Bhopal,  On the occasion of Maha Shivratri on Thursday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan offered special prayers at the Badwale Mahadev temple here and also pulled the chariot during the 'Shiv Baraat' procession.

The festival is being celebrated with great pomp

New Delhi, After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured during her campaigning in Nandigram, politics in the state has heated up.

The Trinamool on Wednesday blamed political opponents and called the Nandigram incident "a conspiracy for the rousing response she got from the people of Benga

Seoul, A fossil assumed to be a toe bone of a dinosaur dating back to 120 million years has been discovered on a western island, the city government of Ansan said on Wednesday.

The city government of Ansan, southwest of Seoul, said the 4.5-centimetre-long fossil was found by a citizen on Daebu Island last mon

Kathmandu,  Nepals Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has put a ban on taking and circulating pictures, videos and filming of other climbers or members of expedition teams on Mt Everest other than of oneself starting this season.

Issuing a notice on Wednesday, the Department

New York, Over 20 ministerial-level "Global Champions" from the UN member states have issued messages, calling for urgent action to achieve affordable, clean energy for all by 2030.

The messages were issued on Wednesday as the UN is launching a year of accelerated action, kicking off substantive pre

New York, In a historic step that may reshape decision and policy-making towards sustainable development, the United Nations adopted a new framework on Thursday that includes the contributions of nature when measuring economic prosperity and human well-being.

The new framework, the System of Environmental-Economic

Srinagar, Intermittent rain and snow occurred in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as the meteorological (MET) department forecast light to moderate rain and snow during the next 36 hours till Saturday.

"Weather is likely to improve from March 16 onwards. Till then, we are expecting erratic

Pune, Local favourite and fourth seed Rutuja Bhosale, along with seven foreigners, entered the second round of the $25000 KPIT-MSLTA ITF Women's Tennis Tournament (WTT) Cup here on Wednesday.

There will be seven Indians in the second round of the singles event. In the first round matches played on Wednesd

New Delhi,  The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) plans to host an International Swimming Federation (FINA)-accredited competition in June to provide exposure to top Indian swimmers, said SFI's secretary general Monal Chokshi.

Due to strict Covid-related protocols, it is becoming in

Ahmedabad,  India captain Virat Kohli should express himself with the bat and play with freedom during the five-match T20I series against England, said former batsman VVS Laxman.

The skipper has assumed the role of an anchor in recent innings that he has played in the shortest format of the game but Laxm