New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Newly formed political party Swaraj India on Saturday announced its “three-tier” candidate selection process for the upcoming municipal corporation polls in Delhi. The party said that prior membership is not…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Religious leaders in India, especially the Muslims, have a major role in promoting religious harmony, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Saturday. “The Indian religious leaders, especially the…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A five-year-old Pakistani boy was reunited with his mother on Saturday at the Wagah-Attari border crossing, with some help from Indian authorities. The boy, Iftikhar Ahmed, had been taken “forcibly”…
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) A five-year-old boy and his mother are set to reunite on Saturday at the Wagha border crossing. The boy was taken to India by his father a year ago. Pakistan High…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra Feb 4 (IANS) As campaigning for the first phase of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh assembly elections gains momentum, many old-timers and other locals in the City of the Taj rue the…
By Nirmal Anshu Ranjan Nashik (Maharashtra), Feb 4 (IANS) As winter goes on the wane to make way for spring – a ‘tipsy’ gourmet music festival here has 12,000 Indian and international visitors flocking to…
Satara (Maharashtra), Feb 4 (IANS) No ‘ghodi’ (mare), cars, ‘saat pheras’ or a cacophonic wedding procession for a fitness crazy couple from a Maharashtra village who got married here. Instead, they ran a whopping 25…
Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) A 78-year-old woman died after suffering a cardiac arrest outside a polling booth in Panaji, officials said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters, District Magistrate Nila Mohanan said that the deceased, Leslie…
Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) Several first time female voters who cast their ballot in 40 selected polling booths in Goa, came away with more than just an indelible ink stain on their fingers. Pink teddy…
New York, Feb 4 (IANS) A week after US President Donald Trump imposed a temporary travel ban for residents of seven Muslim-majority countries, dozens of lawyers remained at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The United Naga Council (UNC) on Friday said the central and Manipur governments have taken cognizance of their demands, urging them to withdraw the ongoing economic blockade in the state….
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan will have two new varieties of roses named after President Pranab Mukherjee and his late wife Suvra Mukherjee. After the president inaugurates the “Udyanotsav”…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The ‘One Billion Rising’ campaign that started five years ago as a mass revolution to end rape and sexual violence against women, is back in the national capital. To give…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday approved a loan of Rs 200 crore to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for payment of salaries of its employees till March. A government…
Agra, Feb 3 (IANS) NGOs in Agra are urging people to vote in large numbers in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, with a grouping of doctors promising even gifts to voters. Indian Medical Association members…
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Indian tourists ranked eighth among all international arrivals to South Africa with longer stay and average expenditure spent in 2016, a top official said here on Friday. Notching a 27 per…
Beijing, Feb 3 (IANS) China registered a record 6.15 million foreign trips during the Lunar New Year holiday, according to official data released on Friday. This amounts to a seven per cent rise compared to…
Beijing, Feb 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s granddaughter has become a star on Chinese social media following a Twitter video that shows her singing a New Year song in Mandarin, the media reported on…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Of Bengals 60.3 million population at the time, estimates are that between 1.5 and 4 million people died of starvation, malnutrition and disease during the famine of…
Lahore, Feb 3 (IANS) A 14-year-old Pakistani boy has become a sensation on social media due to his bizzare talent for squeezing his eyeballs out beyond the eye sockets, a media report said on Friday….