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Bihar migrant workers return to cities as 2nd Covid wave subsides |
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Patna | Saturday, 2021 11:45:06 PM IST |
| As the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic subsides, migrant workers across different states have started returning to work leaving their native villages. The government has assured about providing employment to the workers who have returned to the ci ... read.. |
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Once visited by Saudi King, Mumbai's Juma Masjid pond gets a makeover |
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Mumbai | Wednesday, 2021 10:15:05 PM IST |
| As the city continues in spells of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, the management of the historic Juma Masjid in south Mumbai -- once graced by the late King Saud bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia -- have embarked upon an unusual mission -- clean-up o ... read.. |
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Finally, the Evidence behind Super Ingredient for Hair Care |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 9:45:06 PM IST |
| So many solutions to hair care problems. Everyone has their own take and theory. We have all heard our grandmothers tales on the multiple benefits of coconut oil for hair care, but where is the proof? Lo and behold, here it is. ... read.. |
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Bradman in making in this Kerala backyard |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 10:15:05 PM IST |
| The Covid-19 pandemic may have put a stop to outdoor batting net sessions for most cricketers, but for nine-year-old Vighnaj Prejith, whose drives with back and across movement are being discussed even in the English media as a sign of India's batting tal ... read.. |
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Strawberry farmers in Kashmir losing out due to lockdown |
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Srinagar | Sunday, 2021 2:45:05 PM IST |
| There has been a bumper strawberry crop in Kashmir this year; farmers are busy in their fields harvesting their produce and packing it in small boxes but the growers are incurring losses despite the bumper crop due to the lockdown following the coronaviru ... read.. |
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Art works reveal role of women in historic Punnapra-Vayalar revolt |
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Alappuzha (Kerala) | Saturday, 2021 10:15:05 PM IST |
| A series of seven works by a participating artist in 'Lokame Tharavadu', a large scale contemporary art exhibition organised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation, revealed the role played by women in the historic Punnapra-Vayalar revolt, a movement predominan ... read.. |
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Keeping social distance to lessen impacts on wildlife |
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New York | Thursday, 2021 5:15:06 PM IST |
| Six feet of social distance may be the new norm between people, but a new Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) report says "if you don't want to disturb wildlife, you need to keep way back". ... read.. |
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Lord Hanuman was born in Tirumala, claims TTD study |
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Tirumala | Wednesday, 2021 11:45:06 PM IST |
| The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has announced that Anjanadri, one of the seven Tirumala hills, was the birth place of Lord Hanuman. As announced earlier, the TTD's proclamation came on Wednesday, on the occasion of Ram Navami. ... read.. |
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It's April end and still snowing in Himachal |
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Shimla | Wednesday, 2021 5:15:06 PM IST |
| It's April end and tourist resorts in higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh were still snowing, weather officials said on Wednesday. The state capital Shimla, which saw the night temperature at 7.4 degrees Celsius, recorded 16.2 mm rain. ... read.. |
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Drawing social narratives |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2021 2:15:06 PM IST |
| "It's important for me as a person to comment on social and political issues. Social media is a powerful tool to project my opinions into the world. It is also a great place to find alternate points of view and to engage with people outside of our echo ch ... read.. |
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Monuments dwarfed by encroachments |
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Agra | Tuesday, 2021 2:45:05 PM IST |
| Alhough Agra could not celebrate World Heritage Day on April 18 due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, conservationists and green activists have once again highlighted the failure of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to free the string of monum ... read.. |
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This bureaucrat brings beauty of nature on bottles with art |
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Jaipur | Wednesday, 2021 7:45:06 PM IST |
| A senior civil servant in Rajasthan, Mugdha Sinha with an aim to bring out the artist within her, organised a unique two-in-one art exhibition - 'Bottle is Canvas' and 'Freehand Meditative Mandalas' in Jaipur-based Jawahar Kala Kendra. This exhibition has ... read.. |
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Girl aged 12 with 5 kg tumour gets new life after surgery (Ld) |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| A 12-year-old girl from Delhi got a new lease of life by a team of doctors of City based Sir Ganga Ram Hospital who removed two football-sized tumours weighing 5 kg from her stomach which she was carrying for the past few years. ... read.. |
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Bagh Print from Madhya Pradesh makes it to Vogue Italia |
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Dhar (MP) | Friday, 2021 9:45:06 PM IST |
| World famous Bagh print of Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh has appeared in the digital edition of Vogue Italia, giving it a new identity in the world of designing. The pictures of Sita, a tribal woman, wearing a sari in of the Bagh print are in the news i ... read.. |
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Rediscovering Mir Taqi Mir, Urdu's first great poet (IANS Interview) |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2021 6:15:06 PM IST |
| Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) was not only Urdu's first great poet but also the most prolific one with around 13,500 couplets to his name. He is credited with giving shape and structure to the Urdu language itself, is counted among the five major poets of the ... read.. |
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Famous as 'tree man', TN bus conductor wins PM's praise |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| Popular as the 'Tree Man', Marimuthu Yoganathan, a bus conductor in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city, on Sunday accumulated admiration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his extraordinary initiative to encourage people in planting trees. ... read.. |
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This Limca Book of Record holder made saree using 25 natural fibres |
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Chennai | Sunday, 2021 7:15:06 PM IST |
| C. Sekar, a third generation weaver from Chennai's Anakaputhur had entered the Limca Book of Records in 2011 after he made a saree using 25 natural fibres including banana, jute, bamboo, pineapple and others and even got the appreciation from Prime minist ... read.. |
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Nalanda University launches campaign to promote water harvesting |
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Patna | Tuesday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| While the Bihar government is running the 'Jal Jeevan Hariyali' campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan' on the occasion of World Water Day on March 22. The internationally acclaimed Nalanda University in Bihar is teaching ... read.. |
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'Silsila' and 'Kabhi Kabhie' writer Sagar Sarhadi no more (Ld) |
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Mumbai | Monday, 2021 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Eminent writer-filmmaker Sagar Sarhadi, who breathed life into emotional roller coasters of Bollywood in the late 70s and the 80s, is no more. He breathed his last at his residence in the the city following age-related ailments. He was 88. ... read.. |
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Art installation 'Murmurations' put up in Chandigarh |
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Chandigarh | Sunday, 2021 3:45:06 AM IST |
| A unique art installation titled 'Murmurations', featuring 300 clay pot birds, was inaugurated by Chandigarh Advisor Manoj Parida at the city's prominent landmark close to the Rose Garden on Saturday. ... read.. |
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KV teacher develops robot which speaks 38 foreign languages |
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Lucknow | Thursday, 2021 11:15:05 PM IST |
| Dinesh Patel, a resident of Rajmalpur village of Jaunpur district and a Computer Science teacher at Kendriya Vidyalaya at IIT Bombay, has developed a robot named 'Shalu' which speaks nine local languages and 38 foreign languages. ... read.. |
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This is what Indian women do on Twitter 24/7 |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2021 4:15:06 PM IST |
| When it comes to Twitter which has become a political battlefield and an arena for troll armies, Indian women are busy sharing their passions and interests the most, talking about fashion, books, beauty, entertainment and food on the service, the micro-bl ... read.. |
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Railways to start ops between Nirmali-Sanpur after 87 years |
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New Delhi/Patna | Wednesday, 2021 11:15:05 PM IST |
| Bringing glad tidings to the people of Nirmali town in Bihar's Supaul district, train services will soon become a reality after a gap of 87 years since the railway track was destroyed in an earthquake in 1934, officials said on Wednesday. ... read.. |
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FIR to be filed against those dirtying Indore's roads, walls |
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Indore | Friday, 2021 9:15:05 PM IST |
| To promote cleanliness in the city of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, from now onwards people found polluting the environment will be penalised by filing a First Information Report (FIR) against them in a police station. Indore has been declared as the cleanest ... read.. |
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Varanasi toymakers excited about India Toy Fair |
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Lucknow | Thursday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
| The first India Toy Fair will be held virtually from February 27 to March 2 and toymakers from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, will display their toys. ... read.. |
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When Arthur Conan Doyle responded to the call of a Parsi lawyer |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2021 10:15:05 PM IST |
| In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending threatening letters to the vicarage, where the vicar, Shahpur Edalji, is a Parsi convert to Christianity and the first Indian to have a parish in England ... read.. |
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Radio Garden makes cyber waves during Covid-19 pandemic |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| Millennials and those belonging to generation Z have been dancing to the tune of Radio Garden -- a free app which allows listeners to tap a jaw dropping 30,000 stations across the world. Covid-19 pandemic which kept millions at home is at the heart of Ra ... read.. |
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Drains in Indore being turned into playgrounds for residents |
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Indore | Monday, 2021 9:45:05 PM IST |
| This Madhya Pradesh city, which has been awarded the title of the country's cleanest city four times, is now converting open drains filled with garbage into playgrounds where cricket and football matches are being played. ... read.. |
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Home-like facility centre 'She-Kunj' for women in Indore |
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Indore | Friday, 2021 7:15:07 PM IST |
| Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, has carved out an identity in the field of innovations. In this direction, 'She-Kunj' -- a unique facility centre has been set up to provide special and necessary facilities to women. ... read.. |
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Mandu, Khajuraho festivals to be held this month |
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Bhopal | Wednesday, 2021 7:15:06 PM IST |
| Cultural activities are on a steady rise in Madhya Pradesh as the coronavirus crisis slowly subsides with the upcoming Mandu and Khajuraho dance festivals being organised this month. ... read.. |
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Can Uttarakhand afford big dams? |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
| The latest tragedy in Uttarakhand resulting in around 170 people missing definitely requires introspection on the development of the hill State. The damage of four hydropower stations, including the NTPC-owned Tapovan Vishnugad, the private project of Ris ... read.. |
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Influenza-hit Pong wetlands host 40,570 bar-headed geese |
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Shimla | Monday, 2021 11:45:06 PM IST |
| Despite the 307-square km Pong wetlands in Himachal Pradesh being hit by avian influenza this winter that led to the death of nearly 4,500 bar-headed geese, the largest hit species, they continue to have a sizeable congregation in their preferred winterin ... read.. |
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Romancing the rich, ancient weaponry of Jodhpur (IANS Interview) |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
| He holds a DPhil from Oxford in Indian Anthropology, is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Society; he ran an antique picture gallery in Sussex and restored a 15th century villa and garden in Florence before he found his true calling ... read.. |
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'Mann ki Baat' fame Rajappan desires for boat, home |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Monday, 2021 7:15:06 PM IST |
| N.S. Rajappan, a differently abled man who has been earning his living by collecting plastic waste from Kerala's scenic Vembanad Lake, is hogging the limelight across the state a day after he earned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's praise in the "Mann ki Ba ... read.. |
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Miyawaki forests turning the new rage in Kerala |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Saturday, 2021 3:15:06 AM IST |
| Prof Akira Miyawaki , the noted botanist from Japan, turns 93 on Friday, but his "Miyawaki model", presented in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Earth Summit in June 1992, has become a rage in Kerala with the state go ... read.. |
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Girl and father end life in UP |
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Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) | Thursday, 2021 4:15:06 PM IST |
| A teenager battling depression for two years following her mother's death ended her life, prompting even the father to take his life out of sheer hopelessness. ... read.. |
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Karnataka authorities help 9-month baby reunite with mom on Sankranti |
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Haveri (Karnataka) | Tuesday, 2021 4:15:05 AM IST |
| The heart-wrenching tale of 23-year-old distraught woman ended on a happy note with police reuniting her with her abandoned toddler. Fed up with her alcoholic husband's violent behaviour, the woman had decided to first desert her nine-month old baby and ... read.. |
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Strawberries to write a new chapter of development in Jhansi |
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Lucknow | Saturday, 2021 11:45:05 PM IST |
| Jhansi which is well-known as the land of valour is all set to write a new chapter and strawberry cultivation would play a pivotal role in transforming the region. The land of Jhansi in Utttar Pradesh is most suitable for the cultivation of strawberries a ... read.. |
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Sankranti cockfights popular in Andhra Pradesh despite Covid |
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Seesali (Andhra Pradesh) | Thursday, 2021 2:15:06 AM IST |
| Hundreds of people gathered at Seesali village in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district on Wednesday afternoon to engage in cockfights and place bets worth crores of rupees as part of Sankranti celebrations. ... read.. |
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Chirping of birds at the press of a button in Kanpur zoo |
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Kanpur | Saturday, 2020 9:45:05 PM IST |
| If you live in the city and have been deprived of hearing the chirping of birds, come and visit the Kanpur zoo in Uttar Pradesh and listen to the birds in the 'Virtual Centre' built here. The zoo premises resonate with the sound of birds at the press of a ... read.. |
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Work on in full swing for India's first arch rail bridge in J&K |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2020 2:45:05 AM IST |
| Work on India's first cable-styled bridge, also called the Anji bridge, is in full swing in Jammu and Kashmir's Raesi district. When it is completed, the bridge is being touted as one of the engineering marvels of the Indian Railways. ... read.. |
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Legislator from Madhya Pradesh appears for class 10 exam |
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Damoh | Saturday, 2020 3:45:05 AM IST |
| Believe it or not, but an MLA from Madhya Pradesh recently appeared for her matriculation exam. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Ram Bai from Patharia in Damoh district recently wrote a paper for the class 10 exam test conducted by the State Open Board. ... read.. |
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