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Massive fire destroys resort in Dominican Republic, forces evacuation of almost 1,700 touristsA devastating fire ravaged a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic, forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,700 tourists. Reports indicate an ...
India learns to live with hotter summersIndia's summers are becoming unbearable. Extreme heatwaves are forcing families to change their lives. People are struggling to cope as tra...
Remember the Kacha Badam singer? 5 years after viral fame and working with rapper Badshah, here’s what the peanut-seller is up to now. ‘My life has changed.’Peanut seller Bhuban Badyakar achieved overnight fame with his viral song 'Kacha Badam,' leading to a significant lifestyle upgrade and app...
How roofs can shelter and support cookingGoa's monsoon season highlights the vital role of roofs, from sheltering homes and drying food like onion braids to providing space for com...
No litter, no smoking, no spitting: Odisha’s tribal village is attracting tourists for its cleanliness. But there’s more.Babojola village in Mayurbhanj, Odisha, is a model of civic sense. Women sweep the village thrice daily. Plastic is banned, and smoking and...
Poor feel empowered, confident when they get pucca houses, gas cylinders: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday mocked the Congress' slogan of 'garibi hatao' (remove poverty) and said the poor feel empowered and con...
‘A true achiever!’: Netizens hail Nagaland govt official’s miraculous journey from one-room shanty to prosperityNellayappan B is currently the Deputy Director Of School Education at Kohima, Nagaland.
Gujarat braces for cyclone Tauktae as damage feared in some regionsAs per the India Meteorological Department, the cyclone is likely to cross the Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya on May 18 afterno...
Amit Shah has lunch at house of farmer in BengalAmit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal to take stock of the BJP's affairs in the state, arrived here on Saturday and offered p...
Sasan UMPP's ash dump yard collapses in Madhya PradeshFive villagers and a worker at the site owned by Reliance Power were swept up in a flow of fly ash which travelled at least six kilometres,...
As West Bengal gears up for Cyclone Fani's landfall, PM Modi speaks to governorDuring his conversation with Tripathi, the prime minister reiterated the Centre's readiness to provide all help needed to cope with the ext...
CESC says staff, mobile vans on standby for cyclone 'Fani'Focus will also be on electricity supply to drainage pumping stations to reduce water logging in and around the metropolis.
Locals pitch-in to build house for MLA living in hut in MPLooking at Sitaram Adivasi's plight, who along with his wife lives in a thatched hut in Sheopur district, the people of his constituency ar...
Ram Nath Kovind's journey: From a hut with leaking roof to a 340-room residenceRains often remind India's new President of his childhood: how he used to wait for the rains to stop as the roof of their house leaked badl...
- Bhitarkanika a congenial habitat for sparrows
The picturesque wetland and meadows of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district has emerged as a congenial habitat for ho...
Will next government have concrete solutions for housing issues?It may surprise most city dwellers used to seeing the glitzy construction boom that 4 crore households still live in houses that have grass...
Maoists torch vehicles and houses at bridge construction siteArmed Maoists torched five vehicles and houses of labourers at a bridge construction site in a village in Bihar's Sheohar district, a polic...
Cyclone Phailin related death toll in Bihar rises to fourThree persons, including two women, were killed today in the cyclone Phailin-related incidents in Bihar's Darbhanga and Madhepura districts...
Herd of wild elephants kills one, destroys houses in AssamThe jumbos entered a village in Numaligarh area creating panic among the people by trampling one person to death and going on a rampage pul...
- Four poachers arrested in Raisen
Four poachers were arrested along with the hide and body parts of a deer at Ghadi forest range near here, officials said.