These Cafes Are Just Made For Reading Books
Many book lovers were delighted to hear about Harry Potter being included in the Indian school curriculum. We have some more good news for people who love to read—if you can't bear to take your nose...
View ArticleThe 'Dangal' In My Head: Was I Brought Up By A Patriarch Or A Feminist?
Dear Baba, Remember the time N, S and I won that quiz competition back in school? Our hands ached from holding all those prizes! When we went home and impatiently ripped the wrappers apart, remember...
View ArticleChina Blocks India's Proposal To List Pathankot Mastermind Masood Azhar A...
NEW DELHI-- China finally blocked India's proposal to list JeM chief and Pathankot mastermind Masood Azhar as a designated terrorist by the UN, triggering a sharp reaction from New Delhi which termed...
View ArticlePan Pan, The World's Oldest Male Giant Panda, Dies At 31
Pan Pan, the world's oldest known male giant panda, died Wednesday in Chengdu, China, at the age of 31. According to state-owned broadcaster Xinhua, the so-called "panda grandpa" is singlehandedly...
View Article5 Prisoners, Including 4 Serving Life Terms, Escape From Buxar Central Jail
BUXAR -- Five convicts, including four serving life imprisonment, escaped from the Buxar Central Jail late last night by scaling the prison wall. District Magistrate Raman Kumar said today that the...
View ArticleIs The BJP Planning To Give Tamil Nadu A Jallikattu Gift This Pongal?
What are the odds that Jallikattu will make a comeback in southern Tamil Nadu this Pongal season? If the moves made by the Government of India are anything to go by, there is reason for supporters of...
View ArticleFormer Union Home Secretary Anil Baijal Sworn In As The Lieutenant Governor...
NEW DELHI -- Former union home secretary Anil Baijal on Saturday took oath as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi at Raj Niwas. The oath was administered by Delhi High Court's Chief Justice G. Rohini....
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav's Advisor Says Email Suggesting SP Orchestrated Feud Is Fake,...
Steve Jarding, political advisor to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, have denied writing an e-mail talking about staging a feud in the Samajwadi Party, that was doing the rounds on social...
View Article'Chinnamma' Sasikala Takes Over As AIADMK Chief
CHENNAI -- Amid chants of 'Chinnamma Vazhagai' by thousands of supporters, V K Sasikala today took charge as AIADMK general secretary, the top party post. "Amma is always in my heart," an emotionally...
View ArticleLalu Prasad Yadav Plays Peacemaker Between SP's Feuding Father And Son
PATNA -- Amid deepening political crisis in Samajwadi Party, RJD President Lalu Prasad today spoke to Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav to facilitate a patch-up between them and advised...
View ArticleMulayam Singh Yadav Revokes His Son Akhilesh Yadav's Suspension Orders
LUCKNOW -- A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav were suspended from the party for six years over disciplinary grounds, the duo's...
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav And Ram Gopal Taken Back Into Samajwadi Party, But The Drama...
The Samajwadi Party family drama in Lucknow continues as national party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has revoked the sacking of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav from...
View ArticleUS Imposes Sanctions Against 7 Pakistani Entities For Alleged Link With The...
WASHINGTON -- The United States government has imposed sanctions against seven Pakistani entities for allegedly having links with the country's missile programme. The Dawn quoted an official...
View ArticleOngoing Political Turmoil In Arunachal Has Adversely Affected Development:...
ITANAGAR -- Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday said the ongoing political turmoil in the state has affected overall development. "MLAs are temporarily suspended without any show...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi And Chidambaram Demand Immediate Removal Of Weekly Cash...
NEW DELHI -- Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation and demanded removal of the weekly cash withdrawal limit with immediate effect....
View ArticleLt General Bipin Rawat Takes Charge As New Army Chief, Air Marshal B S Dhanoa...
General Bipin Rawat today took over as the 26th Chief of Indian Army superseding the Eastern Army Commander General Paraveen Bakshi and Southern Army Commander General P M Hariz. Air Marshal Birender...
View ArticleAfter Being Suspended By The PPA, Arunachal CM Pema Khandu Joins BJP
ITANAGAR -- A day after being suspended by the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA), Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday. "We have joined the BJP...
View ArticleDalit Woman In Kerala Delivers Baby In The Toilet As Nurse Refuses To Take...
MALAPPURAM -- In a shocking incident of medical apathy, a Dalit woman delivered a baby in the toilet of a medical college here after a nurse sent her to relieve herself instead of taking her complaint...
View ArticleCourt Rejects The Bail Petition Of TMC MP Tapas Pal In Rose Valley Chit Fund...
BHUBANESWAR -- The special Chief Judicial Magistrate Central Bureau of Investigation Court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Tapas Pal, sending him to three days of CBI...
View ArticleChristian Missionaries Lack The Strength To Convert Hindus, Says Mohan Bhagwat
NAVSARI (GUJARAT) -- Raking up the issue of conversions, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said such attempts are unlikely to be successful in the country as the missionaries "do not have the strength"....
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