Srinagar, May 30 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas on Saturday evening lobbed a grenade at a police station in Handwara in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir which exploded without causing any damage, an official said. “Militants hurled a powerful hand grenade at the police station in Handwara this evening. The grenade exploded without causing any damage,” […]
Baghdad, May 30 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Saturday continued their battles against Islamic State (IS) militants in the western Anbar province, while air strikes killed 28 IS militants, including senior leaders, security sources and official television said. In Anbar province, the security forces and allied militias known as Hashd Shaabi, moved closer to the […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday remembered filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh on his second death anniversary, saying his passing away was a “huge loss” for the state. “On this day two years ago, we lost Rituparno Ghosh. His passing away was a huge loss for Bengal. He is our pride. We miss you Ritu,” […]
A brain protein believed to be a key component in the progress of dementia can cause memory loss in healthy brains even before physical signs of degeneration appear, says a new University of Sussex study. The study reveals a direct link between the main culprit of Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized […]
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar said luck played a big part earlier in his cricketing career which spanned over 16 years from making his Test debut in March, 1971 to playing his last One-Day-International (ODI) in November, 1987. On the sidelines of the launch of former India opener Madhav Apte’s autobiography ‘As Luck Would Have It’ […]
Now a software and an app can help both residents and their housing societies to keep track of basic functions like security, plumbing, power maintenance, tracking visitors, legal paperwork and even online voting for elections. That’s what ApartmentAdda promises – easing the stress of managing a modern housing society. Founded in 2009 by engineer-duo Sangeeta […]
Hon Michelle Rowland, Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism and Citizenship organised a fundraiser and brought her journey alive to Gujarat early in the year. Michelle wearing a bhandanisaree presented a slide show talking briefing about what she did whilst attending the Vibrant Gujarat function in Ahmedabad. The journey took through the meetings with Chief Minister for […]
Over 70 percent of the glacier volume in the Mount Everest region in the Himalayas could be lost in 85 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, a new paper suggests. It also indicates more flood risk in the future in the Kosi river downstream from Nepal to India. The paper, “Modelling glacier change […]
New York, May 26 If you enjoy being all by yourself, then you are not alone. Most people love to spend their time being alone than being surrounded by people, new study says. The results of a recent Pew survey found that 85 percent of the surveyed people think it is “important” to have alone […]
A safety app developed for Kerala Police has won an award for best use of mobile technology at the Elets Knowledge Exchange Awards 2015 in Goa. The app iSafe – created by IT firm UST Global – was rolled out in March for Thiruvananthapuram city police and will soon be made available in other places. […]