Raising a voice against noise pollution, young businessmen from the city carried out a campaign in the city distributing stickers of 'Horn Not OK Please' (HNOP).
If you don't see as many teenagers hanging around the neighbourhood adda joint where you perhaps hung out ages ago, don't think that addabaji has gone out of fashion.
Republican hopeful fired back at attacks from former Florida governor but was a little less harsh about Marco Rubio's debate showing
At just 25 years old, Mat Zo has already reinvented himself three times over. The London producer began his career as a trance artist, signing his...
Director school education Balbir Singh Dhol has dismissed a science teacher of Government High School, Tihara, for being absent from duty for the past 10 years.
Solar power has now found a new 'hub' at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur.IIEST is conducting experiments to develop indigenous, cheaper and more energy-efficient solar cells.
During my time in Cuba, I encountered no animosity toward Americans. There are plenty of pro-Revolution billboards, but no anti-USA or anti-Imperialism messages. A few posters were anti-US embargo, and one person said, after learning that I was American, "Oh, you start the wars." But mostly I heard one predictable refrain: We Cubans love the American people. (Another added, "And if we don't get our American movie at the theater each week, we complain loudly.")
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If you imagine millennials are just young people entranced by their cellphones or tablet computers, you might want to think again. According to a new study, 92% of college students would rather do their reading the old-fashioned way, with pages and not pixels.
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A truck from Haryana rammed a bus queue shelter near Lord Mahavir Homeopathic College on Monday.
This year's Berlin International Film Festival, aka the 66th Berlinale, is poised to kick off this coming Thursday. With around 500,000 admissions each year, Berlin is considered the largest publicly attended festival in the world. It has the massive European Film Market happening in tandem, as well as the Talent Campus for up-and-coming filmmaking and critical stars. And this year's iteration features Meryl Streep as President of the Jury and will showcase hundreds of feature films across its many sidebars, subsections and segments. Читать дальше...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday presented Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa with a stallion of Akhal-Teke breed, while the king gave the Russian leader a sword made of Damascus steel and precious metals, the Russian presidential press service said.
Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Robert Bryce on Bernie Sanders’ renewable-energy plan and President Obama’s proposed oil tax. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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"The Uran-9 will be particularly useful during local military and counter-terror operations, including those in cities."
Russia is developing a compact robotic tank that it hopes to sell on the international market. But while Moscow is hoping to export the unmanned combat vehicles, it’s not clear if Russia’s own military forces will adopt the new weapons.
Called the Uran-9, the robotic armored vehicle is not intended to replace main battle tanks such as the T-90 or T-14 Armata. Читать дальше...
When film and theatre personality Amol Palekar speaks at Gorky Sadan next month, it might be the beginning of a long-standing relationship with the city.
City industrialists are up in arms against the Modi government's decision to fix minimum import price (MIP) for iron and steel items, including HR coil, ingot, wire rod, bloom, etc.
A major injury to a promising Chelsea center back could put an American in the driver's seat for some surprising Premier League playing time
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana has rejected all allegations that he received property through corrupt dealings.
The municipal corporation terminated the services of Simranjit Singh, a supervisor of property tax at suvidha centre at Zone A of MC, on Monday after he was caught issuing fake receipts to visitors and pocketing the revenue himself.
Dan Biggar's former coach Lyn Jones says Wales would miss him if injury rules him out of Saturday's visit of Scotland.
The Bombay high court on Monday directed the state government to stop parking of vehicles under flyovers in Mumbai within three months.
Come Poila Boishakh and Serampore's St Olav's Church will get back its original 19th century look and reverberate with hymns and prayers once again.
One person dared to annoy the nation during Super Bowl 50.
There was a lot of star power at the Super Bowl this year, what with Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, and Left Shark performing at the halftime show.
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But there was one person who went in as a nobody and left famous: "Woooo Guy."
If you listen closely, you can hear a slight but constant "woooo" in the background of this clip. That's him.
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India said output expanded 7.3% in last year’s fourth quarter, as consumer and government spending lift the economy.
