Kolkata Christmas Festival to begin Dec 20
Kolkata – Scheduled to be inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Kolkata Christmas Festival beginning Dec 20 here is set to usher in the festive spirit with food, fun an! d carols. The three-day carnival would roll across Park Street, stretching 2.2 km from Free School... read more »
Public-private partnership needed to remove illiteracy: Pallam Raju
New Delhi – Minister of Human Resource Development M.M. Pallam Raju Saturday said there is immense need of public-private partnership to completely eradicate illiteracy from society. Inaugurating the two-day Rotary South Asia Literacy Summit in the national capital, he said apart from... read more »
TV tourism on the rise in New York
Fancy a cosmopolitan a la Carrie Bradshaw or titillation down the strip club favored by Tony Soprano? TV tourism is whipping up a storm in New York, where fans can live as their heroes. Twice a day, a Sex and the City bus fills up outside the posh Plaza Hotel with gaggles of young women desperate... read more »
Kejriwal to BJP: Stop playing cheap politics with issues affecting people o...
New Delhi – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal has,in a letter to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh urged the BJP to stop playing its cheap brand of politics with crucial issues affecting the people of Delhi. He also questioned the BJP for saying that it is ready... read more »
Narayan Sai confessed to Gujarat police of having Physical relation with 8 women, Includin...
Self-styled godman Asaram’s son Narayan Sai, accused in a rape case has confessed to Gujarat police officials of having relation with eight women and also having physical relation with... read more »
Bomb blast near Kabul airport
A car bomb went off on Wednesday near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the... read more »
Baba Ramdev welcomes SC’s verdict on Section 377
New Delhi – Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict holding consensual sex between adults of the same gender an offence, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday said homosexuality is... read more »
Cause of Sindhurakshak fire yet to be ascertained: Antony
Indian Navy’s inability to salvage INS Sindhurakshak, which exploded and subsequently sank off the Mumbai coast on August 13-14 night this year, has made it difficult to establish the... read more »
SC says gay sex a crime, activists dejected
New Delhi – The Supreme Court Wednesday held consensual sex between adults of the same gender a criminal offence, leaving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender! community dejected. But... read more »
