Taking a cue from the growing popularity of all-male naked classes at their yoga studio in the New York City, owners are now offering co-ed, naked yoga. Called Bold & Naked Yoga, it would offer a full schedule of no-clothes classes – including men’s, women’s and co-ed. It’s about being comfortable in your own skin […]
Sub-continental relations and Afghanistan will figure during Monday’s US-Pakistan ministerial-level strategic dialogue in Washington, being held after nearly four years. “I don’t think Afghanistan’s going to go away. It’s kind of permanently there on Pakistan’s northwest frontier. So, I think it will maintain an element. But as I said, we’re very interested in Pakistan’s relationship […]
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Odisha for killing a girl half his age after she resisted his rape attempt, police said Saturday. The incident took place in Rangahudi village of Odisha’s Jajpur district. Police Inspector Jyoti Prakash Panda told IANS that the teenager was arrested after the girl’s father lodged a complaint Thursday […]
The National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday condemned Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti’s statement that the Delhi Women’s Commission’s move against him was politically motivated. Condemning the minister’s statement, NCW member Nirmala Samant Prabhawalkar said: “It is his political fight, he cannot drag the commission (into this) for political motives.” The member added that it […]
Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Saturday once again courted controversy for his loose remarks in which he accused the media of being bought off by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi – and then retracted. “How much have you been paid by Modiji,” Bharti answered when faced a volley of questions over why he was […]
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based Al Qaeda-inspired group has claimed responsibility for the series of bomb attacks targeting Egyptian police in Cairo since Friday, the group said in a statement Saturday. Late Friday, the group also warned Egyptians against holding any pro-military rallies Saturday, the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled former president […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday congratulated President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on India’s Republic Day and also expressed satisfaction at the “dynamic development” of ties between the two countries. In a message on the eve of Republic Day, Putin said: “I note with satisfaction the dynamic development of Russia-india relations, which stepped […]
Pakistan wants cooperative and mutually beneficial relation with India, Pakistan’s president and prime minister said in their messages to their Indian counterparts ahead of 65th Republic Day. President Mamnoon Hussain, in his greeting to President Pranab Mukherjee, said Pakistan wanted to build “mutually beneficial” relations with India. “In wishing the people of India progress and […]
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi have struck a deal in their bid to stop the Congress from winning, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said Saturday. “Is it not a coincidence that both leaders are holding rallies at the same time, at the same venues, one after another?” […]
rapeFaced with constant criticism over its handling of the brutal gangrape of a 20-year-old tribal woman allegedly at the behest of a kangaroo court, the West Bengal government Saturday assured the victim of rehabilitation. Woman and Child Welfare Minister Shashi Panja visited the victim, currently recuperating in a hospital after being repeatedly brutalised Jan 20 […]