The operation Zarb-e-Azb (Sharp and Cutting) launched against the Taliban a year ago in western Pakistan has killed nearly 3,000 alleged insurgents. It has also caused a decrease in terrorist attacks, while several thousand families have been displaced. For a year, Pakistan has bombarded its North Waziristan province, a region traditionally outside the control of […]
The administration and internal probe committee of Delhi University’s coveted St.Stephen’s College were questioned on Saturday over a sexual harassment case filed by a research student, police said. The officer said a police team approached the college administration on Saturday morning and inquired about the matter as the victim had already filed a complaint with […]
It is close to 5 p.m. on a hot Wednesday afternoon and Aagya Kaur is hopeful of finding enough water to wash a salwar-kameez. “I hope to find some water in one of the drums. I really need to wash my clothes,” 87-year-old Kaur told IANS while readying the bundle of clothes spread on her […]
The first International Yogs Day, to be observed on Sunday, would see people performing just 35 ‘asanas’ out of over 84 lakh specified in the ancient Indian physical, mental, and spiritual discipline. “What is being performed on the first International Yoga Day are the most popular, easy-to-do loosening exercises,” Isha, a Yoga instructor who learnt […]
One person was killed and four policemen were injured on Saturday in an explosion in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, police said. A man accused in a case was killed and four policemen were injured in the explosion in the vehicle they were travelling in, a senior police officer told IANS here. The area has been […]
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt has managed to get a following of five million fans on Twitter and she’s excited about it. Thanking her fans, Alia, who made her debut in tinsel town with Karan Johar’s “Student Of The Year”, tweeted: “Aaaah !!! 5M now.. Wohoo 😉 Thank youuuuuuu, you make me so happy !!!! On […]
China’s annual dog meat festival has evoked outrage, with millions signing petitions on social media to call it off, a media report said on Saturday. The Yulin dog meat festival, held in June, originated in Guangxi Zhuang region’s Yulin prefecture. The festival, which involves killing of 10,000 dogs for human consumption, falls on Sunday this […]
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who has faced criticism in the media for his comments on a wide range of issues, on Saturday said he would not speak to the media for six months. Parrikar, who has been camped in Goa for the last three days, attended a government function in Mandur village, 15 km from […]
Celebrity fitness trainer Leena Mogre, who has trained B-town actors and actresses like Madhuri Dixit, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, is wary of the six and eight-pack abs trend in Bollywood, saying that “it is not at all healthy.” “Six and eight packs are a creation of the media. The actors do it for their […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the need for a probe by his country against FIFA, the governing body of global football, because of corruption allegation in the award of 2018 World Cup soccer. He said the World Cup would be held in Russia in 2018 as scheduled. Russia had won the bid, Putin said, […]