The ancient village of Hampi located in Karnataka has made it to the list of 52 places to visit in 2019 made by the New York Times. It has grabbed the 2nd spot. It is the only Indian place on this list. Hampit is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 1st spot went to the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Santa Barbara has succeeded to take the 3rd place in the list.

A woman linked to a group of unruly British tourists allegedly causing chaos in New Zealand has reportedly appeared in court charged with theft. As the Mirror Online reported yesterday, after a string of alleged offences. Yesterday one of their party, Tina Maria Cash, admitted theft charges after stealing sunglasses, rope and sunglasses from a service station in Auckland. As the family arrived in court, a young boy was seen making an obscene gesture at a journalist, the reports. Locals gather...

Rebel BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha said on Tuesday that he didn’t get a ministerial berth in the Modi government because of showing allegiance to the Advani camp. Speaking at a conclave held by a news channel in Bihar on Tuesday, Sinha slammed the ruling party’s top leadership for sidelining its senior party leader. “LK Advani is my guru, friend, philosopher and guide. My loyalty is more towards the people of the country than the party,” he said, adding that “although I had won with a record margi...

New Delhi: About 50 per cent students from Class V and 25 per cent from Class VIII from government schools across the country cannot read a simple text –letter, words, simple paragraph — or a “story” with difficulty of Class II level, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) – 2018 report published on Tuesday said. “By Standard VIII, the last year of compulsory schooling in India, children are expected not only to have mastered foundational skills but to proceeded well beyond the basic st...