New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Former BJP parliamentarian Tarun Vijay on Friday apologised for his controversial remarks concerning South Indian people, which he had made while seeking to deny allegations of racism in India. Vijay…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Delhi Police on Friday were in the dark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to visit the airport to receive Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and he travelled with no…
Bhubaneswar, April 7 (IANS) From the mouth-watering delicacies to the enchanting dance forms and primitive arts and handicrafts kept alive by tribal artisans, people in New Delhi will enjoy the rich tradition and culture of…
Ghaziabad, April 7 (IANS) A young girl trapped a leopard inside her house here and then escaped, shortly after the animal had attacked and wounded two people on the streets. The Forest Department captured the…
Hyderabad, April 7 (IANS) Bodies of four of the five workers from Telangana who died in a fire in Abu Dhabi in October last year have reached their home towns. The mortal remains of Naresh…
Hyderabad, April 7 (IANS) Politicians, when they fly, should keep in mind that they are equal to others on-board and must follow instructions by the airlines operator, said well-known aviation historian P. Anuradha Reddy on…
Nuh (Haryana), April 7 (IANS) Residents of Pehlu Khan’s village in Haryana’s Nuh district are terrified after the 55-year-old dairy farmer was stopped by cow vigilantes in Alwar area of Rajasthan and beaten to death….
London, April 7 (IANS) A Romanian woman who fell into the Thames during last month’s Westminster terror attack has died, police said on Friday. Andreea Cristea is the fifth victim of the attack on March…
By Devanik Saha On April 3, 2017, Arjun Bharadwaj, a 24-year-old management student, committed suicide by jumping out of a 19th-floor hotel room in Mumbai. Media reporting suggested he had been depressed about failure in…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday told Delhi Police to ensure the safety of the people of northeastern states, particularly girls and women. Baijal alerted the officers about hardships…
Shimla, April 6 (IANS) It’s April and large parts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday witnessed cold conditions, with the minimum temperature staying close to the freezing point owing to widespread snowfall and rainfall, weather officials…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Around 72 per cent people feel that schools have increased fees beyond 10 per cent in this new session, according to a survey participated in by 9,000 parents and grandparents….
By Swagata Yadavar For the first 14 years of his life, Javed Shaikhs world was confined to the four walls of his house in Kala Tanki slum in Sewri, South Mumbai. Javed was born with…
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) A new study that looked at appliance ownership in India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA xountries), shows that race (colour) seems to play a distinct role in the latter two in…
Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) Most employees across sectors in India’s major cities are dissatisfied with their salary structure, reveals a survey by Wisdomjobs.com, one of India’s leading end-to-end online recruitment and career solutions portals. The…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) After making a “miraculous” recovery, CRPF’s breavheart commander Chetan Kumar Cheetah, who went into a deep coma two months ago on sustaining nine gunshot wounds in an anti-terror operation in…
Gurugram, April 5 (IANS) Gurugram Police Commissioner Sandeep Khirwar on Wednesday honoured and rewarded two women, who on Monday bravely fought off two armed men trying to rob an SBI money transfer centre. Police on…
By Prachi Salve & SwagataYadavar At the launch of the government’s Accessible India Campaign in December 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested the term “divyaang” — which translates into “divine body” — for persons with…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) At a time the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh is reviewing schemes launched by former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav — with some slated to…
Kohima, April 4 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Tuesday called upon the Konyaks, once known as the fierce Naga tribe, to remove their ‘backward’ tag and move forward with the rest of the…