Human Interest
Protest belies long tradition of cartoons in India
By Madhuker Upadhyay
The uproar over a cartoon in a school textbook and the undue haste shown by the government in withdrawing the book were both out of place and uncalled for. This, apart from other things, shows how little we know of our history and how poor we are in appreciating works of art.
Women gives birth in Russian train
Moscow, May 17 (IANS) A woman gave birth on a train in Russia's Siberia region, and two interior ministry police officers helped her deliver the child. ...Construction at Musharraf's ancestral house stirs row
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The demolition of a portion of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's ancestral home, Neharwali Haveli in Old Delhi's Daryaganj, has stirred a row with the legality of the construction coming under question. ...UP's Bacchus lovers go from 'videshi' to 'desi'
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, May 16 (IANS) Are the soaring prices of what is called Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) forcing many whiskey lovers in Uttar Pradesh to switch to locally brewed liquor, known locally as 'tharra'? ...Dalai Lama donates money to fight child malnutrition
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama has contributed around one million pounds (approx $1.6 million), part of the Templeton Award prize money, to an NGO for fighting children's malnutrition, a statement said Tuesday. ...'20 million orphaned children in India'
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Twenty million children in the country do not have either of their parents and lack adequate care and support, an orphaned children's welfare organisation said Tuesday. ...Schoolbags turning into curse for kids
London, May 15 (IANS) Outsized school bags are turning into a curse for kids, 80 percent of whom carry loads up to a fifth of their body weight, really taxing their backs, says a new research from the charity BackCare. ...Newlywed found stabbed to death in wedding dress
London, May 15 (IANS) A newlywed bride in the US was found stabbed to death in her bathtub. She was in her wedding dress. ...At 100, ex-army man gifts hospital to Rajasthan village
By Nikhil Walia Dudavas (Rajasthan), May 15 (IANS) For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War Two veteran who turned 100 this weekend, it has been a life of service with the army man choosing to take up the cause of the downtrodden in rural areas after retiring in 1962. ...
Shrinking space for dead in Hyderabad
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) "Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?" This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad. ...Boyfriend proposes to girl as she collects her degree
Washington, May 15 (IANS) Just like any Hollywood movie, a graduation ceremony in the US turned unforgettable for a young girl when her boyfriend of four years proposed marriage on stage as she collected her degree. ...
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