By Prashant Sood Pokhara, July 8 (IANS) Standing by a lake, with forested hills on one side and snow-capped Himalayan peaks on the other, was an unforgettable moment for me in Pokhara, the picturesque Nepalese…
By Prashant Sood Pokhara, July 8 (IANS) Standing by a lake, with forested hills on one side and snow-capped Himalayan peaks on the other, was an unforgettable moment for me in Pokhara, the picturesque Nepalese…
Mexico City, July 8 (IANS) Study of the skulls of victims of Aztec human sacrifices has cast doubt on the idea that the empire toppled nearly 500 years ago by the Spanish sacrificed only young…
London, July 8 (IANS) Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner who survived being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, has joined Twitter with a call for people to help her fight for girls’ education, the…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) T.P. Senkumar, who retired as Kerala Police chief on June 30 after serving for 55 days following his reinstatement through a Supreme Court order, on Friday said his pension papers are…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Spiritual leaders from across different faiths and beliefs have joined Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation to forge the motto of ‘Surakshit Bachpan, Surakshit Bharat’ (Safe Childhood, Safe India). The leaders on…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India extracts more groundwater than the United States and China together, a Water Resource Ministry official said here on Friday, adding that some states are extracting more groundwater than there…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Minister for Development of North East Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh on Friday proposed tele-education for the civil services aspirants of northeast region, saying it will bring them at par with…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response from the Centre on why facilities for the differently abled persons in the Indian Railways were beyond their access. A division bench…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) A month after a fresh spurt in violence forced tourists to scurry out of Darjeeling, the West Bengal government on Friday hoped that tourists would by back by the festive season…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Taking suo-moto cognizance of “objectionable” videos and pictures of the protected Jarawa and other tribal communities of Andaman Islands on YouTube, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Friday…
Tokyo, July 7 (IANS) The official announcement of the engagement of Japanese Emperor Akihito’s eldest granddaughter, Princess Mako, was postponed due to torrential rains that have killed seven people while 14 were reported missing. The…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to re-evaluate Class 12 answer-sheets of all students who approach it. A division bench of acting…
Lucknow, July 6 (IANS) Four persons, including three of a family and their neighbour, were killed in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday while cleaning a well when they inhaled a poisonous gas emanating from it, the…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) Keeping political affiliations aside, Kerala MPs are to take up in Parliament a demand by the parents of an IAF officer for probe into his death in a Sukhoi air crash…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) A local court has held two taxi drivers guilty of gang-rape and murder of a woman in Delhi, and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for life….
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Delhi PWD Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday announced that 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras will be installed across the national capital by January next year. “In the first phase, we have…
Malappuram (Kerala), July 6 (IANS) Police in Kerala are probing a bizarre incident where a dead man’s body was not buried for three months by his family in the belief he would come back to…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) A newly unearthed photo showing blurry figures on a dock may shed light on the mystery behind missing US pilot Amelia Earhart who disappeared without a trace in 1937, the media…
Leh, July 6 (IANS) Thousands of Tibetans on Thursday morning joined in the 82nd birthday celebrations of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama here. Large crowds donning traditional dresses began to assemble since morning at…