Safety panel begins Bihar's Rajdhani mishap probe
Patna, June 28 (IANS) The railway's safety panel Saturday began its inquiry into Wednesday's derailment of the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express in Bihar's Saran district that claimed four lives and...
View ArticlePhilippine president greets Muslim citizens on Ramadan-eve
Manila, June 28 (IANS) Philippine President Benigno Aquino III Saturday expressed his solidarity with the Muslim population ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan. Aquino said in his message that...
View ArticleHow an oasis was created in a rocky desert (Environment Feature)
Jodhpur, June 29 (IANS) Seventy hectares of land on the foothills of the majestic Mehrangarh fort here was once a rocky wasteland, colonised by an invasive plant from Mexico known as mesquite or...
View ArticleChennai building collapse death toll up to nine
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) The death toll in the 11 storey-building collapse in Chennai has gone up to nine while about 25 people trapped under the debris have been rescued, officials said. According to...
View ArticleA Civil War Trilogy: Resurrecting heroes, rescuing reputations (Column:...
So many people accomplish heroic deeds but only a handful persist in public consciousness for any appreciable level of time before getting forgotten. Happily, some get rescued from obscurity by...
View ArticleRamadan begins in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, June 29 (IANS) The devout Muslims in Kerala will for the next almost 30 days be indulged in prayers, fasting, charity and religious activity as the holy month of Ramadan began here...
View ArticleIs Subramanium paying the price of political vendetta? (Comment) (Column:...
Gopal Subramanium has withdrawn his consent to be a judge of the Supreme Court. This chapter is now almost over unless the apex court collegium takes a course which has no precedent as of now. This is...
View ArticleIIT Roorkee committed to rebuilding lives in Uttarakhand: Director (Interview)
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) A year has passed since Uttarakhand was ravaged by floods, but the Himalayan state still lies in shambles. Hoping to avoid future disasters, IIT Roorkee is studying the...
View ArticleIndian rocket's Monday launch countdown on track
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) The countdown for the launch of an Indian rocket Monday morning that will carry five foreign satellites is progressing smoothly, the Indian space agency ISRO said Sunday....
View ArticlePuri's annual Ratha Yatra begins
Puri, June 29 (IANS) About half a million devotees converged here as the annual Ratha Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath began Sunday. Priests performed the "Mangala Aarti" at 8.20 a.m. after a...
View ArticleTuning into immunization with 'radiowali didi' (Feature)
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Sarojini Devi earns herself and her family two meals a day by selling magazines to people who stop their cars at traffic intersection in India's capital city. When she and...
View ArticleUniversity students protest at minister's house
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Around 100 Delhi University students Sunday protested at Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's house here against the scrapping of a four-year undergraduate...
View ArticleChennai building collapse toll goes up to 16
Chennai, June 30 (IANS) The toll in the collapse of an 11-storey building in Chennai has gone up to 16, while 22 people have been injured, said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday. In a...
View ArticleOur Mars mission cost less than movie 'Gravity': Modi
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), June 30 (IANS) The Indian space programmes are most cost effective and the cost incurred for the Mars mission was less than the money invested to make the Hollywood movie...
View ArticleRamadan begins in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began here Monday with the devout observing first 'roza' or fast. This followed the sighting of moon of Ramadan. Moon sighting committee...
View ArticleDevelop SAARC satellite to benefit neighbours: Modi
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), June 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday called for developing a SAARC satellite that can be "dedicated to our neighbourhood as a gift from India". Following...
View ArticleIndian scientists tap into geoinformatics for mapping natural hazards
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Uttarakhand is yet to recover from the massive rain-triggered floods that left thousands dead last year and exposed the gaps in disaster management strategies. Now Indian...
View ArticleRamadan begins in Kashmir
Srinagar, June 30 (IANS) People went to mosques in larger numbers than usual here as the first day of the holy month of Ramadan started Monday. Some of the shops and other businesses opened late in...
View ArticleKerala plans to raise age for getting diaspora pension
Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 (IANS) The Kerala government is planning to raise from 55 years to 60 the age for expatriates to register their names in the diaspora pension scheme, a minister said here...
View ArticlePresident congratulates ISRO on successful rocket launch
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Monday congratulated ISRO on the successful launch of an Indian rocket that carried five foreign satellites. The achievement was a "significant...
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