Panchayat Decides That Families Of Girls Who Wear Jeans Will Be Boycotted
BAGHPAT -- A village panchayat here has decided to boycott the families of girls who wear "jeans and tight clothes". "At a panchayat held in Bawli village, it has been decided that girls should not...
View ArticleShankaracharya Of Dwarka Peeth: Women Entering Shani Temple Will Increase Rapes
NEW DELHI -- Three days after the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra was forced to revoke a centuries-old ban against the entry of women into its inner sanctum, a leading religious figure in the...
View ArticleAn Indian Company Is Making The World's First Touch-Enabled T-Shirt
Ever imagined a T-shirt that will change its design according to your choice? A T-shirt controlled by a smartphone which will display whatever you want. An Indian start-up, Broadcast wearables, is in...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Indian Cinema Fans Should Feast On These Vintage Pics Of Stars
From actors sharing a laugh to them unwinding following a hard day's shoot, photographer Nemai Ghosh had a flair for capturing screen icons in candid, vulnerable moments in the most heartwarming,...
View ArticleKollam Temple Refuses To Ban Firecrackers Despite Recent Tragedy
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -- Amid growing clamour for ban on temple fireworks display in Kerala in wake of Kollam temple tragedy, the Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages about 1,255 temples in the state,...
View ArticleEveryone's Favourite Prime Minister Just Wished Sikhs A Happy Baisakhi
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has wished the Sikh community by releasing a special message just in time for Baisakhi. Also Read: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Awesome Bhangra Moves...
View ArticlePHOTOS: A Glimpse Into The Glamorous Life Of Tiger Pataudi
One of the most fascinating romances we have heard zillion stories of is the one involving Sharmila Tagore and her late husband Mohamed Mansur Ali Khan. Khan, who was the last Nawab of Pataudi, was one...
View ArticleDoes Tradition Trump The Constitution, Supreme Court Questions Sabarimala...
NEW DELHI -- Three days after the Shani Shinganapur temple in Maharashtra was forced to revoke a centuries-old ban on women entering its inner sanctum, the Supreme Court has questioned why the...
View ArticleUkraine: Two Indian Medical Students Stabbed To Death, One Injured
NEW DELHI -- Two Indian students at a medical college in Ukraine were stabbed to death while another sustained injuries in the attack. Those who died in the Sunday attack allegedly carried out by three...
View ArticleI Remain The Teller Of The Story, Not The Story Itself, Says Harsha Bhogle
After his unceremonious ouster from this year's Indian Premier League, 54-year-old cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle, a familiar face since the start of the IPL since 2008, said in an emotional...
View ArticleThree Abandoned Cars With Explosives Found Near Kollam Temple
Three abandoned cars with sacks of explosives have been found near the Puttingal Devi temple in Kollam in Kerala where 108 people died in a fire that broke out on Sunday morning. A bomb disposal squad...
View ArticleShah Rukh Khan Now Wants To Avoid A Clash Between 'Raees' And 'Sultan'
While Shah Rukh Khan is currently gearing up for the release of Maneesh Sharma's Fan, a film that will enjoy a solo-release on April 15, the box-office prospects of his next film, Rahul Dholakia's...
View ArticleNIA Approaches Interpol For Red Corner Notice Against JeM Chief Masood Azhar
After securing an arrest warrant from a special court, NIA has approached the Interpol for issuing a Red Corner Notice against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and three others for...
View Article'Sultan' Poster Debuts On Twitter To, Um, Mixed Reactions
The first poster for Ali Abbas Zafar's upcoming Sultan, starring Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma, was released online on Monday evening. The wrestling film, which has been dubbed 'the most awaited movie...
View ArticleJNU May Rusticate Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya: Report
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) may rusticate its students Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are out on bail after their arrest in February on charges of sedition. Two other...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Hyderabad's 100-Year-Old Hill Fort Palace Is Now A Prospective Art...
Since the 1990s, the magnificent Hill Fort Palace has stood cold and forgotten atop the Naubat Pahad, occasionally remembered by the city of Hyderabad as a faint link to the Nizam era. However, in...
View ArticleThis Teacher From Bihar Didn't Miss School Even On Her Wedding Day
Roman philosopher Marcus Cicero once said there is no nobler profession than teaching. Tatahir Fatima takes that very seriously — the head teacher of a government primary Urdu school in Bihar didn't...
View ArticlePadma Awards 2016: Rajinikanth, Priyanka Chopra Honoured
NEW DELHI -- Superstar Rajinikanth, tennis icon Sania Mirza, former US Ambassador Robert D Blackwill and actor Priyanka Chopra were among the 56 eminent persons who were honoured with Padma awards...
View ArticleThe Game Of Political One Upmanship Over Latur's 'Water Train' Is Disgusting
Earlier in the day, a ten-bogey train rolled into Latur, a district in Maharashtra's Marathwada region which is reeling under the worst drought in the country in 100 years. The train was carrying 5...
View ArticleIMD Forecasts 'Above Normal' Monsoon This Year
After two consecutive drought years, the country will receive "above normal" monsoon with a fair distribution of rainfall across major parts of country and it will be a "good year", the Met office...
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