By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) A unique database of parasitic worms could become the key to helping doctors identify and diagnose food-borne infections in northeast India, besides aiding in drug formulation, its designers…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Monday demanded a discussion on the ongoing unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, and also asked the government to call an all-party meeting on…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Interventions aimed at repairing and restoring the cartilage, a rubbery connective tissue that acts as a cushion between the bones of joints, may prevent osteoarthritis and ultimately the requirement of…
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and a separatist guerrilla were killed on Monday in a gunfight near the Line of Control in Kupwara district, defence sources said here. A defence…
By Frederick Noronha Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Searching for an image from your area might soon cease to be a difficult task, thanks to hacks being worked on by an army of enthusiastic volunteers across…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Monday condoled the death of 13 people in the recent violence that took place in Kokrajhar, Assam. As soon as the house assembled for the day…
Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) An exchange of fire was ongoing on Monday between police and a suspected gangster hiding in a house in Telangana’s Shadnagar town, police sources said. Gangster Nayeem, involved in killing some…
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) The authorities have begun the process of shifting out of Lucknow city 500 factories located in densely populated areas in violation of safety norms, an official said on Monday. The Lucknow…
By Vikas Datta Title: Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich; Author: Barry Turner; Publisher: Icon Books/Penguin India; Pages: 304; Price: Rs 599 Adolf Hitler is so identified with the Nazi epoch…
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Authorities on Monday continued curfew and restrictions in parts of Kashmir as life remained paralysed across the Valley for the 31st consecutive day. Towns of Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, and Pulwama were…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees celsius, two notches above the season’s average. The Met has forecast…
Medak: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Mission Bhagiratha in Medak district of Telangana on August 7, 2016. Also seen Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah…
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for protecting Dalits and for isolating and punishing fake “gau rakshaks” (cow protectors), saying they were destroying the country. On his maiden visit to…
Gajwel (Telangana), Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that cooperative federalism was the only way to take the country forward, and his government was working for this. He said the centre…
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) With two more deaths, the toll in the dengue outbreak in West Bengal has gone up to 13, state health department officials said on Sunday. A total of 1,495 dengue cases…
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Two women died and another sustained serious burn injuries in three different incidents of acid attacks in West Bengal, police said on Sunday. While a 30-year-old deaf and mute woman died…
Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) The Karnataka government would consult legal experts and decide on August 16 whether to approach the Supreme Court on the rejection of its interim plea by a tribunal on sharing of…
Mathura, Aug 7 (IANS) Actor and Mathura MP Hema Malini on Sunday said the traditional Braj folk music and songs needed to be promoted, and local cultural streams enriched. Hema Malini was speaking after releasing…
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured on Sunday when the driver lost cotrol of a private bus and ran over people who had gathered for a religious…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday demanded action against the management of a private school in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly refusing to allow recital of national anthem on the…