The families of the trapped miners inside a flooded coal pit for 21 days now in Meghalaya on Wednesday said they are giving up on them being alive even as rescuers struggle to dewater the pit.


Families of trapped miners lose hope, rescuers struggle dewatering coalpit in Meghalaya


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The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday rejected Vedanta's request for renewal of consent to operate its copper smelter plant in Tuticorin.


TN pollution regulator refuses to reopen Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant


The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to look after the infant saved just in time on Tuesday from being buried alive by his father in Srinagar.


Government to look after infant saved from being buried alive


To wave goodbye to the past and welcome the future, Uttar Pradesh tipplers guzzled down a whopping 50 lakh litres of liquor on New Year's eve, an official citing excise department records said here on Wednesday.


UP guzzles down 50 lakh litres of alcohol on New Year's eve


Actress Tanushree Dutta is rightly regarded as the founding-mother of the "MeToo Movement" in India. When she spoke on her experience of being harassed 10 years ago, she opened up the floodgates for numerous other women from every walk of life to come forward with their stories.


'MeToo Movement' is far bigger than me: Tanushree Dutta


The year 2018 saw a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017, but 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, reports said.


Sharp rise in air crash deaths in 2018: Report


At least 50 people sustained injuries during New Year eve celebrations in Buenos Aires, local health authorities said.


50 injured during New Year celebrations in Buenos Aires


Aiming to make employees feel happier at work, a start-up led by three ex-Googlers, is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to "push" individual employees into small actions that improve staffers' satisfaction and foster better teamwork, The New York Times has reported.


Start-up by ex-Googlers uses AI to make people happier at work


If you want to enjoy the snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, extend your stay as the Met office on Tuesday predicted snow this week.


Want to enjoy snow, extend your stay in Himachal


Indian handicrafts, traditional art and textiles will come to the fore amid cultural performances and workshops, in a two-week crafts bazaar, set to kick off at Dilli Haat here on Tuesday.


Traditional weaves, handicrafts to be showcased at 33rd edition of Dastkari Haat Crafts Bazaar


With widespread flouting of minimum wage norms in several government and private establishments, the Delhi government on Monday asked its department heads to enforce the minimum wage law for workers in their respective industries.


Delhi government cracks whip on minimum wage violators


Delhi Metro Pink Line's last section connecting Lajpat Nagar and Mayur Vihar was inaugurated here on Monday, completing the 59-km line.


Delhi Metro's Lajpat Nagar-Mayur Vihar section flagged off


South Korea has announced a ban on big-time supermarkets and retailers nationwide from using disposable plastic bags in an attempt to conserve natural resources and reduce recyclable waste, government officials said on Monday.


S.Korea bans single-use plastic bags at supermarkets


Tens of thousands of holidaymakers on Monday gathered across resorts in Himachal Pradesh to bid goodbye to 2018.


Thousands of revellers gather in Himachal to bid goodbye to 2018


As 2018 speeds by, bibliophiles will have an opportunity to ring out the old and ring in the new with major literary festivals, awards and, as always, several promising offerings slated to hit the stands in January 2019.


Five books to look forward to in January 2019


Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen famed for his ability to put searching questions before the society -- especially the middle class -- died at his south Kolkata residence on Sunday following old age complications, family sources said.


'Iconoclast' filmmaker Mrinal Sen dead (Roundup)


Legendary Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen, who, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak was considered a doyen of regional parallel cinema internationally, often had public debates with Ray regarding film narratives and styles, but always chose to term them as clash of ideas and not conflict.


When Mrinal Sen and Satyajit Ray duelled over films


"By accident, a maker of films... Good or bad, yes or no, they know me as an iconoclast," Mrinal Sen said about himself in his autobiography, giving an apt and characteristically witty description of his cinematic philosophy.


Mrinal Sen: A master filmmaker who challenged social sensibilities (obituary)


With the mercury dipping to 1.7 degrees Celsius, normal life remains badly affected in the city of Taj.


Unusual cold disrupts normal life in Agra


On any busy traffic crossing in the historic Mughal city of Agra, one would be surprised to see the number of women on two-wheelers. Not only young girls, but more and more middle-aged women, including housewives, are now seen enjoying their new-found freedom of mobility, a stark contrast from a few years ago.


How an all-women driving school is giving wings to women (IANS Special Series)


Workers of a political party stoned an Uttar Pradesh police constable to death in Ghazipur district on Saturday, police said, adding the constable was part of a police team trying to control a crowd gathered to greet Nishad Party state president Sanjay Nishad who was on his way to Gorakhpur from Ghazipur.

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