Modi visits Rajghat, pays tributes to Gandhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rajghat - the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on Thursday morning to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation on his birth anniversary.Mr. Modi visited Rajgha...



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LIVE: Modi to launch 'Clean India' initiative

The Prime Minister administering a "cleanliness oath" to the nation.



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Donate blood, Health Minister tells youth

The youth should come forward for voluntary blood donation and help spread the message of saving lives through the gift of safe blood, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said. He was inaugu...



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Exquisite handicrafts on display

: Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIC) is holding its first exhibition in the capital at the Jawahar Balbhavan. The Union government undertaking is seeking to strength...



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Mayor Tony Chammany files complaint against websites

Mayor Tony Chammany on Wednesday filed a complaint against two websites and others who allegedly published and shared defamatory statements against him on the Internet. The Mayor handed over the co...



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Kerala scores poorly in sanitation rating

Exposing the poor sanitary conditions in schools, only 134 CBSE schools from the State figure in the list of 2,721 educational institutions that are listed under the national school sanitation rat...



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Kochi to get new walkway

Project to be implemented at a cost of Rs.5 cr.



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Hibi Eden to go on hunger strike

Ernakulam MLA Hibi Eden will go on a hunger strike in front of the office of the Water Authority Superintendent Engineer in Kochi from October 3 to protest against the alleged apathy of the water...



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Oprah Winfrey, Harry Belafonte honoured by Harvard

Oprah Winfrey and performer-activist Harry Belafonte were among those honoured at Harvard University on Tuesday at its annual celebration of African American culture. The university’s Hutch...



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Puja music albums on the decline

Earlier in the month, renowned singer Asha Bhonsle released an album in Kolkata containing songs composed by her late husband, R. D. Burman. She released an album just in time for Durga Puja -- a p...



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7 killed, 45 injured in train collision near Gorakhpur

At least seven persons were killed and 45 others injured when two speeding passenger trains collided near Gorakhpur late last night, a railway official said on Wednesday. At least seven...



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Amanda Bynes arrested for DUI

US actress Amanda Bynes was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, according to the police incident report released on Monday.A California Highway P...



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Obama hosts dinner for Modi

President Barack Obama on Monday hosted a private dinner for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, ahead of their summit level talks.Mr. Modi was welcomed by Obama who greeted hi...



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‘Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act should be repealed’

Civil society members and politicians came together at a campaign in Colombo, seeking the release of Balendran Jeyakumari, who was arrested by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) in...



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Where taxi drivers and Maharajas shared tables

His family’s businesses gave Delhiites their first taste of American-style fast food, milkshakes, ice creams as well as espresso coffee. Lalit Nirula, former co-managing director of Nirula’s chain of restaurants and hotels, talks about growing up in Connaught Place, the changing food habits in the Capital and being a “Nayi Dilliwala”



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Importance of public sector banks growing: expert

The importance of public sector banks is increasing day by day even in the era of globalisation, noted economist and former professor of Economics at Hyderabad University Dr. D.N. Reddy has said.</...



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Children and their tonnes of questions on MOM

There was loud laughter among the audience at an Open Forum on India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) organised by the Regional Science Centre and Planetarium here on Sunday.A boy, naughty and p...



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Chandy lauds Church of South India's academic work

The Church of South India (CSI), on Sunday, celebrated the 150th anniversary of its St. Mary’s English Church at Nadakkavu. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the valedictory of the sesquicen...



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Korappuzha’s fight to continue

Signs of encroachment have once again surfaced on the banks of the Korappuzha in defiance of the instructions from the Revenue Department banning unauthorised construction works along major waterbo...



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Arun Jaitley shifted to AIIMS to recuperate

‘He has been advised few days further rest in complete isolation to avoid any reoccurrence of infection’



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