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Eminent dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai dies at 97
Ahmedabad, Jan 21: Padma Bhushan awardee Mrinalini Sarabhai died on Thursday following age-related complications at the age of 97, her family said. Indian dance icons mourned the loss of the legendary danseuse and cultural doyen who was…
10 People killed in Egypt blast
Cairo, Jan 22: At least 10 people were killed in a blast in Egypt's Giza province, the media reported.
The blast killed ten people, including seven policemen, and injured 13 as security forces raided a terrorist hideout in Giza province…
Netaji cremated in Taikhou, claims British website
London, Jan 22: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was cremated in Taihoku, Japanese name for Taipei, as the coffin was too long to be put in plane bound for Tokyo, where the body was originally scheduled to be taken for performing his last rites,…
Five hurt as Mercedes climbs on Mumbai pavement
Mumbai, Jan 22: Four women and a child sleeping on a pavement were injured as a speeding Mercedes car ran over them in Mumbai early Friday, police said here.
The driver of the vehicle was reported absconding as the police made…
Bangladeshis held for passport forgery in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jan 21: Police on Thursday arrested five people, including four Bangladeshis, in Odisha for helping another Bangladeshi man to obtain an Indian passport by furnishing forged documents.
Bangladeshi Mohammad Bashir was taken…
Businessman sentenced to life for killing guard
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 21: A court here on Thursday sentenced a businessman to life imprisonment for running down a security guard with his Hummer sports utility vehicle in a fit of rage.
Additional District and Sessions Judge K.P.…
14 Indian diaspora students picked to compete in top US science contest
New York, Jan 21: Fourteen students from the Indian diaspora have been selected to compete for $1 million in prizes at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search Competition this year by fielding high-level projects ranging from cancer…
Hyderabad varsity teachers slam HRD Minister Smriti Irani
Hyderabad, Jan 21: Protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar continued unabated on Thursday at the University of Hyderabad, with the teachers slamming union minister Smriti Irani's statement that a Dalit headed the committee which…
President of India to host lunch for 100 Women Achievers on Jan 22
President Pranab Mukherjee will host a lunch for 100 women achievers tomorrow (January 22, 2016) at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of first anniversary of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme. These 100 women achievers were selected by the…
Students continue protests, Irani denies ‘Dalit-non-Dalit issue’
Hyderabad/New Delhi, Jan 21: As protests continued for the fourth day at University of Hyderabad over a Dalit research scholar's suicide, the central government said on Wednesday that this was not a "Dalit versus non-Dalit issue".
Human…