London, May 29 (IANS) Know why your kitten asks for more food as the mercury drops and chill settles in? They too, like humans, need comfort food in the winter. Cats eat more during the winter and owners should give their pet more food during this time, research has found. “Cats, like many humans are more […]
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo severely criticised the Goa government Thursday over rising crimes against women in the state. The criticism comes a few days after the state BJP demanded his resignation following the disclosure of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s intention to quiz Wanchoo in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper scam. […]
Hyderabad, May 29 (IANS) Police Thursday gunned down three red sander smugglers in the forests near Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, bordering Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred after a team of police and forest officials came under attack by smugglers in Silathoranam forests. Some police and forest personnel were injured in the attack. Three smugglers […]
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who saw the Akkineni family’s Telugu drama “Manam” at a private screening here, said the film made him nostalgic and very emotional. Kamal also lauded the team for making the movie the best tribute to late actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR), who starred alongside son Nagarjuna and grandsons Naga […]
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) Actor-producer Kalyan Ram says a new title is likely to be chosen for upcoming Telugu film “Kick 2”, which is not the sequel to Telugu blockbuster “Kick”. He says the film is expected to go on the floors from August. “This will not be a sequel to ‘Kick’. In fact, we are […]
Beijing, May 29 (IANS) Chinese hospitals would add more beds to cope with an expected baby boom as a result of the country’s loosened one-child policy, an official said Thursday. The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) will promulgate a set of measures to boost the capacity of health institutions to cope with the annual […]
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Two days after a controversy erupted over her educational qualifications, Human Rresource Development Minister Smriti Irani said Thursday that “extraneous circumstances” were created by the opposition to divert her and requested the people to judge her on the basis of her work. “Extraneous circumstances have been created to ensure that my […]
Washington, May 29 (IANS) Revealing how the obesity epidemic has spread globally, an alarming study has said that 2.1 billion – nearly 30 percent of the world’s population – people are either obese or overweight. India comes a shocking third in the top-10 country club that has over 50 percent of the world’s 671 million obese. […]
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) At least two soldiers were killed and three injured Thursday in a landmine blast in Pakistan’s North Waziristan province, a media report said. The landmine was planted along a roadside in Nosher Fort, Dawn online reported.
New York, May 29 (IANS) When you stream your favourite music video or even a movie clip on computer, ipad or tablet, you are actually helping our environment. According to a promising study, streaming can be much better for the environment, requiring less energy and emitting less carbon dioxide (CO2), than some traditional methods of DVD […]