By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The abandoned cluster of rickety and burned walls, which once was home to upper-middle-class Gujarati Muslims in the Hindu-dominated Chamanpura of Ahmedabad, bears a mute witness to…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Donning crisp aprons and trained by French volunteers, young adults from underprivileged backgrounds here are turning into entrepreneurs and taking charge of their life by serving up delectable European fare at…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, June 2 (IANS) The hate mail on social networking sites against the Buddhist monks and authorities managing Thailand’s famous Tiger Temple complex in Kanchanaburi province is increasing by the hour. As…
London, June 2 (IANS) After facing much criticism for temporarily suspending the parody accounts of famous politicians, including President Vladimir Putin in Russia, micro-blogging website Twitter has reinstated all the accounts, a media report said….
Chennai June 1 (IANS) A small tailor in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore has shown the way to the richie-rich in Tamil Nadu by voluntarily declining the 100 units of free power offered by the state government….
Devanik Saha Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years – 84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 percent Muslim – reveals an IndiaSpend analysis of recently released census…
Hyderabad, June 1 (IANS) Telangana is gearing up to celebrate its foundation day on Thursday. Elaborate arrangements have been made to mark the occasion across the state. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara…
Bern, June 1 (IANS) The world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel is to be officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work, a media report said on Wednesday. The 57 km twin-bore…
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) When it embarked on its maiden epic journey of 2,496 km on June 1, 1912, Punjab Mail was the fastest train of undivided India and snaked its way from Mumbai (then…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) As many as 22 boys working in restaurants and other eateries of South Delhi were rescued on Tuesday during a daylong operation and these nine business establishments were sealed, NGO…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 5 lakh to the parents of a 15-year-old boy, who died during a mysterious blast while working…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Thousands of Muslim women have sought support to abolish the “heinous” practice of ‘triple talaq’, which they have termed an “un-Quranic” practice. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) wrote to…
New York, May 31 (IANS) Call it bizarre but the management at an apartment building in Salt Lake City has told tenants living in the complex to like its Facebook page or they will be…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) With an estimated 18.35 million men, women and children trapped in modern slavery through human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced or servile marriage or commercial sexual exploitation, India is…
London, May 31 (IANS) Ancient remains of Asian species like rice and mung beans from excavated sites in Madagascar point to the first archaeological evidence that settlers from Southeast Asia might have colonised the island…
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Goa may be an educated state, has a poor sex ratio and malnutrition is also an issue, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. Speaking at the launch of a universal…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) After getting mobile phones, saris, jewellery and apparel through the e-commerce route, it is time for Gangajal (water from Ganga river). I used to get several requests that with this…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Climate change was probably not the sole cause for the collapse of the Harappan civilisation in the Indus-Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys, say Indian scientists in a breakthrough study, highlighting that the the…
By Aadil Mir Manzgam (Jammu and Kashmir), May 30 (IANS) A Hindu temple and a Muslim shrine in this lush green village of south Kashmir have stood close to each other for centuries as pillars…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, May 30 (IANS) Umang Lai, the sylvan god of Manipur, is also present in Myanmar. And that’s because several centuries ago many Manipuris were taken as prisoners of war by the…