President Pranab Mukherjee paid homage to his predecessor Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth president of India, on his 110th birth anniversary on Wednesday. The president and his staff placed floral tributes in front of Ahmed’s portrait in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan here. In his message to the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Committee, Mukherjee […]
After gunmen opened fire inside a bus carrying Ismaili Shia Muslims in the Pakistani port city of Karachi killing 45 people on Wednesday, celebrities like Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar and Bollywood star Arjun Rampal were left in shock. The incident took place near the city’s Safoora Chowk area in the provincial capital of Sindh. At […]
She was just 22 when she sacrificed her life to save a group of American children aboard a Pan Am flight that had been hijacked on the ground at Karachi. Now, the family of Chandigarh girl Neerja Bhanot, the seniormost cabin crew member on the flight and who is being immortalised in a biopic featuring […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will make a strong pitch for the ‘Make In Maharashtra’ campaign during his visit to China starting May 14, an official said here on Wednesday. Fadnavis will be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s entourage to China and will take part in the State/Provincial Leaders Forum meeting in Beijing […]
Inspired by internationally-known Kashmiri artist Masood Hussain, a group of students is painting murals on the walls of Srinagar to bring alive the region’s culture and splash colours on the local environment. “Hussain is our friend, philosopher and guide in this small effort,” Sofi Suhail, who is part of the spreading cheer on the International […]
Fueled by immigration, America’s Hindu population has reached 2.23 million, an increase of about one million or 85.8 percent since 2007, making Hinduism the fourth-largest faith, according to estimates based on wide-ranging study of religions in the nation. The proportion of Hindus in the US population rose from 0.4 percent in 2007 to 0.7 percent […]
At least 26 people were killed and over 150 were injured when a big earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday. Initial reports reaching here said that 19 people were killed in Dolakha district, located about 170 km from here. Dolakha is about 130 km from Kodari, the epicentre of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck in […]
Demanding regular fellowship for all scholars and adequate state funding for research, over 100 research scholars from West Bengal staged a peaceful protest here on Tuesday. “We demand rightful fellowship for all scholars and regular monthly disbursement of the fellowships. We also want parity and a non-discriminatory approach in allotting fellowships so that scholars of […]
The World Bank’s private financing arm IFC said on Tuesday it will invest $25 million (about Rs.160 crore) in partnership with Tata Housing to finance affordable housing for low-income households across India. “IFC’s investment is the first step towards a long-term partnership to facilitate the development of affordable housing in India and other emerging markets,” […]
Industrial activity in the country, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), registered a 2.1 percent growth during March 2015 as compared to a 5 percent rise in the previous month.