'Selfie With Daughter' Contest In Haryana A Terrific Step Towards Restoring...
JIND — A village head in Haryana, a state with one of the worst sex ratios in India, has thought up a brilliant scheme to involve commmunity members in a campaign to raise awareness about selective...
View ArticleHave 100,000000000000 Zimbabwean Dollars? You Can't Even Buy A Candy Bar
HARARE — Zimbabwe's central bank says banknotes from its old currency, which collapsed and was discarded years ago because of runaway inflation, can be exchanged for American dollars. But 100 trillion...
View Article'Katti Batti': Kangana Ranaut's Feet, A Funky Anklet And A Thundercloud...
MUMBAI — For those who can't get enough of Bollywood's new reighning queen Kangana Ranaut on the big screen, here's the first look of her upcoming film with Imran Khan, Katti Batti, that was tweeted...
View ArticlePassenger Spots Lizard In Air India Meal, Union Minister Says It's A Serious...
NEW DELHI — A passenger travelling to London on an Air India flight allegedly spotted a lizard on his meal tray prompting a series of disgusted reactions on social media but the national carrier has...
View ArticleI Told My Wife I Can't Stop Serving My Mother And Motherland, Says AAP Leader...
CHENNAI — Two days after the Delhi Commission for Women summoned him on charges of harassing his wife, AAP leader Somnath Bharti today said they were untrue and lacked substance. He said he will appear...
View ArticleIndians On American TV
This article is from Open Magazine. By Sharin Bhatti Entertainment news in May was split over the search word 'Priyanka Chopra'. A part of people's newsfeed was abuzz with her latest Bollywood...
View ArticleBoozy Kerala: The French Connection
This article is from Open Magazine. By Shahina KK As you travel from Kannur along National Highway 17 in Kerala, clusters of wine shops suddenly spring up on either side of the road, signalling that...
View ArticleHandloom Saris: From Hand To Hearth
This article is from Open Magazine. By Rajni George The softly shimmering legacy of many hands lingers in its weave, the gorgeous rustle of cotton and silk hails its arrival: the handloom sari,...
View ArticleNavy Ship Picks Up Signal From Missing Coast Guard Dornier Aircraft
CHENNAI — A sonar-equipped Naval survey ship has picked up signals from the ill-fated Coast Guard Dornier aircraft that went missing with three crew members on board on June 8 along the Tamil Nadu...
View ArticleGive Me A Chance, Says BJP's Gajendra Chauhan As FTII Students Raise Tempo Of...
PUNE — Students of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India stepped up their protests on Saturday against the appointment of television actor Gajendra Chauhan, a member of the Bharatiya...
View ArticleUP Journalist Murder: 5 Cops Suspended
LUCKNOW -- The Uttar Pradesh government today suspended five policemen, suspected to be involved in the murder of a scribe in Shahjahanpur district this week, even as the family of the journalist...
View ArticleIt's All About The Mango Addiction
When the magnificent Amaltas tress blossom iridescent yellow on Delhi's Shantipath and street vendors dole out irresistible KalaKhattas to harrowed pedestrians like there's no tomorrow, I know it's...
View ArticleI Believe In Angels
I subscribe to an online thought-for-the day kind of site, and a few weeks ago there was this article that was basically about how there are angels amidst us. This article started with a question,...
View ArticleBefore the Maggi Noodles Scare: Look at What the U.S. FDA Found in Indian Snacks
Data on the website of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration show that it rejected more snack imports from India than from any other country in the first five months of 2015. In fact, more than half of...
View ArticleBefore the Maggi Noodles Scare: Look at What the U.S. FDA Found in Indian Snacks
Data on the website of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration show that it rejected more snack imports from India than from any other country in the first five months of 2015. In fact, more than half of...
View ArticleMahe: Un Pur Esprit
This article is from Open Magazine. By M Mukundan Mahe is an idyllic town off the Malabar Coast, trapped between the surging romance of yore and the sombre realities of the present. This tiny town,...
View ArticleJitender Singh Tomar Failed To Give Common Names Of H2O And NaCl
NEW DELHI -- For the past week, former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar has dug himself into a hole over his claim that he studied science at a college in Uttar Pradesh, and then got his law...
View ArticleSushma Swaraj Helped Lalit Modi Procure Travel Documents
NEW DELHI: In a startling expose by Times Now on the Lalit Modi's travel documents issue, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj accepted that she was indeed in touch with Lalit Modi in the month of...
View ArticleSushma Swaraj Helped Lalit Modi Procure UK Travel Docs; Her Daughter Was His...
NEW DELHI -- External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj finds herself in a bind after Times Now news channel exposed email trails showing she had helped Lalit Modi, the controversial former chairman of...
View ArticleMuslim Girl Donates Bhagavad Gita Competition Prize Money To Charity
Thane -- Maryam Siddiqui, the 12-year-old Thane schoolgirl who in March topped a competition testing knowledge of the Bhagwad Gita, has decided to donate her cash rewards for the cause of girl...
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