Hyderabad, Jan 6 (IANS) The government of Telangana will pay a monthly pension of Rs.1,000 each to single women in the state, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced in the state assembly on Friday. Rao…
London, Jan 6 (IANS) An Indian-origin man in Britain has fitted his guide dog with a camera to highlight the discrimination he faces while travelling around London. Amit Patel, 37, is constantly pushed out of…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Knives inside Metro coaches is an old decision and has nothing to do with Bengaluru mass-molestation incident, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) clarified on Friday, after misconstrued news reports…
Melbourne, Jan 6 (IANS) Australia has told its citizens visiting India to use electronic payments where possible as some travellers were facing difficulties exchanging Australian dollars post demonetisation. In an advisory on Thursday, the Department…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women on Friday issued notice to the Delhi Police and the Safdarjung Hospital here over a missing twin soon after birth, and sought their response within…
London, Jan 6 (IANS) Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is set to close six of his Italian restaurants after tough trading and the “pressures and unknowns” following the Brexit vote. Oliver intends to close “Jamie’s Italian”…
Canberra, Jan 6 (IANS) Twenty-one government employees have won a lottery jackpot worth $40.3 in Australia. The Queensland workers will each get about $1 million from the winning ticket, the BBC quoted lottery owner Tatts…
Tokyo, Jan 6 (IANS) English road signs are set to debut this year in Japan to make navigation easier for foreigners. The National Police Agency said some of the new signs introduced from July 2017…
By Devanik Saha The New Year’s eve sexual attacks against female revellers in Bengaluru may have generated nationwide outrage, but most such cases end up with no punishment: No more than one in 100 cases…
London, Jan 6 (IANS) It’s lonely life for the elderly in Britain. Half a million people in the isles over the age of 60 usually spend each day alone, with no interaction with others, a…
Tokyo, Jan 6 (IANS) A nematode pest from pinewood is threatening to infest a forest on the Japanese island of Yakushima, a world heritage site and home to an endangered pine species. The pest has…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) She has walked the fashion ramp in New York, but ain’t no model. Reshma Qureshi, an acid attack survivor, feels India is becoming “more focused on looks”…
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), Jan 5 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is making news again, though for the wrong reason this time: a photograph of one of his security personnel carrying his shoes…
Gandhinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) A day ahead of a joint procession by Patels, Dalits and OBCs to highlight the issue of unemployment in the state, Gujarat Chief Secretary J.N. Singh on Thursday said that the…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The inner and middle circles of the Connaught Place in central Delhi will be made traffic free for three months from February, officials said on Thursday. The decision was taken…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) DCW chief Swati Maliwal came across gross violation of human rights during a surprise visit to a government-run ‘beggar home’ here and found over 15 foreign nationals, including a pregnant…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The meeting with JNU Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar on Wednesday, held after a long time, has failed to resolve the issues between the authorities and the students community, JNU…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday inaugurated a 35-room dharamshala here for providing temporary shelter to the families of patients undergoing treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML). According to…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, one of the largest in the world, kicked off its 33rd edition on Thursday with hundreds of sculptures, installations and leisure activities and a swimming…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) Two Chinese companies have signed a contract to construct skyscrapers in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, whose height will exceed the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, currently the tallest twin…