Actress Vidya Balan has associated with TOIs #NoConditionsApply campaign that helps to raise awareness about issues concerning gender equality across all opportunities, celebrations and ambitions.


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In a shocking incident, a mentally unstable man was found living in a flat in north Kolkata with the decomposed body of his mother who seems to have died three-four days ago, police said on Wednesday.


Man found living with mother's decomposed corpse in Kolkata


The Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) last flight from New York left behind two bodies, booked for Lahore, at the JFK Airport to the utter shock of the waiting family members back home.


PIA leaves two coffins behind in New York


If you are popping up common over-the-counter drugs daily to treat acid reflux and stomach ulcers, hold on. You may end up having cancer.


Common acid reflux drugs may cause stomach cancer


Climbing on Australia's iconic Uluru landmark will be banned from October 2019, authorities said on Wednesday. The giant red monolith in the Northern Territory is sacred to Aboriginal Australians.


Australia to ban climbing Uluru from 2019


The Delhi government on Tuesday reduced OPD registration timing at all its hospitals by 30 minutes, prompting the resident doctors to call off their proposed strike from November 1.


Delhi resident doctors withdraw proposed strike


Two auto-rickshaw thieves, who drew "inspiration" from two protogonists in iconic Bollywood movie 'Sholay' and called themselves 'Jai' and 'Veeru', have been arrested, police said on Tuesday.


Two Sholey-inspired auto-rickshaw thieves held


A couple in the US state of Wisconsin found a small bag of crystal meth in their child's Halloween trick-or-treat candy.


US couple find drug in Halloween candy


The widow and son of late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar were being investigated in Argentina for laundering $15 million through local companies, authorities confirmed here.


Pablo Escobar's widow, son probed for money laundering


In the first eight months of 2017, more than half of China's newborn babies were the second child of the family, according to a health official.


Half of China's newborn babies are second child


In a rare surgery, doctors in state-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital on Monday took out more than 600 iron nails from a mentally unstable person's stomach.


Over 600 nails taken out from man's stomach in Bengal


The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Navy to consider giving a clerical post to a sailor who was sacked for undergoing a sex change surgery.


Consider accommodating sacked transgender: HC to Navy


Located in a dingy and dirty lane, there's hardly any scope for the sun's rays to penetrate into Surjeet Singh's 50 sq yard home. The two room set is the only shelter for him, his wife, four children and widowed mother, to whom the house was alloted after his father was killed in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 -- when he was just eight at the time.


'1984 riots shut our doors to a better life' (October 31 is the 32nd anniversary of Indira Gandhi's assassination)


Aim to generate curiosity for the lesser known, appreciation for the unfamiliar, nostalgia for the outgoing and new possibilities for the national capital's future, the third edition of the Delhi Walk Festival is all set to help people take a tour of the city.


Delhi Walk Festival: 170 walks led by experts in 11 days


German dictator Adolf Hitler only joined the Nazis after being shunned by another far-right political party, a leading historian has revealed.


Hitler joined Nazis after far-right group shunned him


Goa's Roman Catholic Church has advised citizens not to use plastic and other toxic items to decorate graves to beat pollution and to safeguard environment.


Don't decorate graves with plastic, toxic items: Goa Church


Railway stations and airports in Bihar witnessed heavy rush of passengers, with people heading back to their places of work outside the state, with the Chhath festival having concluded.


Railway stations, airports witness post-Chhath rush across Bihar


Two popular pillars of education in India and elsewhere in Asia -- "high-stakes" tests and private tuitions -- have been denounced by Unesco as harmful to students and the goals of education.


'High-stakes tests, private tuition harmful to students: Unesco


The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has warned that the coming winter will be a "harsh blow" to children affected by conflict across the Middle East unless assistance is urgently provided.


Harsh winter awaits 1.5mn kids in Middle East: Unicef


The Supreme Court on Friday directed national broadcaster Doordarshan to bring out a 10-minute show on the perils of the Blue Whale online game that has led to numerous suicides among teens.


SC asks Doordarshan to prepare programme on perils of Blue Whale game


A nine-year-old Pakistani girl whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle is forced to live as a pariah because people are scared of her.

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