By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Actor Darsheel Safary, of “Taare Zameen Par” fame, was last seen on the big screen in the 2012 film “Midnight’s Children”. Now 20 years old, he says…
Malappuram (Kerala), Sep 13 (IANS) The Election Commission has announced the bypoll for Vengara assembly constituency in Malappuram in Kerala on October 11, officials said on Wednesday. The by-election became necessary after sitting legislator and…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on September 18 a plea by Ryan International School seeking transfer of trial outside Haryana of the case related to the murder of a Class…
Patna, Sep 13 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Wednesday asked its senior rebel leader Sharad Yadav to join the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of Lalu Prasad. “Sharad Yadav should formally join the…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Crossing national and international boundaries, millions of migratory birds descend on India to avoid the extreme winter chill in their native habitats. Many of them never return…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Aimed at implementing a strategic skill-based programme in the country, Adobe Systems on Wednesday announced a partnership with IT-ITeS Sector Skills Council Nasscom (SSC NASSCOM). As part of a Memorandum…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) As many as 110 Indian and Indian-origin persons have been evacuated from the Hurricane Irma-hit Sint Maarten island and brought to the Caribbean Island of Curacao on a special chartered…
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) The father of a seven-year-old boy murdered inside the Gurugram branch of the Ryan International School in Haryana last week, filed an application on Wednesday in the Bombay High Court seeking…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Title: A Bonsai Tree; Author: Narendra Luther; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 227 Many books have been written on India’s partition but here is a first-hand account of the horror by a migrant…
Agartala, Sep 13 (IANS) The two students’ wings of the ruling CPI-M in Tripura — Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Tribal Student’s Union (TSU) — have swept the student council polls in all 22…
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) At a time when the dual-camera set-up at the rear is the buzz in the smartphone industry, how can Taiwan-based ASUS be left behind? The newly-launched “Zenfone…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 13 (IANS) Cross-border terrorism from Pakistan is at the root of the current situation in Kashmir and it has also victimised the people of the part of the state…
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (IANS) A Class 12 student, whose body was found on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Tuesday, was murdered by her lover, police said on Wednesday. The boy was arrested by the police,…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. The Met Office has predicted…
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 32,188.95 points, touched a…
Panaji, Sep 13 (IANS) A Goa Minister’s public admission of being under threat by the drug mafia has triggered a political storm in the coastal state, with the opposition accusing the BJP-led coalition government here…
Dehradun, Sep 13 (IANS) More than 7.5 lakh pilgrims from all over the world have visited the Hindu shrine of Badrinath in Uttarakhand this year breaking the lull since the 2013 disaster, an official said…
Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) Engineering firm Quest Global on Tuesday said it has tied up with German multinational Siemens AG to jointly offer digital manufacturing solutions to diverse verticals. “With Siemens Digital twin offerings, we…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 13 (IANS) Father Tom Uzhannalil, the Indian Catholic priest hailing from Kerala and abducted by terrorists in Yemen, reached the Vatican on Tuesday. “Father Tom Uzhunnalil has reached Vatican,” External Affairs Minister…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Following the demonetisation of high-value Indian cuurency notes in November last year, Nepal on Tuesday sought a mechanism whereby such notes that were in circulation could be exchanged. Delivering a…