Human chain in Mumbai for road safety
byMumbai, May 5 (IANS) Thousands of school children will form a human chain here Monday to mark the Second UN Global Road Safety Week,…
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Kerala physicians who keep alive traditional ayurveda (Feature)
byThrissur (Kerala), May 5 (IANS) At age 74, ayurvedic physician Alathiyoor Narayanan Nambi still sees several patients daily, carrying forward a tradition his family…
Want to keep stress at bay? Join a laughter club (May 5 is World Laughter Day)
byNew Delhi, May 5 (IANS) As dawn breaks, a group of men and women standing in a circle in a neighbouring park twirl their…
Mum wished being buried with babies she killed
byLondon, May 4 (IANS) A woman in Britain who killed her three young children before plunging to her death had wished to be buried…
Shimla gets sanitation plan
byShimla, May 4 (IANS) This Himachal Pradesh capital is the first city in the state to develop a sanitation plan, Social Justice and Empowerment…
Intemperate media hysteria
byI was in Lucknow when Sarabjit Singh died in Lahore. My purpose in visiting the city of my childhood was to address a much…
‘IAS officer’s pen is mightier than scalpel’
byChennai, May 4 (IANS) He firmly believes that the “pen is mightier than the scalpel” in the service of people at least in India…
Task of cleansing system has fallen on judiciary
byEver since the Manmohan Singh government became embroiled in scams, it has been mainly the Supreme Court that has pushed for accountability. In doing…
Photos of 19th-century Beijing to be auctioned
byLondon, May 4 (IANS) Auction house Sotheby’s is to put on sale May 14 a collection of photos on Beijing taken by Italian-British photographer…
Marry outside caste in Himachal, get Rs.75,000!
byShimla: While ‘khap panchayats’ (caste councils) in Haryana continue to frown on inter-caste and sub-caste marriages and punish those who do so, marrying outside…