Jet Crew Member Injured In Brussels Terror Attack Returns Home
Jet Airways crew member Nidhi Chaphekar, who was injured in the Brussels airport bombings in March this year and her picture became the face of the terror attack, returned to Mumbai this morning....
View ArticleNaseeruddin Shah Has A Solid Piece Of Advice For Young Actors
On Thursday evening, a special preview of Anu Menon's Waiting, a film starring Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin, was held at a screening theatre in South Mumbai's Worli area. Post the screening, the...
View ArticleEating Red Meat Can Shorten Your Lifespan
There is more bad news for meat lovers. A study conducted by Arizona’s Mayo Clinic says that eating meat, especially red or processed, can shorten your lifespan. Researchers from Mayo Clinic in the US...
View ArticleHow Healthy Is Your Child?
Doting mothers and grandmothers everywhere work hard to ensure their children get the tastiest and healthiest food they can cook —after all from day one, every parent and grandparent wants a plump...
View ArticleCentre To States: Adopt Yoga In School Syllabus
The HRD Ministry has asked all states to make yoga compulsory in school curriculum and the course is expected to start from the coming academic session, Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik...
View ArticleBuzzfeed's Urban Poor Article Has Really Got Social Media Talking, And Mocking
On Thursday, Buzzfeed published an article that sought to reveal the kind of 'poverty' that is pretty much hiding in plain sight. They called this phenomenon, specifically social group, the 'urban...
View ArticleFloor Test In Uttarakhand On May 10: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a floor test on May 10 in the Uttarakhand Assembly when sacked Chief Minister Harish Rawat will seek a vote of confidence in which the nine rebel Congress MLAs...
View ArticleModi Running A One-Man 'Presidential Government': Arun Shourie
Arun Shourie on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of "narcissism" and of running a one-man "Presidential government" the direction of which was "dangerous" for India....
View ArticleWhy No One Really Believed Jon Snow Would Stay Dead
Okay, so here is the thing, all this while, we were being stupid on purpose. Did any of us really believe Jon Snow was dead even for five seconds? We heard the people around us say it, we read the...
View ArticleAkshay Kumar Hopes Hrithik-Kangana Feud Ends Soon
MUMBAI -- Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on Friday said he "hopes" the on-going feud between actors Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut comes to a close soon. The two actors have been at loggerheads since...
View ArticleClashes Break Out In Jadavpur University Over Screening Of Pro-Right Wing Film
KOLKATA -- Jadavpur University found itself in the midst of violent clashes and protests after right-wing leaning filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri screened his film open-air on the university's campus. The...
View ArticleThree Militants Killed In Encounter In South Kashmir's Pulwama District
SRINAGAR -- Three Hizbul Mujhahideen militants were killed early today in an encounter with security forces during a search operation in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. A joint team of police and...
View ArticleKanhaiya Kumar Ends Hunger Strike After 9 Days
NEW DELHI -- JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar today ended his nine-day hunger strike after he was discharged from AIIMS even as the university administration asked students not to invite...
View ArticleWhy Do We Choose Western Fitness Diets Over Desi Dal Subzi?
This article is from Open Magazine. By Rujuta Diwekar IN EVERYONE'S LIFE there's always one person who has tried his hand at all kinds of businesses and failed. But the math of failure upturns when you...
View ArticleED Raids Properties Allegedly Related To Robert Vadra's Land Deals
JAIPUR -- ED has conducted searches at multiple locations in Rajasthan in connection with its money laundering probe arising out of a case of land grab in Bikaner involving a company allegedly linked...
View ArticleVVIP Chopper Scam: Arvind Kejriwal Accuses Modi Of Being 'Scared' Of Sonia...
NEW DELHI -- Launching a scathing attack on the Modi government and Congress over the AgustaWestland chopper scam, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Prime Minister does not have...
View ArticleAnnoyed With Protesters, Bengal Governor Calls JU 'Centre For Disturbance'
KOLKATA-- With Jadavpur University witnessing student unrest since yesterday, West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi today said the varsity is fast turning into a "centre for disturbance" and authorities...
View ArticleTrain Services Between Srinagar And Banihal Suspended Following Pulwama...
SRINAGAR -- Train services between Srinagar and Banihal were suspended by railway authorities for the day today due to "law and order situation" in south Kashmir's Pulwama district following the...
View ArticleMehbooba Asks Students To Help Implement 'Odd-Even' In J&K
Srinagar -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought cooperation of people of the state to cope with increased road traffic and called upon students to voluntarily help...
View ArticleDon't Fall In Trap Of Schools Giving Useless Degrees: Raghuram Rajan
Sounding a word of caution to students on education loans, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Saturday said they should not fall prey to 'unscrupulous schools' which leave them with high debt and "useless...
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