Jammu Kashmir: A 15-year-old girl was killed when cloudburst struck on the Srinagar-Leh road in Sonamarg area of Kashmir Thursay. Two houses were also damaged and several vehicles washed away. “A cloudburst struck around 7.30 pm at Kullan and Gagangir villages in Sonamarg area, resulting in massive downpour,” a policeContinue Reading
Allahabad: Vedic Vidyalayas are emerging as the latest fad. This became apparent when around 400 children, aged between 9 and 11 years, came to Prayag (Allahabad) from across the country on Wednesday to take the entrance test for 25 seats in two such schools. Most of them were from Delhi,Continue Reading
Raipur — Bodies of four police personnel kidnapped by Maoists on Monday were recovered on from Chhattisgarh’s insurgent Bijapur district of Bastar region on Wednesday morning, few kilometers away from the spot of abduction. Six police personnel were abducted on Monday by a group of armed Maoists from Kutru villageContinue Reading
New Delhi : “We have a responsibility toward Hindus who are harassed and suffer in other countries …India is the only place for them” — that was prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi making a strong campaign pitch. Now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is working to make good that promise.Continue Reading
United Nations: India has been able to achieve a more than 20 per cent decline in new HIV infections between 2000 and 2014, reversing the spread of the virus, according to a UN report that says the world is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. According toContinue Reading
Guwahati – A non resident Indian (NRI) has taken upon himself the mission of paying back to society by spending his annual vacation and home visit giving motivational lectures to school and college students. He has been doing this for the past 33 years. “I do not do it forContinue Reading
New Delhi — St Stephen’s, one of Delhi’s top colleges, came in for fresh criticism on Monday with the Supreme Court pulling it up for what it called an unfair internal inquiry against a professor for allegedly making “defamatory remarks” against the principal, Valson Thampu. The remarks against Thampu wereContinue Reading
New Delhi : Exactly five months after the crime, the special task force has solved the Holy Child Auxilium School burglary. A youth from Manipur, arrested in May for trying to burgle his own school, Mount Carmel, is the culprit. Rohul Moirangthem (19), who had since got bail, was arrestedContinue Reading
Lucknow: A Shia cleric’s demand to impose a dress code within the historical imambaras has evoked mixed reactions from the city’s residents. While some feel that modest dressing by tourists is essential to maintaining the sanctity of the monument, others have questioned the timing of the demand and the authorityContinue Reading
Chennai — Renowned Tamil composer MS Viswanathan died at a hospital in Chennai on Tuesday morning. He has been ailing for some time and was undergoing treatment; he was 87. Fondly called MSV, the composer was admitted to the hospital for old-age related ailments and breathing problems. He was showingContinue Reading
