New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Three Delhi Police personnel, who had traced 77 missing or runaway children and reunited them with their families, were awarded by Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik on Tuesday. “The officers who…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) They bite rats, snakes and even stripped naked outside the Prime Minister’s office; however farmers from Tamil Nadu, some even protesting with the skulls of their kin, continue facing apathy,…
Vijayawada, April 11 (IANS) It’s common for children to refuse to go to school. Some skip food while others wander on streets but an 8-year-old boy in Andhra Pradesh created a scare by threatening to…
Panaji, April 11 (IANS) Goa Deputy Speaker and BJP MLA Michael Lobo on Tuesday offered an apology for Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar’s comment against Lamanis, a nomadic tribal community. Lobo, addressing a press conference, said…
Visakhapatnam, April 11 (IANS) As many as 7,000 girl students on Tuesday performed classical dance ‘Kuchpudi’ in this Andhra Pradesh coastal city to set a Guinness World record. The girls from 21 government-run residential schools…
Rome, April 11 (IANS) Pope Francis has opened a free launderette in Rome in the latest of a series of initiatives for poor people that has included help with housing, showers, haircuts, meals and medical…
Hyderabad, April 11 (IANS) The body of a techie who allegedly committed suicide in the US last week was on Tuesday cremated at his home town Bhongir in Telangana. The relatives of Madhukar Reddy Gudur…
London, April 11 (IANS) China remained the world’s top executioner, putting more people to death in 2016 than all other countries combined, an Amnesty International report revealed on Tuesday. At least 1,032 people were executed…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 11 (IANS) Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate, has broken another age barrier and become the youngest UN Messenger of Peace, an honour she shares with Hollywood actors Leonardo…
United Nations, April 11 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday designated 19-year-old Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan as the UN’s youngest Messenger of Peace. In a ceremony held here, Guterres said the designation came for…
Rome, April 10 (IANS/AKI) The Vatican on Monday opened a free launderette in Rome’s central Trastevere district where the city’s homeless can wash, dry and iron their clothes and bedding, the pontifical alms office announced….
Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) A pall of gloom descended on a quiet suburban housing complex where former naval commander Kulbhushan Jadhav – sentenced to death by Pakistan – lived with his parents and other family…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) More than 1,500 children gathered at the Raj Ghat on Monday to urge global leaders to give a reprieve to children from the devastation of wars and conflicts. Leading the…
Shillong, April 10 (IANS) Hundreds of tribal Khasi men and women on Monday celebrated the “Shad Suk Mynsiem” (dance of peaceful hearts) across Meghalaya marking the harvest season and also paying obeisance to God. The…
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) The Beijing government is offering hefty cash rewards of up to 500,000 yuan ($72,460) for information on foreign spies, a media report said on Monday. Residents of the Chinese capital can…
Washington, April 10 (IANS) Former US President Bill Clinton met his predecessor George H. W. Bush in Texas and gifted him pairs of socks, a media report said. Clinton shared an image of the two…
London, April 10 (IANS) The first rail freight service from the UK to China will depart on a 7,500-mile journey from Essex on Monday, the media reported. Thirty containers will carry British goods including whisky,…
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh), April 9 (IANS) A girl, born in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh with a rare medical condition with her heart abnormally located outside the chest, has been shifted to AIIMS in New…
Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar lent his support to the road safety campaign, although impromptuly, by advising two-wheeler riders to wear helmet. Two youngsters on a bike spotted Sachin sitting in his…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Petrapole (West Bengal), April 8 (IANS) As the Khulna-Kolkata trial train chugged in at West Bengal’s Petrapole station, 90-year-old Kumudi Hazra’s eyes turned moist. She nostalgically remembered the early days of her…