Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) India and the world cannot meet their cleanliness goals unless four Indian states — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha — become free of open defecation, Delhi-based Centre for Science and…
London, Aug 31 (IANS) Britain on Thursday observed Princess Diana’s 20th death anniversary. Dubbed the “people’s princess” by then Prime Minister Tony Blair, Diana died after a car crash in Paris with her boyfriend Dodi…
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the state’s 16 municipal corporations to establish “gaushalas” or cow sheds to ensure the safety and protection of the bovines. At a late…
San Francisco, Aug 31 (IANS) Twitter has banned a Japanese man after he posted a photo of a mosquito he killed on the micro-blogging platform. It started on August 20 when the user @nemuismywife was…
Paris, Aug 31 (IANS) The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has announced the winners of the 2017 International Literacy Prizes, which honours excellence and innovation in the field of global literacy. The awards…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) As Mumbai struggled to return to normalcy after Tuesday’s deluge which claimed at least five lives, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday praised his party-ruled BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC) for…
New Delhi/Ranchi, Aug 30 (IANS) Alleging criminal negligence leading to the death of around 300 children in two premier government hospitals in Jharkhand, the Congress on Wednesday demanded resignation of Chief Minister Raghubar Das and…
Guwahati, Aug 30 (IANS) With the online killer game Blue Whale spreading its tentacles fast, Assam Police on Wednesday issued an advisory to parents and elders of families to monitor and regulate the online surfing…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) India and Canada will jointly issue two sets of commemorative postage steps on the theme of Diwali, the government announced on Wednesday. The stamps will be released on September 21…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Melody queen Lata Mangeskar has lauded the efforts by locals and religious places in Mumbai to help people seeking shelters after the city was flooded due to heavy rains. On Tuesday,…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) In another display of Mumbai’s indomitable spirit, the maximum city opened its heart and hearth for millions left high and dry following Tuesday’s deluge — the heaviest rainfall…
Panaji, Aug 30 (IANS) A Goa police station’s decision to curtail Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at its premises to five days, instead of seven or 11 days as has been the custom for decades, has won…
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) Actress Sandra Bullock is pitching in to help victims of Hurricane Harvey by donating $1 million to the Red Cross relief effort. The relief organisation confirmed the news, reports people.com….
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Actor Govind Namdev, who has been a part of the Indian entertainment industry for over two decades, has gifted food, umbrellas and raincoats to beggars on the Mumbai streets after the…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Union minister Smriti Irani and Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday awarded 12 women from different parts of the country to recognise the transformational impact of their work…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A team of doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performing a complicated surgery to separate a pair of conjoined twins from Odisha has completed 30 per cent…
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Veteran actor Dilip Kumar has expressed his concern and offered prayers for the people of Maharashtra as some cities of the state are under the spell of torrential rains which have…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A team of doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performing a complicated surgery to separate a pair of conjoined twins from Odisha has completed 30 per cent…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Leaders of women farmers from different parts of the country have gathered here for an interface with various government agencies to demand they be legitimately recognised as farmers and that…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The central government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that criminalizing marital rape may destabilize the institution of marriage apart from being an easy tool for harassing husbands. In…