New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, which aimed at stopping female foeticide and arresting declining sex ratio in India by banning and penalising sex determination of unborn babies,…
Los Angeles, Sep 20 (IANS) One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages has come to an end, after actress Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt, CNN reported. Jolie filed for divorce on Monday…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A seminar on the issues of cross-border child abduction, surrogacy and marital discord with respect to the countries of the South Asian region was organised by the South Asian University…
Gurgaon, Sep 20 (IANS) The Haryana government on Tuesday opened a hostel for orphans and destitute children where all basic necessities, including food, clothes and education, will be provided by district administration free of cost,…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the centrale and Delhi governments to take effective steps to ensure that the dengue and chikungunya patients are not denied treatment or admission…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s holy city of Varanasi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency — has made it to the list of 27 smart cities announced by Urban Development Minister M….
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) Objecting to a section in the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention and Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2016, representatives of sex workers’ collectives from east India on Tuesday asserted that many are…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A combative Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday dubbed the case filed against her as “false” and said that it’s a conspiracy by few people who…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that after Independence most of the public buildings and institutions were named after one family only, though there were others…
Damascus, Sep 20 (IANS) The Syrian army on Tuesday denied it had launched air strikes on UN humanitarian aid convoys in the Aleppo province, media reported. The army said the reports about air strikes on…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to the Railway Board over the weak and damaged tracks in Kerala. Observing that the railway is the most preferred…
Nairobi, Sep 20 (IANS) In a case of hospital cruelty, the body of a teenager who died of kidney failure was being held by a Nairobi hospital for seven months due to unpaid bills. The…
New York, Sep 20 (IANS) A human skeleton found during the ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck — the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered — could provide an insight into the lives of people…
By Team IANS New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The age-old proverb “old is gold” may not hold true for traditional black-yellow taxis any more, given the people’s increasing preference for app-based cab services for intra-city…
Patna, Sep 20 (IANS) Following criticism on social media for announcing a Rs 5 lakh each compensation for the three martyred soldiers in the Uri attack, the Bihar government on Tuesday raised the compensation to…
Nashik (Maharashtra), Sep 20 (IANS) Indian Army soldier Chandrakant Shankar Galande – who was martyred in a terror attack in Uri on Sunday – was cremated with full military honours here on Tuesday morning, officials…
By Nikhil M. Babu In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and backward classes in Kerala, had described himself as a victim…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A 21-year old woman died after being stabbed 22 times by a jilted lover on Tuesday morning in full public view here, police said. The woman has been identified as…
Nashik (Maharashtra), Sep 20 (IANS) Indian Army soldier Sandeep Somnath Thok, who was martyred in a terror attack in Uri on Sunday, was cremated in his native Khadangli village early on Tuesday morning with full…
By Vishal Gulati Leh, Sep 20 (IANS) There is a “rockstar monk” crooning the song of gender equality and harmony, of saving the Himalayas for the future — cycling down the treacherous mountains and preaching…