Study underway on climate change in the northeast
Agartala: The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous body under the union ministry of environment and forests, has undertaken a study…
Polling on for J&K’s council panchayat seats after 32 years
Jammu/Srinagar: Polling is on in Jammu and Kashmir for four seats in the legislative council reserved for panchayats. The last time these elections were held…
Kerla CM requests PM to impose country-wide ban on gutkha
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting for a country-wide ban on gutkha. Chandy has requested the prime…
Hilton to visit orphanage in Mumbai
Mumbai: International socialite Paris Hilton, who was in Goa to spin the disc at India Resort Fashion Week (IRFW), gears up for some charity work…
Now foreigners can register online in Himachal
Shimla: Foreign tourists visiting Himachal Pradesh would now be able to register themselves online with various foreigner registration officers through an interactive police web portal,…
FEMA amendments need to be passed by both houses, says BJP
New Delhi: Countering the government claim that passing the amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in one house would suffice to make them…
Bihar village bans women from using mobiles
Patna: A village panchayat in Bihar has prohibited women from using mobile phones and imposed heavy fines on them if they violated the diktat, an…
Shah Rukh gets Morocco’s medal of honour
Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been conferred Morocco’s prestigious Medal of Honour. The ongoing Marrakech International Film Festival paid a tribute to Hindi Cinema’s…
‘TV show with good story creates its own prime time’
Mumbai: Content rules over everything, feels “Devon Ke Dev Mahadev” producer Nikhil Sinha, who says it is more important to concentrate on creating and delivering…
No lessons learnt from Bhopal disaster: Environmentalists
Agra: Despite a “Himalayan disaster” like the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, government agencies and voluntary groups have learnt no lessons, speakers at a seminar…