Mumbai most populous, Delhi largest
Mumbai is India’s most populated city with over 1.84 crore people, followed closely by Delhi with 1.63 crore and Kolkata with 1.41 crore, making these India’s “mega-cities”, according to the preliminary Census 2011 results.
U2 hated living with Bono
Irish rock band U2’s bandmates says that they found it very hard sharing a house with the frontman Bono in the late 1980s.
Infants to fast against Kudankulam n-plant
In a bid to highlight the need for a safe planet that now has seven billion people, about 40 babies will on Tuesday fast for an hour as part of the continuing protest against the Kundankulam Nuclear P
Protests in Telangana mark Andhra Pradesh formation day
The 56th formation day of Andhra Pradesh was marked by protests and black flag demonstrations in Telangana with almost all ministers from the region staying away from the celebrations.
Telangana acti
Chinese woman caught, sterilised after second child
A woman in China was caught and forced to undergo sterilisation surgery after she gave birth to her second child, a media report said.
The woman was nabbed and brought to her hometown in southeast Fu
Andhra's rice scheme to benefit 75 mn people
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday launched Re.1 a kg rice scheme, which will benefit 75 million people out of the state's 84 million population.
According to the state's civi
Girl set afire for resisting rape, two held
Two brothers in Uttar Pradesh were arrested for setting afire their 14-year-old neighbour when she resisted their attempts to rape her, police said. The girl received 70 per cent burns and is battlin
Kerala assembly adjourns to mourn minister's death
The Kerala assembly was on Monday adjourned after Speaker G. Karthikeyan announced the death of civil supplies minister T.M. Jacob.
Jacob, who led the Kerala Congress-Jacob and was its sole legislato
Hindu temple in Pakistan reopens after 10 years
A historic Hindu temple has reopened after 10 years in Pakistan's Peshawar city after a woman devotee fought a long legal battle.
The Hindu community celebrated Diwali in the temple at Gor Khutthri a
Man detained for human sacrifice
A 50-year-old self-proclaimed godman was detained for questioning in Orissa after villagers complained that he had killed a three-year-old boy in a human sacrifice, police said on Monday.
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