New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The government will not make any law or issue any order to hotels or restaurants to regulate food portions served to the customers, a union minister said on Friday. “We…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) Kerala on Friday saw a contrast as Hindus celebrated Vishu while Christians commemorate Good Friday. Vishu is the traditional New Year’s Day believed to signal the arrival of…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A scholar set off from her native Milan to research on Delhi’s pre and post-Independence architecture and planning (1912-1962) for her doctoral thesis. The upshot? Arugably the…
Seoul, April 14 (IANS) South Korea is set to open a museum in its capital, aimed at raising awareness about the violation of human rights in North Korea, the Ministry of Unification said on Friday….
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday extended their greetings to the nation on the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. “Babasaheb…
Guwahati, April 14 (IANS) Assam on Friday ushered in celebrations for Rongali Bihu, the state’s most colourful festival. Rongali or the Bohag (spring) Bihu starts on the last day of the Assamese calendar month of…
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu welcomed “Heyvilambi”- the Tamil New Year – on Friday with traditional fervour with people visiting temples and wearing new clothes. “Puthandu Vazthukkal” (New Year greetings) is how friends and…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Around 1,500 Indian Sikhs with over 500 from European countries and more than 2,000 Pakistani Hindus and Sikhs are participating in the Baisakhi celebrations that began in Punjab province, the media…
Vienna, April 14 (IANS) The number of Muslims living in Austria has increased rapidly to almost 700,000 people, or 8 per cent of the total population, figures from the Interior Ministry revealed. The last time…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) Over 200 children along with other demonstrators staged a protest outside the White House against US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, the media reported. According to the organisers, the group included…
C0hicago, April 14 (IANS) The passenger who was violently dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight on Sunday night will file a lawsuit against the company, his lawyer Thomas Demetrio said at a press conference…
Vatican City, April 14 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Thursday urged the world to “stop the lords of war” who sinfully stoke deadly conflicts for their own financial gain — at “immense” human cost. “The world…
The Hague, April 14 (IANS) A preliminary assessment showed that the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria “was a credible allegation”, said the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Thursday….
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that modern India can progress only if women are empowered, and that whenever given a chance, women have outperformed men. He said his…
Ghaziabad, April 13 (IANS) The parents of students studying in private schools here strongly protested at the district headquarters against the sudden fee hike and submitted a memorandum to the District Magistrate (DM). Leading the…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said the right to access information, knowledge and wisdom on internet cannot be curtailed unless it violates the statutory provisions prohibiting propagation and advertisement of…
By Kushagra Dixit Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 13 (IANS) Salim Siddiqui, 65, who fixes motorcycles in a Hindu majority area here, the headquarters of the state’s largest district of Lakhimpur-Kheri, feels the town lost its…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) It’s been a bumpy ride for a 65-year-old yellow cab driver, Gazi Jalaluddin. A good student who was forced to give up formal education due to poverty, he…
Shimla, April 13 (IANS) Over 130 cyclists from 20 cities will carry out a heritage ride in the Himachal Pradesh capital on Friday to raise environment awareness and encourage cycling, event organisers said on Thursday….
Moscow, April 13 (IANS) Russia and the US on Wednesday agreed to keep on fighting international terrorism and continue discussions on Syrian conflict settlement, despite turbulent bilateral relations and a string of pending disputes between…