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Tea growers in Assam face threats from militant outfits
Tea growers in Assam face threats from m...

Tea growers in Assam face threats from militant outfits

Guwahati –  Militant outfits regularly harass people through illegal practices like extortion, taxation and abduction. Workers and small tea garden owners at Assam-Nagaland border are increasingly facing threats from various militant outfits. Twenty-year-old Damu Gour, who works as a daily... read more »

If injected into the bloodstream Pederin is fatal
If injected into the bloodstream Pederin...

If injected into the bloodstream Pederin is fatal

India has been so unsuccessful in producing its own weapons of war that I am surprised that we do not start looking for innovative ways to keep our neighbours at bay. We have Pakistan and China’s incursions on one side, Bangladeshis pouring in relentlessly into our border districts, Maoists... read more »

Let's talk about food
Let’s talk about food

Let’s talk about food

Other than music, food is something we all love to talk about. Sensing that food leads to conversations and sharing of recipes and memories, this week IANS brings to you an assortment of traditional and modern cuisines, with a bit of advice. Take a look. 1. Book: “The Married Man’s... read more »

Delhi gang rape pained me, says poet Salman Khurshid
Delhi gang rape pained me, says poet Sal...

Delhi gang rape pained me, says poet Salman Khurshid

New Delhi – Pained at the brutal assault and gang rape of a young Delhi woman last year, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has penned some poems to pay “tribute to her soul and to her parents”. The ghastly incident of Dec 16, 2012 shook the nation and led to widespread... read more »

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Chinese ink paintings exhibition opens in London

Chinese ink paintings exhibition opens in London

London – An exhibition of ink paintings by Chinese contemporary artists opened at the Henry Moore Gallery in London. “The paintings are different in style and subject,” Wang... read more »

Auction of Sikh Empire's artifacts in Britain

Auction of Sikh Empire’s artifacts in Britai...

London – An 1805 report, first-hand accounts, a book and and a few paintings throwing light on the life of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, under whom... read more »

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Chicago – A US based Sikh rights group has challenged the order of a US court dismissing a human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for failing... read more »

'Government exploring ways to restore HC ruling on homosexuality'

‘Government exploring ways to restore HC ruling on homosexuality’

New Delhi – The government is considering all options before it in an attempt to restore the 2009 Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising homosexuality, union Law Minister Kapil... read more »

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New Delhi – Celebrating its silver jubilee, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) has mounted an exhibition of all the audio-visual equipment it has been using and the... read more »

US reacts with dismay over India's gay sex ruling

US reacts with dismay over India’s gay sex ruling

By Arun Kumar Washington – Expressing concern over the Indian Supreme Court’s ruling restoring the ban on gay sex, the US has expressed its opposition to “any action that... read more »

Why can't Sikhs with beards join US forces?

Why can’t Sikhs with beards join US forces?

By Arun Kumar Washington – An independent, bipartisan federal agency has asked the US defence leadership to explain why Sikh Americans wearing beards and turbans are not allowed to serve in... read more »