A fifth of female sex workers live with violence, attacked four times a month, on average, according to an analysis of data on 109,366 such workers, gathered over six months to September 2015 by Swasti Health Resource Centre, a Bengaluru-based nonprofit, as part of its work under the Avahan initiative (Phase 3). Those with more […]

After tasting a big success with recent romantic Telugu flick Pelli Choopulu, Actress Ritu Varma teaming up with Adivi Sesh for upcoming thriller film Goodachari. After the runaway success of romantic comedy “Pellicho Choopulu”, actress Ritu Varma has been roped in as the leading lady opposite actor Adivi Sesh in upcoming Telugu spy thriller “Goodachari”. […]

New Delhi: The union government has spent over Rs 1,000 crore over seven years to modernise madrasas or Islamic educational institutions, according to data released by Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar in the Lok Sabha. The government increased the spending on the Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM), launched in 2009-10, […]

Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra was celebrating pre Indepence Day celebrations in the heart of the biggest city of Canada in Toronto. Thousands of Indo-Canadians joined in advance celebrations of India’s Independence Day here on Monday as Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra led the community parade in the heart of the biggest city of Canada. As its Grand […]

Choreographer-director Remo D’souza is very interested about to do a desi version of Avengers in future. Choreographer-director Remo D’souza, whose forthcoming movie “A Flying Jatt” is based on the concept of a superhero, is keen to make a desi version of Hollywood movie “Avengers”. Asked if a film like Hollywood movie “Avengers” — which has […]

Dhaka, Aug 8: Bangladesh authorities have arrested nine foreigners in Dhaka for possessing counterfeit currency notes, police said on Monday. The elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said the arrests were made from a house at the capital’s Bashundhara residential area during a raid on Sunday night, bdnews24 […]

Tokyo: Researchers have found that the spontaneous smiles seen in hominoids are also common in Japanese macaques, revealing that the origin of smiles goes back at least 30 million years when old world monkeys and our ancestors diverged. Spontaneous smiles — considered the evolutionary origin of real smiles and laughter — are facial movements that […]

New York: Memory loss could trigger unimaginable chaos in the life of an Alzheimer’s patient but taking care of dementia patients could be no less stressful either. To help bring some order into the lives of such Alzheimer’s caregivers a team of US researchers is to test if a Facebook web app could be of […]

Today the UPPSC Civil Judge Final Results 2016 have been declared on the official website www.uppsc.up.nic.in The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, UPPSC Civil Judge Final Results 2016 have been declared on the official website www.uppsc.up.nic.in and a list of selected candidates will be displayed in that list. The qualified candidates are eligible for the selection process. […]

Lucknow, Aug 8: The authorities have begun the process of shifting out of Lucknow city 500 factories located in densely populated areas in violation of safety norms, an official said on Monday. The Lucknow district administration has asked fire department, municipal corporation, and labour department to give a final report on these factories so that […]