Ola was ready to pay Rs 5-crore ransom, say police
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A day after a 29-year-old Delhi doctor kidnapped by an Ola cab driver was rescued from Uttar Pradesh, the Delhi Police on Thursday said the company was “not hesitant” to…
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Jubilation, jigs and sweets in Kovind’s village
Lucknow/Kanpur, July 20 (IANS) As the news of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Ram Nath Kovind being elected the 14th President of India flashed on television channels, his ancestral village broke into celebrations. Villagers, some…
O.J. Simpson expected to walk free
Washington, July 20 (IANS) O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star acquitted of murder but later jailed for a failed bid to retrieve sports memorabilia that he said belonged to him, is expected to walk free…
Heavy rain in Delhi leads to waterlogging, traffic jams
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) People in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) got relief from the sweltering heat on Thursday but early morning heavy rain caused waterlogging in many key roads and residential…
Mass cactus bloom attracts thousands to US desert
Washington, July 20 (IANS) Thousands of people gathered to enjoy the beauty of “bloom night”, an event in a US desert in which the flowers of hundreds of cacti appear almost in unison at dusk…
Humans reached Australia 65,000 years ago: Study
Canberra, July 20 (IANS) The first settlers of Australia reached the continent 65,000 years ago, about 15,000 years earlier than experts previously thought, a new archaeological study revealed on Thursday. The archaeologists made the conclusion…
Medieval-era Arabic graffiti uncovered in Egyptian cave
Cairo, July 19 (IANS/AKI) Archaeologists have discovered Medieval-era Arabic graffiti in a cave in Upper Egypt’s Red Sea governorate, the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said on Wednesday. The cave, located in an area…
Saudi police detain woman wearing mini-skirt in online video
Riyadh, July 19 (IANS) Saudi police have detained a young woman who appeared in a video walking through a historic area in the north of the country with “indecent clothes” provoking a controversy from people…
Rahul visits Jaipur to meet his relatives
Jaipur, July 19 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who was in Rajasthan to address a rally in Banswara, also visited the state capital on Tuesday to meet his relatives here. Gandhi called on Katju…
Don’t buy ‘Chinese Manjha’, Delhiites told
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday issued an advisory reminding people not to buy the sharp synthetic kite flying thread known as “Chinese Manjha” to protect birds and prevent fatal accidents….
Video of rough arrest of woman vendor in California sparks anger
Los Angeles, July 19 (IANS) A video of a female street vendor violently arrested in California has triggered anger on social media. When a motorcycle officer arrested Juanita Mendez-Medrano, 52, she was selling flowers and…
Flash floods the dangerous new normal in Bhutan
By Gopilal Acharya On the evening of June 26, there were two flash floods in eastern Bhutan. Roads, culverts, bridges, paddy fields were damaged. It hardly made news. Flash floods have become so common during…
Why India needs to count its broken toilets
By Ranajit Bhattacharyya and Aadarsh Gangwar In 2016, as many as 96.5 per cent of rural elementary government schools had toilets, but more than one in four (27.79 per cent) were dysfunctional or locked, according…
Smartphone-centric enhanced headsets key to mass VR adoption in India
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The year gone by was touted as that of Virtual Reality (VR). In reality, with just $2.7 billion in revenue in 2016, it is yet to take…
HC seeks Centre’s response on plea against marital rape
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the central government to file its response to a bunch of petitions challenging the exception in law that protects a husband from being…
Don’t commit suicide, bereaved children tell peasants
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Urging the government for steps to make farming economically viable, 40 children — whose farmer fathers have committed suicide — on Tuesday appealed to peasants not to take the extreme…
Maharashtra IAS couple’s son commits suicide
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) The 22-year-old son of a senior IAS couple from Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a high-rise here on Tuesday morning, police said. According to Malabar Hill Police, at around…
My work got noticed, says Bengal’s first transgender Lok Adalat judge
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Joyita Mondal Mahi has been active as a social worker in West Bengal for over a decade. The 29-year-old is now serving as the state’s first transgender judge of a National…
Tourists in Goa warned of toxic ‘bluebottles’ near beaches
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) The beach-bound tourists in Goa, especially who love to wade into the sea, have been advised to steer clear of ‘Portuguese-man-of-war’, the toxic, jelly-like organisms known to sting humans on contact….
Awards for those working on accessibility for disabled
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Leading IT company Mphasis on Tuesday announced the winners of the eighth edition of the “NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards 2017” that honours individuals and organisations doing exemplary work in the…