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Burundi woman with baby in hand receives degree
Mangaluru: A 32-year-old Burundi citizen, who received the post-graduate degree with her three-month old baby in hand, stole the spotlight at the international students graduation day of Mangalore University here.
Lord Dalhousie never visited Dalhousie town, claims new book
New Delhi: The over 160-year-old Dalhousie hill station in Himachal Pradesh may have been named after the famous Governor General of India, but strangely Lord Dalhousie himself never visited the idyllic town, claims a new book.
Prez poll: Voters can't carry their pens inside voting chamber
New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) MPs and MLAs who vote to elect the next President tomorrow have been barred from carrying their personal pens inside the voting chamber and will have to mark their ballot with a specially-designed marker, the Election Commission said today.
Pakistani boy tortured to death over goat theft
Lahore: A 14-year-old Pakistani boy was allegedly tortured to death for stealing a goat in Punjab province, a media report said today. The incident triggered a protest by the boy's family, who alleged that police refused to register a murder case against the suspects, including the owner of the goat, the Dawn reported.
Amarnath Yatra: 16 killed, 30 injured as vehicle carrying them falls into gorge
Ramban/Jammu: At least 16 Amarnath pilgrims were killed and over 30 injured when a bus skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and rolled down into a deep nullah in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said.
Muslims help perform last rites of Kashmiri Pandit
Pulwama: Spreading a message of unity and brotherhood, around 3,000 people, mostly Muslims, gathered in Pulwama’s Trichal village to attend the final rites of a local Kashmiri Pandit.
Hizbul module unearthed, three arrested
Srinagar: Security forces have unearthed a module of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant outfit by arresting three persons in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said today. Baramulla Police, assisted by other security forces, busted the module which has been active in the area to lure young boys to terrorism, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Baramulla, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir said.
Grand birthday bash planned for Delhi zoo's oldest inmate
New Delhi: For the first time in 56 years, Rita is getting a grand party for her birthday, one that promises to be quite unlike any other celebration. For a start, no one knows exactly when she was born. All that is known of the origins of the Delhi zoo's oldest inmate -- and its only chimpanzee -- is that she came to the national capital from the distant shores of Amsterdam in 1964.
Amarnath attack: Woman pilgrim succumbs to injuries
Srinagar: A woman devotee, injured in the deadly militant attack on Amarnath pilgrims, succumbed at a hospital early today, taking the death toll in the incident to eight.
Martyr’s kin to be given Rs20 lakh
Kangra: The state government is committed to help the families of the martyrs who lay down their lives for the safety and security of the nation. Stating this here yesterday, Kangra Deputy Commissioner CP Verma said on compassionate grounds the state government had decided to pay Rs 20 lakh to the family of Suresh Kumar of the CRPF, who attained martyrdom at Sukma in Chhattisgarh on March 11 this year.