President got time finally, condoles the death of victim
byNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today condoled the death in Singapore of the young woman who was gang-raped here and called her a “true hero”….
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No logic in shifting gang-rape victim, say Delhi doctors
byNew Delhi: As the 23-year-old gang-rape victim struggles for life in Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital, doctors in the national capital said moving her abroad in…
President’s son, CPI-M leader draw Bengal’s ire
byKolkata: Sexist comments by President Pranab Mukherjee’s son and Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee and prominent CPI-M leader Anisur Rahman dominated media space and was the…
4,000-year-old spearheads found in Mexico
byMexico City: Researchers have discovered 4,000-year-old spearheads and other artifacts at a site in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and…
Nearly nine million Russian are drug addicts
byMoscow: Almost nine million Russians regularly take illicit drugs, according to the country’s Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov . “About 8.8 million Russians…
Bakery makes giant shortbread in Spain
byMalaga (Spain): A Spanish pastry bakery created a “polvoron” – a type of shortbread – that weighed 300 kg and distributed it Wednesday among 10,000…
Chidambaram for rules to handle flash mobs
byNew Delhi: Faced with criticism over the way in which the Delhi Police lathicharged youngsters protesting the Dec 16 gang-rape, the government today admitted it…
Banana speed eater hospitalised in Ukraine
byMoscow: A girl in Ukraine had to be rushed to the hospital after she tried gobbling some bananas against the clock during a speed eating…
Rats, stray dogs cause havoc in Jammu
byJammu: Rats and stray dogs have made life miserable for people in parts of Jammu with the local municipality confessing that the rodent invasion is…
Women wearing mini-skirts to be arrested in Swaziland
byLondon: Women in Swaziland, a landlocked kingdom bordering South Africa, have been warned that they risk arrest if they wear mini-skirts or tops which expose…