New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Delhi government will launch from Wednesday a year-long awareness campaign against drug use, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said here on Tuesday. The campaign, to start from the…
Shimla, Sep 19 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday laid the foundation stone to begin the restoration work of the British-era Bantony Estate, a grand private castle decaying for many decades here,…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The WHO has released its first tranche of emergency funding of $175,000 to provide lifesaving healthcare to the “vulnerable population” in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, a statement said on Tuesday. Though…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (IANS) Tata Steel has in association with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched an initiative to create awareness about environment issues in school campuses in Odisha’s Jajpur district, an official said…
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) Invoking goddess Durga on earth, West Bengal on Tuesday observed Mahalaya with devotional songs, scriptural recitations and prayers as greetings on social media enlivened a rainy day. Celebrated a week before…
Geneva, Sep 19 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments worldwide to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with “bolder political actions” to save millions of people from premature deaths. “Bolder political action is needed to…
Lucknow, Sep 18 (IANS) A girl student of Class IX, studying in a private school in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, died on Monday after falling off the third storey of the building on Monday,…
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) In a culinary tribute to the seasoned Kumartuli potters, a private hotel here has unveiled a six-feet idol of goddess Durga carved out of nearly 600 kg of chocolate. “The idol…
By Garima Tyagi Kuala Lumpur, Sep 18 (IANS) As thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee persecution in their country, an international peoples tribunal on alleged atrocities and state crimes against the Rohingya, Kachins and other ethnic…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the government’s stand to deport Rohingya refugees was in the nation’s interest. “It is a sensitive matter. Whatever government…
By Imran Khan Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) In a unique initiative, Gender Alliance Bihar, a collective effort of over 270 civil society organisations backed by the UN Population Fund, has come up with a mobile…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) The Retreat ceremony at Attari-Wagah and Hussainiwala on the India-Pakistan border in recent days has seen a unique pledge being taken by thousands of visitors who flock to…
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) China on Monday issued a commemorative stamp in honour of the world’s largest radio telescope located in Guizhou province. The State Post Bureau (SPB) has issued a set of five stamps,…
Patna, Sep 17 (IANS) Four teenaged girl students of Bihar were Sunday honoured for their courage in resisting the family’s pressure to marry before turning 18. School students Gudiya Kumari, Puja Kumari, Sonam Kumari and…
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) Innumerable kites of varying shapes and sizes and colours floated in the blue skies while workers prayed for safe working conditions as Vishwakarma puja was celebrated across West Bengal on Sunday….
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Providing an option for water-free shampoo, Indian organic beauty care company Shahnaz Husain Group has launched a starch-based cleaning product. The dry shampoo cleans without the use of water by…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Sep 17 (IANS) For the hardy goatherds of Jammu and Kashmir, called “Bakarwals”, it is time to say goodbye to the mountain pastures of the Valley as autumn sets in. Each…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) Let your Durga Puja travelogue be a medley of cinema, sensitisation and emotion this year. Walk through the palace of Mahishmati, the ancient kingdom portrayed in “Bahubali 2”;…
Berlin, Sep 17 (IANS) The Munich Oktoberfest, the world’s biggest beer festival, has begun amid heightened security measures. The beer began to flow from the first barrel after its tap was struck twice with a…
Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) The Metropolitan Police Department for the midwestern US city of St. Louis said nine of its officers were injured during protests over the acquittal of a white police officer in the…