Ranchi, Aug 29 (IANS) A man fought with three bears on Tuesday and managed to save his sister’s life in Gumla district of Jharkhand. According to police, Budhuwa Binjhia, a resident of Pibo village in…
Panaji, Aug 29 (IANS) Seven women, including six minors, who had gone missing on Monday while trekking in the picturesque Chorla area in Western Ghats along the Karnataka-Goa border, were rescued by Karnataka Forest Department…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) In the metro cities of India, men prefer women for their kindness factor rather than their attractive looks quotient, according to a survey. Banihal, a neuroscience-based recommendation engine for finding…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, a number of prominent Muslim organisations and leaders have urged the followers of Islam to avoid offering animal sacrifice on roads, maintain hygiene, exercise restraint and not…
By Saket Suman Thimphu, Aug 29 (IANS) Druk Air flight KB 205 that took off from New Delhi on the afternoon of August 24 was no ordinary flight. At Terminal 3 of New Delhi’s Indira…
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Veteran actress-activist Shabana Azmi believes marriage is not made in heaven in Islam and that it’s a contract. Sharing an article on “Madrassas in Uttar Pradesh to teach ‘correct ways of…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Sticking to her promise made on Independence Day, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that a Pakistani baby who is in a critical condition will be given a…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (IANS) Old age homes for the cash-rich have been around in some Indian cities for quite a while, but the concept has only now arrived in Kerala, a state…
By Himani Kothari Title: Bangalore: A Graphic Novel; Authors: Various; Compiled by: Jai Undurti & Praveen Vempadapu; Publisher: Syenagiri; Pages: 84; Price: Rs 400 If Bengaluru were a person, it could be like a member…
New York, Aug 29 (IANS) More than 180 million people in countries affected by conflict and instability do not have access to safe water, the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) announced on Tuesday. “In countries beset…
San Francisco, Aug 28 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that his wife Priscilla Chan has given birth to their second daughter and posted a photo of his family saying that he and…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) A men’s rights group on Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking to oppose women’s rights groups, which has challenged the exception in law that protects a husband from being…
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) Did you know the British government in pre-Independence India suspected that the students of the 200-year-old Presidency College (now Presidency University) could be “secretly associated with revolutionary activities” and they could…
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) Performing a rare surgery, doctors at a hospital here gave a 35-year-old man his thumb back by grafting his big toe in its place. Rishi Kurne had lost his right thumb…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) From solving puzzles to crossing hurdles, around 500 people in the city had quite an exciting time with their families at a car rally over the weekend. The 16th edition…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Delhi has recorded a total of 945 cases of Dengue and 339 cases of Chikungunya, according to the latest data released by civic agencies on Monday. Out of the 945…
London, Aug 28 (IANS) A lost collection of nearly 150 letters from the British codebreaker Alan Turing has been uncovered in an old filing cabinet at the University of Manchester, the media reported. The correspondence,…
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) An engineering student was stopped from killing himself in West Bengal after his college authorities alerted the CID about his involvement in the dangerous online game, the Blue Whale Challenge. A…
Beijing, Aug 28 (IANS) Beijing will create 15 new parks this year, local authorities said on Monday. After their completion, 77 per cent of citizens will be able to access a park or green place…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the beneficiaries of the Jan Dhan Yojana upon completing three years, calling it a historic initiative for the poor. “Today, the Jan Dhan…