New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday said that dspite huge investments, the Swacch Bharat Mission is failing to achieve the desired results due to lack of credible…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Be it Bengal or Maharashtra, the enthusiasm of the Bengali community is alike when it comes to celebrating the Durga Puja. And, it’s no different even this time round. The community…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Noting the palpable change in the Indian eco-system in developing a more congenial ethos for start-ups, Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, however, lamented that a very small number…
Warsaw, Oct 6 (IANS) The proposal to ban abortions in Poland appears to have collapsed after the Polish Parliament on Thursday rejected a bill that would have almost completely prohibited abortion in the country. The…
Patna, Oct 6 (IANS) Breaking with tradition, a man married a widow in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, whom they termed a ‘witness’ like God, in Bihar’s Ara town, an official said on…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday inaugurated the first edition of World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) here being organised by TERI with emphasis on the need to limit the rise of…
By Aparna Kalra It has been nearly four decades since the birth of India’s first test-tube baby. In this time, assisted reproductive technology (ART) has grown into an industry worth hundreds of crores. But instead…
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) Inaugurated by visually impaired children on Wednesday, a Durga Puja marquee (pandal) in north Kolkata has been themed to pay homage to the martyred soldiers in the deadly Uri terrorist attack….
Kochi, Oct 5 (IANS) Cricket great Sachin Tendulkar arrived here on Wednesday to an enthusiastic welcome from a huge crowd of adoring fans ahead of his football team ‘Kerala Blasters’ home game against Atletico de…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) At several suburban Navratri venues in Mumbai, revellers suddenly stop in their tracks to view and admire a young man and a woman as they join the ongoing…
By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Oct 5 (IANS) Chandramati Oraon is unmarried and doesn’t intend to ever tie the knot, but that hasn’t deterred her from playing mother to 22 orphans who don’t know their biological…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the European Union in the field of water resources. The decision…
Lucknow, Oct 4 (IANS) In a first by any Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will be celebrating the festival of Dussehra in Lucknow, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and city Mayor Dinesh Sharma said on…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma on his birth anniversary. “Remembering Shyamji Krishna Varma on his birth anniversary. His phenomenal contribution to…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 4 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to Malkangiri district collector and the Odisha health secretary on the surging deaths of children in Japanese Encephalitis, a disease spread…
Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) Taking a dig at the mushrooming political parties and leaders in Punjab ahead of the assembly elections, the late Jaspal Bhatti’s “Nonsense Club” on Tuesday announced special tuitions for voters. “These…
Dharamsala, Oct 4 (IANS) Barely days ahead of a UNEP summit in Rwanda in which 190 countries will discuss ways to protect the rapidly thinning ozone layer, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday…
Bhopal, Oct 4 (IANS) Two persons were arrested for beating a 65-year-old woman to death accusing her of practising “black magic” in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, police said on Tuesday. The two brothers, Munna and…
Lucknow, Oct 4 (IANS) Thousands bid a tearful farewell to BSF trooper Nitin Kumar in Etawah at his native village Nagla Bari when his body was consigned to flames on Tuesday. Kumar was martyred in…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) A delegation of the AIADMK’s parliament members on Tuesday marched to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here and submitted a memorandum to constitute a Cauvery Management Board (CMB). “Today (Tuesday)…