The Odisha state government on Monday urged the Centre to supply cooking gas cylinders free-of-cost to those affected by cyclone Titli and the consequent floods.


Odisha seeks free LPG cylinders for cyclone-affected people


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A man was on Sunday arrested on the charge of killing his wife, police said.


Man held for killing wife over her alleged affair


A low-intensity tremor struck the Kashmir valley on Sunday, but there was no report of any damage to life or property.


Low-intensity tremor rocks Kashmir Valley


More than half of China's cities saw air quality improve year-on-year in September, the Chinese Environment Ministry has said.


Air quality gets better in nearly 350 Chinese cities


Protests staged by residents here against the Punjab government and the railways after 59 people were killed when a train crushed them as they were watching Dusshera celebrations, turned violent on Sunday leaving a few policemen injured following stone-pelting.


Police injured as Amritsar tragedy protesters take to stone-pelting


In the death of 59 people in the Amritsar train tragedy on Friday evening, a bigger tragedy has struck many families: their sole breadwinners have died; and in several cases, children are still trying to find their parents.


Families wiped out, loved ones perish in Amritsar train tragedy


Friday's Amritsar's train tragedy is similar to the one that happened in 1986 in Kerala's Thalaserry, where an Express train ran through revellers, leaving several dead and injured in its trail, recalled a senior journalist here on Saturday.


Amritsar train tragedy similar to Thalaserry's in 1986


I recently had the opportunity to conduct a hands-on workshop on entrepreneurship, creativity and communication for three government colleges in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, with two of my colleagues.


Imparting skills in Mizoram: The Aizawl experience (Comment)


In its push to promote Hindi at the world body, India has reiterated its request to the UN to conduct tours for visitors to the headquarters in that language.


India asks UN for visitor tours in Hindi language


After a train tragedy here on Friday, Former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu blamed the railway authorities for not issuing directions regarding movement of trains near the tracks, where about over 50 people were feared crushed by a speeding train while they were watching the 'Ravan Dahan'.


Big mistake from railway authorities: Navjot Kaur Sidhu


Former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi slammed the Railways for the Amritsar train tragedy on Friday in which over 50 people were feraed killed, saying that it should take the blame and try to fix its system.


Railways should take the blame: Dinesh Trivedi


An exhibition featuring Chinese typewriters and processors opened in New York city, offering unprecedented insight into the still-transforming history of one of the world's oldest living languages.


Chinese typewriter exhibition held in New York


What do pilgrims in Punjab's Dera Baba Nanak feel when faith travels across the border to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan through binoculars or a telescope? At a time when borders have mental images as frontiers of cross-fire, illegal crossings and violence, a documentary filmmaker intends to humanise them and create conversations on cross-border relationships.


Creating cross-border conversations: Documentary sets out to humanise India's borderlands


Hollywood stars including Adam Lambert, Jimmy Kimmel, Mariah Carey, Alyssa Milano, Laverne Cox, Tyra Banks, Ross Mathews and Kim Petras lent their support to a LGBTQ anti-bullying campaign here.


Hollywood stars rally against LGBTQ bullying


The number of people infected with the Zika virus has gone up to 100 in Jaipur, officials said on Thursday.


Number of Zika virus cases reaches 100 in Jaipur


Television actor Ashish Sharma, who has played a transgender in a feature film titled "Khejdi", has urged society not to be discriminatory against the community.


Transgender community deserves acceptance: Ashish Sharma


The Uttar Pradesh government will start on November 1 the process to recruit 56,808 people in the state police, officials said on Thursday.


UP to begin process to recruit 56,808 policemen on Nov 1


Karnataka's cultural capital Mysuru on Thursday invoked gods to worship armoury, horses and the golden royal throne in the Amba Vilas Palace, marking the ninth day of its world famous Dussehra festival.


Armoury worship marks 9th day of Mysuru Dussehra


The Delhi cabinet on Thursday restored the increase in the minimum wages that was junked by the High Court on August 4, and approved a proposal to give a 10 per cent discount on metro cards used in state-run buses.


Delhi cabinet restores increase in minimum wages quashed by HC


After Katrani rice, Jardalu mango and Magahi paan (betel vine), Bihars Shahi litchi has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag and has become an exclusive brand in the national and international market, an official said on Thursday.


Bihar's Shahi litchi gets GI tag


A teenage boy, who on Wednesday had gone out along with his friends, died after he drowned into Delhi Development Authority's Sanjay Van lake in south Delhi, police said.

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