Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Manipuri people in Kolkata on Thursday celebrated Yaoshang, the Manipuri Holi festival, with traditional dances and food. Yaoshang is celebrated for five days commencing from the full moon day (Friday) of Phalguna. The highlight of the festival is the Thabal Chongba (moonlight) folk dance, performed by boys and girls, who form a […]
New York, March 5 (IANS) If you are on a diet, just skipping dessert can seem like a huge accomplishment, making you think that you’re well on your way to losing weight. However, new research says people tend to overestimate progress and underestimate setbacks when pursuing goals such as dieting or saving money. Authors of […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Two top government hospitals in Delhi – Safdarjung Hospital and LNJP Hospital – have reported 16 swine flu deaths this year, top officials said Thursday, contradicting the figure of one death in each hospital given out by the union health ministry. “There have been a total of 11 deaths in […]
Perth, March 5 (IANS) West Indies opener Chris Gayle has hinted at the possibility of retiring from Test cricket if his recurring back problem cannot cope with a tight international schedule. Gayle said he plans to assess his future after the World Cup when he meets with West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) officials. However, he […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) India will be the clear favourites as eight international women’s teams battle it out to progress along the road to the 2016 Rio Olympics this weekend when the Hockey World League (HWL) Round 2 gets underway at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here. The tournament, which takes place between […]
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS)Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday invited Japanese firms to invest in the development of the new state capital and in various sectors which offer huge opportunities.He promised the investors faster clearances, allotment of any amount of land, round-the-clock electricity supply, water and hassle-free business environment.Naidu was addressing a […]
Yangon, March 4 The Asian Junior Wrestling Championships will be hosted in Myanmar’s Nay Pyi Taw in the third week of July, the Myanmar Wrestling Federation announced on Wednesday. A total of 10 elite Myanmar youth wrestlers are training hard under the guidance of three foreign coaches. Wrestling teams from about 20 countries and regions […]
Bengaluru, March 5 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Thursday admitted to a private hospital on the city’s outskirts for naturopathy treatment to cure his chronic cough. “We will do a health check-up and conduct a few tests for prescribing our treatment which is based on naturoapathy,” Jindal Naturecure Institute chief medical officer Babina […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Hours after the BBC telecast “India’s Daughter”, a documentary featuring one of the December 16, 2012 gang rape convicts, in Britain, the hash tag #IndiasDaughter became the top global trend on social networking site Twitter on Thursday. Two other hash tags – #NirbhayaInsulted and #DontRapeAgain were also trending on second […]
Wellington, March 5 New Zealand has been spying on its Pacific neighbours, sweeping up information from the region and passing it to an American spy agency, documents released on Thursday said. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key refused to comment on the specific revelations, saying through a spokesperson: “The Snowden documents were taken some time […]