Kothiya (Bihar), Dec 28 (ANI): Organic fertilizers are now making their way into the fields of Bihar’s Samastipur district due to the benefits they give to crops.lthough more expensive than chemical fertilizers, organic ones produce good yields and assure a healthier crop.
According to [...]
Verka (Punjab), Dec.24 (ANI): A lecturer in Punjab has made a dream house, which captivates attention due to its traditional look. It’s a joy for any city dweller to pay a visit here and feel the ambience of a typical pre-partition house of Punjab. [...]
Karandih Village (Jharkhand), Nov.15 (ANI): Tribals in Karandih Village in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur district recently celebrated the annual ‘Sohrai’ festival with much fanfare. It included a fashion show that attracted much attention, especially of the tribal youths here.
This tribal festival is quite popular in Jharkhand as well as Orissa and is mainly related to the [...]
Lucknow, Oct 19 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia, who has been campaigning vigorously across India to save the ‘mother cow’, advocated wide use of products made of cow dung and urine, including handwashes, shampoo and incense sticks.
Togadia was in the city to attend and address a gathering at the Sanatan Dharma Mandir [...]
Lucknow, Oct 15 (IANS) Agitated over the delay in payment of work done under a rural job guarantee scheme, residents of an Uttar Pradesh village roughed up an official and paraded him after smearing cow dung over his body, police said Thursday.
Mohan Lal Patel, a block development officer (BDO) in Bahraich district, had to face [...]
Allahabad, Oct 15 (ANI): Women artistes of Allahabad are sculpting eco-friendly idols of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi ahead of Diwali.
“The demand for these idols is so high that we are unable to complete the orders of the customers. The [...]
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Adorned in traditional garb and with intricate henna designs on their hands, women in the national capital and several parts of north India are celebrating the Karva Chauth festival Wednesday with a day long fast and prayers for their husband’s long life.
As per custom, women must observe a day long [...]
London, October 5 (ANI): In a new research, scientists in India and China have determined that glaciers in the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau that feed the river systems of almost half the world’s people are melting faster because of the effects of clouds of soot from diesel fumes and wood fires.
According to a report [...]
Palampur, Aug.27 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh, a State described by many people as the land of deities, is known for its traditional lifestyle and belief in religious rituals.
To get a good harvest many farmers in Himachal have now adopted its century-old method of ‘Homa’ farming, which is farming with [...]
Ladakh, Aug. 11 (ANI): A biogas plant in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region will serve as a cheap and a new renewable source of energy once it is dedicated to the people in the region.
The plant has been set up at Defence Institute of High Altitude Research [...]
