Category: Human Interest

Kolkata soaks in Christmas festivities

Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Resplendent in tinsel and twinkling fairy lights, Kolkata on Sunday soaked in the Yuletide spirit as…

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French footballer Evra offers help to struggling Syrian families

Paris, Dec 25 (IANS) Veteran French footballer Patrice Evra has offered help to the struggling people of war-torn Syria, asking…

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UP railway station still waiting for Vajpayee

Bateshwar (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 25 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee hoped to visit here in a train after…

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Christians, Hindus celebrate Christmas in Meghalaya

Shillong, Dec 25 (IANS) Christians in Meghalaya on Sunday celebrated Christmas with fervour and spirit, exchanging greetings and gifts with…

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Queen Elizabeth to miss Christmas Day church service

London, Dec 25 (IANS) Queen Elizabeth II will not attend Sunday's Christmas Day church service because she is still suffering…

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Delhi Metro’s Christmas gift: Hundreds stranded on Blue Line

New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Metro commuters in the capital on Sunday had a harrowing time for Christmas when they…

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Christmas celebrated with zeal, fervour in northeast India

Agartala/Aizawl/Kohima, Dec 25 (IANS) Christmas was celebrated on Sunday across northeast India with special prayers, hymns, and masses in churches,…

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Gaiety marks Christmas in Telugu states

Hyderabad, Dec 25 (IANS) Pomp and gaiety marked Christmas celebrations across Telugu states Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. Special…

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Christmas celebrated in IS-liberated Iraqi town

Baghdad, Dec 25 (IANS) In an ancient Iraqi Christian town recently liberated from the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Christmas…

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Pope Francis marks Christmas Mass at Vatican

Vatican City, Dec 25 (IANS) Pope Francis celebrated a late Saturday night Christmas Mass at the Vatican amid heavy security,…

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Turkey arrest 1,600 over internet comments in 6 months

Istanbul, Dec 25 (IANS) Turkish Interior Ministry said on Saturday that authorities arrested and remanded more than 1,600 people in…

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President calls for public private partnership in healthcare

Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for public private partnership to overcome deficiencies in healthcare infrastructure in…

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Bite into history with spicy Armenian Christmas cakes

Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Fruitless Christmas cakes anyone? Try the spicy Armenian variety, a savoury reminder of the community that…

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Ex gratia, houses for Japanese Encephalitis victims’ families in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced Rs 3 lakh ex gratia and a pucca…

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Indian Navy’s all woman sail boat reaches Cape Town

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Indian Navy's sail boat Mhadei with an all-woman crew reached Cape Town on Friday, after…

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Why are birds toothless?

New York, Dec 23 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a dinosaur species that shed its "milk teeth" but did not replace…

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Four-day Sikh festival opens in Singapore

Singapore, Dec 23 (IANS) A four-day festival to mark the 350th birthday of Guru Gobind Singh opened here on Friday.…

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Japan celebrates Emperor’s birthday

Tokyo, Dec 23 (IANS) Thousands of people on Friday visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to celebrate the 83rd birthday…

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Entries open for Andrei Stenin photo contest

Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS) Russian international news agency Rossiya Segodnya opened entries for a photo contest on Friday to mark…

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Manipur mess chokes fuel supply to Tripura, Mizoram

Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 23 (IANS) Maintaining fuel supplies to trouble-torn Manipur has led to a shortage of petrol, diesel and cooking…

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