Alappuzha(Kerala) Sep 7 (IANS) A 51-year-old physically challenged swimmer has started training to swim non-stop for 25 km in an effort to campaign against terrorism. E.D. Baburaj’s left hand became incapacitated after a fall when…
Stockholm, Sep 7 (IANS) Two judges were on Tuesday asked to leave a panel that picks the Nobel prize for medicine in a scandal surrounding an Italian transplant surgeon. The decision to drop Harriet Wallberg…
Paris, Sep 7 (IANS) Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman who underwent the first partial face transplant in the world, died aged 49, the University Hospital of Amiens said on Tuesday. Dinoire, who had the transplant…
Sep 6 (IANS) The Indian premiere of the one-of-a-kind film “India in a Day” will be hosted by the The Jio MAMI Film Club here on September 20, three days before its theatrical release. The…
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Seventy-five years after it ferried Indian revolutionary Netaji Subash Chandra Bose during the first leg of his ‘Great Escape’ from British India, wheels have been set in motion for restoration of…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, Sep 6 (IANS) In Manipur, if there is a constant, it’s the crippling effect of unending strikes and blockades. But people in this northeastern state no longer seem willing to passively…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the people of Odisha on the festival of ‘Nuakhai’ and wished prosperity to the state’s farmers. “Nuakhai Juhar. Greetings to the people of…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Ahead of the World Suicide Prevention Day which falls on September 10, social networking giant Facebook has joined hands with support service Samaritans to launch a series of suicide prevention tools….
Melbourne, Sep 6 (IANS) An Australian man has raised $4,000 to bring a stray dog home from Greece. Jacob Welsh from Geelong, 75 km from Melbourne, raised the money on a popular crowd funding website,…
St. Petersburg, Sep 6 (IANS) St. Petersburg won the World Travel Awards’ best tourist destination in Europe’ nomination for two consecutive years, the official site of World Travel Awards said on Monday. About 1 million…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has said that “Roka”, a traditional Punjabi pre-marital ceremony, is a “social evil that needs to be condemned”. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and…
Manila, Sep 5 (IANS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that many more people will die in the anti-drug campaign that he launched after assuming office on June 30. Before leaving for the Asean…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A day after Mother Teresa was officially declared “Saint Teresa” by Pope Francis at a ceremony at Vatican City, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Monday hailed her canonisation. Ansari in…
Bhopal, Sep 5 (IANS) Devotees crowded temples while many people installed idols of Lord Ganesha in their homes as Madhya Pradesh celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with great pomp and show on Monday. People were seen visiting…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra shifted into a festive gear with the arrival at homes and public places of thousands of big, medium and small idols of the elephant-headed Lord Ganesh…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Sharing his experience in politics of India post-Independence, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that India is currently a victim of cross-border terrorism and not a homegrown one. He said…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to the nation’s second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day and saluted the dedication and commitment of all teachers….
By Koh Byung-joon Seoul, Sep 5 (IANS/Yonhap) Park Myeong-hee, a 35-year-old North Korean defector, still vividly remembers how happy she felt when she walked down the aisle to get married to a man she met…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, wishing for the blessings of Lord Ganesha on everyone. “Ganesh Chaturthi greetings to everyone….
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday greeted the nation on the holy occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Paying obeisance to the Vighnaharta, Gandhi said: “Hope that Lord Ganapati will remove all…