Pakuranga McDonald’s catches fire; evacuations underway, no injuries reportedA fire engulfed a McDonald's restaurant on Pakuranga Road in East Auckland, prompting a large emergency response on Monday afternoon. Firef...
05 May, 2025, 11.15 AM IST
Balkan magic: Travelling through the towns of Budva & Kotor is like stepping into a bygone eraKotor, is a small Balkan nation nestled between Croatia, Serbia and Albania.
21 Jul, 2019, 09.53 AM IST
From St Sava Church to Sremski Karlovci, here’s the best of the Balkan countryThe ruins of imperial Roman palaces, a tower made of human skulls, chandeliers crafted from weapons - the list is endless.
05 Aug, 2018, 12.24 AM IST
Row over talks to ‘end’ act against forced conversionIFCSAP said that entities that oppose the APFR act and demand its repeal are those that indulge “in forceful conversions through fraudulent...
16 Jul, 2018, 09.08 AM IST
- Family, friends attend Hawking's funeral in Cambridge
London, April 1 (IANS) Hundreds of family and friends, including actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Stephen Hawking in the 2014 biographical ...
01 Apr, 2018, 01.52 AM IST
Stephen Hawking to get a private funeral; his ashes to rest near Issac Newton, Charles DarwinThe physicist will receive an "inclusive and traditional" funeral ceremony at the University Church in Cambridge.
21 Mar, 2018, 10.16 AM IST
The LIC building is one of the last British Army-built stone structures on MG Road, BengaluruIt was built in the colonial style unlike the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers which followed the Tudor style.
11 Jan, 2018, 01.50 PM IST
Christmas festivities grip nationA spirit of festivity pervaded across the country as midnight masses, resonance of carols and merriment ushered in Christmas today.
25 Dec, 2015, 08.48 PM IST
A look at 10 most-prominent churches in BengaluruAs Bengaluru dives into the spirit of Christmas, here are some of the oldest churches in the city and the stories behind them.
25 Dec, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
Bengaluru's central business district will be a fortress this New Year's Eve tooAuthorities will deploy 5,000 additional security personnel in the central business district, 100 horse mounted police and 50 drones.
24 Dec, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
Could gay marriage reunite Ireland?It’s an astonishing statement about the pace of cultural change in a country where more than 80% of residents identify as Catholic.
25 May, 2015, 05.01 AM IST
Academic calls for Shakespeare's grave to be exhumedFrancis Thackeray, from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said that he was "very interested in the possibility" of exami...
30 Mar, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
Muck raking BWSSB looks away as Bengaluru's central business districts drown in sewageGeospatial data available with the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board show 1,301 m of sewage line, circa 1970 from Anil Kumble circl...
05 Feb, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
Oxford University risks reputation in face of commercial interestsAn internal report has warned that the university's admission of wealthy foreign students with often poor grades "poses severe reputational...
27 Aug, 2013, 09.45 PM IST
- Short and tweet: Pope should use Twitter to communicate simply and succinctly
Pope with 1.2 billion followers of his church if not his Twitter account, may prove to be a formidable octogenarian rival.
06 Dec, 2012, 05.20 AM IST
- Obamas made $2.7 million last year
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, millionaires from his best-selling books, made $2.7 million last year and paid just under one...
16 Apr, 2009, 04.27 AM IST
- ‘Spare Bard’s bones at gravesite’
Fix the gravesite. But don’t touch the bones. That’s the work order for brave architects contemplating a fixup job for the deteriorating gr...
29 May, 2008, 03.29 AM IST