BEHIND the posh Model Town block in Jalandhar, stands the crowded neighbourhood of Abadpura, where a huge section of the Ravidassia community lives. Here, in the serpentine lanes, nestles a small 150 sq-yard house, home to a young voice of freedom and equality. At a time when the flogging of Dalit youths in Una has triggered protests, Ginni Mahi, 17 Read More

Baar Baar Dekho starring Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif has been granted a ‘UA’ certificate by Censor Board Of Film Certification (CBFC). However, this didn’t happen without any hassle. According to a report in Bollywood Hungama, CBFC asked the makers to remove a visual showing bra from the film. The board also asked to delete a reference to ‘Savita Bhabhi’, Read More

An Indian athlete who competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase event in the Rio Olympics, has tested positive for the H1N1 influenza virus and has tested negative for the Zika virus following analysis of her blood samples. She was reported ill on her return to India. “A blood sample tested at the virology lab at the National Institute of Mental Health Read More

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Rakshabandhan with school children, other political leaders were not far behind in celebrating this festival that promotes unity. Addressing the audience after laying the foundation stone for the new headquarters of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), PM Modi spoke of how athlete Sakshi Malik had earned new respect for tricolour, this Raksha Bandhan, by winning a Read More

Recently, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal released a video on YouTube and shared it on his social media wherein he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is so frustrated, he may get him killed. As it is, he is very vocal about his opinion on Modi and seems to blame him for everything that goes wrong with the Delhi government. Therefore, Read More

At least 468 people marooned in the villages of Siddharthnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, along the Indo-Nepal border, have been rescued by National Disaster Respnse Force teams which were rushed overnight to rescue the people affected by floods. Officials said the villages of the border town were hit by unprecedented flash floods and it submerged several villages on the intervening Read More

The leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Nusra Front said on Thursday it was cutting its ties with al Qaeda to deny foreign powers including the United States and Russia a pretext to attack Syrians. Listed as a terrorist organisation by the United States, the Nusra Front was excluded from a truce negotiated in February. Russia and the United Read More

Tax authorities plan to seek details from various entities against whom there is specific information of having undisclosed assets, as part of the domestic black money disclosure scheme. Sources said such a move would act as a deterrent against those holding illicit assets and nudge them to come clean. Such entities will now have the opportunity to participate in Income Read More

The heinous terror attack in Nice, France was reflected on the front pages of prominent newspapers across the world Friday. At least 84 people were killed when a man drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day or French National Day in the capital of French Riviera. A 31-year-old French Tunisian citizen is believed to have been behind the Read More

Slovakia defender Martin Skrtel is on the verge of completing his move to Fenerbahce from Liverpool with the Turkish side saying he completed his medical on Wednesday. Skrtel, who joined the Premier League club from Russian side Zenit St Petersburg in January 2008, had an injury-hit season due to hamstring and tendon problems sustained in December. The fee for the Read More