‘Essential Tagore’ nominated best book of year
New Delhi : “The Essential Tagore”, a new anthology of Rabindranath Tagore’s translated literature and art works, has been nominated the “book of the…
Spain jobless rate may rise to 23 percent
Paris : Spain’s unemployment rate could climb to 23 percent next year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday in its latest…
Free sanitary napkins for students in government schools
New Delhi : In order to promote personal hygiene among young girls, the Delhi government Monday launched a scheme to distribute free sanitary napkins…
194 nonagenarians to cast vote in Himachal bypolls
Shimla: More than 190 nonagenarians are eligible to vote in the Himachal Pradesh assembly bypolls slated for Nov 30, an official said here Monday….
FDI roll back unlikely at all-party meeting
New Delhi : The government is not likely to go back on its decision to allow 51 percent FDI in retail at Tuesday’s meeting…
Rajasthan government’s nod to third national park
Jaipur : The Rajasthan government Monday gave its nod to the proposal of declaring Kumbhalgarh and Tatgarh-Raoli areas of the state as a national…
Dalai envoy praises India’s ‘free democracy’
New Delhi : The Dalai Lama’s envoy here lauded India’s “free democracy” and said New Delhi has done “the right thing” by letting the…
NHRC to collect facts on Kishenji killing
New Delhi : Taking note of allegations that Maoist leader Kishenji was killed in a staged shootout, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday…
Smiles and hugs as Kanimozhi, four others get bail
New Delhi : It was at 3.45 p.m. when Justice V.K. Shali entered court number 35 in the Delhi High Court and immediately announced…
Stomach that! 421 coins, bolts found in man’s belly
Raipur : It took S.N. Yadav a few moments to make sense of what he saw in the operation theatre. After all, it isn’t…