Category: Society

Don’t bargain with small shopkeepers: Modi

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people not to bargain over petty amounts with…

8 years ago

‘Regionality’ sets Indian food apart: Chef Gary Mehigan

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS) Globally renowned English-Australian chef, television show host and restaurateur Gary Mehigan says he…

8 years ago

Real-life whodunnits a big hit on Kolkata police Facebook page

By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) Be it an illegal arms haul from a deserted house or the…

8 years ago

Mann Ki Baat: Modi condemns violence

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said no one has the right to violate law…

8 years ago

World’s 2nd-most pleasant city seeks more footfalls from India

By Mohit Dubey Vienna, Aug 27 (IANS) The second-most pleasant city to live in? Well, second is not bad, considering…

8 years ago

Home Ministry urged to reconsider advisory on Rohingya Muslims

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) on Saturday urged the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)…

8 years ago

Bhutanese embrace top Indian authors, packed houses at Mountain Echoes Day 2

By Saket Suman Thimphu, Aug 26 (IANS) Saturday turned out to be the high-point of the Mountain Echoes Literary Festival…

8 years ago

Literary fever grips Thimphu as Mountain Echoes enters 2nd day

By Saket Suman Thimphu, Aug 26 (IANS) It is the second day of the Mountain Echoes Literary Festival and a…

8 years ago

Gambhira folk dancers pitch in for Bengal flood relief

Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) A clutch of Gambhira folk performers in flood-ravaged Malda district of West Bengal are chipping in…

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Bengal sweetmeat makers go on hunger-strike against GST

Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) Close to a hundred representatives of various sweetmeat makers from across West Bengal began a three-day…

8 years ago

Kerala readies for Onam

Kochi, Aug 25 (IANS) Kerala is all set to celebrate Onam on September 4 as people on Friday observed Atham…

8 years ago

Upswing in Dalit writing, but where are the readers?

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Dalit literature is on an upswing with several new authors highlighting the…

8 years ago

US hospital worker claims $759 million jackpot

Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) A hospital worker in Massachusetts in the US has claimed a record-breaking undivided jackpot of $758.7…

8 years ago

Of prison, business, mystery and Madras

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Wade through a searing memoir and a chilling indictment of the Indian prison system; get…

8 years ago

Python rescued from shrine in Delhi, over 80 cases since July

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A seven-feet-long rock python was rescued from a shrine in Delhi's Tughlakabad area, the rescuers…

8 years ago

Lawyers welcome SC decision on right to privacy

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Eminent lawyers on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment declaring right to privacy a fundamental…

8 years ago

HC asks Centre to provide more forces ahead of Dera chief verdict

Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) As thousands of followers of Dera chief Ram Rahim descended on Panchkula, the Punjab and Haryana…

8 years ago

Anganwadi workers end protest outside Kejriwal’s house

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Anganwadi workers and helpers, protesting for the last 52 days outside Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal's…

8 years ago

Italian region holds vigil for victims of deadly quake

Rome, Aug 24 (IANS) Residents of central Italian towns that were hit by a devastating earthquake last year gathered on…

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Rare bush rat rediscovered after 30 years

Perth, Aug 24 (IANS) A rare bush rat has been rediscovered living in Western Australia (WA) 30 years after it…

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