Man goes to hospital for kidney stone, finds out he’s a woman Colorado photographer Steve Crecelius was admitted to the hospital five years ago for a kidney stone and received surprising news from the nurse, who told him he was actually a woman. Crecelius, who now goes by Stevie, found out she was born intersex, [...]
TOKYO: A plucky penguin that was recaptured last week after nearly three months at large in the polluted waters of Tokyo Bay has conjunctivitis, an aquarium official said on Monday. The Humboldt penguin, one of 135 kept at Tokyo Sea Life Park, was taken back into captivity after 82 days of freedom following a breakout [...]
A German computer scientist has come up with a smartphone app to help Muslims navigate in Mecca BERLIN: Every able Muslim is required to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia — known as the haj — at least once in their life. But the journey to Mecca can be an overwhelming experience. Over [...]
Bhopal: Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh today strongly opposed the move to remove freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad’s ‘kutia’ (small thatched house) in Bhabhra town in Alirajpur district in the state. The state government is constructing ‘Azad Mandir’, a grand memorial dedicated to him on the premises where the ‘kutia’ stands, and the district administration [...]
Rome: A 37-year-old Indian migrant in Italy killed his pregnant wife because she loved wearing western clothes and he wanted to punish her for going against Indian traditions. The Indian — whose name was given as Singhj Kulbir — told police in Piacenza city in northern Italy that he strangled to death his 27-year-old wife [...]
Mumbai: Poonam Pandey had promised she will strip if superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL). And the controversial model kept her word. Post the KKR win, she posted her nude pic on twitter. In the picture update, Poonam lies nude on her stomach, [...]
From K Mammen Mathew Berlin: Marking the ascendence of another Indian in the global financial system, well known investment banker Anshu Jain will take over the reins of German banking giant Deutsche Bank as co-CEO on Friday. The 49-year-old banker, well-respected for maintaining high profits at Deutsche Bank’s investment banking operations during the 2008 financial meltdown, would [...]
New Delhi: A day after it termed YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy’s arrest as political vendetta, BJP today appeared to change its stand, saying action against him was much delayed and demanded that “cover-up of big-ticket” corruption in Andhra Pradesh between 2004-09 be exposed. In an ostensible bid to clarify that it had no sympathies for Jagan [...]
Dharamsala: “He’s my boss,” the Dalai Lama said last week of Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay, adding “Although, when it comes to spiritual affairs, I’m still his boss.” He made the remark while introducing Sangay, democratically elected to the office last year, to the press in Austrian capital Vienna. “This young man was born in [...]
PARIS: Tinnitus, an incurable ringing in the ears that can wreck the lives of those that suffer from it, can be significantly eased by a new combination of therapies, The Lancet reported on Friday. The approach uses psychological training and audio therapy in small groups to reduce distress and refocus the mind so that it [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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