Rome, Sep 23 (IANS/AKI) A group of protestors on Thursday called for Italy’s Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin to stand down over her controversial Fertility Day initiative. The over 70 protesters gathered outside a building where…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) As part of Swachh Bharat Mission, the central government has decided to organise a week-long cleanliness drive across the country from September 25, said an official statement. The initiative named…
Panaji, Sep 22 (IANS) Eight years after her 15-year-old daughter Scarlett Keeling was found sexually assaulted and dead on a balmy morning at Goa’s Anjuna beach, her mother Fiona Mackeown battles nervousness a day before…
By Brajendra Nath Singh Kozhikode, Sep 22 (IANS) The 500-year-old port city of Kozhikode in Kerala is awash in saffron hue ahead of the BJP’s three-day National Council meet from September 23, with the party…
Beijing, Sep 22 (IANS) A fisherman in east China caught a 1.56 metre-long fish of a rare variety and wants to sell it for 1.1 million yuan (about $165,000), media reported on Thursday. The fish,…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Unicef India on Thursday launched a report providing a comprehensive overview of the current risks and threats faced by children while using the internet and social media and how they…
New York, Sep 22 (IANS) Studying hundreds of new genomes from across the globe, researchers, one of them of Indian-origin, have found compelling evidence that essentially all non-Africans alive today descend from a single migration…
By Chinmaya Dehuri Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (IANS) Priyabrat Biswal lives in a small village in Odisha but this hasn’t come in the way of his building up a veritable treasure trove of autographed images and…
Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) Expressing anguish that women are often embarrassed to speak up against incidents of violence, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday said it is a “pitiable” condition for a woman to have caught…
Kollam (Kerala), Sep 21 (IANS) A 65-year-old man has been arrested for molesting a 90-year-old widow, who is a cancer patient, in Kollam, police said on Wednesday. The arrested was a neighbour of the victim….
New York, Sep 21 (IANS) Bangladesh, which has over 500,000 Muslim Rohingyas residing in its refugee camps, has said it is looking forward to working with Myanmar to find a permanent solution to the issue….
Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) Denizens of Kolkata will soak in the Durga Puja festivities in October by celebrating William Shakespeare’s life, work and legacy on the occasion of the bard’s 400th death anniversary. The British…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) A resident of Amritsar has filed an FIR against the oncology department of Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, in south Delhi, alleging negligence after he was operated…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Delhi’s Race Course Road, where the Prime Minister’s official residence is located, was on Wednesday renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg, ending a row between the BJP and the AAP. Delhi…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) A resident of Amritsar has filed an FIR against the oncology department of Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, in south Delhi, alleging negligence after he was operated…
Guwahati, Sep 21 (IANS) Assam Tourism Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday urged Britain and Australia to rectify their travel advisories on Assam and termed the move to club the state with other disturbed…
Gurgaon, Sep 21 (IANS) Gurgaon Police Commissioner Sandeep Khirwar on Wednesday assured an NGO delegation of the effective implementation of the Haryana Right to Service Act (RSA) in his department. A delegation of NGO Manav…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (IANS) The state government on Wednesday said the total prohibition of liquor demanded by several organisations in Odisha is “unrealistic” as consumption of liquor is a personal affair. “It is not a…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Terming the Maharashtra government’s restrictions on dance bars as “regressive by centuries”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said dance bars in the state will continue to operate under the old…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval to a 20 per cent hike in the pension for freedom fighters and their dependents,…