No success yet Efforts to clean the river have been on since 1986, when the first Ganga Action Plan was announced by the then Congress government. Since then, thousands of crores of rupees has been pumped into river conservation efforts without any success. This y ....

These Indian-Americans would vie for top positions in the final of 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee scheduled for Friday (India time). For several years now, Indian-Americans have put up formidable challenges to their competitors and won most of the prestigious spe ....

Students can check their results on the CBSE website cbse.nic.in. The pass overall pass percentage is 97.33 this year as against the 98.87 per cent last year. Girls have done better than boys in terms of getting qualified for admissions in higher classes. While 97 ....

The meeting held at Bachat Bhawan in Rae Bareli was presided over by the local MP and Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, who was on a day-long visit to her constituency on Thursday. The progress of the development schemes was reviewed by Ms. Gandhi. She was accompanied b ....

The bee hadn’t ended in a tie for 52 years until 2014. Now it’s happened for an unprecedented two years running. Ms. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Kansas, is the first sibling of a past champion to win. Her sister, Kavya, won in 2009. Ms. Vanya Shivashankar& ....

Indicating a shift in the Centre’s strategy to deal with separatists, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked the local youth in Kashmir to confront them for playing with their future. “Some elements have been raising pro-Pakistan slogans and displ ....

India on Wednesday denied that it had asked the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) to retract portions of its interview with President Pranab Mukherjee where he had made references to the Bofors issue, because it could affect the state visit of the President. The denial ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited former PM Manmohan Singh for a discussion on the economy and foreign policy though the two men publicly exchanged barbs earlier in the day. The meeting at 7 Race Course Road took place hours after Dr. Singh sharply attack ....

The BJP on Wednesday distanced itself from the row kicked up by two Ministers holding divergent views on beef eating. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju asserted that no restrictions can be put on food habits in a secular country like India and the sentiments ....

 Even as India’s severe heat wave — that has already killed well over 1,400 people – became international news and top trending subject on Facebook on Wednesday, the weatherman had some good tidings as the weekend is likely to bring relief from the wi ....