Lucknow, Aug 4 (IANS) Retired army personnel will be deployed to manage traffic and for patrolling purposes on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, officials said on Friday. In all, 120 ex-service men would be posted on the…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 4 (IANS) In a serious gaffe, a Tamil movie dubbed in Hindi has portrayed Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) K.B Singh as a martyr. In the Tamil film titled “ACP Shiva”, lead…
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) A 57-minute film that charts out the lives of women journalists from Afghanistan, Syria, India, Cameroon, Bangladesh and the Philippines, and showcases what is at stake for them and how they…
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Commuters can soon access Delhi Polices mobile safety application for women ‘Himmat while travelling in any of cab aggregator Ubers taxis via Ubers mobile application. Himmat is a mobile application…
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Actress Kirti Kulhari says it’s great to play fun games, but if they put people at risk, stay away from them. Her message has come days after The Blue Whale internet…
London, Aug 4 (IANS) The UK has extradited a self-styled pastor who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, to Kenya over child-trafficking charges, the media reported on Friday. Gilbert Deya’s extradition came after he failed in…
London, Aug 4 (IANS) The UK has pledged 100 million pounds ($131 million) to the global fight against polio, in an attempt to eradicate the disease by 2020, the media reported. The funding, to be…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) As talk of war and violence — all that Mahatma Gandhi stood against — gains prominence with every passing day, a Gandhian scholar has urged that the…
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The shocking death of 14-year old Mumbai schoolboy Manpreet Singh Sahani, who reportedly took his own life as part of a deadly online social media game…
Beijing, Aug 4 (IANS) China has released a list of industries that need to obtain licenses before discharging pollutants. The list, released on Thursday, specified the deadlines for stationary sources of pollution in 82 industries…
Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday announced that women across the state will get free ride on all state-owned buses on Raksha Bandhan day. The women will be able…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Modi government is abdicating its responsibility vis-a-vis conservation at a time when India’s natural landscape, including forests and wildlife, face an “ecological holocaust”, says a new book. An “ecological…
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has expressed concern over the impact of The Blue Whale internet game which reportedly claimed the life of a teenager here. He said: “Life is given to live,…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The top-most bar of a window in a dingy toilet of Jahangirpuri police station in Delhi had a knot made from a piece of cloth — from which was hanging…
Ajmer, Aug 2 (IANS) Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Wednesday urged religious leaders to use their huge following to unleash a “mass awakening” against sex abuse and trafficking of children. “Every religious head I have…
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) In view of the heavy rush of devotees in the temple town of Ayodhya, the timing for ‘darshan at the makeshift temple housing Ram Lalla idol has been extended, an official…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A survey participated in by 50,000 people has revealed that a majority of Indians find their country’s products more reliable than the ones imported from China. “Is this product made…
Patna, Aug 2 (IANS) Triggering a controversy, a government-run hospital here has asked its employees to declare their virginity in a marital status declaration form. The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (IGIMS) in its…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Riding on the ‘Internet Saathi’ programme — a digital literacy initiative aimed at empowering women in rural India — Google India on Wednesday announced that it has now reached 100,000…
United Nations, Aug 2 (IANS) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the attack on worshippers in a mosque in the Afghan city of Herat. The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric in a statement…