Lalu Prasad Yadav Dares BJP, RSS To End Reservations
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to end quotas in education and jobs. He was reacting to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's call for review of India's...
View ArticleA Vexing Issue, Finally Answered: How To Pronounce Dengue
A massive outbreak of Delhi in New Delhi means that the nasty viral infection comes up in conversation all the time. Someone you know has just come down with it. But before you can go very far, you...
View ArticleFor The Journalist Behind The Viral Photo, The Scoop Of A Lifetime
NEW DELHI -- It was his decision to take a tea break that landed Ashutosh Tripathi the biggest story of his life. It was while he was sipping tea near the Lucknow General Post Office around noon on...
View ArticleThis Nurse In Assam Faked 85 Pregnancies In Six Months
A nurse at a government hospital in Assam has been caught faking 85 pregnancies — in a span of six months. Lily Begam Laskar allegedly faked these pregnancies to take advantage of a government scheme...
View ArticleProposed Cyber Law Wants To Bring Your Email Password Under Police Lens
Barely after the NDA government weathered a backlash over a Luddite attempt to police internet pornography, it has stoked a fresh storm by mulling a law that--almost impossibly--encumbers every citizen...
View Article9 Lesser Known Destinations For The Long Weekends Ahead
With two long weekends coming up consecutively, it's time to take off for a well-deserved mini vacation. This Friday, September 25 is Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha, followed by the weekend. And, the Friday after...
View ArticleArpita Khan Is Reportedly Pregnant
Arpita Khan, Salman Khan's younger sister, is reportedly pregnant. Having tied the knot with Aayush Sharma in a ceremony last year, Khan is expecting her first baby, due next year. Her older brother,...
View ArticleDid Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Marry A Second Time? More Revelations From...
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose -- in the lore that does the rounds of a majority of Bengali homes -- has always been the renegade nationalist who slipped out of the iron fist of the British. Adding to the...
View ArticleSamanth Subramanian Becomes The Second Indian To Be Longlisted For The Samuel...
NEW DELHI -- An account of Sri Lanka's civil war by Indian author Samanth Subramanian has been longlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize 2015, making him the second Indian to be nominated for the...
View Article12 Reasons Why The Safety Pin Is Everyone's Knight In Shining Armour
Behind every successful woman - who has avoided meltdowns over saree pleats, sandal straps coming off on the road and shirt buttons forming little windows on their chests - is a safety pin. Yes ladies,...
View Article10 Killer Ways To Have Nutella
You don't have to be a professional chef to use Nutella in the most innovative way. It is one of the few things in this world that tastes incredible straight out of the jar! As easy as eating it...
View ArticleMurder-Accused Hindu Outfit Has Advice For Men: Long Hair Reduces Sperm Count
Men should not keep long hair, says Sanatan Sanstha, a Goa-based religious outfit whose members are accused of killing Communist leader Govind Pansare in February this year. “Women prefer keeping their...
View Article'Saturday Saturday' Singer Indeep Bakshi All Set To Return With A Whole Bunch...
Singer-composer Indeep Bakshi, best known for last year's mega-hit 'Saturday Saturday' (from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania), is all set to rule the radio and air waves all over again. It's not as though...
View ArticleIIT Madras Student Commits Suicide
A 23-year-old student of IIT Madras allegedly committed suicide on Monday. Nagendra Kumar Reddy was found hanging in his hostel room last evening after he did not leave his room for lunch or dinner...
View ArticlePeople Will Cut Off Tongues Of Those Who Malign Hindu Gods: Sri Rama Sene
A state convener of the right-wing, fringe group Sri Rama Sene, has issued a threat to rationalists -- people will cut off their tongues if they dared malign Hindu gods -- the latest attack on writers...
View ArticleWATCH: Deepika Padukone And Ranbir Kapoor Display Effortless Chemistry In...
The trailer for Imtiaz Ali's highly-awaited Tamasha, starring Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor, was uploaded online on Tuesday evening. Kapoor plays a jaded corporate employee who recounts an...
View ArticleIndian Soccer League Has A New Star-Studded Promo Featuring Footballers As...
Ranbir Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Virat Kohli and John Abraham decide to face-time. And the nice people that they are, they let us and Abhishekh Bachchan in on their little bro-time. Keeping with the...
View ArticleNikhil Wagle Says Threats Are Routine But Level Of Intolerance Is Worrying
NEW DELHI -- Threats from right-wing groups are a matter of routine for Nikhil Wagle, but the Marathi journalist has never been more worried than now about the "intensity" of intolerance, which...
View ArticleA Guy Is Petitioning The Government To Ban Vegetables On Eid, Because 'Plants...
A Bengaluru-based man has decided to call for his own ban after the government imposed a meat ban in several parts of the country during the Jain ‘Paryushan’ festival and Hindu celebration of Ganesh...
View ArticleIndia's Faltering Sugarcane Yields To Affect Global Sugar Market
Thousands of acres of India's sugar crop are suffering severe damage from a faltering monsoon, with some farmers in the world's second-biggest grower forced to feed withered cane to cattle in...
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