For the first time after the June 2018 breakdown of the PDP-BJP government and imposition of the Governor's/President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited the Union Territory's mainstream politicians for a meeting at his...

A rescue team of forest and police officials on Wednesday started operation to save a wild elephant which had fallen into a well in a private property near Kothamangalam about 70 kms from here.The incident was first noticed on Wednesday morning when locals...

Aimed at saving lives in low resource areas and during transit, the nation's first device has been developed as a substitute for the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine which functions even without electricity.Named 'Jivan Vayu' by its developer,...

The 135-year-old Nizam era Warangal Central Jail in Telangana became history with the authorities demolishing the prison structures to build a multi super-specialty hospital.The demolition work, which was taken up on Sunday on a massive scale, was almost...

The relatives of a man, who died due to snakebite in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, dumped his body into the Ganga on Sunday, despite objections of the local residents. The locals made video clips of the incident, which occurred in Kahalgaon block under Bhagalpur....

As much as 60,000 hectares of Basmati agricultural land will be converted into a more productive one as the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration has decided to provide good quality seeds at cheaper rates to around 7.5 lakh farmers in the Union Territory.In...

With rumours becoming rife over New Delhi planning 'something big' in J&K, top sources told IANS on Wednesday that the focus of the central government is on two important issues: whether the suspended Amarnath Yatra can be resumed and whether assembly...

Pentagon has created the world's largest clandestine force in the past 10 years, which has carried out the very "nefarious" operations the US itself repeatedly condemns, according to a media report.The Newsweek magazine's exclusive report, titled "Inside the...

In a major organisational reshuffle, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has elevated Lok Sabha MP from Diamond Harbour Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the post of party’s national general secretary, and actor-turned-politician...

A massive water-filled sinkhole which opened up for unknown reasons in a field in central Mexico is getting bigger, local authorities said.The sinkhole, which was just five metres in diameter when it was first discovered in the village of Santa Maria Zacatepec...

On a warm morning, Rakesh Singh walks up a jagged valley bristled with stones, carrying up a 'kuppa' (a spherical vessel) full of water on his head. It was only 8 a.m., but the sun is already blazing. As sweat trickles down his forehead, the young farmer,...

Five years after the collapse of Vivekananda flyover popularly known as 'Posta flyover' on March 31, 2016, where 28 people died, the state government - after much consultation - finally decided to pull down the flyover. The demolition work will start from...

Madhusudhan Das, more popularly 'Madhu Da' of 'Office Para' in the Dalhousie area -- the traditional hub for different offices in Central Kolkata -- came to Kolkata with his father when he was just eight years old.His father used to run a tea-stall just opposite...

Imalia village situated on the outskirts of Lucknow is embedded in silent shock and grief.Seven members of a family died within a span of 20 days between April 25 and May 15. The eighth member was unable to bear the shock of successive deaths and died following...

The Congress has constituted a committee to resolve issues in Punjab Congress but the real question is -- will it be able to prevail upon strong chief minister like captain Amarinder Singh, as the committee formed for Rajasthan could not come up with any...

From the crack of dawn today (Sunday), the sprightly 82-year-old Baba Karnail Singh Khaira has been a busybee, shuffling around at his modest 'Guru Ka Langar', near Karanji village on NH-7 here.With folded hands and a welcoming smile, the bespectacled Khaira...

Considering the immense non-biodegradable waste generated by disposable sanitary pads every month, sustainable menstrual hygiene in India can be achieved only with reusable pads made of organic material, said Anju Bist, Co-Director, Amrita SeRVe (Self Reliant Village)...

There has been a bumper strawberry crop in Kashmir this year; farmers are busy in their fields harvesting their produce and packing it in small boxes but the growers are incurring losses despite the bumper crop due to the lockdown following the coronavirus...

Singer Neha Kakkar sent out a prayer on Friday hoping everything returned to normalcy again, in her birth state Uttarakhand as well as the rest of India. Neha, who was born in Rishikesh, also posted a series of throwback pictures on Instagram from her stay...

Calling for stricter cryptocurrency rules, the US Treasury Department has said that any cryptocurrency transfer worth $10,000 or more has to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).In a new report on tax compliance proposals, the Treasury Department's...

A day after the key cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum saw a bloodbath, industry players on Thursday requested people not to lose hope and take a long-term view of their investments.The price of bitcoin tumbled below $40,000 for the first time...

The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), that has been entrusted with the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya, has moved the Uttar Pradesh government seeking to purchase an additional 20-acre land in Dhannipur village alongside the allotted 5-acre land,...

The price of bitcoin tumbled below $40,000 for the first time in months and other cryptocurrencies were pressured on Wednesday, after the People's Bank of China apparently warned against using digital coins as payment, MarketWatch reported.Bitcoin was last...

At 25, Sravya Attaluri is already a star with thousands following her on Instagram.For Attaluri, a "third culture" child as the Independent described her to be -- born in Hyderabad, India, but brought up in Korea and then Hong Kong -- life has been full...

Day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Rs 2,000 each to 9.50 crore farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi Scheme on May 14, the peasantry was hit by an unexpected bolt from the blue.Barely 24 hours after the PM's nationally-televised...

In a first, the picturesque Chitkul in Kinnaur district, India's last inhabited village in Himachal Pradesh, got linked to a mini-ATM facility on Monday.The development took place after rural fintech company Spice Money extended its services by launching...

Scientists have long questioned why the bursts of hot gas from the sun do not cool down as fast as expected, and have now used a supercomputer to find out.When the solar wind hits the Earth, it is almost 10 times hotter than expected, with a temperature of about...

What are periods? And why is it such a big secret, 11-year-old Aditya really wants to know.Ever since Rhea didi began getting brown paper packages, there's been something that no one is telling him. Mama turns red, Pa chokes on his coffee and Dadi has steam...

Even as Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across India, but the distressful situation has turned out to be a succour to the rarest of the rare reunion between a father and his daughter in Kerala, for the first time after 33 years.The 65-year-old man Sivaji...

After less than two months of going bullish on Bitcoin, Tesla on Thursday applied brakes on the popular cryptocurrency as a payment mode to buy its electric vehicles, citing environmental harm.Musk said that the electric car maker will not sell any bitcoin...

Fear gripped the Laluganj area in Jahanabad police circle in Fatehpur district when snakes started coming out of a house.The house owner Gaya Prasada said that he first saw a few baby snakes in his house on Tuesday afternoon and he caught them and released...

Sikkim remains an enigma for most, with many misconceptions about its history and its merger with India in 1975. In "Sikkim - A History of Intrigue and Alliance" (HarperCollins), former diplomat Preet Mohan Singh Malik combines insights into the erstwhile kingdoms...

Happiness turned into gloom for this newly-wed couple in Bihar's Munger district when the bride lost her life within six hours of solemnising the marriage.As a result, the bride's body was taken for cremation on Monday morning from her in-laws' house with the...

The journey of Mumbai-based jewellery entrepreneur and 'Indian Matchmaking' participant Pradhyuman's mother Sushma Maloo has been one of sheer grit and commitment to the self. Having established her jewellery brand Normament, which also features on the popular...

An initiative by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) using Miyawaki plantation has succeeded in developing a mini forest amid the concrete jungle in Telangana's Ramagundam, known for blazing summers. The mining town in Peddapalli district is also...

This is the story of a man who lost his two hands in two different accidents, however, never gave in to the challenges but continued working hard to emerge as a winner in swimming on the national platform and setting his eyes on the Asian Championship to...

The mega-billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates, who have emerged as a philanthropy powerhouse with a foundation named after themselves, are divorcing because their 27-year marriage has "irretrievably broken".According to TMZ, a media outlet that is up...

The leopard is the reigning rock star of the wildlife world. It's a species that is obscure and largely overshadowed by the tiger, especially in India, scientist, conservationist and author Sanjay Gubbi writes in "Leopard Diaries".However, it is also a species...

Summers are here and temperatures are soaring, with the fierce heat leaving throats parched and bodies fatigued. In this tiny Chhattisgarh village, a traditional soft drink made from tikhur (commonly known as East Indian arrowroot or narrow-leaved turmeric)...

In 1941, the US government hired billionaire entrepreneur Howard Hughes to build a massive airplane to take some 700 American soldiers into combat. Hughes' legendary "Spruce Goose" had a wingspan of 97.5 metred.Last week, 80 years later, an even bigger...

A ten-kilometre journey has been his ticket to fame and Vinay Kumar is now being hailed as a hero in his Bojhi village in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh.Vinay Kumar, along with his friends, took his baraat to Rajgarh village on Friday.What made the...

The world's oldest documented body of medical knowledge for physical, spiritual and psychological wellbeing, Ayurveda, expounds a way-of-life. Focusing on the balance between the governing forces of all Life, or the Doshas (mind, body and soul) this science...

Udhampur was once popular for its springs, Peepal trees and rumours (Udhampur Ek Time Apni Baai'n, Barh Te Baake'n Tai'n Bada Mashoor Haa) is a saying in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. The people here witnessed the depleting of their bowlis or natural...

A female constable in Mathura cremated the body of an unidentified young woman, which was found in a canal on April 11.Shalini Verma, 25, posted at the Kosi Kalan police station, said that the decomposed body of the woman remained unidentified and so she...

As Sri Krishna-Radha devotees in Braj Mandal celebrate the birthday of Yamuna on Sunday, their hearts are filled with disgust and frustration to see the plight of the river, which is the life line of millions of people from Delhi to Agra. Each day the faithfuls...

As government plans to come up with a Cryptocurrency Bill, sector stakeholders have said that the government should regulate the cryptocurrency ecosystem, rather than banning them.Experts are of the view that India should formulate regulations in the lines...

Taj hotels, has maintained a steadfast commitment to rekindle India's glorious past by restoring some of the country's most celebrated heritage properties that date back to the pre-independence era. With nine authentic and magnificent Palaces, IHCL is the...

Chandigarh-based IDS Infotech Ltd paid a commission of 7,40,128 euros to Interstellar Holdings Pvt Ltd, which is now known as Interstellar Technologies, on receipt of payments from French defence major Dassault Aviation for a project between May 2003 to November 2006,...

The Congress on Friday questioned the Narendra Modi-led government over the explosive revelations made by a French news portal in the Rafale deal alleging that there was 'massive corruption' and 'loss to public exchequer of at least Rs 21,075 crore.The remarks...

Days after a French news portal alleged that a middleman was paid several million euros by Dassault Aviation, makers of Rafale fighter jets, businessman Sushen Mohan Gupta's legal team broke its silence and denied all the allegations as "fabricated and baseless".The...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government of Pakistan has set the legal process rolling to buy the ancestral houses of two Indian film legendary actors and friends Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, in Peshawar. The KP government has enacted a necessary section of...

The global beef industry, particularly in the US and Brazil, can potentially reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by nearly 50 per cent with proper land management, improving production efficiency, suggests a research.The findings showed that using carbon...

Half a century after having to part with the love of his life, a visiting Australian tourist, over the question of where they would stay after marriage, the rekindled romance of an 82-year-old man, only identified as the 'gatekeeper of Kuldhara', a "haunted...

Situated in the centre of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, a school building made of yellow sandstone is telling the story of sustainability for its architectural marvel as the students can study and play in the protected courtyard here without worrying about the...

The Covid pandemic has affected education all over the globe, but in midst of all this disruption, an Indian mechanical engineering student has drawn over two dozen research offers in both sciences and mathematics from top institutions in the US, the UK,...

Bringing to the fore, that too effectively, the deep connect between art and architecture, is the ongoing solo exhibition of Smita Jain, "Jharokha". Her 21 works -- all acrylic on canvas -- are on view at Uchaan Art Gallery in Gurugrams Souk Mall till April 1.That...

Torrent Gas has signed a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the promoters of Sanwariya Gas for the takeover of the company to provide Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in Mathura.The transaction is subject to the approval from PNGRB and...

The Department of Posts has issued new rules for deduction of TDS if the aggregate withdrawal from all post office schemes is more than Rs 20 lakh. The provision includes withdrawals from PPF also.As per the new provisions under Section 194N of Income Tax...

The US and the European Union (EU) have expressed readiness to mediate in the issue of the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River, Sudan's Sovereign Council said in a statement.Donald Booth, the US special envoy to Sudan,...

These two 3.10-metre long, 165-year-old steel cannons were among the scores of large guns which once protected the open-to-sea borders of Mumbai, but now, they will face inwards and deployed to enhance the beauty of the city's gardens.In an unique initiative,...