With the American Embassy School in New Delhi under the scanner for alleged violation of India’s tax and visa laws, the US sought to sidetrack the issue by suggesting that it was not run by the embassy. Asked to comment on a New York Times report Thursday that female spouses of couples intending to teach […]
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar Thursday issued a joint statement saying they are distressed by an “unseemly controversy” over some “unauthorised tweets” posted from their Twitter accounts and that both are “happily married and intend to remain that way”. In a statement, they said that “distorted accounts” of comments “allegedly made […]
The family of India’s National Poet Kavi Pradeep – best known for the haunting “Aae Mere Watan Ke Logon” – has demanded “an unconditional, written apology” from a Madhya Pradesh BJP minister for “insulting” their iconic father, and indirectly even Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. The family says what has been offered is […]
A pilot and an assistant pilot were killed when a trainer plane of the Pakistan Air Force crashed in Punjab province Thursday afternoon, officials said. A spokesperson of Pakistan Air Force said that the trainer Mirage aircraft crashed during a training mission in Qadir Abad area of Mandi Bahauddin, a district in the Punjab, Xinhua […]
A Pakistani journalist Thursday took on Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, on twitter after she was accused of stalking him. “The blonde’s ‘aqal’ (brain) is weaker thn her grammar and spellings. From an ‘affair’ it has become ‘stalking’… make up (your) mind… Which one is it?” tweeted Mehr Tarar without naming Pushkar. […]
A newspaper Thursday said lessons should be learnt from India if Pakistan wants to eradicate polio. In an editorial, The Nation saluted the efforts undertaken by both official and non-official agencies in India to overcome the polio virus. “After three years of resounding success involving only one case of polio, India recently established itself as […]
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain says he supports reality shows on TV as they promote musical understanding and make classical music popular. Hussain also told the media after a show here Wednesday evening that he was conserving the “heritage of Amir Khusro” and promoting Sufi music. He said he was elated he had performed in the […]
A team of farmers from Afghanistan are in Bihar to study and learn farming techniques, a minister said Thursday. The team of 22 Afghanistan farmers, including women, are in Bihar’s agriculture field to study and learn techniques for cultivation of mango, litchi and other cash crops, Bihar Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh said. Farmers from Aghanistan […]
In a first-of-its-kind study, a higher socio-economic status has been linked with a more satisfying sex life. An analysis based on the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey confirms that socio-economic factors affect sexual satisfaction. “People with a lower economic status claim to be less sexually satisfied, particularly women, who seem to be more influenced […]
Bangladeshi authorities should drop criminal charges against two senior members of the human rights group Odhikar and end the harassment of its workers, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said Thursday. Odhikar published a report on security forces abuses in June 2013. The international community should speak up and press […]