Pune, May 11 (IANS) Defying all odds, including religious discrimination that forced him to adopt a Hindu identity, a 21-year old Muslim boy from Maharashtra has cracked the prestigious UPSC examinations, the results of which…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) Gone are the days of the ‘iron curtain’ in the state bureaucracy, when from work to personal life, everything was secretive and out of bounds for the world….
Karachi, May 11 (IANS) A rickshaw driver in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi who shot to fame through his singing video on Facebook, says he has quit driving after being praised by Indian legendary singer…
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Nineteen-year-old Mrityunjay Sharma, who holds the Guinness World Record for playing the piano for a marathon 127 hours 8 min 38 sec (excluding breaks), now aims to…
New York, May 11 (IANS) Genetic testing has confirmed what the Bene Israel community living in the western part of India has always claimed – that they have Jewish roots, a study says. “Almost nothing…
By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari Christian-dominated Mizoram – 87 percent of the population is Christian – has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a nation where 95 percent of Indians marry within their caste,…
Perth, May 11 (IANS) A tiny stone flake found in Western Australia is a remnant of the earliest known axe with a handle, archaeologists have claimed. The discovery pushes back the technological advance to between…
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) A Muslim woman and her daughter have been felicitated for their campaign in their native village for the construction of toilets to end the obnoxious practice of open-defecation, an official said…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated the candidates who cleared the prestigious Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams. Congrats to all those who cleared the Civil Services Exam. My…
Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Many young women who move courts for divorce often suffer as the litigation goes on for years and there should be separate…
Srinagar, May 10 (IANS) A 23-year-old Kashmiri IIT graduate on Tuesday made it to the second rank in the coveted civil services final list for this year. Athar Amir-ul-Shafi Khan belongs to a south Kashmir…
Pune, May 10 (IANS) In case the adventurous among you are looking for a brush with the rough and tumble of military life and want to have a closer dekko at the lives of the…
Pune, May 10 (IANS) In case the adventurous among you are looking for a brush with the rough and tumble of military life and want to have a closer look at the lives of the…
Guwahati, May 10 (IANS) A poor couple has claimed that their three-year-old son acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection from blood transfusion at state-run Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here. GMCH Superintendent A.K. Bezbaruah…
By Tanay Sukumar Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only one that claims more women than men, according to national…
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) Nearly 60 percent of working mothers in China prefer one child and do not want a second, a report said. The report, released on Sunday by Chinese job recruitment site Zhaopin.com,…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) Cruise ship Adonia, the first US vessel of its kind to visit Cuba in over 50 years, returned to the Port of Miami after completing a seven-night cruise that made stops…
Hong Kong, May 9 (IANS) Around 100 breastfeeding mothers descended on a Hong Kong train station this weekend, feeding their babies in unison to protest discrimination against breastfeeding in public. The flash mob, organized by…
By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) There is a slow revival of interest in Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his works in Germany, but mostly among a niche readership, says German scholar and Tagore…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) As mountainous waves struck the German U-Boat under dark and roiling skies, its captain emphatically advised Subhas Chandra Bose against leaving the vessel to board a Japanese submarine. Bose replied:…