Veteran Bengali film actress Supriya Devi, who breathed her last early on Friday, would be accorded a guard of honour and gun salute before her last rites are performed, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here.


Supriya Devi to be accorded guard of honour before funeral


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One should be happy that Laxman Pai, who was conferred the Padma Bhushan by the central government on Thursday, got recognition in his lifetime, unlike his contemporaries like V.S. Gaitonde and F.N. Souza, said one of Goa's most prominent art collectors Shaistah Thapar on Thursday.


Happy that Pai was celebrated in his lifetime: Art collector


Man has made giant strides in understanding the science that underlies the universe but huge gaps still remain - especially in knowing what makes the bulk of matter, how it affected the dinosaurs and influenced the evolution of mammals and eventually mankind, says an American theoretical physicist.


Human's strange connection with dinosaurs and unknown cosmic framework


Travelling for the first time on Delhi Metro, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday praised the Airport Express line as "world class" and regretted not riding it before.


Omar Abdullah calls Delhi Metro 'World Class'


Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday appealed to youths to "not perform stunts or take selfies" on or near railway tracks.


No stunts near rail tracks: Minister


Three months after conjoined twins from Odisha underwent surgery at AIIMS, one of the separated twins, Kalia, has been put on ventilator after his condition deteriorated following a skin graft surgery performed earlier this week at AIIMS, sources said on Thursday.


One of Odisha's conjoined, now separated twins on ventilator


After a gap of five years, the Maharashtra government's winter signature event, the 29th Elephanta Festival, will return to its home base -- the Elephanta Island in the Arabian Sea -- this Saturday, an official said.


After five years, Elephanta fest to resume on Gharapuri Isle


Book: The Sting of Peppercorns; Author: Antonio Gomes; Publisher: Amaryllis; Pages: 240; Price: R. 325


'The Sting of the Peppercorns' a vivid slice of Goa in the 60s (Book Review)


As petrol and diesel prices touched a new high on Wednesday, owners of vehicles in the National Capital Region, including Delhi, said they "felt cheated", querying why the benefit of low international crude oil prices was not passed on to the consumers.


Vehicle owners gripe as petrol, diesel prices hit record high


Acts of bravery are discussed extensively and highlighted by the media and therefore inspire other children too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday while presenting the National Bravery Awards to 18 children, three of them posthumously.


Acts of young bravehearts inspire other children too: Modi


Chinese authorities on Wednesday closed a company making and translating subtitles for seemingly innocent cartoons, which actually contain scenes of a violent and sexual nature.


China cracks down on disturbing cartoons


Creating awareness about the dangers associated with the irresponsible smartphone use, including the selfie craze, Samsung India on Wednesday announced the next phase of its 'Safe India' campaign which also covers school and colleges students.


Samsung ropes in students for 'Safe India Campaign'


Two major railway stations were closed and around 1,450 people were evacuated from a nightclub and hotel after a gas leak in central London on Tuesday.


Gas leak in London closes 2 railway stations


Noted tribal Khasi businessman and philanthropist Honsen Lyngdoh, who was closely associated with Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning film "Gandhi", died at a hospital here in Meghalaya on Tuesday following a brief illness, family sources said. He was 81.


Noted Khasi philanthropist and Richard Attenborough's friend dead


With millions of "good morning" texts, spiced with colourful images and even videos sent and received every morning across India, one in three smartphone user in India runs out of space daily, as compared to one in 10 in the US, the media reported.


'Good morning' messages cluttering smartphones in India: Report


Rome, Jan 22 (IANS/AKI) Jordan's Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein has contributed to the launch of a special fund to allow the rapid purchase and transportation of high energy biscuits to feed victims of sudden onset emergencies, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced.


Jordan's Princess Haya launches new food emergency fund


The Indian Navy's sailing boat INSV Tarini, with an all-women crew, on Monday entered Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, after crossing the Cape of Horn on January 18.


Indian Navy's all-women sailing boat reaches Falkland Islands


It was an unprecedented fourth Sunday in a row when Delhi's famous Daryaganj weekly book market was not allowed to function, causing huge losses to booksellers and robbing book lovers and students in Delhi of their low-cost one-stop solution spot.


Bibliophile's paradise in Daryaganj closed for fourth Sunday in a row


A recent book looks at the suffering of Kashmir's transgender community by studying the lives of 24 "hijras", with the author contending that very few people are interested in knowing about them, resulting in the sordid conditions in which they live.


'Transgenders have been marginalised in Kashmir'


An owner of a car registered in neighbouring Karnataka learnt that not he but the Goa Police was the 'boss' in the coastal state when he was challaned for sporting the word 'BOSS' on the registration number plate of the vehicle.


Goa Police shows errant car driver who is 'boss'


Calling former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai a "murderer", former Union Telecom Minister A. Raja on Saturday said Rai should be prosecuted for "cheating".

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