The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), the junior ally of ruling BJP, will hold demonstrations across the state in August to spearhead its demand for a separate state, a party leader said on Thursday.
Breaking new ground, Kolkata's Jiya Das has become the first transgender Operation Theatre technician in an Indian hospital, but theatre artists and actors from the community still face discrimination in the culture-loving city, say activists.
Actress Priyanka Chopra, who visited the Rohingya refugee camps earlier this year, says stories shared by refugee children were heartbreaking. As Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, she hopes to protect their rights.
The Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB) arrested seven people including Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Chairman of an autonomous district council in Chandel district, Lutkhosei Zou, with drugs valued at over Rs 27 crore on Wednesday.
A central team is expected to arrive here to identify the source of the deadly Nipah virus that struck this Kerala district last month and claimed 13 lives.
Hollywood actor George Clooney and his barrister-wife Amal Clooney are donating USD 100,000 to help migrant children, who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
With NASA engineers yet to make contact with the Opportunity Mars rover due to a massive storm on the Red Planet, scientists are pinning their hopes on learning more about Martian dust storms from images captured by the Curiosity probe.
Bengaluru: I did not find the copy of any complaint. I will speak after getting a summons, or a complaint copy; said Minister for Water Resources and Medical Education D.K. Shivakumar.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday, the first world leader in nearly 30 years to have a child while in office.
Bengaluru: There is no need for Minister DK Shivakumar to resign. I will ask his resignation if the need arises, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
