What 53-year-old Gokul Chandra Das 'dhaki' (drummer) had started about 10 years ago has snowballed into a silent movement for women's empowerment in the impoverished stretches of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district

One the founders of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa, Tenzin Lekphel, is set to become the next secretary general (SG) of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)

President Donald Trump has dragged India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a possible minefield of US politics by asserting that India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi give him “great support” in the context of the US elections where foreign involvement is a sore point

"Father, have you forgotten us?": This innocent question by his daughter brought tears to a father's eyes

At a time when many magazines, journals and other media publications have fallen victim to the uncertainty triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, a 26-32 page monthly magazine published in Sanskrit from Rajasthan has created a record of sorts

Proving that mosques can play a larger role beyond merely serving as places of worship, a Hyderabad-based NGO has opened a community healthcare centre at a mosque in the city to specifically cater to the health needs of women and children in the slums

For the first time, three generations of Mahatma Gandhi's descendants have joined hands to make an emotional appeal to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, seeking help to save the trees at the Sevagram Ashram in Wardha - where Gandhi stayed his last 12 years   - which were being chopped ostensibly to expand a state highway, one of the kin said here on Wednesday

Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is set to begin a book club, which will comprise underrated titles by marginalised voices, a media report said on Wednesday

Afghanistan cabinet’s law committee on Tuesday approved the proposal of inclusion of mother’s name in the national identity cards

An Indian-origin family's car dealership was set on fire by rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin destroying nearly 100 vehicles and causing damage estimated as $2.5 million, according to family members

Residents of a south Mumbai neighbourhood wedged in a red-light district have raised a banner of revolt against the sex buyers who haunt the brothels situated there practically 24x7

A first in the country – five baby-girls born in a rare quintuplet delivery to a 29-year-old mother from Gampaha around 10 a.m. on Friday, August 28, at the De Soysa Hospital for Women, down Kynsey Road in Colombo

During the course of this year, 4484 complaints of child abuse cases in Sri Lanka were received so far, the National Child Protection Authority said on Sunday (Aug 30)

Jodhpur-based girl Isha, along with 35 other girls across India, are running a campaign against the height criteria set by nationally acclaimed beauty pageants that allow entry only to girls with a minimum height of 5.5 feet

For Kerala health authorities, Saturday brought good news as a 110-year-old woman tested negative for COVID-19 and was discharged from the state-run Medical College near here