Category: Human Interest

Hundreds pay homage to 2004 tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Dec 26 (IANS) Hundreds of people living in Tamil Nadu's coastal districts on Monday paid homage to those who…

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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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