New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party government on Wednesday approved the revision of minimum wages by about 50 per cent in the national capital but the ruling party’s traders’ wing voiced unhappiness…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) The British Transport Police was on Wednesday urging a heroic commuter who risked his life by jumping onto the London Underground rail tracks to rescue an ill passenger to come forward….
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Amid close vigil by the police, absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s nephew Alishah Parkar got married here on Wednesday morning. Alishah’s ‘nikaah’ ceremony with Mumbai girl Ayesha Nagani was performed…
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Traffic police personnel across the city were pleasently surprised on Wednesday when groups of children tied rakhs on their wrists on the eve of Raksha Bandhan “to express their thanks for…
Agra, Aug 17 (IANS) It’s a Rakshabandhan with a difference. About 50 high caste pandits on Wednesday extended their hands of brotherhood to the marginalised and castaway widows of Vrindavan who tied the Rakhi (sacred…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended greetings to the people at the start of Chingam, the first month of the Malayalam new year. “On the start of Chingam, the…
Agartala, Aug 17 (IANS) Around 7.5 lakh Chakma tribals observed a ‘black day’ on Wednesday to protest the occupation of their original homeland in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. Over 2.50 lakh Chakma…
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) If you thought your pet dog keeps waiting at the door for your arrival every evening only in the hope of filling its stomach, think again! A new research has…
Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) In a one-of-its-kind event, hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and liberated manual scavenger women on Wednesday publicly tied Rakhi to 50 upper caste sages, Sanskrit scholars and priests at the century-old…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Trees which grew during intense radiation bursts in the past have ‘time-markers’ in their tree-rings that could help archaeologists accurately date events from thousands of years ago, suggests new research. Until…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) President Pranab Mukerjee on Wednesday greeted the people on the eve of Raksha Bandhan, and urged that on the occasion the people should resolve to ensure that women and girls…
Attari (Punjab), Aug 17 (IANS) Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday tied ‘rakhis’ to the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers deployed on the international border at Attari, 30 km from Amritsar….
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Reliance Brands, a part of the Mukesh Ambani-led industrial group, has entered into a master franchise pact with the premium Dutch youth fashion company, Scotch and Soda, to set up its…
Imphal, Aug 16 (IANS) Thousands of tourists, traders and local residents were stranded in Manipur’s Moreh town, reeling under a severe shortage of essential food items and life-saving medicines, as a result of an indefinite…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) To protect birds and avoid fatal accidents, the Delhi government on Tuesday banned nylon, plastic and Chinese ‘manjha’ and any other sharp kite-flying thread. “A lot of injury is caused…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A family in Noida experienced some anxious moments on finding a three-feet-long cobra in their bathroom on Tuesday. Fortunately for the reptile, the terrified family contacted Wildlife SOS, an animal…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) In what could serve to bring the focus on the government’s Act East policy five intrepid motorcyclists have set off on a 5,000 km five-nation journey from Singapore to celebrate…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) In what could serve to bring the focus on the government’s Act East policy five intrepid motorcyclists have set off on a 5,000 km five-nation journey from Singapore to celebrate…
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Want to know which political party an individual will support? Then take note of the person’s height. The taller a person is, the more likely he or she is to support…
New York, Aug 16 (IANS) A cache of exquisitely preserved 25 tiny bones, found in a coal mine in Gujarat, appear to be the most primitive primate bones yet discovered, according to an analysis by…