Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Handloom weaves have breathed a new lease of life in vulnerable women in West Bengal’s Murshidabad who would otherwise be at the risk of being trafficked — thanks to a livelihood-creation…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) In a rare sighting, a tiger was spotted in the Neora Valley National Park in the hills of north Bengal at an elevation of 6,000 to 8,000 feet, prompting the forest…
Tokyo, Jan 20 (IANS) Japan on Friday announced it will ask the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to include 12 Christian sites in its list of World Heritage Sites. The 12 sites, which…
By Aditya Baruah Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) Come January and there’s festivity in the air in the northeastern state of Assam. With the harvest season coming to an end, it’s time for feasts, bonfires, makeshift…
By Salim David The tradition of Jallikattu is many thousands of years old in Tamil Nadu. The recent ban on this festive event has the entire state up in arms. What typically happens during Jallikattu…
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) Actors such as Ajith Kumar, Suriya, Karthi and Trisha Krishnan were among the first to gather here for day-long fast organized by Nadigar Sangam – the South Indian Artistes Association -…
New York, Jan 20 (IANS) The 18-year-old Shayla Rudolph of Ohio who live-streamed the video of taping her two-year-old son to the wall has been arrested and charged with third abducting the boy, media reports…
Ankara, Jan 20 (IANS/AKI) Nearly 180,000 Syrian babies have been born to refugee families in Turkey since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, state-run news agency Anadolu said on Thursday, quoting government…
Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) At a time when Tamil Nadu youth are protesting in support of Jallikattu — the bull taming sport — for preservation of the native bull breed, a consignment of 60 imported…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee’s convoy got stranded in a traffic bottleneck for a few minutes after it took a wrong turn on a city road on Thursday. The President was headed to…
Hyderabad, Jan 19 (IANS) In a rare development, all head constables in Adilabad district of Telangana were on Thursday given a day’s holiday to watch a Telugu movie. District Superintendent of Police M. Sreenivas declared…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) New wax figurines of US President-elect Donald Trump have been unveiled at Madame Tussauds locations around the globe. Trump already had a wax figure, which was completed in 1997. The current…
Xi’an, Jan 19 (IANS) A 6,000-year-old cemetery has been unearthed in China’s Shaanxi province, archaeologists said. The cemetery, covering about 90,000 sq.metres, is located near the Yangguanzhai ruins, which belonged to a late Neolithic culture…
By Prachi Salve and Shreya Shah After five years of declining learning outcomes, new survey data show improvements in some basic reading and arithmetic levels in primary school (Grade I to Grade V), even as…
London, Jan 19 (IANS) An extremely rare jewelled flask given to Clive of India after the Battle of Plassey in 1757, now has a temporary export bar placed on it by the British government. Culture…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said young women must learn to make their own decisions instead of relying on others’ suggestions all the time. “I think women should…
Colombo, Jan 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka and China have started to construct the Aranayake China-Sri Lanka Friendship village in the central part of the island nation to provide shelter for landslide victims, the Chinese embassy…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A nationwide association of small budget private schools criticised the latest Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme here on wednesday, saying that they do not stand to benefit from it…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Over 150,000 citizens from all across the country have joined a new initiative that will allow them a say in policing policy and various aspects of safety and security. The…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) To mark the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) centenary, the Department of Posts will issue a special cover on the university in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the field of…