Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) The mother and brother of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar who committed suicide in Hyderabad, on Thursday embraced Buddhism here, saying they were now “truly free from shame”. “If my brother…
Nairobi, April 14 (IANS) Kenyan authorities said on Thursday that a lion which strayed from the Nairobi National Park early this week has returned to the park unharmed. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) spokesman Paul Gathitu…
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) They could have become the first transgenders from West Bengal to contest the assembly polls, but faced with “threats of dire consequences” from “Trinamool goons”, Lok Janshakti Party’s (LJP) Bobby Halder…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Infosys co-founder N.R.Narayana Murthy and Coca-Cola India president Venkatesh Kini on Thursday co-signed a petition to make sign language an official language of India. The petitioners also urged the prime…
Bhubaneswar, April 14 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched 100 ‘Aahar’ centres that will provide cheap meals to the poor, covering all districts of the state. Under the ‘Aahar’ scheme, the state…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, April 14 (IANS) At his age, teenagers loaf around and look for fun and adventure. Not so for the 16-year-old Arsh Ali. He not only makes sketches without an eraser in…
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has opened an account on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, amassing over 2 million followers within 24 hours. Netizens, including those who are baffled by…
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu heralded “Dunmuki” – the Tamil New Year – Thursday with traditional fervour with people visiting temples in the morning. “Puthandu Vazthukkal” (New Year greetings) is how friends and relatives…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) Hindu’s in Kerala visited temples early Thursday morning to usher in the traditional new year – Vishu. Vishu is believed to signal the arrival of good luck and fortune for the…
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) A heat wave on Wednesday swept across Telangana and Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh with most places recording a maximum temperature of above 40 degrees Celsius , while a couple of…
Bhubaneswar, April 13 (IANS) People across Odisha on Wednesday thronged various temples and special puja was conducted at the famed Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri on the occasion of Maha Vishuba Sankranti, which heralds the…
Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) Faced with a heat wave and the resultant water crisis, people in Jharkhand are trying to propitiate the gods by walking barefoot on fire in state capital Ranchi and elsewhere. “This…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday observed two-minutes’ silence in memory of those killed in the fire tragedy in Kerala’s Kollam district on Sunday. “The union cabinet meeting today morning began…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) With a barrage of smartphone health apps being launched globally — claiming to go beyond fitness or calorie checkers and spot mental illnesses or respiratory diseases –…
By Porisma Pompi Gogoi New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) At a time when residents of Delhi are hoping for a workable solution for the next phase of “odd-even” car rule from April 15, the newly…
Mumbai: Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a charity reception at Mumbai hotel on April 10, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Duke and Duchess of…
Padma Awards Padma Awards New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The packed Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday reverberated to applause when superstar Rajinikanth walked up to receive the Padma Vibhushan from President Pranab Mukherjee…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Tuesday could well be a day to raise the toast for the Indian economy. Official data forecast rains during the upcoming monsoon season to be above normal, retail inflation has…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) After two drought years, India will get more-than-normal monsoon rains in 2016 with a probability of 94 percent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its first forecast for the…
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Be it physical or emotional, taking unnecessary stress can not only give you headache or neck pain but, if left unattended for long, can also trigger…