Category: Human Interest

UP orders probe into irregularities in PM housing scheme

Lucknow, Oct 31 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the works undertaken in 16 districts of…

8 years ago

US couple find drug in Halloween candy

Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) A couple in the US state of Wisconsin found a small bag of crystal meth in…

8 years ago

Pablo Escobar’s widow, son probed for money laundering

Buenos Aires, Oct 31 (IANS) The widow and son of late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar were being investigated in…

8 years ago

Half of China’s newborn babies are second child

Beijing, Oct 31 (IANS) In the first eight months of 2017, more than half of China's newborn babies were the…

8 years ago

Over 600 nails taken out from man’s stomach in Bengal

Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) In a rare surgery, doctors in state-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital on Monday took out…

8 years ago

Consider accommodating sacked transgender: HC to Navy

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Navy to consider giving a clerical post…

8 years ago

Delhi Walk Festival: 170 walks led by experts in 11 days

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Aim to generate curiosity for the lesser known, appreciation for the unfamiliar, nostalgia for the…

8 years ago

‘1984 riots shut our doors to a better life’

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Located in a dingy and dirty lane, there's hardly any scope for…

8 years ago

Hitler joined Nazis after far-right group shunned him

London, Oct 30 (IANS) German dictator Adolf Hitler only joined the Nazis after being shunned by another far-right political party,…

8 years ago

Documentary on Talwars on TV in November

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) A four-part crime documentary series navigating the 2008 Aarushi Talwar murder case, will find its way…

8 years ago

Don’t decorate graves with plastic, toxic items: Goa Church

Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) Goa's Roman Catholic Church has advised citizens not to use plastic and other toxic items to…

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Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums

Riyadh, Oct 30 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from…

8 years ago

Lack of toilets, water pumps complicating Rohingya crisis

Dhaka, Oct 30 (IANS) The lack of toilets and well-maintained manual water pumps have complicated the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh,…

8 years ago

Candlelight march for dead Ryan student at India Gate disallowed

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The authorities on Sunday refused to grant permission for a candlelight march, scheduled to be…

8 years ago

Over 50 arrested after attack on Swiss couple

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, Oct 29 (IANS) Acting firmly after a Swiss couple was assaulted by five youngsters in Fatehpur…

8 years ago

Railway stations, airports witness post-Chhath rush across Bihar

Patna, Oct 28 (IANS) Railway stations and airports in Bihar witnessed heavy rush of passengers, with people heading back to…

8 years ago

Little scary to step back into society: Talwars

Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, who walked out of Dasna jail in Ghaziabad after being…

8 years ago

Gandhian from Palestine, Ziad Medoukh gets 40th Jamnalal Bajaj Award

Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Renowned Gandhian Ziad Medoukh of Palestine was Saturday conferred this year's "Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for…

8 years ago

Stephen Hawking’s PhD viewed 2 mn times

London, Oct 28 (IANS) British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis was accessed more than two million times "from…

8 years ago

‘High-stakes tests, private tuition harmful to students: Unesco

By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 28 (IANS) Two popular pillars of education in India and elsewhere in Asia --…

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