Infant dies, boy hurt in stray dog attack in Telangana

An 18-month-old boy died, while another boy suffered injuries when street dogs attacked them in separate incidents in Telangana, the police said on Wednesday. Image used for representational......

Panic as leopard enters Delhi home, injures 8

A leopard strayed into a village in north Delhi's Wazirabad early on Monday, creating panic in the area and injuring eight residents before being tranquillised by forest department officials after......

Day after caste survey, Bihar announces 10 pc EWS quota in legal services

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday announced 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the judicial services, and the state-run law colleges and universities.......

AIIMS-Like Centre For Animals In Delhi

Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   In a major development, the Centre, for the first time, has initiated a draft proposal for setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences......

Model villages: Lessons from Adarsh Nangla

Villagers attribute Adarsh Nangla’s 'fall' to a combination of government apathy and decline of the collective spirit “You are returning from Adarsh Nangla? It was declared a model......

How Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants

Once upon a time he used to bite pens. Now he fidgets with a knife in a cramped office lined up to the ceiling with books that range from Game Theory to the history of the Roman Empire to polymer......

Elder inks deal with UK firm Medichem

Elder Pharmaceuticals has entered into a strategic alliance with UK's Medichem International to develop, manufacture and market advanced medical biosecurity products in India.Medichem is a leader......

Mini-Budget: What's in it for you and me

Now is the time to buy that high-end mobile phone you have been thinking of and to gift a computer to your son. And to take the earliest flight to that dream vacation in Goa.It may have been termed......

Wrestler Ravi carries hopes of Nahri village to Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: The quiet and shy Ravi Dahiya, son of a farmer, is the third Olympian from the village of Nahri after Mahavir Singh (1980 Moscow, 1984 Los Angeles) and Amit Dahiya (London 2012).......

Tainted athlete attempts suicide

Athlete Santhi Soundarajan, who was stripped of a silver medalat the Doha Asian Games last year after failing a gender test, on Wednesday attempted suicide by consuming "veterinary medicines".......