Fabulously Fat Rat Rescued After Getting Stuck In Manhole Cover
A curvaceous rat in Bensheim, Germany, is making international headlines after an embarrassing mishap ― getting stuck in a manhole cover.The reason the situation is getting so much attention is...
View ArticleThis Photographer Asked Men How They Reject Toxic Masculinity
We often give short shrift to the ways feminism benefits men. When men resist the stereotype of what a “real man” should be, they’re free to live life on their own accord: Cry with reckless abandon...
View ArticleA Dalit Bahujan Call For Peace
At a time of unbridled warmongering, it can be hard to resist the drumbeat of war. There are memes of Indian soldiers dancing in fatigues and fake footage from video games going viral and feed after...
View ArticleBalakot: India Does Not Wish To See Further Escalation, Sushma Swaraj Tells...
WUZHEN — India does not wish to see further escalation of the situation and will continue to act with responsibility and restraint, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told China and Russia here on...
View ArticlePakistani Jets Violate Indian Air Space, Drop Bombs On Way Out
Pakistani jets violated Indian air space in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri sectors and dropped bombs on their way out, officials told PTI on Wednesday. The violation comes a day after India...
View ArticleIAF Jet Crashes In Kashmir's Budgam, Two Feared Dead
An IAF jet crashed on Wednesday in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing at least two people.The jet crashed in an open field near Garend Kalaan village in Budgam at 10:05 am, the officials...
View ArticleSrinagar, Jammu And Leh Airports Among 5 Shut Amid Escalating India-Pak Tension
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI — Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were among five airports closed on Wednesday for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials...
View Article2 Indian Military Aircrafts Shot Down, One Pilot Arrested, Claims Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Wednesday claimed that it shot down two Indian military aircraft over Pakistani air space and arrested one of the pilots.Military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor claimed...
View Article[WITHDRAWN] Taliban Wants India To Prevent Escalation Of Tensions With Pakistan
Editor’s note: We are withdrawing this story, but maintaining this link for the sake of transparency. Huffpost India regrets the error. ADVISORY: Reuters has withdrawn the story "Taliban says India,...
View ArticlePakistan's Statement: Not A Retaliation, Struck Across LoC To Demonstrate...
Pakistan said on Wednesday that its jets crossed the Line of Control to undertake strikes in India.Indian officials said Pakistani fighter jets violated Indian air space in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch...
View ArticleHad Nothing To Do With Budgam IAF Jet Crash, Says Pakistan Army Spokesperson...
Pakistan said on Wednesday said that it had no involvement with the crash of an Indian Air Force jet this morning in Budgam. The comment came from Pakistan military’s official spokesperson Major...
View ArticleBudgam Crash: Eyewitness Saw Shower Of Plane Parts Followed By Explosion
BUDGAM, Jammu & Kashmir — Two eye-witnesses told HuffPost India that they saw an military aircraft skim low over a cluster of civilian homes in the Garand locality of Budgam district before...
View ArticleThe Makers Of Oscar Winner 'Period' Violated Child Rights, Used Wrong Data
When the short film “Period. End of Sentence”, won an Oscar, many thought it was a good thing that a film on menstruation won global recognition. So what if it exploited the vulnerability of rural...
View Article#SayNoToWar Trends On Twitter, As Indians And Pakistanis Call For Peace
Tensions between India and Pakistan entered day two with India claiming Pakistani jets violated air space in India, Pakistani claiming they have captured two Indian pilots and airports across northern...
View ArticleIndia Shot Down One Pakistani Aircraft, One Indian Pilot Missing: MEA
India confirmed the loss of a MiG-21 Bison and said its pilot was missing in its first official response to the air space violation by Pakistan on Wednesday.India said the IAF responded successfully...
View Article'Better Sense Must Prevail': Pakistan PM Imran Khan Calls For Dialogue
NEW DELHI —Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday called for peace and invited India for dialogue over the Pulwama attack saying, “better sense must prevail”. “There have been miscalculations...
View ArticleNepal Tourism Minister Among 7 Killed In Helicopter Crash: Report
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Rabindra Adhikari and six others were killed when a private helicopter crashed in eastern Nepal’s mountainous Taplejung district, according to a...
View ArticleAadhaar Not Allowed, Payments Industry Wants RBI To Allow Facial Recognition...
MUMBAI — Facing difficulties after the Supreme Court ordered that Aadhar cannot be made mandatory for financial/banking transactions, the payments industry wants the Reserve Bank to allow facial...
View ArticleBalakot: Indian Pilot Missing; Modi, Rajnath Busy With Political Stunts
RAIPUR, Chhattisgarh — On a day when the Indian government admitted that an Indian Air Force pilot was missing in action after a skirmish with the Pakistan Air Force, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh...
View Article'Blatant Politicisation': 21 Oppn Parties Express 'Anguish' Over...
NEW DELHI — Twenty-one opposition parties Wednesday expressed anguish over what they alleged was “blatant politicisation” of the sacrifices of armed forces and urged the government to take nations into...
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