Lucknow, March 21 : A team of the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two persons for smuggling birds here. The STF has recovered 206 parrots and...

Bengaluru, March 20 : A Tamil Nadu-based exporter who attempted to pass off an antique idol as ‘new’ for export purposes, has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Based...

Bijnor, March 20 : The carcass of a 30-year-old elephant with its trunk entangled in a solar-powered fence has been found on the edge of Amangarh Tiger Reserve’s Keharipur beat....

By Mohammed ShafeeqHyderabad, March 20 : Yedalapally Adilaxmi of Telangana has managed to break the gender barrier to enter an area which is dominated by men. The 31-year-old in a...

Ranchi, March 20 : For the last 25 years, Swati Singh aka Kikki Singh of Jharkhand’s Ranchi is on wheelchair, but her journey of achievements continues unabated. She was born...

Varanasi, March 20 : ‘The School of Ram’, Varanasi, a virtual platform dedicated to spreading the ideals and virtues of Lord Ram, will be setting up a library which will...

By Arun LakshmanChennai, March 20 : Ramgopalratnam is now a pracharak of Bhagwad Gita and is on a mission to take Gita across the villages and slums of South India.M.Tech...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, March 20 : As the past decade has witnessed more and more translations from diverse Indian languages into English, with many going on to win major...

By Vikas DattaTake a fairly large number of people together in a comparatively cramped space deep underwater — a domain unfamiliar and fatal for unprotected humans, throw in the brewing...

New Delhi, March 19 : Natural forest regeneration is regarded as a cost-effective strategy for countries to meet their ecological restoration and carbon sequestration goals.However, a new study shows that...

Chennai, March 19 : The Coimbatore forest range office in Tamil Nadu has warned people of possible elephant intrusion as several elephants are in the areas bordering the forest lands....

Pilibhit, March 18 : The World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India), in coordination with the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR), has formed an outreach team of “Bagh Mitras” to tackle the...

New Delhi, March 18 : With a significant stake in the Arctic region, India is one of the 13 nations holding Observer status in the Arctic Council, a high-level inter-governmental...

Chandigarh, March 18 : Do you sleep ‘soundly’ yet feel sluggish throughout the day? Do you wake up often during the night? Do you snore? If the answer to either...

Saharanpur, March 18 : When ‘Holika Dahan’, a fire ritual that marks the triumph of good over evil, was being celebrated on Thursday night, a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur...

Jaipur, March 17 : On the eve of Holi, the Rajasthan Police sent across a message through tweets, warning those who create ruckus during the festival by invoking the immortal...

Mumbai, March 17 : Acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal has released the poster of his upcoming film, ‘Mujib – The Making of a Nation’, a biopic on the Father of the...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, March 17 : For someone whose introduction to rock music was at the age of seven, when a cousin brought the album ‘Rock Around the Clock’...

New Delhi, March 17 : The fourth edition of ‘Bonjour India 2022’ has been announced by the French embassy in India.The event celebrates 75 years of India’s Independence and 75...

Udaipur, March 16 : Aiming to give special recognition to the herbal gulal prepared from flowers and leaves by the women of tribal-dominated rural areas of Mewar, Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar,...

New Delhi, March 16 : A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation employee has set a Guinness World Record by travelling to all metro stations in just 16 hours, it was announced...

Chennai, March 16 : On June 28, 2020, S.Pandidurai, a vibrant youth, lost his life in a road accident at Oddamchathram in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu.The death of the...

New Delhi, March 15 : Veteran industrialist Rahul Bajaj, the original Make in India proponent, made his company’s two-wheelers a household name with the catchy “Hamara Bajaj” tagline. He took...

Jaipur, March 14 : The 15th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival concluded amid applause and fanfare on Monday at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur. The world’s biggest ‘hybrid’ literature Festival...

Gandhinagar, March 14 : The Gujarat government on Monday informed the state Assembly that a little less than 300 lions, lionesses and cubs have died in the last two years...

Jaipur, March 14 : JLF Soneva Fushi in the Maldives has announced its full festival programme, bringing a global line-up of critically acclaimed authors, thinkers, and cultural leaders to the...

New Delhi, March 14 : Sahitya Akademi has published a book-length poem ‘Monsoon’ by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K.on the occasion of its 68th anniversary. ‘Monsoon’ is a poem of 150...

By Narendra PuppalaHyderabad, March 13 : Telugu star Pawan Kalyan’s political outfit, the Jana Sena Party (JSP) is all set to celebrate its eighth anniversary on Monday (March 14).Even as...

By Vikas DattaCertain news portals may have a small blurb next to an article headline that tells the reader the time it will take them to read it — usually...

Chennai, March 12 : Poor infrastructure and lack of health facilities forced a tribal family in Isalattu near the Anamalai Tiger Reserve(ATR) in Tamil Nadu to carry an ailing woman...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, March 12 : “Revolution does not come overnight and social revolution takes time to come.Social and logistics aspects also take time,” the Supreme Court had observed...

New Delhi, March 11 : Border Security Force said that its troopers took a pregnant woman in the border area of West Bengal’s Nadia district to hospital on the intervening...

Guwahati, March 11 : A 15-year-old male elephant was electrocuted at a tea estate under the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam on Friday, officials said. Assam’s Forest...

New Delhi, March 11 : A man accused of killing a panther and a tigress in 2003 and 2004, respectively, has been arrested by the CBI, 14 years after being...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, March 11 : Making it a point to do diverse films across genres in the last two years, actor Manoj Bajpai says that it is important...

By Sukant DeepakJaipur, March 11 : Stressing that Germany has not criticised India’s position on Ukraine, the German Ambassador to India, Walter J.Lindner told IANS that the German government has...

New Delhi, March 10 : Bob Dylans ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ and ‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ became the anthems of the Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements of the 1960s...

Srinagar, March 9 : Srinagar Deputy Commissioner, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, accompanied by Senior Superintendent of Police, Rakesh Balwal, on Wednesday visited the family of Rafiya Nazir who was killed in...

By Sukant DeepakLucknow, March 9 : A few years back, Pt.Birju Maharaj was invited at the festival.He was performing after 25 years in Lucknow.An evening everybody was waiting for. And...

New Delhi, March 8 : Minister of State for External Affairs & Culture, Meenakshi Lekhi, along with Sachchanand Joshi, Member Secretary of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA),...

Chennai, March 8 : A bunker built by the then British rulers during World War 1 was discovered accidentally at an old building in the American College in Tamil Nadu’s...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, March 8 : “I alone cannot take responsibility for the whole of India.But even if two or three villages can be freed from the shackles of...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, March 8 : A look inside an author’s notebook/diary can be enigmatic — there are alphabets, landscapes.and soundscapes too if you are willing to hear.These are...

New Delhi, March 7 : The Nagla Samal village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district had an unexpected visitor that kept the villagers on tenterhooks for almost eight hours. An adult...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 : On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, state Health Minister Veena Georgea will inaugurate a programme to support the first woman ambulance driver in...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, March 7 : Hailed as the ‘greatest literary show on Earth’, the Jaipur Literature Festival (JFF) 2022 has started in a new hybrid avatar and at a...

New Delhi, March 7 : In an attempt to expand the global reach of the DD India TV channel, India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

By Susitha FernandoColombo, March 7 : Venerated Indian tusker, Nadungamuwa Raja, bearer of the Buddha tooth relic at the Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 : A village boy, who used to collect lime shells for his father’s business in Kerala’s Alappuzha four decades ago, today is the Managing Director and CEO...

By Vishal GulatiNew Delhi, March 7 : Valmiki, the author of Ramayana, is the Adi Kavi (first poet) who spontaneously uttered the first verse in the epic that begins with...

By Mohammad Suaib KhanNew Delhi, March 6 : It is said that adversity is the crucible in which friendship is tested. Two Indians, Mohammed Faisal and Kamal Singh stuck in...

New Delhi, March 6 : In a bid to beautify the central part of the national capital, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has developed an approximately half a kilometer...

By Sanjiv KumarNew Delhi, March 6 : Venturing into a big city for a person from a small or non-metro town can often be daunting.If the person comes from a...

By Nivedita KhandekarNew Delhi, March 6 : Even when poaching and other threats to wildlife remain rampant, the Centre has eaten into the funds released under three of its flagship...

By Vikas DattaIt is not certain how the situation in Ukraine will pan out, but it is certain, given the western response to Russian actions and the heated rhetoric, that...

By Smita ChouhanDehradun, March 6 : Pichora, an attractive traditional attire of Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region which is gifted to the bride and donned on all auspicious occasions by married women,...

Cairo, March 6 : The warm fragrance of coffee wafted through a hotel in Egypt’s capital Cairo during the third edition of the country’s annual coffee festival. Dubbed Coffestival, the...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, March 6 : Rajasthan has become the first state in India to announce the introduction of night sky astro tourism in all 33 districts of the state....

By Manoj PathakJamui, March 6 : Bihar may have imposed prohibition since 2016, but there is a village in Jamui district where the sale and consumption of liquor has been...

New Delhi/Bhopal, March 5 : A one-and-a-half-year old sloth bear, that was found entwined in a barbed wire fence, has been rescued by a multi-agency team from the outskirts of...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, March 5 : Asserting that beauty is no quick fix but an outcome of long term care, Shahnaz Husain, founder and MD of Shahnaz Husain Group,...

New York, March 5 : Just a glass of wine or even a pint of beer a day carries significant risk as it can cause changes to the brain equivalent...

Mumbai, March 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pune on Sunday to inaugurate an art gallery-museum dedicated to the legendary cartoonist R.K.Laxman and also inaugurate the new Pune...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 : ‘Locky’, the cat, has had a bumpy ride from Ukraine along with its owner Anju Das, a student who owns the pet.But after reaching Delhi, the...

Prayagraj, March 3 : Dr S.P.Singh, Director of the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and principal of the MLN Medical College (MLNMC) in Prayagraj, has set a new record by conducting...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, March 2 : The 15th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival, to be held at Hotel Clarks Amber here from March 5 to 14, will focus on Ukraine-Russia...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, March 2 : She studied music from the Royal Music Of London and acting at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in the US.Los...

Guwahati, March 1 : A female Royal Bengal tiger was found dead at Sildubi in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, officials said on Tuesday. Forest and wildlife officials...

By Vishal GulatiNairobi, March 1 : Since its launch in early 2019, Eco Star, a non-profit organisation that recycles trash from homes, restaurants and schools across Kuwait, has recycled more...

New Delhi, March 1 : All those Indians fleeing war-torn Ukraine leaving behind their studies or jobs can now at least bring back their cats or dogs. “Considering the unique...

Chennai, March 1 : People of Vridhachalam in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district on Tuesday morning woke up to a shocking news of three gold-plated ‘kalasams’ atop the famous Viruthagireeswar Siva...

Bhubaneswar, March 1 : On the occasion of Maha Shivaratri, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a unique sand sculpture of Lord Shiva with installation of 23,436 rudrakhsa beads...

Lucknow, March 1 : Special prayers for world peace will be offered in various temples on Shivratri this year. The Mankameshwar temple, an over 100-year-old shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva,...

Bhopal, Feb 27 : On Mahashivratri, Ujjain city, which houses famous Mahakaleshhwar temple, the abode of Lord Shiva, will be lit up with 21 lakh diyas (earthen lamps). The city...

By Ganesh BhattNew Delhi, Feb 27 : Banaras Hindu University (BHU) scientists have developed a new variety of medicinal plant Rishyagandha which has the properties to treat all types of...

Mumbai, Feb.Feb 26 : Closed for nearly two years owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) raised the curtains again to the public, with the...

New Delhi, Feb 25 : The Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan can accommodate 300 persons per slot till the time it remains open for general public (except Mondays) till...

Srinagar, Feb 25 : Kashmir’s passionate affair with migratory birds is coming to an end as the winged marvels of nature are packing bags to return home after a season’s...

New Delhi, Feb 25 : Setting the record straight in the midst of the controversy over the ‘Rocket Boys’ TV series that has been panned, as one critic put it,...

By Abhijit MohantyKeonjhar, Feb 24 : The Odisha Millets Mission (OMM), a flagship initiative of the state government of Odisha, has supported women self-help groups (WSHGs) to set up 76...

New Delhi, Feb 23 : A massive expansion of the global gas pipeline network threatens climate goals and creates a $485.8 billion stranded asset risk, according to a new survey...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 23 : Leading contemporary artist Sudhir Patwardhan started off on the works displayed in his latest solo exhibition ‘Portraits of an Existential Artist’ (February 4-23)...

By Sheikh QayoomSrinagar, Feb 22 : For 47-year old Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, running the family’s Harisa shop at Aali Kadal in old Srinagar city is not just another profession, it...

By Sheikh QayoomSrinagar, Feb 22 : Twenty six-year old engineering graduate, Sahil Manzoor believes that he can revive Kashmir’s art and culture as a sand artist. He belongs to Dana...

New Delhi, Feb 21 : Author Anirudh Suri has launched ‘The Great Tech Game NFT Collection Series’ — the first book with limited edition NFT collectible cards, with a percentage...

New Delhi, Feb 21 : The Delhi Police have prohibited the use of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and the use of laser beams in the jurisdiction of the Sub-Division of...

Mumbai, Feb 20 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday dispatched a courier containing around 4,000 postcards to President Ram Nath Kovind, demanding the status of ‘Classical Language’ to...

Patna, Feb 20 : Ragpickers, slum dwellers and orphan children in Bihar’s Danapur, for whom attending school was always a distant dream, can now complete their education with the help...

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 : A congregation of ‘Aghori Sanyasis’ will participate in the ‘Maha Kali Yagam’ to be held in Thiruvananthapuram from May 6 to 16 at the Balabhadra temple....

By VISHAL GULATIShimla, Feb 20 : The Himachal Pradesh Fisheries Department will import eight lakh genetically modified species of brown and rainbow trout, the cold-water species introduced by British India...

By M.K.AshokaBengaluru, Feb 20 : “Its all about identity.I could have easily got enrolled as a boy to pursue my higher education and research.But, I wanted to be enrolled as...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Feb 20 : Rajasthan, once known as the land of warriors, is now buzzing with business stories which are making a mark nationally as well as on...

By Vikas DattaThe most plaintive words, across languages, could be “If I could turn back time/the clock”.While what the future will bring hangs heavy on most people, and many may...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : The birders in Delhi-NCR, as well as across India, are keenly awaiting the annual ‘Big Bird Day’ on Sunday, when they spend the entire day...

Rome, Feb 19 : A copy of the famed Mona Lisa painting that has been part of the collection of the lower house of Italy’s parliament since 1927, is being...

San Francisco, Feb 19 : California recorded its driest January since 1984, with the lack of rain and snow pushing drought conditions across the most populous US state to nearly...

Panaji, Feb 18 : Already popular for its annual carnival parade, Panaji is looking to get into the prestigious UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) by organising its first-ever beach carnaval,...

New Delhi, Feb 18 : Myths are how people imagine the world but mythology is not history and not a parable either and while science tells us how the world...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 18 : “Our aim has been to provide an all India platform for young artists, especially to those coming from smaller towns and semi-rural areas...

By Sumit Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Feb 17 : The Indian Army has banned ferocious pet dogs in the community living areas inside the Delhi cantonment after a brutal dog attack...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Feb 17 : Dungarpur, a small tribal town in Rajasthan, has taken the lead to boost the speaking skills of students by launching a new project —...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Feb 17 : Hes started newspapers and magazines; represented India at the United Nations; accompanied dignitaries on state visits; covered cricket Test matches, nine Olympics, the...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 17 : Despite being a third-generation hotelier and not really an avid reader during childhood, Akshat Gupta, who has written five film scripts, and is...

Noida, Feb 16 : As part of the relentless efforts made by the Government of India to integrate and streamline air, rail and road connectivity of people, goods and services,...

New Delhi, Feb 16 : This is possibly the first book to look at China’s growing role in India’s neighbourhood via its engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan, and what...

By Saibal GuptaKolkata, Feb 16 : The pied piper of Bengali music industry – Sandhya Mukherjee who gave birth to a cascade of never-heard-before musical melodies that became the lyrical...

Kolkata, Feb 15 : After a battle of 19 days, legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee passed away at the age of 90 at a city hospital on Tuesday evening. Mukherjee...

Panaji, Feb 15 : Even as Goa’s election carnival came to a close with the February 14 polling, Panaji is all set to host real carnival festivities from February 26...

Srinagar/New Delhi, Feb 15 : Under the Srinagar Smart City Limited Project the developmental work of Jhelum River Front and Water Transport is in full swing.All major departments under this...

Chennai, Feb 15 : A bird survey in Tamil Nadu has recorded the presence of several threatened species that were categorised as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 15 : The setting cannot be better.A beautiful old haveli in Old Delhi playing host to a poetry evening organised on the 153rd anniversary of...

Chennai, Feb 14 : In a unique move, a sports management company based out of Kerala is organising a Cycle Rickshaw Racing League (CRRL) primarily in Tamil Nadu on June...

Jaipur, Feb 14 : At a time when Rajasthan tops the list of crime against women, the state’s Dungarpur district became witness to an innovative start where school girls were...

Prayagraj, Feb 14 : A unique wedding reception was held in Prayagraj over the weekend where the bride and groom dressed up as Radha-Krishna. Their family members also wore traditional...

Lucknow, Feb 14 : The Ambar Masjid in Lucknow will now have a separate wing for women and the project is being spearheaded by the All India Muslim Women Personal...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) has been extremely successful in empowering women of northeast India and several success stories of uplifting the...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 13 : At a time when inclusivity is the buzz word and there are programs to spread awareness about the same, the duo believe that...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : The Observer Research Foundation’s (ORF) new monograph ‘Jailed for Doing Business: the 26,134 imprisonment clauses in India’s business laws’ analyses newly isolated compliance data that...

Kochi, Feb 12 : Raila Odinga, the former Kenyan Prime Minister and a likely presidential candidate in the forthcoming Kenyan elections, who was in Kerala with his family for his...

New Delhi/Srinagar, Feb 11 : Jammu and Kashmir’s Chenani region is a historical gamut.It has witnessed the rise and fall of many great empires whose glory shines through the city...

BY VISHAL GULATINew Delhi, Feb 11 : The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the world’s highest-level decision-making body with a universal membership of all 193 nations, is celebrating its 50th anniversary...

Lucknow, Feb 11 : A Muslim girl in Lucknow University (LU) has won five medals for being the best student of MA in Sanskrit. Ghazala’s name was announced by LU...

New Delhi, Feb 10 : This is the story of a region in conflict, told through the story of a single terror attack.Based upon personal interviews with the protagonists, police...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 10 : Even as violinist Deepak Pandit and Hindustani vocalist Pratibha Singh Baghel recently launched their album ‘Inheritance’ in Mumbai as a tribute to late...

New Delhi, Feb 9 : “I believe that Covid-19 can be the last pandemic (and) I know that might be hard to believe while we’re still trying to get (the...

Hyderabad, Feb 9 : A rooster was charged Rs 30 for ‘travelling’ in a bus of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC). The bizarre incident occurred in Telangana’s Karimnagar...

New Delhi, Feb 9 : It was February 10, 1771, termed as the ‘Great Grand Maratha’, Mahadji Shinde had led a powerful Maratha army successfully to take over the then...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 9 : He believes that seeing and painting is imitating, but when one paints first, what emerges is evolution.Prabhakar Kolte, one of the pioneers of...

New Delhi, Feb 8 : Delhi Police on Tuesday inaugurated a ‘pink booth’ in the area of Connaught Place police station, in a bid to facilitate the complaints of especially...

New Delhi, Feb 8 : The British Council and the Art X Company have announced the release of the ‘India Literature and Publishing Sector Study’, a primary research project aimed...

New Delhi, Feb 8 : Artist Jitish Kallat’s ‘Order of Magnitude’, his first major solo exhibition in West Asia and the Levant will be presented by Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai,...

Chennai, Feb 7 : The journey of 34-year-old Aravind Perumal is unique in many aspects with twists and turns to achieve his goal.He began as a farmhand and then wrote...

New Delhi/Srinagar, Feb 7 : Decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led regime to abrogate J&K’s special status and turn it into a Union Territory has proven to be a...

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 : In a first, a group of about 20 lady doctors attached to a leading private hospital, have come out with a 15-minute short film “Karuthelodu Mumbottu”...

By Mohammed ShafeeqHyderabad, Feb 6 : ‘Zinda Tilismath ka har ghar mein rehna zaroori hai’ goes the tagline on the tiny bottle of a unani medicine which has been a...

By Sundeep PouranikRaipur, Feb 6 : Bastar, one of the districts in Chhattisgarh, well-known for its dense forests, is identified largely as a Maoist-dominated area.The state government, however, is set...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 6 : Emotionally driven and violently moulded, ‘BLCK’ is an invitation into his world of comfortable turbulence.Winner of the world’s first Red Bull World Doodle...

BY VISHAL GULATIShimla, Feb 5 : Heavy snowfall thawed the frozen memories of Simla — the erstwhile capital of British India, as a thick quilt, and not blanket, of white...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 5 : With more than 3.4 million followers on Trell, this 24-year old Chennai-based beauty content creator on Trell produces 3-minute vertical videos in the...

Jammu, Feb 4 : The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, on Friday met the young artistes from the Union Territory who featured alongside renowned Bollywood singers to...

New Delhi, Feb 4 : Luck ran out for a real life Pushpa as he was caught at the railway station in the national capital while smuggling red sandalwood. The...

New Delhi, Feb 4 : The year was 1932, and a young man had just been banished from the state of Patiala.His crime? He had refused a glass of wine...

By Sourish BhattacharyyaNew Delhi, Feb 3 : When Nikkhil Advani and Siddharth Roy Kapur’s ‘Rocket Boys’ premieres on SonyLIV on Friday, a glorious chapter of Independent India’s formative first decade...

Dharwad, (Karnataka), Feb 3 : A man, who stole a jeep from a police station in Karnataka’s Dharwad district and went on a long joyride to fulfil his long-pending dream,...

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 : Legendary film maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Thursday informed the Minister of Local Self Government M.V.Govindan that he will be giving away 13 cents of land (100...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Feb 3 : Imagine setting out as a writer by penning your own obituary to “find out who I really wanted to be” and close to...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 2 : While listening to music, how many of us think about what actually goes into making a career in music? What are the struggles,...

Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh), Feb 2 : A total of 110,309 waterbirds of 110 species were recorded in a two-day census in the 307 square km Pong wetlands, one of...

New Delhi, Feb 2 : With a population that would rank it the fifth in the world if it were a country, Uttar Pradesh has undoubtedly been India’s most politically...

New Delhi, Feb 2 : The Indian arm of global e-tailer Amazon has shut down Westland that it had acquired in 2017 and which published a range of popular and...

By Mukhtar DarBudgam (J&K), Feb 1 (IANS/ 101Reporters) Up until a few decades ago, the small canal (locally known as ‘Gaam-i-kul’) passing through Budgam district’s Lasipora village was not just...

Chennai, Feb 1 : The Southern Railway has decided to sensitise people and create awareness among commuters to not drop food leftovers and garbage on rail tracks, for the safety...

Prayagraj, Feb 1 : An estimated one crore pilgrims will take a holy dip in the Sangam — the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati — on Tuesday to...

By Sukant DeepakSrinagar, Feb 1 : Kashmir’s first wheel-chair basketball player, Inshah Bashir, a native of Budgam district, who represented India in the US in 2019, and participated in the...

Chennai, Jan 31 : In a tragic case of plummeting fortunes, a 61-year-old person, Madasami had to take refuge in a bus stand after he sold off his home due...

Bengaluru, Jan 31 : Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka minister, Suresh Kumar on Monday questioned the decision to broadcast programmes in Hindi and other languages in Kannada Rainbow 101.3...

By Quaid NajmiMumbai, Jan 31 : A stunning group of enchanting idols of Lord Swaminarayan — displayed at the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, Kundaldham in Gujarat — has entered the Guinness...

Guwahati, Jan 30 : People generally consume milk of domestic animals like cows, goats, buffaloes, but a toddler girl in Assam’s Golaghat district drank milk from an elephant, making everyone...

By Manoj PathakPatna, Jan 30 : The life journey of a girl from Bihar’s Patna is serving as an inspiration for millions of girls across the country as she completed...

New Delhi, Jan 30 : When over 1,000 drones, dazzling in different colours, lit up the sky over Lutyens’ Delhi during the Beating Retreat Ceremony, the Indian startup success story...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 30 : Green fields on open land are something we see quite often, but if we see open green fields at the periphery of hotel properties,...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 30 : For a long time, the idea of a woman in early adulthood making disastrous decisions had been knocking in her head.The scene where...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 29 : The intrusion of leopard into the residential areas of Jaipur is no longer uncommon now as these wild beasts are often making their way...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Jan 29 : Growing up in Kanpur, Chitwan Mittal heard “wonderfully imaginative stories” from her ‘dadi at mealtimes and from her convent-educated mothers vast collection of...

Canberra, Jan 29 : The Australian government has tripled funding for koala conservation efforts in a bid to save the iconic species from extinction, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Environment...

Chennai, Jan 28 : Retired Tamil Nadu teacher K.Sivaprakasam cracked the NEET with the 349th rank, under the 7.5 per cent government school student quota, but was rejected on technical...

New Delhi, Jan 28 : Her first 46 years of life were spent in chains and at the mercy of an ‘ankush’ (bullhook).She knew of no other life and routine...

Agartala, Jan 28 : Forest and wildlife officials continued their study and inspection for the second day on Friday after the carcasses of over 500 migratory birds were found at...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 28 : With the idea behind the book to present Ayurveda in a simplified, contemporary and relatable manner to ensure that the reader can incorporate...

New Delhi, Jan 27 : The government has honoured Abdul Khader Nadakattin, a resident of Dharwad in Karnataka, with the Padma Shri award in the Other Category (Grassroots Innovation), the...

Chennai, Jan 27 : A number of celebrities from the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries on Thursday released the much-awaited lyrical video of ‘Thozhi’, a romantic melodious number from...

New Delhi, Jan 27 : A distinguished Harvard Business School professor offers a compelling reassessment and defence of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social...

Mumbai, Jan 27 : The trailer of the upcoming Kannada comedy drama ‘One Cut Two Cut’ was unveiled by Amazon Prime Video on Thursday.It is the first of three movies...

Chandigarh, Jan 26 : In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Hoshiarpur Literary Society has collaborated with the Punjab Forest Department to plant saplings in their endeavour to eliminate the carbon footprint...

New Delhi, Jan 26 : With 100 per cent rural households of three districts of Gujarat getting piped water connection, the Ministry of Jal Shakti’s flagship programme, ‘Har Ghar Jal’...

By Sukant DeepakSrinagar, Jan 26 : Under the cloud-capped sun and the melancholy that accompanies the permanent grey weather of January here; amid graffiti in a script that goes from...

By Vishal GulatiDharamsala, Jan 25 : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday enjoyed the snow-capped Dhauladhar range on a bright sunny day from the balcony of his official...

New Delhi, Jan 25 : From stories that detail the shenanigans of animals, to the BCCI’s impact on Indian cricket, to discovering the unity in diversity that is India through...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25 : Till the infamous gold smuggling case surfaced, M.Sivasankar, the then principal secretary and top Kerala bureaucrat was one of the most powerful official.But after that things...

By P.A.Mohammed RiyasThiruvananthapuram, Jan 25 : In the words of Ibn Battuta, Travelling- it leaves you speechless and then turns you into a storyteller. His wisdom teaches us that it...

New Delhi, Jan 24 : Auction house Prinseps is set to host the third edition of ‘The Nationalism Book Auction on January 25. The auction brings together a rare collection...

Shimla, Jan 23 : In a heart-warming incident, police personnel in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday helped a pregnant woman safely deliver her baby in a hospital after finding the vehicle...

Gaya (Bihar), Jan 23 : A pushcart tea seller from Dharmanagari in Bihar’s Gaya, is feeding the poor, hungry and deranged people through the money he earns from selling tea,...

New Delhi, Jan 23 : Every year India celebrates National Girl Child Day on January 24.In 2008, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, decided to celebrate...

New Delhi, Jan 23 : Before Delhi’s Red Fort became the site of India’s Independence Day celebrations, the historic fort was popularly remembered as the palace-fortress of Shah Jahan’s 17th...

Chennai, Jan 23 : A group of tribal women from the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu has opened a cooperative to sell forest produce as part of their entrepreneurship. The...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 23 : Once upon a time, around 80 years back, there was a woman who walked with might with mausers and guns, used to fire shots...

By Sukant DeepakSrinagar, Jan 23 : Well, she told her parents that she was taking classes for JEE (Joint Entrance Examination).but Mehak Suhail (23), Kashmir’s youngest woman architect, was in...

By Quaid NajmiMumbai, Jan 23 : Junking an empty chips packet, a water bottle or a juice can make Haribaabu Naatesan scowl and perhaps even pick it up carefully —...

By Praveen DwivediBhopal, Jan 22 : The Madhya Pradesh government has sought New Delhi-based Central Zoo Authority’s (CZA) approval for relocating two rescued tigers and four leopards to the neighbouring...

New Delhi, Jan 22 : A money is on the loose in Sector 15 A, Noida, after he escaped from an animal ambulance, freeing himself and several other dogs from...

Chennai, Jan 22 : Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials on Saturday trapped a leopard from a warehouse at the B.P.Pudur area in Coimbatore after waiting for five days to capture...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 22 : Actor Urvashi Rautela, who made her Bollywood debut with ‘Sing Saab the Great’ and appeared in films like ‘Sanam Re’, ‘Great Grand Masti’,...

Chennai, Jan 21 : A 35-year-old tusker, ‘Shankar’ who was captured at Gudalur as a wild elephant after killing three men will soon become a trained ‘Kumki’ elephant to be...

Mumbai, Jan 21 : Legendary IPS officer Aftab Ahmed Khan – among the earliest of ‘Dirty Harrys’ who inspired the concept of specialised Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) in Maharashtra – passed...

New Delhi, Jan 21 : This is probably the first critical biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose till date. There are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as...

Varanasi (UP), Jan 21 : Doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU), have conducted a study on the surgical outcome of thoracic empyema patients. They have...

Los Angeles, Jan 21 : LA Art Show, the most comprehensive international contemporary art show in US West Coast, has returned to the Los Angeles Convention Center as an in-person...

By Archana SharmaUdaipur, Jan 20 : Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, IIM Udaipur witnessed its best-ever placement season with 95 per cent of its students already placed and that too...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Rolls Royce has announced that its all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation aircraft is officially the worlds fastest all-electric aircraft, having set two new world records which...