Chennai Under Water As Incessant Rains Kill 59, Bring Life To A Halt
CHENNAI -- Rains under the influence of north east monsoon today hit normal life in several parts of Tamil Nadu, where 59 deaths have been reported so far, according to Times Now. Educational...
View ArticleNRI Attempts Crossing Wagah Indo-Pak Border By Car Instead Of Waiting For Visa
AMRITSAR -- An NRI, said to be undergoing psychiatric treatment, allegedly attempted to cross the Attari-Wagah Indo-Pak land route in his car today, smashing a barrier near the international border...
View ArticleCanadian Sikh Journalist's Morphed Selfie Goes Viral As One Among Paris...
Sikh-Canadian writer and journalist Veerender Jubbal has been going through social media hell for the past few days, ever since someone photoshopped a selfie on his Twitter feed it to make him look...
View ArticleParis Terror Attacks: India Calls For Greater Intelligence-Sharing
los angeles -- In the wake of the grisly Paris attacks, India has called for greater amount of intelligence- sharing among all countries and hoped that the world would unite against the menace of...
View ArticleAmitabh Bachchan Takes Mumbai Local To Support A Samaritan
The guitar-toting Saurabh Nimbkar is a regular on the Virar-Bhandup local train in Mumbai, where he sings songs and collects money for cancer patients. On Sunday, however, he had an unusual visitor who...
View ArticlePresident Mukherjee Tells Dissenting Writers To 'Not Let Emotions Overrun...
NEW DELHI -- President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday reminded the literary icons and artists who are retuning their awards in protest against growing intolerance, that they should not let their emotions...
View ArticlePatanjali Slashes Price Of Packet Noodles To Take On Rivals
NEW DELHI -- Patanjali Ayurved, the FMCG venture promoted by yoga guru Baba Ramdev, today launched noodles aiming to take on Nestle's Maggi which has returned to the market after a 5-month ban. The...
View ArticleHere Are Some 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo' Jokes That We Just Can't Get Over
Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is getting as many laughs on social media as the movie's box office earnings in the first two days (yes, it has crossed the psychological Rs 100 crore mark)....
View ArticleParis COP 21: These Crusaders Will Do Anything To Make You Move On Climate...
France is set to host one of the most critical international meetings in the 70-year-long history of United Nations. In two weeks, negotiators from nearly every planet on earth will be slugging it out...
View ArticleFrance Launches Fresh Strikes Against ISIS
France's President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia on Monday to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State following the attacks in Paris, and hours later French fighter...
View ArticleChennai To Face Battering Rain For At Least Next 24 Hours: IMD
NEW DELHI -- The low pressure area now centered over southwest Bay of Bengal adjoining north Tamil Nadu- South Andhra Pradesh coasts is continuing to cause heavy-to-very-heavy rain in Tamil Nadu and at...
View ArticleISIS-Led Attacks 'Possible' In India: Rajnath Singh
Bringing home the threat posed by the terror outfit Islamic State (IS) to India, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that "ISIS-led attacks were possible in India" and an advisory had been sent to all...
View ArticleChittoor Mayor Katari Anuradha Brutally Murdered, Husband Critically Injured
HYDERABAD -- In a horrific incident, Chittoor Mayor Katari Anuradha was brutally murdered and her husband Katari Mohan was critically injured after a gang of three people barged into her chambers and...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Chennai Rain Causes Flooding, 71 Deaths
The incessant rainfall in Tamil Nadu has claimed 71 lives so far, with the state capital recording 23.5cm rainfall between 8am on Sunday and 8am on Monday, the highest in Chennai in a 24-hour window...
View ArticleVHP Veteran Leader Ashok Singhal Dies At 89
GURGAON -- Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal, who rose to prominence playing a leading role in the Ram Janambhoomi movement in the late eighties, died today at a private hospital here....
View ArticleChennai Floods Move Ola To Run Free Boat Service
Taxi aggregator, Ola's cabs may no longer be running in Chennai but a fleet of boats has been pressed into service by the company, that comes equipped with food and drink and is free of cost....
View ArticleThis Transgender Troupe Uses Dance As A Way To Highlight The Problems They Face
In April 2014, the Indian Supreme Court officially recognised the existence of the 'third gender', but little has changed on the ground level. Even today, there are many misconceptions about who...
View ArticleMan Mortgages Wife For Loan, Later Kills Lender To Get Her Back, Say Police
Police in Haryana have uncovered a bizzare plot involving a man who had allegedly offered his wife to his friend as collateral for a loan of Rs 30,000. Police said the migrant from Bihar later murdered...
View ArticleChennai Rain: Air Force And Army Deployed For Rescuing Stranded Citizens
CHENNAI -- The Army and Air Force have been deployed for rescuing stranded citizens in Kancheepuram district, where torrential rains have left residents marooned, even as rain water inundated a large...
View ArticleYou May Have Missed Watching Indian Television's First Lesbian Romance In Years
Sharmistha could be your average girl-next-door. The kind who will throw a withering look at aunts pestering her to get married and storm out of the room. One who will warily dismiss the mother's...
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