When Dilruba Sharmi, 32, a beautician from Bangladesh’s Chittagong, and Abdul Karim, 27, who works as a chef in Bahrain, walked away from each other one last time in UP’s Bahraich on Sunday, Sahir’s immortal words came alive: “Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jayein hum dono… (Let’s be strangers once again).”
Read MoreYoung westerners are interning in Jaipur, getting a crash course in organising big, fat Indian weddings. Potential clients are from the diaspora
Read MoreThe parents of an 11-month-old infant in Ahmedabad were shocked when their child began foaming at the mouth after being given phenyl instead of vitamin syrup by a nurse. The police have taken a complaint and are conducting an inquiry. If negligence is found, a case will be registered against the hospital staff or...
Read MoreThe Gujarat high court has ruled that a school leaving certificate alone is not sufficient evidence to establish a person’s age in a criminal trial. The ruling came in a case where a man was accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in 1994, but was acquitted due to lack of evidence. The court stated...
Read MoreNara Lokesh, the national general secretary of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), spoke out against the criminalization of whistle-blowing in Andhra Pradesh. He participated in a hunger strike on Gandhi Jayanti to protest against false cases filed against his father and TDP chief, Nara Chandrababu Naidu. Lokesh criticized the YSRCP administration for arresting Naidu...
Read MoreOver two months of surveillance-based operations and raids at over 200 locations in north India has led the Delhi Police’s special cell to arrest a “most wanted” terror suspect, Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam, and two of his associates belonging to an alleged “ISIS-inspired” module.
Read MoreIndia’s pace bowling attack consisting of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj is believed to be the best in the business. However, the Indian team management has shown a tendency to use only two of these three bowlers together. Former India pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji believes that India should play all three pacers together...
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