Army team rescues Russian skier in Gulmarg
Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian army on Sunday rescued a Russian skier from the Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu and Kashmir after he lost control and fell into a gorge at the Apharwat skiing…
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Low defence budget may affect security: Parliamentary panel
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A low defence budget may have adverse implications on the country’s security, a parliamentary panel has warned the government ahead of the budget for fiscal 2016-17 set…
Groundwater depletion linked to Nepal earthquake?
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Extensive groundwater extraction in the Indo-Gangetic Plain over the last five decades has “significantly” contributed to the killer April 25, 2015, Nepal temblor and “probably all earthquakes” in…
Mobile app developed to locate victims trapped during natural calamities
By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A doctor’s initiative in harnessing technology has produced an application which can help locate a person trapped in debris in an earthquake or other disasters when communications…
Thane man kills 14 family members, hangs himself
Thane, Feb 28 (IANS) A 32-year old man killed 14 members of his family, including seven children, and later hanged himself in a house here on Sunday, police said. The gory incident took place in…
No tribe in India venerates Mahishasur, says tribal scholar
Ranchi, Feb 28 (IANS) Mahishasur, whom the popular belief views as the ‘demon’ slain by Goddess Durga, is not an object of inspiration or veneration for any tribal community in India, said Prakash Oraon, a…
Remain positive during board exams, Modi tells students
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told students appearing in the board exams…
Naveen Patnaik becomes BJD president seventh time
Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik. (File Photo: IANS) Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was lected on Sunday unopposed as president of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the…
Can Romas be part of Indian diaspora?
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The possibility of recognising the 20-million strong Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of Indian diaspora is gaining ground with the government in the…
Truck kills five in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck rammed into several shops in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday. Three others were critically injured in the accident…
No Muslim in Maharashtra’s list of national heroes?
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) The Bombay High Court has been petitioned against a Maharashtra government order leaving out Muslims from its new list of national leaders and heroes for celebrating their anniversaries and special days….
India to establish lab to study gravitational waves: Modi
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India has decided to establish a Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), where gravitational waves can be studied, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday. In his radio programme Mann ki…
Chandy unhurt in car mishap
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. (File Photo: IANS) Kottayam (Kerala) Feb 28 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was unhurt as the car he was travelling in lost control and skidded off the road on…
Doctors warn against bone-lengthening surgery for cosmetic purpose
By Rupesh Dutta and Nishant Arora New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) You may not have heard of orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov from Siberia, who used external devices on patients to fix infected non-unions of…
Remain positive during board exams, Modi tells students
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told students appearing for board exams to remain positive, and not to come under pressure of expectations. Modi, in his radio programme “Mann Ki…
Man kills 14 family members, commits suicide in Thane
Thane, Feb 28 (IANS) A 32-year old man killed 14 members of his family, including seven children, and later hanged himself in a house here on Sunday, police said. The incident took place in the…
Aamir’s story exemplifies communalism and Islamophobia faced by Muslim youth: Author Nandita Haksar
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Like any other youngster, 20-year-old Mohammad Aamir Khan too had a conventional dream of the future. He was however picked up by the Delhi Police one night…
Lucknow’s long-forgotten ‘beloved’ poet
By Vikas Datta If we compare poetry to a landscape, it would be one that is constantly but gradually evolving with its contours keeping on changing. Features that may have once loomed large may later…
Partly cloudy morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 15.5 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The sky would remain clear in the…
14-member family massacred in Thane
Thane, Feb. Feb 28 (IANS) Fourteen members of a family, including seven children, were found massacred, and one seriously injured, in a house here early Sunday, police said. The incident took place in the city’s…