Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) Thousands of people, especially motorists, faced inconvenience on Thursday morning after security forces sealed a busy portion of a national highway on the Haryana-Punjab border that links Delhi with Amritsar. A…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) The new 175-acre Apple Park will be open to employees from April, while the construction of buildings and parklands is scheduled to continue through the year, the US tech giant…
Canberra, Feb 23 (IANS) Australian men have the longest life expectancy in the world because of the nation’s strong public healthcare system and a lively “outdoor lifestyle”, one of the country’s leading demographers said on…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the centre to frame a policy for rehabilitating patients who have been cured after treatment at mental hospitals across the country. A bench of…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Castigating the Karnataka government agencies over the fire in Bengaluru’s Bellandur Lake, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the officials to list out the steps taken so far…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Authorities on Wednesday raided Delhi’s iconic Kake Da Hotel after an unverified video showed a cook kneading dough with his feet. The restaurant denied the charge. The Delhi government’s Food…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Samsung India’s campaign film “SamsungService” has become the highest-viewed advertising video in the ‘Consumer Electronics and Smartphones’ category worldwide, garnering over 100 million YouTube views. The video has also become…
London, Feb 22 (IANS) A gurdwara in Britain that had put screens to separate disabled worshippers from the rest, has agreed to remove the partition after a legal action was brought against it. The case…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) School and college students in West Bengal will be among key stakeholders in the national project to develop a conservation action plan for the Gangetic River Dolphin to save the national…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, Feb 22 (IANS) A 10-week-old baby bear, orphaned by poachers in Madhya Pradesh, was on Wednesday brought to the Agra bear centre, India’s biggest. Wildlife SOS official Baiju told IANS that…
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) Overkill as well as rising temperatures in the western Indian Ocean is driving down the numbers of the world’s most valuable fish, the tuna, suggests research conducted by an international team…
Colombo, Feb 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved to grant a higher compensation to victims of wild elephant attacks in the island country. Cabinet spokesperson Gayantha Karunathilleke said compensations would be paid for…
By Tajinder Bains Ropar (Punjab), Feb 22 (IANS) With each passing day, women in India are breaking into new fields hitherto seen as exclusive male preserves. And adventure sports is another such male forte. Meet…
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) The Trump administration plans to roll back protection for transgender students, reversing federal guidance that required public schools to allow children to use bathrooms that matched their gender identities. In a…
By Tajinder Bains Ropar (Punjab), Feb 22 (IANS) For the uninitiated, Arunachal Pradesh and rallying/off-roading are words not to be taken in the same breath. But, there are always people out there to break the…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) At least 17 untraceable children are believed to have fallen victims to child trafficking with an international footprint, in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The state police have arrested two women…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Tuesday said that it will deliver medical aid, including insulin, vaccines, serum and hormones, on a priority basis to Manipur. According to the low-cost carrier,…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The West Bengal government will recognise Kurukh and Rajbongshi/Kamtapuri languages, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. “On the occasion of International Mother…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) A 23-year-old jilted lover, described as an “over-smart engineer”, has been arrested from here for allegedly harassing and sending obscene messages to a Delhi University student. The accused, Aman Singh,…
Raipur, Feb 21 (IANS) Super 30 founder and mathematician Anand Kumar on Saturday urged a group of youths in Maoist-affected area of Dantewada to give up arms and take up the pen to script a…