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….
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is fixated on his employees attire and grooming habits — preferring that women “dress like women”, along with considerable scrutiny of mens ties, a media report…
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Theyre here, there and everywhere and could well be dubbed a tribe even the gods have forgotten. They are the legions of Delhi’s homeless, living in abject…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) At least three trains were cancelled, 32 trains delayed and five were rescheduled on Friday due to fog in many parts of north India, a railway official said. According to…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) We can master our life simply by listening to our heart again and again, says the practitioner of “Heartfulness Meditation” Kamlesh D. Patel, affectionately known as Daaji. “And the whole…
Vatican City, Feb 2 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Thursday called for cities to open their arms to the needy in society – the poor, the marginalised and refugees. “We live in cities that throw up…
By Vishal Narayan & Rohit Shrivastav New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The government’s claim of “highest-ever” budget allocation for MGNREGA — the rural scheme promising minimum 100 days’ employment every year — has failed to…
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) In a shocking development, a Maharashtra government approved textbook for class 12 suggests that ugly or handicapped girls are the reason for the social evil of dowry in the country. The…
By Kushagra Dixit and Ashish Mishra New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) While wetlands are naturally programmed to help with disaster control, and are also a source of water, food, and even medicinal plants, they are…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Spiritual leader and Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Thursday urged people to focus on proper toilets and sanitation to make society disease-free. “People need to focus…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Union Environment Ministry will start a radio outreach and awareness generation campaign to sensitise the people about conservation of wetlands to mark the ‘World Wetlands Day-2017’, an official statement…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 2 (IANS) The proposed high-speed rail project in Kerala, which will pass through 11 districts, has the approval of 86 per cent people, according to a survey. The result of the survey was…
Tokyo, Feb 2 (IANS) Electronics giant Panasonic has urged its employees to leave office by 8 p.m., during a time when Japan is reviewing its long working hours following the 2015 suicide by a young…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh was “amazed” to hear a question in the Rajya Sabha relating to water seepage in an MP’s official residence on Thursday. The former union minister, after…
Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) Protesters blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir after a woman died in the local hospital allegedly due to negligence of the medical staff. Police…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said that it has cancelled the voluntary retirement plea of constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, who had uploaded a video in social media over…
Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) A mentally challenged youth allegedly killed his parents on Thursday and injured three other persons in the hilly Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. Firdous Ahmed, 25, stabbed his father and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 2 (IANS) Following the recent directive of the Supreme Court that there should be no liquor outlets on national and state highways, the new locations decided for these shops in the state has…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on behalf of the Church of England for not reporting a child abuser to the police in the 1970s, a…