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Dressed in traditional Indian attire, people marched from the Parliament to City Hall in Ottawa with gaiety and enthusiasm. (Photo: ANI)

Ottawa streets decked up in tricolour for India's I-Day celebrations...

Placards and banners with slogans supporting abrogation of Article 370 were also seen in the parade.

19 Aug 2019 2:30 PM IST

Hrithik Roshan.

Hrithik Roshan receives invitation to speak at the prestigious Oxford...

Riding high on the success of his latest release 'Super 30', the Bollywood superstar is unstoppable.

19 Aug 2019 10:20 AM IST

Careful care of a babys skin right from birth could prevent eczema and other allergic diseases. (Photo: ANI)

'It's our duty': Doctors help 30-yr-old deliver baby girl amid massive...

The woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl at around 9:30 pm while the rescue operations were still on to douse the...

18 Aug 2019 3:59 PM IST

Hrithik Roshans Kaabil was a success at the box office.

Not Chris Evans, Robert Pattinson, most handsome man in the world is...

Hrithik Roshan is undoubtedly considered as one of the handsome hunks in B-town. But now, his look isn't restricted to...

17 Aug 2019 5:34 PM IST

In this August 6, 2019 file photo, a deserted street is seen through a barbwire set up as blockade during curfew in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

Govt starts bus services to ferry for staff in J&K's Baramulla

The deputy commissioner directed officials to make all necessary arrangements for employees to attend work, they added.

17 Aug 2019 5:20 PM IST

While a concrete house could cost a minimum of Rs 40 lakh, a plastic house costs only Rs 700 per square feet, said Lingam. (Photo: ANI)

Hyderabad couple uses recycled plastic waste for constructing houses

The first house Lingam built in Hyderabad's Uppal was of about 800 square feet. It was constructed using 7 tonnes of...

17 Aug 2019 10:09 AM IST

More than three decades after he flew his helicopter above the radioactive volcano that was Chernobyls nuclear reactor number four, the site of the worlds worst nuclear accident, Mykola Volkozub recalls how he feared for his life. (video screengrab/ YouTube)

'Nobody is not afraid': Chernobyl pilot who made 3 flights within 20...

Eyeing up the reactor for the first time in 33 years, Volkozub said he couldn't recognise it.

16 Aug 2019 7:07 PM IST

On the domestic front, Air India is introducing new flights on BhopalPuneBhopal route and Varanasi-Chennai-Varanasi from June 5, 2019.

Air India becomes 1st Indian airline to fly over zero degree North...

The flight flew over Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and then overflew North Pole by 12.27 pm.

16 Aug 2019 12:34 PM IST

Babakar also shared images with Egbert, after meeting him. (Photo: Twitter/Mevan)

Twitter helps former child refugee to find man who gifted her a bike...

In a series of tweets she informed that other refuges too reached out to her to tell that for many the man.

15 Aug 2019 3:20 PM IST

Esha Gupta trolled for wishing Republic Day on Independence Day, says...

Bollywood actor Esha Gupta got trolled for wishing Happy Republic Day on the freedom of day of India.

15 Aug 2019 3:12 PM IST

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer Harshpal Singh, who is slated to receive the peacetime gallantry medal - Kirti Chakra today, recalls how he eliminated three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir last year. (Photo: ANI)

On I-Day, CRPF officer Harshpal Singh recalls how he fought JeM...

In 2008, he received his first award for neutralising five Naxals in Hazaribagh area.

15 Aug 2019 10:13 AM IST

He talked about a host of issues, ranging from his governments landmark decision on Jammu and Kashmir to the flood-hit parts of the country. (Photo: ANI)

Here are PM Modi's top quotes from his Independence Day address

Modi unfurled the National Flag and delivered the customary address to the nation from the Red Fort at 7:30 am.

15 Aug 2019 9:53 AM IST