What ho! Celebrating 100 years of Bertie, Jeeves and Blandings
It's a deuce of a situation really. Does one spend time introducing the cast of characters and laying out the background or just plunge straight into writing a tribute? The problem lies in the fact...
View ArticleThis Brave Young Policeman Jumped Off A 20-Feet Bridge To Save A Man's Life
While lakhs of devotees throng Nashik to take a dip in the Godavari on the occasion of Kumbh Mela, the numerous policemen monitoring the crowd go mostly unnoticed and unappreciated. But Manoj Barahate,...
View ArticleSania Mirza Doesn't Care About Controversies, Says She Knows The Country...
NEW DELHI -- She has always found her stupendous success on court go hand-in-hand with controversies off it, and that is precisely the reason why Sania Mirza is hardly bothered about what a few people...
View ArticleShah Rukh Khan Can Breathe Underwater
Shah Rukh Khan can probably do everything. He can get a six pack abs at the age of 49, romancing a 28-year-old Deepika. He continues to be Bollywood's baadshah of romance even 20 years after Dilwale...
View Article7 (Adorable) Crossbred Doggies You Didn't Know Existed
Dogs are the best. It's been scientifically proven so through exhaustive research (and belly rubs). Puppies are better. Because c'mon, they're puppies. They are dogs but tinier, clumsier and fluffier....
View ArticleBihar Polls: Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP Makes Peace With BJP, But Says 'No Smoke...
NEW DELHI -- Sulking over NDA allies HAM and RLSP having got a "better deal" under the seat sharing formula for Bihar polls, which was announced yesterday, LJP today called truce after a string of...
View ArticleDelhi Government Rejects Uber's Application Again, Bans Company From Running...
NEW DELHI—In a setback to US-based online cab service provider - Uber, the Delhi government has rejected again the company's application for licence to run its taxis in the national capital. The...
View ArticleCan You Name The Leader Who Wears Expensive Suits And Initiated Swachh Bharat...
"Wearer of suits worth Rs 9 lakh, Initiator of Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan... now who could that be? If a name whose initials are the same as the 13th and 14th letter of the alphabet, referring to the 15th...
View ArticleThese Are The Best Restaurants In Mumbai According To Zomato Users
Zomato, a Gurgaon-based restaurant search and discovery website, held the Mumbai and Delhi chapter of the Zomato Summit and User Choice Awards 2015 on Monday and announced the winners. The restaurant...
View ArticleDengue Outbreak: 29-Year-Old Woman Dies In Delhi, Angry Health Minister...
NEW DELHI—The toll from dengue in New Delhi climbed to 11 on Tuesday as one more death -- of a 29-year old woman -- was reported due to the vector-borne disease that has caused a widespread scare in...
View ArticleNow Bengaluru Decides To Ban Meat On The Occasion Of Ganesh Chaturthi
Even as resentment against ban on slaughter of animals and sale of meat on religious occasions is gathering pace across the country, Bengaluru has decided to join the bandwagon. The Bruhat Bengaluru...
View ArticleGovernment To Give Autorickshaw Permits Only To Marathi-Speaking People In...
The Maharashtra state transport department has decided to issue one lakh autorickshaw permits in Mumbai Metropolitan Region in November. However, this comes with a condition. According to a circular...
View ArticleBihar Polls: 60% Candidates On BJP's First List Of 43 Are From Backward...
NEW DELHI—The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the names of 43 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections, becoming the first major party to come out with its nominees for the...
View ArticleWATCH: New East India Comedy Sketch Shows Us How Government Officials Come Up...
Unless you live under a rock, you know that the State has proposed several bans in the recent past. Residents of Maharashtra cannot eat beef anymore and Maggi is yet to make its promised comeback;...
View ArticleIndian Lingerie Sector Growing At 16 per Cent Per Annum, Says Its Largest...
BENGALURU -- Discretion is paying off for India's largest online lingerie retailer Zivame: its sales have risen five-fold in the four years since its launch and just last week, it received $40 million...
View ArticleReaching For The Horizon
Sixteen-year-old Priyanka Patil bubbles over with enthusiasm as she talks about her impending departure to Italy to pursue her college education at UWC Adriatic this fall."I'm thinking of taking up...
View Article9 Songs To Help You Groove Through This Ganesh Festival
This Ganesh festival, whether you are gaping at the floats and effigies or mired in a traffic jam, be sure to have the right background score. Here's a compilation to help you along: @media only screen...
View ArticleMeat Ban: Have To Uphold Spirit Of Tolerance, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed against a Bombay High Court order staying the decision to ban the sale of meat in Mumbai during an important Jain festival, saying that there has to...
View ArticleCan You Recognise These Indian Movie Stars From Their Childhood Photos?
Who doesn't love photos of babies? Connect those to the Indian film industry and you have a national obsession. If you are active on social media, you probably have seen childhood photos of films stars...
View ArticleWATCH: Man Walks On Highwire Between Melbourne Skyscrapers
Do you have a fear of heights? If so, fine, we respect that. The rest of you, would you be able to walk on a tiny little bridge between the terraces of two skyscrapers? Let's say it was sturdy and made...
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