Srinagar, Sep 12 (IANS) With mobile services suspended on Monday and few signs of any celebrations, the Kashmir Valley braced for a tense Eid on Tuesday with separatists calling for a march to the office…
Atlantic City (USA), Sep 12 (IANS) Miss Arkansas, Savvy Shields, claimed the title of Miss America 2017 – beating 51 other contestants at the pageant held here, media reports said. On Sunday, the 21-year-old bagged…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 12 (IANS) With Onam at Kerala’s doorstep, one thing common to all households would be the most popular 26 dish Onam sadya — verily the Mother of all vegetarian meals…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee greeted the nation on the eve of Eid with a message of universal brotherhood, peace and harmony. “On the occasion of Eid, I extend warm greetings and…
By Silvio Grocchetti Each of an estimated 2.1 million Indians infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) should be getting a cocktail of drugs to prolong their lives and reduce infections, but no more than…
Perth, Sep 12 (IANS) An Australian fell into a river on Monday in Perth while playing the augmented reality smartphone game Pokemon Go, officials said. West Australia (WA) police in a three-paragraph statement posted on…
London, Sep 11 (IANS) The wife of Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz has said she will forgive him for cheating on her with rent boys, and admitted the revelation that her husband of 23 years…
Dubai, Sep 11 (IANS) An Indian businessman owns a staggering number of 22 apartments in Burj Khalifa tower, the world’s tallest building located in Dubai in the UAE, a local newspaper reported on Sunday. George…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Sep 11 (IANS) Eid-ul-Zuha, one of the holiest Muslim festivals, is going to be a highly subdued event in Kashmir this year. The only visible sign of Kashmiris preparing for the…
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) Families of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, were on Sunday set to gather at the World Trade Center site to remember those…
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in New York city’s Times Square after the Second World War ended in 1945, has died, a media…
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot former US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released on Saturday from a Washington psychiatric hospital, a media report said. A worker at St….
Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh), Sep 10 (IANS) A man in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district had to carry the body of his mother-in-law on a bicycle to the cremation ground 20 km away as no ambulance was…
Beijing, Sep 10 (IANS) China has completed the construction of the highest bridge in the world, 565 meters above the Nizhu River Canyon in the south, the local media reported on Saturday. The bridge, called…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Putting an end to a nine-year-old marriage, the Delhi High Court has reiterated that denying sex to the spouse for a long time, without sufficient reason, amounted to mental cruelty…
Ranchi, Sep 10 (IANS) A woman gave birth on a highway in Jharkhand after over five hours of not receiving any medical aid, officials said on Saturday. On Thursday, the pregnant woman Sonmani Ageria, a…
New York, Sep 10 (IANS) A co-founder of social media giant Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz said he was donating $20 million to help ensure the defeat of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential elections….
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Ahead of a major environment summit to be held next month, the Embassy of France and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on Friday discussed ways to achieve sustainable methods…
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) The editor-in-chief of Norways biggest daily newspaper has criticised Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over his role in deleting an article from Aftenposten’s Facebook page containing a historic image from the…
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned the first instalment of Rs 35.74 lakh for restoration work at former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s home located in Ramnagar area of Varanasi, an…