Now children going to the Bal Bhavan can again enjoy a ride on the famous Mini Steam Locomotive, which has been restored, a Railway official said on Friday.


Children can again enjoy Mini Steam engine ride at Bal Bhavan


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The schoolmates of Dhivya Suryadevara, who has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of US automotive company General Motors, describe her as a calm and focused student who had all the fun.


'Chennai girl Suryadevara, GM's next CFO, was a focused student'


Young India's population of senior citizens is also rapidly rising - and so is the number of cases of abuse inflicted on them mostly by people from whom there is an expectation of trust. Last year, around six per cent of India's elderly population, or over 70 lakh people, faced abuse, the IMA said on Friday.


'Over 70 lakh Indian senior citizens abused last year'


Upskirting -- the practice of secretly taking pictures up women's skirts -- is likely to become a specific criminal offence in the UK punishable by up to two years in prison.


'Upskirting' likely to become criminal offence in UK


McDonald's is set to replace its plastic straws with paper ones across all its outlets in the UK and Ireland from September.


McDonald's to ditch plastic straws in UK, Ireland


Asking states and union territories to build "hostels" for stray cows and dogs, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on Thursday said a committee will check that young animals are not killed in slaughter houses.


States asked to build 'hostels' for stray cows, dogs


Bollywood filmmaker Zoya Akhtar says as more and more women make their mark in the workplace in Indian society, it is reflecting in the country's cinema as well.


Influx of women in workplaces is changing cinema's narrative: Zoya Akhtar (IANS Interview)


After three decades of war, Afghanistan is still not a secure place to live in. It is perhaps the most dangerous place to be born. Although after 2001 Afghanistan is considered to be a "post-war country", violence, suffering, injustice, inequality, illiteracy and poverty remain unpleasant reminders of conflict in daily life. The "post-war" tag doesn't make sense.


In 'post-war' Afghanistan, children's lives still scarred by violence and fear (Comment)


An exhibition bringing together hundreds of personal items that belonged to artist and cult figure Frida Kahlo for the first time outside her native Mexico is set to open in London.


Frida Kahlo's personal items being exhibited in UK


Animal rights activists are up in arms after a video went viral showing how callously a fresh layer of tar on a road to the Taj Mahal was laid burying a sleeping dog by workers of a private company.


Tar laid on road near Taj Mahal - over sleeping dog


The silver wrapped 'footwear' of 16th century Vaishnava saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has been taken to Chittagong in Bangladesh for a religious festival, said the secretary of a historical society in Nabadwip in West Bengal on Wednesday.


Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's footwear reaches Bangladesh for celebrations


Social worker Bindeshwar Pathak, the man behind low-cost toilet revolution 'Sulabh Sauchalya, was on Wednesday honoured with Japans prestigious Nikkel Asia Prize for his contribution towards culture and community.


Sulabh founder receives Japan's Nikkei Asia Prize


A 10-year-old second-hand Hermes Birkin bag has sold for $217,144 in London, a new European record for the most expensive handbag sold at an auction.


10-year-old bag sold for $217,144 in London auction


An 18th century Chinese vase, left for decades in a shoebox in France, has sold for 16.2m euros (£14.2m).


Chinese vase found in shoebox sells for £14m


The TERRE Policy Centre launched its first-ever Campus Sustainability Report, on the occasion of World Environment Day recently, an official said here on Tuesday.


Pune NGO TERRE releases first-ever 'Campus Sustainability Report'


Hundreds of schools and colleges were shut on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall in Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru districts in Karnataka as the southwest monsoon advanced vigorously, officials said.


Schools, colleges shut in rain-hit Karnataka districts


A policewoman attached to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Mumbai has achieved a unique distinction - her feats of child rescue have been saluted as a study chapter in the SSC textbooks in Maharashtra.


Woman railway cop becomes a 'lesson' in Maharashtra textbook


The mother and the brother of a woman who had died spent three days with her body in their apartment, hoping that God will revive her, police said on Monday.


Dead woman's kin keep her body at home hoping for revival


A 54-year-old Indian worker who was left completely paralysed after an accident in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been flown back to India and reunited with his family.


Paralysed Indian worker flown back from UAE


Prince Harry and wife Meghan will visit Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand later this year, marking their first official royal tour after getting married in May.


Prince Harry, Meghan to visit Australia, New Zealand


The Cuban government said that it has not uncovered the cause of mysterious health symptoms that affected an official of the US embassy here last month leading to Washington's decision to withdraw personnel posted there.

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