New York, Sep 30 (IANS) The Indian government and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) have signed an agreement extending the Indian Conservation Fellowship Programme to promote modern museum practices. India’s Consul General Riva…
Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) Partha Das, a passionate painter who fancies his hand at sketching portraits of cricketers and musicians, wants to present India’s Test captain Virat Kohli a painting of the mercurial batsman which…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangram Ahir on Thursday advised jail authorities to adopt Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s skill development programme to accelerate prison reforms, and assured to…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) Panic, confusion and disbelief gripped Kashmir residents on Thursday as India said it carried out surgical strikes at terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) inflicting…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Around 450 jail inmates of Maharashtra and 90 surrendered Maoists in Chhattisgarh will join around 1.70 lakh students to write the annual Gandhi Peace Exam to mark the 147th birth anniversary…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukharjee will present the National Awards for Senior Citizens — Vayoshreshtha Samman-2016 — to eminent individuals and institutions in recognition of their service towards the cause of elderly…
By Rachel V. Thomas New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Heart disease has affected the young Indian population 10 years ahead of their Western counterparts — particularly over the last three decades — owing to sedentary…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Svayam Foundation and National Bal Bhavan (NBB) unveiled Indias first teacher training certificate programme designed to cater to the needs of children with special needs here on Wednesday. The curriculum…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) It was a jazzy celebration of World Tourism Day here on Wednesday with the performance of the American group ‘Donald Harrison and the Berklee All Stars’. Led by Grammy-nominated Berklee…
London, Sep 29 (IANS) Chorley, a town of 35,000 famous for its traditional fruit cakes, was crowned on Wednesday as the unhappiest place in Britain. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) named the Lancashire market…
Pinerolo (Italy), Sep 28 (IANS/AKI) Two former Catholic nuns registered a same-sex civil union in northwest Italy on Wednesday after they fell in love and renounced their vows, media reports said. “God wants people to…
Panaji, Sep 28 (IANS) Less than a week after British teen Scarlett Keeling’s mother Fiona Mackeown blamed probe agencies and an inconsiderate system for acquitting two Goa beach shack workers in her daughter’s 2008 rape-murder,…
Tokyo, Sep 28 (IANS) Multiple train passengers complained of sore throat and coughing after they sensed a “strange smell” at Tokyo’s Takadanobaba railway station, police said on Wednesday. Emergency personnel were quickly dispatched to Takadanobaba…
New York, Sep 28 (IANS) Women in the corporate world are often being penalised for being perceived as too intimidating, aggressive or bossy, a new study revealed on Wednesday, adding that women in the US…
Kushagra Dixit and Ashish Mishra New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Rattled by growing resistance across its restive Balochistan province, the Pakistan Army has intensified its crackdown in recent weeks, especially targeting women and children, and…
Jaipur, Sep 28 (IANS) A white tiger from Chennai zoo is set to make Udaipur his new home, but will take some time to overcome “language difficulties”, say wildlife officials. Five-year-old Rama was born in…
By Francis Kokutse Accra, Sep 28 (IANS) Headquartered in Bengaluru, Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital has over the past six years screened about 600,000 cases across 15 countries in Africa and conducted over 50,000 operations, its…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) In a recognition of the country’s Muslim community, the second-largest in the world, an Indian has been invited to attend a prestigious conference of the Organisation of Islamic…
Beijing, Sep 28 (IANS) The world’s longest and highest glass bridge, in Hunan province, will reopen for China’s Golden Week holiday in October, after a month-long safety overhaul. The bridge over the spectacular Grand Canyon…
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to Bhagat Singh on his 109th birth anniversary. “I bow to the courageous Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary. He has…