Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), which is expecting to commission the first phase of the East-West Metro Project in the city in 2018, has completed tunnelling work under the Hooghly river in 66 days, an official said on Friday.


Kolkata Metro completes tunnelling under Hooghly


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A student from Punjab's Muktsar town has topped in the NEET entrance examination for admission to medical colleges.


Punjab boy tops NEET entrance exam


Accusing the producers of Bollywood blockbuster and national award winning movie "Neerja" of "criminal conspiracy" and going back on their word of sharing 10 percent of the net profit, the braveheart flight purser Neerja Bhanot's family has moved the court here.


'Neerja' family accuses producers of criminal conspiracy, moves court


Circumventing an apex court ban on liquor vends along the highways, Himachal Pradesh has allowed liquor shops to operate in residential areas, aggrieved residents said on Friday.


Anger over liquor shops in Himachal residential areas


Australia's most famous wildlife conservationist "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin will be honoured with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


Hollywood to honour Australian wildlife conservationist


Uttarakhand and Haryana have become the fourth and fifth Open Defecation Free (ODF) states of India under the Swachh Bharat Mission, said an official statement on Thursday.


Uttarakhand, Haryana become Open Defecation Free states


A senior Assam-based academician, whose wife died due to medical negligence at a Delhi-based hospital in 2015, on Thursday urged the Assam Medical Council to cancel the medical licence of the two doctors involved in the treatment of the victim.


Irked over wife's death, academician wants doctors' licence revoked


Hundreds of people turned up in the Egyptian capital to celebrate the third International Yoga Day on Wednesday, an official statement said here.


Egypt celebrates International Yoga Day


A French lifestyle blogger has been killed by an exploding whipped cream dispenser, the media reported on Thursday.


Cream dispenser explodes, kills French fitness blogger


Soon after Facebook introduced a profile picture guard in India that will give users more control over who can download and share their pictures, several women users on Thursday started protecting their display photos.


Learn how to protect Facebook profile photo in India


The American population is growing older and more diverse than ever before, a new census report has revealed.


US population growing older, more diverse


In its bid to empower women in India, Facebook has announced it is piloting new tools that will give them more control over who can download and share their profile pictures that include their faces.


New Facebook tools to protect Indian women's profile photos


In seven years Indians will cross the 1.44 billion mark and the nation will go on to have a bigger population than China, according to a UN report.


India to have bigger population than China by 2024: UN


London Mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled plan that aims to see 80 per cent of journeys in the British capital by public transport, walking or cycling.


London mayor unveils plan to reduce dependency on cars


China has handed over the first batch of 100,000 bags of relief food to Kenya for distribution to its hunger-stricken citizens.


China donates 1 lakh food bags to Kenya


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said that Yoga belongs not merely to India but to the whole world and added that it is a science to attain inner-peace.


Yoga belongs to whole world, says Sushma Swaraj


A joint team of the ONGC and Unesco has carried out a preliminary survey for the conservation of Chilika Lake to help the country's largest coastal lagoon secure the world heritage site tag, said an official on Wednesday.


ONGC-Unesco join hands to get Chilika Lake heritage site tag


Congress workers and agitating farmers in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday made their point against the state government by performing 'shavasana' -- the dead body posture -- on the occasion of the International Yoga Day.


Congress workers, protesting farmers perform 'shavasana' in MP


The Bahrain government has announced a two-month ban on outdoor work during the hot weather starting from July 1.


Bahrain bans outdoor work in hot weather


The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to the Delhi and Union Health Secretaries over the death of a young patient following denial of proper treatment at several government hospitals in the national capital.


Youth denied treatment, dies: Notice to Union, Delhi health secretaries


People queued up from early morning to take their first ride on the Kochi Metro that began its commercial operations here on Monday.

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