India’s ban on a BBC documentary on the gang rape of an Indian woman has drowned out the real issues in a chorus of righteous protests over the “wrongs” done by foreign media – the plight of women in India. Without even watching the documentary “India’s Daughter” about the Dec 16, 2012, rape of the […]
Kolkata, March 6 The next time you go for the Indian spread at a wedding, stick to the Awadhi food etiquette – nothing before and nothing after biriyani – says Sahebzada Wasif Mirza, a direct descendant of Wajid Ali Shah, the last nawab of Awadh, credited for introducing the cuisine to what is now West […]
For the Aam Admi Party (AAP) to begin falling apart less than a month after its famous victory in the Delhi election will be a cause of surprise and disappointment to its legions of followers in the national capital and outside. Surprise will be felt because it was believed that the party had learnt the […]
New Delhi, March 6 Giving a major fillip to India’s neighourhood outreach in the Indian Ocean region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a five-day visit to the three key island nations of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka from March 10. However, the Maldives leg of the visit is not on, in view of […]
New Delhi, March 6 Day three of the e-auction of radio frequency spectrum, or airwaves, with the eight companies in the fray made an offer for Rs.77,000 crore at the end of the 17th round, the government said on Friday. “Seventeenth round was completed with Rs.77,000 crore commitment today (Friday),” the government said. It was […]
Los Angeles, March 6 Harve Bennett, who produced four “Star Trek” films and the TV series “Mod Squad”, “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman,” has died in Medford, Oregon, aged 84. His death on Wednesday came less than a week after the February 27 death of “Star Trek” actor Leonard Nimoy, reports […]
Washington, March 6 The family of Michael Brown – the African-American youth killed by a white police officer in Ferguson in the US state of Missouri last year – has decided to sue the accused officer. The attorney for the family, Daryl Parks, made the announcement on Thursday at a press conference at a church […]
Islamabad, March 5 Ramesh Kumar, a minority member of Pakistan’s National Assembly, celebrated Holi on Thursday while casting his vote for the Senate elections, media reported. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) minority member of the National Assembly from Tharparker in Sindh province arrived at the National Assembly with sweetmeats and Holi colours, ARY news reported. […]
Patna, March 6 A rescue and rehabilitation centre has opened in Bihar to protect and conserve the Garuda, an endangered species of the stork family. The first-of-its-kind centre opened this week in Bhagalpur district, said Sanjay Sinha, a divisional forest officer. Nearly eight years after these endangered birds started nesting and breeding in Bhagalpur, their […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) Kerala Tourism’s popular global multimedia campaign to promote the backwaters has won the Golden Gate award at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) – 2015, the world’s leading travel trade event. The state tourism department bagged the silver prize at the Das Golden Stadttor (Golden Gate) Awards presented in the German capital […]