Baghdad, Dec 25 (IANS) In an ancient Iraqi Christian town recently liberated from the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Christmas was celebrated for the first time in over two years on Saturday, a media report…
Vatican City, Dec 25 (IANS) Pope Francis celebrated a late Saturday night Christmas Mass at the Vatican amid heavy security, a media report said on Sunday. The Mass celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is…
Istanbul, Dec 25 (IANS) Turkish Interior Ministry said on Saturday that authorities arrested and remanded more than 1,600 people in the last six months for comments made on social media networks, the . According to…
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for public private partnership to overcome deficiencies in healthcare infrastructure in the country. Expressing concern over the deficiencies in the healthcare infrastructure, he said the only…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Fruitless Christmas cakes anyone? Try the spicy Armenian variety, a savoury reminder of the community that has made the city home since the 17th century. Third generation Armenian Brunnel Arathoon has…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced Rs 3 lakh ex gratia and a pucca house for each of the families of the deceased children who died due to Japanese…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Indian Navy’s sail boat Mhadei with an all-woman crew reached Cape Town on Friday, after a grueling voyage which started from Goa in early November 2016, the navy said. The…
New York, Dec 23 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a dinosaur species that shed its “milk teeth” but did not replace them, a finding that not only changes its anatomy but also explains why birds have…
Singapore, Dec 23 (IANS) A four-day festival to mark the 350th birthday of Guru Gobind Singh opened here on Friday. Thousands of Sikhs from around the region were expected to attend the “Naam Ras Kirtan…
Tokyo, Dec 23 (IANS) Thousands of people on Friday visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to celebrate the 83rd birthday of Japan’s Emperor Akihito. About 4,700 people were waiting at the main gate before it…
Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS) Russian international news agency Rossiya Segodnya opened entries for a photo contest on Friday to mark the birthday of its late special photo correspondent Andrei Stenin. Stenin was a Russian photojournalist…
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 23 (IANS) Maintaining fuel supplies to trouble-torn Manipur has led to a shortage of petrol, diesel and cooking gas supply to two other states – Tripura and Mizoram, officials said on Friday. Officials…
By Aditya Baruah Guwahati, Dec 23 (IANS) With the mercury dipping, people in Assam, particularly in the rural areas, are switching to celebration mode with the Na Khowa festival, an age-old ritual of community feasts…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Despite a complete halt to bilateral talks between India and Pakistan, 439 Indian fishermen languishing in Pakistani jails will return home in two batches, a pressure group said on Friday. The…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday met with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung who resigned from his post on Thursday, officials said. Sisodia’s meeting followed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal…
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) People in two tiny villages in Siddipet district woke up to a new beginning on Friday as they stepped into newly constructed two-bed room houses built by Telangana government under its…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Forty-two trains were delayed and four others cancelled on Friday due to fog in most parts of north India, a railway official said. According to the Northern Railway official, the…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Ensuring good water system and proper sewage treatment for every city can lessen conflicts, according to Indus Valley Civilisation expert Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, who says the strategy is an important lesson…
Shillong, Dec 22 (IANS) AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik on Thursday inaugurated the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy (NEIAH) here to provide health care to the people of northeastern states. With its inauguration,…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Taking a step towards making India cleaner, Minister of Urban Development (MoUD) M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday launched a Google Map toilet locator to help people find access to clean…