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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday treated his Instagram followers with pictures of him playing with a toddler in his arms. The picture went viral in seconds and received as many as 13 lakh likes and over 16,000 comments. Modi uploaded two photos of the toddler — the first showing Modi more as […]

Chennai: Even as the city’s thirst is being quenched by transporting potable water by train from Jolarpettai, the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (Chennai Metro Water) is seeking water from the moon. Congratulating the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully putting into orbit the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, Chennai Metro Water tweeted: “Congrats @isro […]

Rampurhat (WB): Over 1.5 kg ornaments and coins were removed from the stomach of a mentally unstable woman at a government hospital in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday, a doctor said. Ninety coins in the denomination of Rs 5 and Rs 10 and ornaments like chains, nose rings, earrings, bangles, anklets, wrist bands and […]

Srinagar: In a first in Kashmir, a 19-year-old youth died while playing PUBG online game on his mobile phone in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district, police sources said on Friday. The incident took place when Asim Bashir of Kanipora area had gone to his friend’s house on Thursday in Chanapora outskirts of Srinagar city. “The […]

Ratlam (MP): While most people spend lakhs on their wedding attire, a couple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district tied the knot wearing PPE kits after the groom tested positive for…

Lucknow: Eight-year-old prodigy Rashtram Aditya Shri Krishna has been granted special permission by the UP Board to be admitted in Class 9 directly. He is set to appear in the high school examinations at the age of 10 in 2021 from M.D. Shukla Inter College in the Nakhas area here. According to the rules, a […]

Ranchi: Happy with the Centre’s decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution, a 22-year-old girl here has got Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tattoo inked on her back. Riddhi Sharma works in a private company in Ranchi. She said: “Everybody has their own way of celebrating the country’s achievements. I am celebrating it by getting […]

New Delhi: If you thought two bananas at Chandigarh’s JW Marriott Hotel for Rs 442 was extremely exorbitant, think again. Two boiled eggs at high-end Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai has cost a Twitter user Rs 1,700. After actor Rahul Bose’s banana controversy that resulted in a Rs 25,000 fine on JW Marriott hotel by […]

Bengaluru: Families of two people who were declared brain-dead have decided to donate their organs to over 13 people, a private hospital here said on Saturday. In one case, a 21-year-old daily wage worker met with an accident near here and was declared brain-dead, and his family took the noble decision of going ahead with […]

Dubai: Indo-Pak tensions has not deterred a Pakistani Quran teacher to come to the rescue of two stranded Indians in the UAE since May this year after they were duped by their travel agent, media report said on Monday. Mohammed Usman and Sivakumar, who hail from Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively, approached the travel agent […]

Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh): The deplorable condition of medical care in Uttar Pradesh was highlighted again on Sunday with a photograph posted on social media showing a doctor treating a patient under the flashlight of a mobile phone at the District Combined Hospital in Shikohabad area in Firozabad district. A power cut and a backup failure […]

Bengaluru: A video by Bengaluru-based artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy, showing a man dressed as an astronaut walking on potholes in the city shown as the Moon’s surface has gone viral on the social media. In the minute-long video, the man can be seen carefully walking on the Tunganagar Main Road, as if he is on the […]

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan arrived to attend the 72nd session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) meet on Tuesday riding a bicycle. The Minister left his residence around 6 a.m. and was at the venue, Hyatt Hotel, in 30 minutes. Inaugurating the week-long event on Monday, […]

Upon hearing the frantic cry, members of Animal Aid Unlimited sensed something foul and immediately rushed to the spot to find a stray dog trying to dig her puppies out of the debris of a collapsed house. The video, which has gone viral on social media has garnered over 16 lakh views on YouTube. In the video, the stray dog […]

Purnia: Bholanath Alok lives by the adage, “true love never dies”. With just one last wish. That his wife Padma accompany him on his final journey from this world. Only that Padma is no more. In fact, it has been 27 years since she passed away. But nearly three decades on, the 87-year-old resident of […]