Agartala, March 11 (IANS) In a rare gesture, Tripura Governor Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil has sponsored a trip for ten budding cricketers to watch the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in Mumbai starting Friday, officials said here Thursday.
'A 13-member team, comprising 10 under-19 promising young cricketers and three officials, has already
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Lucknow, March 11 (IANS) The wedding card of this couple who eloped might read something like this -- Satish Kumar weds Maya Pasi. You are cordially invited to attend the marriage at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district!
Satish, 24, and Maya, 21 - both residents of Achalganj town
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan will be open to specially abled persons Friday, an official statement said Thursday.
Special arrangements have been made for differently abled persons to view the gardens Friday, a statement issued by the President House said.
The gardens will be open to
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Kathmandu, March 11 (IANS) Four months after Nepal came under fire from animal lovers worldwide for holding the biggest animal sacrifice fair in its southern plains, hundreds of people are now flocking to the west to participate in a festival to drink yak's blood.
Men, women and even children have been
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New York, March 10 (DPA) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) were selected Tuesday winners of the 2010 UN Population Award.
The award has been given out annually to individuals or groups for their outstanding work in population and in
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Washington, March 10 (DPA) The first gay couples to take advantage of a law that allows same-sex couples to marry in Washington gave their 'I dos' Tuesday.
Ceremonies were held Tuesday morning at the courthouse and at the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocacy group that broadcast the ceremonies of
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Washington, March 9 (IANS) Acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation spread just as easily as bad ones. And it takes only a handful to really make a difference.
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Harvard provide the first lab evidence that cooperative behaviour is contagious, spreading from
Washington, March 9 (IANS) A romantic break-up can whittle down one's sense of identity or 'self concept', says new research.
Self-concept is defined as a person's sense of 'me'. Romantic partners develop shared friends, activities and even overlapping self-concepts.
Using three studies, the researchers examined identity changes that can occur after a
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Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) As Nepal celebrated 100th International Women's Day Monday by declaring a public holiday, rich tributes were paid to Nepali women, who comprise over 51 percent of the population, by first woman Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi.
Bedi, winner of the Magsaysay Award for her work to
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New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) At least 100 million (10 crore) women are missing in seven Asian countries, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said Monday. It said 85 million of them are from India and China.
'While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the regions' vibrant economic transformation in
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