News from India
The 45-year old twins Ganga and Jamuna Mondal are joined at the abdomen and pelvis and have to work together to complete any chore. After a lifetime of lonely nights… Continue reading Meet the conjoined twins from West Bengal who fell in love with the same man
Isakimuthu had filed petitions at the Collectorate during six weekly grievance redressal meetings, accusing a local moneylender of harassment. A man on Monday set his wife and children ablaze before… Continue reading Tamil Nadu: Man sets family and self ablaze in Tirunelveli over police inaction in a debt case
The kingpin of the fake stamp paper racket, Abdul Karim Telgi is in a critical condition. He has been admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru and is currently on life… Continue reading Stamp paper racket kingpin Telgi admitted to hospital in ‘very’ critical condition
New Delhi: The central adoption body CARA is planning to set up a portal to help prospective parents from outside India track the status of their applications instead of relying… Continue reading Adoption body CARA plans to set up portal to help NRI parents track application status
Days after the mysterious death of a married woman, Rajwinder Kaur, the rural police have booked her NRI husband Gurlal Singh of Tarpai village and other members of her in-laws… Continue reading Woman’s death: In-laws, NRI husband booked
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) on Sunday appointed Rakesh Asthana as special director in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Asthana is a 1984 batch IPS officer from Gujarat. … Continue reading Senior IPS officer Rakesh Asthana promoted as CBI special director
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday lauded the crew of actor Vijay’s starrer ‘Mersal’, saying the film has addressed an important issue. However in a terse Twitter message, he did not… Continue reading ‘Mersal’ has addressed important issue: Rajinikanth
Joyonto, India’s first transgender judge, now known as Joyeeta, was once forced to beg and sleep on the streets after she left her home in 2009. Joyonto would play games… Continue reading Meet the Journey of India’s First Transgender Judge
It was meant as a way to tackle air pollution – but it ended up as the subject of a fierce online debate about religion. India’s supreme court banned selling firecrackers during Diwali,… Continue reading Is Delhi’s Diwali firework ban an attack on Hinduism?
The assailants, who came in a car, fired 5-6 bullets at her before fleeing the spot. The deceased, Harshita Dahiya (22), was from Nahra-Nahri village of Sonipat district but was… Continue reading Female folk singer Harshita Dahiya shot dead in Panipat
A controversial Indian politician from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has called the Taj Mahal a “blot on Indian culture” built by “traitors”. Sangeet Som, a lawmaker in the… Continue reading Indian politician: ‘Taj Mahal built by traitors’
An Indian naval officer who underwent sex change surgery has been discharged from service. A navy statement said its “rules and regulations do not permit the sailor’s continued employment” because… Continue reading India navy discharges officer after sex change
