The Dalai Lama is to visit Imphal, the capital of Manipur, on October 17 to participate in an international peace conference.


Dalai Lama coming to Manipur for global peace conference


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Times have changed and gone are the days when Vijayadashmi was celebrated by Hindus alone in Kerala. This day now sees thousands of tiny tots cutting across caste, creed or religion writing their first alphabets.


Vijayadashmi sees thousands of Kerala kids writing first alphabet


In the weeklong Kullu Dussehra festivities in this Himachal Pradesh town, which began on Saturday, where a grand congregation of over 210 gods and goddesses are currently assembled, the 'policing' is virtually left to a deity.


Kullu Dussehra: Where 'policing' is virtually left to a deity!


Nightlife in India has changed for the better over the last few years owing to the emergence of bars, says an industry expert.


'Nightlife in Indian cities has seen a significant change'


India has registered three points decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 34 per 1,000 live births in 2016 from 37 per 1,000 live births in 2015, an official statement said in Friday.


Greater decline in infant mortality rate in 2016: Government


Senior citizens can enjoy free bus rides in the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and cluster buses on October 1, International Day of Older Persons, it was announced on Friday.


Free bus rides for Delhi's senior citizens on Sunday


In what is surely a rarity, a woman in Bihar has lodged a complaint against her father-in-law for not constructing a toilet in their house and sought help police help in this matter, police said on Friday.


Bihar woman approaches police for construction of toilet


Thousands of devotees and revellers are making a beeline for a marquee in north Kolkata to pay obeisance to a Durga idol decked out in a sari made by using 22-carat gold worth crores of rupees, an organiser said on Friday.


Durga idol in gold sari attracts thousands of devotees in Kolkata


North Korea on Friday accused the US of exploiting the death of Otto Warmbier, the American student who was held prisoner in Pyongyang for over a year.


N.Korea accuses US of exploiting American student's death


Mexico's private sector and civil society on Thursday unveiled a website designed to coordinate and channel help to the victims of two recent and powerful earthquakes.


Mexico unveils website to channel help to quake victims


Thousands of children and young people have dropped out of Venezuela's schools and universities as the oil-rich nation's economic crisis deepens.


Students quit schools, colleges amid Venezuelan economic crisis


Fear, grief and anxiety has gripped South Africans amid news that seven men suspected of cannibalism appeared in a South African court on Thursday.


Fear grips South Africans amid cannibalism case


Domestic and foreign devotees gathered in thousands at Belur Math, the global headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, for the worship of a pre-pubertine girl as the goddess as Durga Puja celebrations peaked on Mahashtami despite rains in Bengal on Thursday.


Thousands witness Kumari Puja in Belur as Durga puja fervour climaxes


Seventy-four per cent of respondents in a recent set of polls said that corruption related to procurement/supplies is a common phenomenon at government hospitals while just 2 per cent said that was not the case. Twenty-four per cent were not sure about this.


74% feel corruption is common in Government hospitals, reveals survey


Hugh Hefner, who founded the Playboy magazine and quickly made it a part of the American cultural landscape as universal as Disneyland and Coca-Cola, has died at his home, the Playboy Mansion near Beverly Hills. He was 91.


Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dead, at age 91


An Australian wellness blogger who falsely claimed to have cancer has been fined $322,000 for misleading her readers, the media reported on Thursday.


Australian wellness blogger fined for fake cancer tale


A nine-day camp underway here brings together from the ASEAN countries -- Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam along with Indian counterparts -- a true confluence of art, imagination and inspiration.


Art knows no boundaries, ASEAN-Indian Artists Camp proves


We are in the midst of the Durga Puja festivities, to be followed by Dusshera and Diwali. Unfortunately, this happy time of the year also brings with it the serious risk of fires if safety protocols are not heeded to at the time of constructing pandals (marquees).


How to ensure a safe and hazard-free festive season


A writer travelled along the Radcliffe Line -- through the vibrant greenery of Punjab as well as the more melancholic landscape of the states surrounding Bangladesh -- to examine life on the border. But contrary to the general perception, he found the regions along the Line among the "most peaceful and boring places on earth" with nothing but a string of villages on either side.


'If only people travelled, India would be more peaceful, less noisy'


Hugh Hefner, who created the Playboy magazine and spun it into a media and entertainment-industry giant, has died at his home, the Playboy Mansion near Beverly Hills, California. He was 91.


Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dead


Indo-Australian writer Aravind Adiga, winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2008, has been shortlisted along with four other writers for the the $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017.

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