album to encourage people to practise yoga. Ake Ravi Krishna, the Superintendent of Police of Kunrool, released…
By Rachel V Thomas Title: Yoga and Diet for Ailments; Author: Bijoylaxmi Hota; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 296; Price: Rs. 295 If yoga has broken all barriers — transcendental as well as geographical — in recent…
London, June 20 (IANS) Three 12-year-old girls were rushed to hospital on Sunday in Manchester after they took ecstasy pills. They are thought to be among the youngest ever to be made dangerously ill by…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Online search engine giant Google on Sunday came up with a cute doodle to celebrate this Father’s Day. The illustration shows a tiny pair of shoe placed next to larger…
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar As we look forward to celebrating the 2nd International Yoga Day, we must understand yoga in totality. Yoga is one of the greatest wealths of humankind. We think yoga is…
Rio De Janeiro, June 19 (IANS) Three years after becoming the world’s oldest skydiver, Aida Gemanque became the oldest Olympic torch bearer on Saturday when she carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa,…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Hundreds of people practised Yoga here on Saturday to mark the International Yoga Day which will be observed on June 21. Chinese yoga practitioners enthusiastically participated in separate…
By Shahnaz Husain Regular yoga practice can help you in achieving true inner and external beauty like flawless skin, shiny hair and a slim figure. Yoga can rejuvenate your skin and make you look gorgeous…
Mumbai: Actress Richa Chadha pay homage during the 3rd death anniversary of Sarabjit Singh in Mumbai on May 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Actress Richa Chadha has joined hands with actor Kunal…
By Akanki Sharma New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) In today’s digital era where technology has almost swamped art in all its forms, has Urdu literature once famous for poetry — especially the verse forms of…
Rome, June 17 (IANS/AKI) A black Triumph TR3 two-seater driven by actor Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini’s iconic 1960 film “La Dolce Vita” has been restored to its original condition by an Italian politician who…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission has called for a report from the Odisha government over the death of woman and her son due to lack of medical facilities at a…
Ahmedabad, June 17 (IANS) Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has courted controversy after pictures of him posing in front of Asiatic Lions in the Gir National Sanctuary went viral on social media. The Gujarat Forest Department has…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) India’s 91 major reservoirs are only 15 percent full against their total storage capacity of 157.799 billion cubic metres (BCM), the Ministry of Water Resources said on Friday, with the…