CBSE's 'sugar boards' in schools aim to curb childhood obesity

With the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) directing schools to set up dedicated 'Sugar Boards' to underline the importance of limiting sugar consumption, experts feel the move will......

Helicopter on way to Gangotri crashes in U'khand, 6 dead

A helicopter on way to the Gangotri temple crashed near Gangnani in Uttarkashi district on Thursday, killing six persons, including the pilot, and leaving one seriously injured, officials said.......

J-K mysterious disease: AIIMS to test samples for toxicity cause

A five-member team of experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, including specialists in toxicology, has spoken to 11 patients who are undergoing treatment for a mysterious......

Another Nepalese student found dead in KIIT hostel room

An 18-year-old Nepalese student of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha's Bhubaneswar was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room on Thursday, police said.......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Moviedom Mourns Sharda Sinha

'The great singer Shardaji took Bhojpuri music and singing to the national and international level with her singing!' IMAGE: Sharda Sinha. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anurag Kashyap/Instagram Anurag......

Team India don black armbands to honour Manmohan Singh

IMAGE: India captain Rohit Sharma during Day 2 of the fourth Test against Australia at MCG on Friday. Photograph: BCCI/X The Indian cricket team sported black armbands on the second day of the......