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If you thought women power lies in achieving the rights and space and dignity through a fight not aided by others, you cannot be more right.
Roshni could not believe that the slogan she was screaming just four days earlier at Delhi's gay pride march would come true so soon - with the court decriminalising homosexuality on Thursday.on Thursday.
Priests in this Hindu holy town, where thousands of Indians go every year to perform the last rites of their ancestors - called 'pinda daan' - are up in arms against a move to introduce an online version of the ritual.
Media reports say the government is contemplating the introduction of a code of ethics, which would be binding on regulators, civil servants and judges.and judges.
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Sanjay Dutt has just got his parents' names inked on his body. But going by the trend, he may need to catch up. Many Indians are getting portraits of loved ones - instead of just names - inked on their body.
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Ban Ki-moon arrived in Yangon on Friday for a two-day official visit during which he will press for the release of all political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The threat of insiders in the nuclear establishment working with outsiders seeking a bomb is nowhere greater than in Pakistan, according to a former officer of the CIA.
By winning the International Student of the Year award at a prestigious university, Paramjeet Singh has brought cheer to the thousands of Indian students in Australia.
An investigation by The Age, an Australian daily, has established that around 54 foreign students were killed in the country between November 2008 and now.
Nine persons on Tuesday tested positive for swine flu, taking the total cases of H1N1 infection in the country to 113 as the WHO reported 70,893 confirmed cases globally.
A purple sweet potato developed by Kansas State University researchers has been found to have increased amount of anti-cancer components.
A team of scientists has found the first conclusive signature for the presence of uranium on the lunar surface, an element not seen in previous Moon-mapping efforts.
Frustrated with those jams which have no apparent cause - no accident or stalled vehicles? A team of MIT mathematicians may have the answer to your traffic woes.
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