Guwahati, Aug 31 (IANS) In cheering news to those planning a vacation in Queen of Hills, Darjeeling, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to introduce three additional pairs of toy trains between Darjeeling and…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Public Works Department (PWD) and civic agencies on the water-logging situation in the national capital, saying “we cannot tolerate this year after…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states received the most number of complaints against police personnel in 2015, the rate of prosecution was quite low in all the states, the…
Singur (West Bengal), Aug 31 (IANS) People smeared green gulal on each other, raised deafening slogans eulogising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and took out victory rallies as euphoria swept this rural hamlet of…
By Quaid Najmi Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Aug 31 (IANS) The single-minded pursuit by an RTI activist led to an expose and finally prevented the sale to a private party of a historical sea fort in Maharashtra,…
London, Aug 31 (IANS) A black and white cat guided a Hungarian tourist to his hostel when he got lost exploring mountains near the Swiss town of Gimmelwald, media reported. “It was the end of…
Paris, Aug 31 (IANS) World renowned French photographer Marc Riboud died at the age of 93, his family announced on Wednesday. The news of the photojournalist’s death appeared on Tuesday on his website underneath a…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots made history by becoming the first pair of sisters in Pakistan to fly Boeing-777 airplanes at the same time, the media reported on Wednesday. Maryam…
Seoul, Aug 31 (IANS) South Korean survivors from the 1945 US atomic bombings of two Japanese cities on Wednesday lost a damages claim lawsuit against the government here. The lawsuit had been filed by 141…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) A Mumbai couple’s teenaged daughters — Malvika and Radha who are school dropouts, are earning thumping accolades for pursuing and excelling in their chosen fields of interest. The couple — Raj…
By Imran Khan Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) Parents of newborns in the relief camps of flood-swamped Bihar are naming their children after the river Ganga or even the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) that has…
By Anjali Madan Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seems keen to wear a gold ribbon this September, even as the Taj and the state will ‘Go Gold’ for children with…
By Vikas Datta Known to many generations of Indians as a diminutive but determined woman in a blue-bordered white sari who cared for the poor and destitute, Mother Teresa, who is due to become the…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) As most of us spend a considerable amount of time on various digital platforms — Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, WhatsApp and the like — a pertinent question…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Registrations for the 12th Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) were declared open here on Tuesday with the organisers expecting around 34,000 running enthusiasts to participate across various events on November…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) In a novel reach-out endeavour of the government, the Central Reserve Police Force has been roped in to extend benefits of skill development programmes to the people staying in violence-hit…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Leading doctors here on Tuesday underlined the role of fetal medicine in ensuring that the health of the unborn baby was not compromised. The doctors were discussing the need for…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) About 35 million women and 10 million men in north India were married as children, an analysis of the 2011 census data by NGO Child Rights and You (CRY) revealed….
Agartala, Aug 30 (IANS) Officials of the Union Home Ministry and two state governments on Tuesday asked Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for the last 19 years, to return to their homes in Mizoram…
New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Lucy — the common name accorded to the very famous fossilised remains of a human ancestor — probably died after falling from a tree, according to a new study. Lucy,…