Bihar school meal toll 22, insecticide feared
The number of young children killed after eating contaminated mid-day meal at a government school in north Bihar reached 22 on Wednesday amid reports that traces of an agricultural insecticide were fo
Baby dies after rickshaw-puller gives injection
Two days after UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed that his government had put health services back on rails, a shocking incident in Ballia exposed the hollowness of his claims.
TMC worker killed, CPM leader held
A Trinamul Congress worker Nazrul Molla was gunned down at his home a little after midnight on Wednesday in Bhangar area in South 24 Parganas.
18 killed in stampede at boxing match in Indonesia
At least 18 people were killed in a stadium stampede after spectators rioted to protest a local boxer’s loss in a championship match in eastern Indonesia, police said on Monday.
Sad music evokes positive emotions
People like listening to sad music because it actually evokes positive emotions, according to a new study.
Japanese researchers asked 44 volunteers, including both musicians and non-specialists, to listen to two pieces of sad music and one piece of happy music.
‘Antony visit to boost military ties’
China on Monday said defence minister A.K.
HC allows CPM MLA to file case on TMC leaders
In a landmark ruling the Calcutta high court on Monday gave CPI(M) MLA Gouranga Chatterjee permission to file a criminal case against the Trinamul Congress members who had allegedly assaulted him on t
Leaders pay tribute to Basu
Jyoti Basu used to say that politics was the best means of serving the people and his remarkably long political life was a testimony that he practised what he believed.
It’s homecoming for rebels in UP
Expulsions, suspensions and allegations are now a thing of the past.
Shahi Imam slams UP govt
The Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, has once again accused the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh of ignoring the interests and welfare of Muslims.