Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) A Pakistani politician has come under attack from colleagues after saying that the poor are meant to serve the rich. Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar, a Senator from the ruling PML-Nawaz…
By Prachi Salve The Railway Ministry said “no” to a question in the Lok Sabha on May 4, 2016, when asked whether it is India’s largest employer of manual scavengers — sanitation workers who clear…
Beijing, Aug 26 (IANS) A provincial highway in China’s Shaanxi province is still under construction, despite reports that it has damaged three sections of the Great Wall. A 94 km highway linking the cities of…
Rossano (Italy), Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) A woman beat up her ex-husband for bringing their daughter home late and got help in the attack from her new partner and her father, police in this southern Italian…
Betul (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 25 (IANS) An American woman has reportedly become so devoted to Lord Krishna that she has been living here in Rukmini Balaji Mandir for the last two months, immersed in ‘bhakti’…
Rome, Aug (IANS/AKI) The devastating earthquake that struck central Italy may claim more victims than the 2009 temblor that struck the central city of L’Aquila, killing 308 people, an official said on Thursday. The L’Aquila…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (IANS) After a tribal man’s 10-km walk with his wife’s body on his shoulder drew widespread flak, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched “Mahaprayan” scheme to help the bereaved transport…
Amatrice (Italy), Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) A rescue team pulled a 10-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house in town of Pescara del Tronto, 18 hours after it was flattened by a devastating earthquake…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape tried to commit suicide by hanging himself with a ‘gamcha’ from the ventilator of his cell in…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (IANS) The Kalahandi district administration of Odisha on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the shocking incident of a tribal man taking his wife’s body home on his shoulder after hospital authorities denied…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Observing that judges must not hesitate to “use the sword of justice with utmost severity” if the offences are grave in nature, a Delhi court dealing…
Indore, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s younger brother Prahlad Modi has expressed displeasure over a police case filed against his friend, a dhaba owner, and met the Indore police chief in this regard….
By Imran Khan Maner/Danapur (Bihar), Aug 25 (IANS) Coping with hunger and homelessness in flood-hit Bihar is a task in itself but for women, there is an additional embarrassing chore — relieving themselves in the…
By Pavitra Mohan As India’s 70th year of Independence begins, widespread progress is evident, but in rural India, where 833 million Indians (70 per cent) live, people are consuming fewer nutrients than are required to…
Wellington, Aug 25 (IANS) New Zealand’s pizza lovers will be among the first in the world to have their favourite meal delivered by a drone, Transport Minister Simon Bridges said on Thursday. Bridges welcomed the…
By Vikas Datta Title: A Million Years in a Day – A Curious History of Daily Life; Author: Greg Jenner; Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson/Hachette India; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 499 If any of us was…
London, Aug 25 (IANS) A Vietnamese woman persuaded and paid her friend to cut off her hand and foot so she could claim 115,000 pounds ($152,122) from health insurance firm by pretending to be hit…
Riyadh, Aug 24 (IANS) In the wake of last year’s Hajj stampede tragedy that killed hundreds of pilgrims, Saudi Arabia authorities have cut short the stoning ritual period by 12 hours, a media report said….
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) LGBT activist have expressed disappointment at the exclusion of homosexuals from being beneficiaries of surrogacy, as mentioned in the proposed surrogacy law cleared by the Union cabinet on Wednesday. The…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the long overdue Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016, that seeks to prohibit “commercial” surrogacy and denies foreigners, NRIs, single parents, live-in partners…