New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday handed over to the Tamil Nadu government the reports regarding the five visit made by its specialists to Chennai to…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) Complaining may actually do you some good! Researchers say making complaint-lodging easy may encourage citizens to report incidences of bribery more and help curb the crime, particularly in…
Generva, March 6 (IANS) Each year, environmental pollutants lead to the death of an estimated 1.7 million children under five, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report on Monday. The causes include…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A south Delhi neighbourhood on Sunday began getting round-the-clock potable water through taps in a major project that a minister said will be implemented across the national capital. A first…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, March 5 (IANS) No child can turn around and say “this used to be my playground” of the area around the historic Ridge, once the only promenade for the British colonial…
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Want to check how the clothes would look on you before you decide to buy them, all from the comfort of your home? Then try this unique mobile app. Hyderabad-based startup…
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Popular Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar on Sunday announced he has become a father to twins via surrogacy. He says they are now his world and priority. The daughter has been named…
Kolkata/Siliguri, March 4 (IANS) A father-son duo, owners of a nursing home allegedly used as a “safe house” for trafficking children, have been arrested in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Saturday….
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), March 4 (IANS) Thousands of people from Kolhapur, political leaders, Dalit activists and scholars bade a tearful adieu to top Dalit litterateur Krishna Kirwale here on Saturday. Kirwale was killed over a minor…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) A fresh autopsy was ordered on Saturday on the body of a 33-year-old soldier from Kerala who was reported missing after a sting video on the “abuse” of buddy system in…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) In an unique initiative, six young female achievers with outstanding feats in different fields to their credit, will be conferred the International Womena’s Day honours here on Sunday, an official said….
By Manisha Chachra Ridhima Chopra, 25, once with a NGO in New Delhi is among the growing number of Indian women encouraged to complain — without an end-result — about harassment at work by the…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Odditorium; Author: David Bramwell & Jo Keeling; Publisher: Brewer’s/Hachette India; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 599 Who was the first ‘prominent’ American to publicly support Asian immigrants to the US, the…
Varanasi, March 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered several litres of milk, Ganga jal and flowers at the fabled Kashi Vishwanath temple here and performed aarti at the sanctum sanctorum during a…
Pune (Maharashtra), March 3 (IANS) The Indian Army’s Southern Command on Friday virtually blamed the media for the alleged suicide of a whistle-blower soldier who was found dead at the Deolali Cantonment, Nashik last week….
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Labourers in Delhi will get a 37 per cent hike in minimum wages as Lt. Governor Anil Baijal has approved the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s proposal, Chief Minister Arvind…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) An office-bearer of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) on Friday disowned posters and hoardings which cropped up in the campus a day before showing instances of “communist violence”. “……
Chennai, March 3 (IANS) It is painful to note atrocities against women in a country like India that equates women with God, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Friday. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Observing that ‘jihadi terrorism cannot be tackled through military action alone, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday urged the United Nations to evolve policies to ensure demographic balance through…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Former Bristol mayor and well-known architect George Ferguson slammed the Trump Tower coming up in Mumbai observing that the city needs to look at its own history and architects. At the…