Nagpur, Jan 20 (IANS) Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, the sole survivor in the Dalit family carnage at Khairlanji village in Bhandara district of the state, died following a massive heart attack here on Friday. Not keeping well…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Friday visited Delhi Police headquarters and directed senior police officers to connect with the northeastern community. In a meeting here that he chaired, the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) Kerala Tourism was the cynosure of all eyes at the five-day Vakantiebeurs 2017, the biggest tourism trade event in the Netherlands, an official said on Friday. It was Kerala Tourism’s first…
Jagiroad, Morigaon (Assam), Jan 20 (IANS) Amid the initial pangs of demonetisation and cashless economy, people in central Assam’s Morigaon district on Friday witnessed the ancient mode of transactions — the barter system. Over a…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The central government has invited 40 tribals from various parts of the country as special guests for this year’s Republic Day celebrations, government sources said. Apart from watching the Republic…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) In a bid to create awareness among students for education of the girl child, the Delhi government on Friday organised a special screening of Aamir Khan-starrer “Dangal” at various government…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said over 100 Aam Aadmi Canteens will be opened in the city after the successful trial of one such canteen. The canteen was…
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…