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Dear Sabyasachi, There's More To Culture Than Knowing How To Drape a Sari (Or Not)
PS: I know how to drape a sari and understand the grace and eloquence the garment comes with. Had I not known it, I still wouldn’t have felt ashamed of myself.
Two Die of Asphyxiation While Cleaning Septic Tank in Bengaluru
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when Ramu got into the tank, connected to the underground drainage system, to clean it but started gasping for breath.
Myanmar Makes Life For Rohingya a 'Death Sentence', Says US
Nikki Haley started her speech to the Security Council by recounting how a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh, Noor Kadir, told AP about surviving an attack by soldiers on 14 friends trying to choose sides for a local soccer-like game in the village of Gu Dar...
Uma Bharti Clarifies She is Taking a 3-year Hiatus from Elections After Announcing 'Retirement'
Union Minister for Sanitation and Drinking Water Uma Bharti, a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, had on Sunday said that she won’t contest any election owing to knee problem and a troubled back.
Maharashtra Govt Bought Non-educational Books at Higher Price From RSS Body: Congress
Senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil alleged that part of the purchase was made from a publication linked to the RSS at inflated rates.
Kamal Haasan Hints At Retiring From Movies Post His Political Debut
On being asked whether he would stick to politics even if he loses the election, he said that he will have to do something for an honest living.
US Says Myanmar Denial of Ethnic Cleansing is 'Preposterous'
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told a meeting of the 15-member council on Myanmar that the council must hold Myanmar military accountable for their actions and pressure Aung San Suu Kyi to acknowledge these horrific acts that are taking...
IT Raid Cases Not to be Processed Under E-assessment: CBDT
The current system of manual assessment will continue in cases, where the books of accounts or original documents have to be examined, the taxman has to conduct a third-party investigation and where the tax officer has to examine a witness.
Woman Sets Husband on Fire After Argument Over Talking on Phone
The police are now on the lookout for the accused woman, while a probe has also been ordered against some of the men in khaki also, over alleged inaction on the complaint, the official said.
Commonwealth Starts Secret Talks to Decide Who Should Replace the Queen
The meeting, held in every few years, is likely to be last attended by Elizabeth. Any decision about the future will be made by the Commonwealth heads of government at the time of the Queen's death, but there is no formal process of choosing her successor...
Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE First Look Video at 2018 Auto Expo
The Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE comes with a 998cc four-cylinder engine that develops a mammoth 137.3 Nm of torque and comes mated to a 6-speed transmission.
Acid Attack Survivor to get Engaged on V-Day at Sheroes, a Restaurant Run by Other Survivors
Pramodini was bedridden and could hardly walk without support. Even the doctors had said that she won’t be able to walk for a few more years due to the neural damage the acid had done to her. On Monday, she was busy preparing a dance number for her engage...
Abu Dhabi Oil Company to Fill Half of Mangalore Oil Reserves
ADNOC had last year given up its crude storage lease in South Korea and instead agreed to store oil at Mangalore in a bid to establish a ground presence in world's third-largest oil consuming nation.
Sahitya Akademi Winner Donates Prize Money to Lynching Victim Junaid's Family
KP Ramanunni, who is quite vocal against religious extremism, won the Sahitya Akademi award on Tuesday for his book 'God's Own Book', which talks of harmony among Hindus and Muslims.
Punjab Minister Flips Coin to Decide Posting of Lecturers, Says Did it for Transparency
In order to resolve the issue of posting of two lecturers, Punjab Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi decided to toss a coin and the incident was caught on cameras.
When Vajpayee and Musharraf 'Almost Resolved' the Kashmir Dispute
History remembers the Agra Summit as one of the greatest missed opportunities of India-Pakistan relations. Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri in his book ‘Neither a Hawk nor a Dove’ wrote that the “solution to Kashmir was in the grasp...