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Shocking: 78-yr-old woman accuses husband, 82, of dowry harassment [details]

In a seemingly shocking incident, a 78-year-old woman has accused her 82-year-old husband of harassing her for dowry. The woman accused her husband of beating her up and throwing her out of the house.

Feb 6, 2022

Mother, daughter to fight against each other in TN urban body polls [details]

In Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district, a woman and her daughter are locked in a straight contest for the urban local body elections.

Feb 6, 2022

Sri Lankan FM to meet Jaishankar on 3-day visit to India

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris is slated to embark on a three-day visit to India on Sunday during which he will meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. A bilateral meeting between Peiris and Jaishankar will take place at the Hyderabad House here on Monday evening.

Feb 6, 2022

Rahul declares Channi as Congress CM face for Punjab polls

Just two weeks ahead of Assembly polls in the Congress-ruled Punjab, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday announced incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi as the party's chief ministerial face for the polls.

Feb 6, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 392.9 mn; vaccinations surpass 10bn [details]

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 392.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.73 million and vaccinations to over 10.04 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Feb 6, 2022

Multiple UFOs spotted in Taiwan, authorities deny military activity, netizens suspect alien presence

After analyzing the video, Scott C Waring assured that this UFO event is authentic proof of alien existence on earth

Feb 6, 2022

ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns

The rising number of mosques and madarsas in the last three years along the Indo-Nepal border adjoining Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal is a matter of serious security concerns, intelligence agencies have warned in the latest report.

Feb 6, 2022

RBI policy meet and LIC IPO filing to be key events; what to expect [details]

Markets in the week gone by behaved as if there were two distinct halves. The first three days of the week saw markets gain and then correct themselves in the remaining two days.

Feb 6, 2022

Music composer 'Anandghan': A little-known side of Lata Mangeshkar

Music composer Vanraj Bhatia always said, "Lata is a composers dream", which no one will dispute. How many of the film music connoisseurs, however, know that Lata Mangeshkar was also a dream composer?

Feb 6, 2022

From Madhubala to SRK and Aamir, Lata Mangeshkar's take on Bollywood celebs (Book Excerpt)

A collection of fascinating conversations between Lata Mangeshkar and Nasreen Munni Kabir, an India-born TV producer, director and author based in the UK.

Feb 6, 2022

TN forest officials arrest 2 for killing wild elephant

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has arrested two people for killing a wild elephant at the Anchetty forest range. The Forest Department will urge the villagers to surrender their country-made guns and special teams including dog squads will be pressed into service on new moon days to prevent hunting.

Feb 6, 2022

Three PAK smugglers killed in Samba; 36 packets of heroin recovered [details]

Despite giving assurance in January 5 meeting, Pakistan continues to push smugglers, intruders, through International Border.

Feb 6, 2022

As Bengal's debt piles up, state govt applies brakes on spending [details]

Recently West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed all the departments to cut down unnecessary expenditure beyond the approved budget and not to take any new project without the approval of the Chief Secretary or the finance department.

Feb 6, 2022

TN govt brings out SOP for care of temple elephants; ensures jumbos' wellbeing [details]

The grounds where the elephants are kept must not be laid with stones but with natural soil and even in locations where the elephants have to stay for long hours for festivals or rituals, the ground must be of natural soil.

Feb 6, 2022

PM Modi's virtual rally in Goa cancelled in wake of Lata's demise: CM

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa on Sunday cancelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's virtual poll rally in the state, in view of the death of iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.

Feb 6, 2022