In a dramatic turn of events on Wednesday, unarmed villagers in Jammu and Kashmir overpowered a young Pakistani terrorist who took them hostage shortly after he and another militant ambushed a BSF convoy and killed two troopers on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. Eleven Border Security Force personnel were also injured in the morning attack on a […]
In a first of its kind disaster, 27 people were killed as two trains derailed within 15 minutes near a bridge here in Madhya Pradesh, sending 21 coaches plunging into the rain-swollen Machak river, officials and witnesses said. Around 70 people were injured, some reportedly seriously, following the twin accident close to midnight Tuesday. The […]
The Sunburn festival in Goa, billed as Asia’s biggest electronic dance music festival, may have rocked many a music lover’s heart but it also left the state exchequer richer by Rs.10.34 crore over its last three editions. In a written reply tabled in the Goa assembly on Wednesday, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said 43,750 music […]
By:Nikita Sharma Over 350 chess enthusiasts including 15 blind children participated in the Late Ambeesh Sinha Open Chess Memorial Tournament held at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium on 1st and 2nd August. The event was organised by three youngsters from Delhi University who aim to promote chess in India to a next level. The event was […]
By:Kavita Karki Government of India ordered internet service providers to block 850 websites in response to an ongoing Supreme Court case. Very soon it came into action and we realized when the porn viewers couldn’t find their sleazy stuff on the popular Internet porn websites. The Internet Service Provider (ISP) did not inform the viewers […]
Anuradha Roy, longlisted for Man Booker Prize 2015, dispels the notion that Indian writers sell dark social realities of the country to the western world As a writer, she says, she can’t close eyes to the unsavoury truths around her. “Why wouldn’t I write about something which affects me deeply? A writer’s job is not […]
By-Nidhi Kumari The ever gorgeous looking Indian actress Kashish Singh is all prepared to feature in Vipin Parashar’s directoral venture, ‘CM Saab’ that stars Harbhajan Mann in the lead. The model turned actress Kashish will act as the leading lady opposite Mann. Kashish has attained her acting skills from the acting school of veteran actor […]
By-Nidhi Kumari DJ Abhi has been involved in the art of DJing for the past 15 years. His fans claim that he’s one of the best Indian DJs who smears music and dance in the air. Indus Age brings you a glimpse of DJ Abhi in an exclusive interview. Excerpts: What influenced you to undertake […]
New Delhi With the recent acquisition of PipavavDefence, Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani announced that an additional investment of Rs.5,000 crore will be made as part of India’s emphasis on “Make in India” for military hardware and cut imports. He also underscored the need for larger public-private partnerships in the defence domain, and called for […]
New Delhi, The total number of telephone connections in India crossed one billion mark in May, data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) revealed. The total number of telecom subscription stood at 1,002.05 million at the end of May, out of which 975.78 million were wireless connections and 26.27 were wireline. “The […]