Shakira’s newborn son already FC Barcelona member
Barcelona: Milan Pique Mebarak, the newborn son of Colombian pop star Shakira and Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique, has become a member of his father’s…
Headley may dodge life sentence for Mumbai attack
Chicago: Pakistani-American David Headley, a key plotter in the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attack staged by Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), may avoid life…
Tamil Nadu bans ‘Vishwaroopam’ for 15 days
Chennai: With Muslim organisations objecting to actor-filmmaker Kamal Hassan’s movie “Vishwaroopam” on the ground that it portrays the community in bad light, the Tamil Nadu…
Life term for rapists, no death penalty, says Verma panel (Roundup)
New Delhi: Life imprisonment for gang-rape, but no death penalty even if the victim dies or is reduced to a vegetative state, were among the…
A hug can boost memory, reduce stress
London: Expressing one’s affection to a loved one with a hug is not just a great way to bond, it also offers many benefits including…
Mumbai chawl girl tops CA exams
Mumbai: Daughter of a migrant Tamilian, an autorickshaw driver here and living in a small tenement, Prema Jayakumar is now on top of the world,…
Cold wave returns to Kashmir
Srinagar: Temperatures in Jammu and Kashmir again fell several notches below the freezing point Wednesday with the return of cold wave conditions. A weather official…
BJP dumps Gadhkari, Rajnath Singh new president
New Delh: Rajnath Singh was today unanimously elected the new president of Bharatiya Janata Party, succeeding Nitin Gadkari who decided against a second term till…
‘For a woman’s safety, mindsets need changing’
New Delhi: The gruesome gang-rape and death of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi last month has brought alive the issue of safety of women in…
Rajat Gupta seeks reversal of insider trading conviction
New York: Rajat Gupta, a former Indian-American director of Goldman Sachs Group, has asked a US court to reverse his insider trading conviction, objecting to…