Wayanad,Kerala: After a year long planning and execution, Meenangadi in Kerala, prepares to become the first ever carbon-neutral panchayat in India. In recent times, global warming and climate change issues have become a non-negotiable reality. Rising global temperature, prolonged dry spells, unpredictable rain patterns and extreme climates have been wreakingContinue Reading
Five farmers died and several were wounded on June 6 in Mandsaur district after police allegedly opened fireContinue Reading
Internet services have been suspended in parts of Madhya Pradesh like Indore, Ujjain and Dewas, all in the western part of the state which has witnessed anger by farmers who say the government is not providing enough relief from rural distress.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Jun 6 Walking towards the exit gate no. 3 of Patel Chowk metro station, commuters come to a halt as a wall full of childhood memories greets them in form of a colourful mural. As part of a city-wide initiative ‘Bookscapes in the City’ by children’s literature festivalContinue Reading
Doctor B K Setty died on June 6 at BhubaneswarContinue Reading
Mass conversion is planned at Muzaffarnagar on June 14Continue Reading
Vatican: The staff and students of the schools of Miao Diocese in north-east India kicked off their new academic year on Monday, marking World Environment Day. Schools under the Newman Educational Society (NES), the educational wing of Diocese of Miao in east Arunachal Pradesh state, made the most of theContinue Reading
Ernakulam: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, winding up a three-day visit to Kerala on Sunday, gave a clear message to the state unit of the party—win the support of all non-Muslim minorities, especially Christians, and backward caste Hindus, in order to win more seats in the 2019 generalContinue Reading
Emphasising on the relevance of Indian music and its diversity, the prime minister said, “Hindustani music of the north, Carnatic music of the south, Rabindrasangeet of Bengal, Jyoti Sangeet of Assam and Sufi music of Jammu and Kashmir, all these musical traditions set the base of our Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”Continue Reading
Satyasundar Barik Bhubaneswar: In dozens of nondescript tribal villages in Odisha’s Rayagada district, every time a woman of the Saura tribe cooks rice for the family, she puts aside a handful of raw rice, which is collected for a community fund from which ‘special’ teachers draw their paltry remuneration. WhatContinue Reading