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)…
Helena (Montana), Oct 4 (IANS) Fifty-year-old Todd Orr sounded caution for all on adventure trips to the Rocky Mountains after he was mauled by a grizzly bear, twice. Orr took to Facebook even before medication…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) Fancy a flight to the Moon and back this Durga Puja? How about an encounter with Madame Tussauds? Theres also a peep into the celebrations for the marginalised…
Port-of-spain, Oct 3 (IANS) Trinidad on Monday marked the 147th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with a video presentation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in Delhi and a choir…
Rome, Oct 3 (IANS/AKI) Jesus Christ would always help anyone find God, including homosexuals and people who have had gender reassignment surgery or who are considering it, Pope Francis has said. “When a person who…
Ferozepur (Punjab), Oct 3 (IANS) At a time when tension between both countries is at its peak, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday repatriated a 12-year-old Pakistani national who had inadvertently crossed into Indian…
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IANS) To deal with the frequent human-elephant conflicts in West Bengal, the state forest department on Monday flagged off four specialised squad vehicles to boost the ground staff’s mobility to tackle the…
London, Oct 3 (IANS) It may appear counter-intuitive, but a new study suggests that you are more likely to get help from others in emergency situation than in harmless everyday condition as extreme conditions bring…
New York, Oct 3 (IANS) Despite being less likely to experience suicidal ideation or depression, men are more likely to die by suicide than women, an Indian-origin researcher has found. Although men tend to choose…
Washington, Oct 3 (IANS) The US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s new Trump International Hotel in here was vandalised with graffiti with the phrases “Black Lives Matter” and “No Justice No Peace” at one of the…
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) A major tragedy was averted in the state capital here when massive leakage of fuel from several vehicles was discovered in time at a parking lot in a city hospital, the…
Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday said St. Teresa responded to critics by continuing with her work of mercy and never used “pithy aphorisms” or “admonitions.” “She may have had her…
Agra, Oct 2 (IANS) Police on Sunday foiled an attempt by a 98-year-old freedom fighter, Chimman Lal Jain, to jump into the Yamuna to denounce the government’s failure to enforce prohibition in Uttar Pradesh. A…