Tokyo, Oct 7 (IANS) Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant operators on Friday confirmed that radioactive water had leaked from one of its storage tanks but the contaminated liquid was contained. The technicians at the accident-struck plant…
Agartala, Oct 7 (IANS) The Tripura government will operate a helicopter service for Durga Puja revellers and sightseers to enable them to get an aerial view of tourist spots and puja celebrations in Agartala, a…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court on Friday continued with the interim order of the…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Almost a year after the “tallest Durga idol” in the world caused a stampede-like situation here, speculation is rife: Will chaos reign supreme yet again this Puja or…
Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) Dhakai Jamdani, one of Bangladesh’s finest muslin textiles, is set to be registered this month as the country’s first Geographical Indication (GI) product, a media report said on Thursday. Senior Secretary…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday broke his silence on the ban on Pakistani artistes and said think about Indian Army and not the ban on artistes. Akshay posted a video on…
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…