Opening hours for all public houses and bars in Britain will be extended on two nights in May to let people celebrate the wedding of Queen Elizabeth II's grandson Prince Harry to US TV star Meghan Markle.


British pubs to close late for royal wedding celebration


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As winter nights become longer, darker and colder, Kashmiris miss their  traditional stories of the abominable snowman, the child-lifting witches, princes fighting demons and tales of Firdowsi's 10th century Iranian wrestlers, Rostum and his son Sohrab.


Come winter and Kashmiris miss their storyteller of bygone days (Societal Feature)


Title: The Misfit's Manifesto; Author: Lidia Yuknavitch; Publisher: TED Books/Simon and Schuster: Pages: 148; Price: Rs 350


A miscellany of 'misfits' and what we can learn from them (Book Review)


There is some respite from the intense cold wave in most parts of Uttar Pradesh on Monday with bright sunlight at many places.


12 more die in UP despite slight respite from cold


Texas-based chef Chris Trapani, a transgender, will take on a five-city tour in India, starting with New Delhi on Wednesday.


Transgender chef from Texas on five-city India tour


Chinese authorities will move millions of people from their homes across the country as part of President Xi Jinpings goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2020, a media report said on Sunday.


China to move millions from homes to eradicate poverty


Beef traders in Goa on Saturday refused to withdraw their strike and demanded the BJP-led coalition government crack down on vigilante groups who hamper bringing in beef from neighbouring states.


Goa beef traders to continue indefinite strike


Extreme cold wave conditions prevailed in most parts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Lack of night shelters and amenities have already led to the death of over 70 homeless and poor people.


Intense cold kills over 70 in UP


Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday flagged off a mobile health van here to treat homeless drug addicts.


Delhi government launches mobile health van for homeless addicts


In a strongly worded report a Parliamentary Standing Committee has slammed Indigo for manhandling of a passenger by its staff and says airlines serve awful food and do not efficiently man check-in counters.


Minister says dynamic air ticketing ok, as parliament panel asks for price limit (Roundup)


Airlines should offer better quality food as well as change menus periodically, suggested a Parliamentary Standing Committee report.


Some airlines' food awful, quality should improve: Parliamentary panel


The Parliamentary Standing Committee on transport in a report slammed various airlines for not efficiently manning checkin counters and creating artificial situations to deny boarding to confirmed ticket holders.


Airlines' check-in counters in a mess, says parliamentary panel


In a strongly worded report a Parliamentary Standing Committee has condemned the recent incident when a passenger was manhandled by Indigo staff, adding that airlines need to become passenger friendly and its staff should learn to say "please" and "Thank you".


Parliamentary panel slams Indigo for rude behaviour, says crew should be polite


The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the rights of a child were "absolutely sacred" and a child cannot be bartered away at the whim and fancy or selfishness of the person in-charge of orphanages.


Child's rights sacred, cannot be bartered by orphanage in-charges: SC


National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar, who is addressing the issue of menstrual hygiene in his forthcoming film "Pad Man", says women should get sanitary napkins for free as it is a basic necessity for them.


Women should have free access to sanitary napkins: Akshay


Walt Disney World (DIS) has replaced the "Do Not Disturb" signs with "Room Occupied" signs at few of its hotels in Orlando, Florida, the media reported.


Disney hotels replace 'Do Not Disturb' signs


At least 11 people died of cold in the United States as a prolonged stretch of strikingly bitter cold enveloped much of the country and buried some places under a record amount of snow even as a powerful winter storm was forecast to hit the eastern US.


11 die of cold, US braces for winter 'bomb cyclone'


Naresh Dhankhad, a former Captain of the Indian Army, who allegedly killed six persons with an iron rod in neighbouring Haryana's Palwal, underwent a head surgery in the city's Safdarjung Hospital, said authorities on Wednesday.


Haryana's 'psycho killer' undergoes head surgery


A Ryanair passenger, fed up with a flight delay, got in trouble after taking the emergency exit and waiting on the wing, the media reported on Wednesday.


Ryanair passenger takes emergency exit


A seven-month-old baby who went missing was found on the side of a road in the US city of Houston, authorities said.


Missing 7-month-old baby found in US city


A numbing cold wave has gripped much of the US, from the Midwest to the northeast, leading to at least three deaths as the New Year began.

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