Kolkata: To make Mother Teresa’s canonization special, India Post will release a silk postal cover – a first of its kind – on September 1, just three days ahead of the big event. “As far as I know, such a silk postal cover has never been released in India. WhenContinue Reading
Faridabad: A mob set on fire a four-wheeler carrying suspected beef in Palwal district and beat up three persons in the Rajasthan-bound vehicle from Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. Nearly 700 angry villagers assembled at Mandori of Hathin tehsil after youths on motorcycle spread word about a smell fromContinue Reading
Now that they’ve won Olympic medals, PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik are being showered with cash prizes by government agencies. Even Dipa Karmakar and Lalita Babar are in line for cash awards. Sindhu has, by our count, already been promised Rs 13 crore and Sakshi Rs 5.6 crore, while LalitaContinue Reading
Mumbai : In the backdrop of mounting violence worldwide, Buddhist organisation Soka Gakkai International’s (SGI) Indian arm Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG) is holding a symposium titled ‘Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace’ on August 27 here. The symposium, to be held at Y B Chavan AuditoriumContinue Reading
New Delhi: There is still “strong preference” for male child by parents who have offsprings of both gender as trust in a girl’s competence level remains “shaky”, a survey conducted in the national capital has found. All India Women’s Conference (AIWC), which conducted the two-month-long study, released the findings todayContinue Reading
Divorce and separation rates are higher among Christians and Buddhists, and lowest among Jains, according to freshly released Census 2011 data. Although separation rates are higher for Hindus than Muslims, divorce is more prevalent among the latter. The share of those who have lost a spouse to death is theContinue Reading
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Patna: At least 22 persons have been killed while 23.71 lakh people affected in the Bihar floods with many areas, specially the riverine belt of 12 districts badly reeling under water in the state. The floods caused by a spate in rivers Ganga, Sone, Punpun, Burhi Gandak, Ghaghra and KosiContinue Reading
Phulbani : The communally sensitive Kandhamal district was today put under high security blanket as the members of the VHP assembled there to observe the death anniversary of Swami Laxamananda Saraswati, whose killing had sparked a large scale riot in the area in 2008. In the memorial meeting presided overContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: A senior journalist named Kishore Dave was found dead on Monday night, lying in a pool of blood in his office in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Mr Dave, who was the bureau chief of a Gujarati newspaper called ‘Jai Hind’ in the town of Junagadh, was stabbed repeatedlyContinue Reading
