Separatist-called protest shutdown and restrictions in the aftermath of Udhampur truck attack victim’s death affected normal life across the Kashmir Valley on Monday. Separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik and others have called for a Valley-wide shutdown against the Udhampur truck attack in which a youth, Zahid Rasool Bhat, […]
New Delhi, The RSS on Sunday described as “false and baseless” reports that it supported the lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh over rumours that he ate beef. As the media carried excerpts from an article in RSS Hindi journal “Panchjanya” virtually justifying the murder of Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh, the RSS […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pulled up five BJP leaders whose comments on beef have embarrassed the party and told them to stop making controversial remarks. The stern message was conveyed by Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah in separate meetings he held at the party office here with the five, including […]
New York, Language used in everyday social media posts may have a strong connection to an individual’s health, according to a new research from University of Pennsylvania. The new results suggested that by building a language databank, it may be possible to link social media content to health outcomes. “We don’t often think of our […]
Lucknow, In a laudable move, the Uttar Pradesh government will soon provide free sanitary napkins to reduce the absenteeism of girls in schools during their periods, an official said, adding the move follows growing concerns over personal hygiene of girls attaining puberty. Nodal teachers will be appointed by the education department to distribute sanitary napkins […]
Manila,Violent typhoon Koppu battered the Philippines on Sunday, destroying homes and displacing at least 10,000 people, and causing coastal surges of four metres high. Koppu, the category four typhoon, made landfall near the town of Casiguran in Aurora province. However, no casualties have been reported so far. The state weather bureau said Koppu intensified on […]
Haridwar, Hundreds of activists on Sunday took part in a mass campaign across four states to clean numerous ‘ghats’ of the Ganges, a spiritual group here said. The mass cleaning took place at 200 points between Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand and Patna Sahib in Bihar, and also covered Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. A spokesman for Gayatri […]
Los Angeles, Singer Justin Bieber is no longer upset about his nude photographs taken during a vacation in Bora Bora. “That was shrinkage for me,” Bieber told accesshollywood.com. However, the “Baby” hitmaker admitted that he was completely unhappy the first time he learned that his nude images surfaced online. “My first thing was like, ‘how […]
Gurgaon, Oct 18 (IANS) A leaf out of yet-to-release historical saga “Bajirao Mastani” found its way on the runway of Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2015 here when designer Anju Modi painted a picture of opulence of the era through her collection. Bollywood’s ‘Mastani’ Deepika Padukone turned back the clock by taking on the warrior princess […]
Srinagar, Experienced driver Raj Singh Rathore and his co-driver Amber Udasi clinched the top prize in the 17th edition of the Raid de Himalaya, the world’s highest altitude motorsports rally, by drivng his Polaris across the finish line first in the Xtreme four-wheeler category. Tsering Lakhpa (co-driver Venu Ramesh Kumar) finished second while nine-time winner […]