WATCH: Rishi, Randhir Kapoor Slap Journalists During Ganesh Visarjan
MUMBAI -- A video purportedly showing veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor and his brother Randhir slapping and pushing a few media persons during Ganpati visarjan (immersion) surfaced on Thursday. In...
View ArticleGiant 21-Kg Ganesh Laddu Fetches ₹14.65 Lakh At Hyderabad Auction
A realtor from Keesara has bought what is most likely the world's most expensive laddu. According to a report in the Times of India, the Balapur Ganesh laddu has broken last year's bidding record....
View ArticleHow Two Men In Delhi Stole Over 900 iPhones With The Help Of Chili Powder
This could be termed one of the most dramatic hijacks in the country. Two men managed to steal 950 iPhones, worth Rs 2.5 crore, from a truck carrying a consignment of the phones near Vasant Kunj in...
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The Families Of 5 Child Rape Survivors In India Share Their Heartbreaking...
The families of five young rape survivors are speaking out about sexual violence against children in India, which humanitarian groups say is "disturbingly common." Around the world, there are...
View ArticleCongress Party Has One Lawmaker Left In Arunachal Pradesh
NEW DELHI -- Just two months after the Supreme Court restored Arunachal Pradesh back to the Congress Party, its government in the northeastern state has once again collapsed, with all but one of if its...
View ArticleTwo Teenaged Girls Gangraped In Front Of Their Friends In Delhi
NEW DELHI -- Two girls, including a minor, were allegedly gangraped by five teenagers in front of their male friends in outer Delhi's Aman Vihar area, police said late on Thursday. The incident took...
View ArticleIndia's Top Engineering Colleges Would Rather Invite State-Run Cos. Over...
There's more bad news for startups trying to attract students from India's top engineering colleges. According to an Economic Times report, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), is gravitating...
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Have You Ever Fed A Hungry Person? If Not, Read These Accounts
What began with a struggling group of six people has turned into a formidable army of 5,000-plus volunteers, all of whom are fighting against hunger and food wastage across 30 Indian cities. Every...
View ArticleWATCH: Uttar Pradesh Woman Beats Man With Slipper After He Passes Lewd Comments
A woman from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh was encouraged to teach a man a lesson after he allegedly followed her on her way to college and then passed lewd comments at her. The woman, who is about 17...
View ArticleDelhi University Photocopy Kiosk Wins Copyright Case Against Publishing Giants
In an important verdict bound to have a far-reaching impact on copyright laws in India, the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed suits by three international publishers against the sale of photocopied...
View ArticleMeet One Of The Last Remaining Fakirs Of Kolkata, Who Sings In The Streets...
In the days before we were drowning in a sea of electronic gadgetry, fakirs or wandering minstrels woke up the faithful observing the Ramzan fast for their pre-dawn sehri. The fakirs would walk down...
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How Environmental Photo-Journalist Arati Kumar-Rao Is Telling A Dire Tale...
Beyond the clamour of the Cauvery waters crisis — the bickering between two state governments, the toxic identity politics, the vandalism of public property, bandhs and violence — there's a story...
View ArticleThis Comedian Accurately Explains What Growing Up In An Indian Middle-Class...
Grew up in a middle-class household? Well, how did it feel to forever wear your elder sibling's hand-me-downs and always use their old textbooks in school? Remember the constant lament about mehengai...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Kills 25, Injures 30 In Pakistan Mosque
The death toll in a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan on Friday rose to 25, a regional official said, with 30 wounded during the attack on a packed mosque. "A portion of the mosque and veranda...
View ArticleLaw School In Kolkata May Ask Its Employees To Spy On 'Subversive' Relatives
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), considered to be a premier institute of legal education has come up with a bizarre set of draft rules for its employees. Among them are--...
View ArticleCops Walk On Burning Coal To Educate Villagers Against Superstition And Black...
In a remarkable instance of going way over the call of duty, two senior police officials in Chhattisgarh walked on burning coal to prove that this was a scientific rather than a supernatural exercise....
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Meet The Mumbai Businesswoman Who Makes Narendra Modi Soft Toys For A Living
It was more than two years ago, when Narendra Modi was addressing rallies across the country during his prime ministerial campaign, that Amita Gupta remembers being struck by his charisma. The Mumbai...
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Meet The Man Who Drove From India To UK In A Solar Autorickshaw
When Naveen Rabelli reached London today, he concluded a 14,200-km-long journey on his solar autorickshaw that began in Bengaluru, India seven months ago. To make this trip, Rabelli traversed 11...
View ArticleI Have This One Very Specific Problem With The 'Bulleya' Video
'Bulleya', the second song from Karan Johar's much-awaited drama Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, was unveiled to the public on Friday afternoon. The video features some heavy-duty chemistry between characters...
View ArticleThe Yadav Family Feud Couldn't Have Come At A Worse Time For Samajwadi Party
The only surprise about the chacha-bhatija war in UP's ruling Yadav clan is that it should have erupted just months before a crucial assembly election. Even as the clan's patriarch and Samajwadi Party...
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