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The joy of sadness in children's stories

India, May 24 -- Bernadette's daughter asks her not to come to her school theatre performance because she wouldn't be able to handle its heightened emotions. My husband and I looked at each other imme... Read More


Sikkim and five treasures of the Khangchendzonga

India, May 24 -- As school students, many of us first encountered Sikkim through geography textbooks and atlases that spoke of the mighty Khangchendzonga. The "mountain massif" stood before our imagin... Read More


Sorry, it is very British & means many things

India, May 24 -- Sorry is a word we hardly ever use in India. Even when it's necessary, we tend to avoid it. Apologies are not our forte. In Britain, on the other hand, it trips off the natives' tongu... Read More


More than correction of a medical misnomer

India, May 24 -- It's a condition that affects one in eight women around the world. Diagnosed through a matrix of clinical symptoms, ultrasound tests and guesswork, it has no known cure, has been hist... Read More


Unraveling the good, bad and ugly of rupee's recent slump

mUMBAI, May 24 -- With the rupee at the cusp of hitting 100 against a dollar, everybody is interested in, and has, a view on the exchange rate right now. Views and predictions aside, how does the situ... Read More


Petrol, diesel price raised by Rs.1 per ltr

New Delhi, May 24 -- State-run oil companies raised petrol and diesel prices by nearly Rs.1 per litre each on Saturday - the third increase in eight days - taking the cumulative revision to just under... Read More


Senior Telangana official arrested in disproportionate assets case

Hyderabad, May 24 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Telangana police on Saturday arrested a special grade deputy collector in the urban land ceiling (ULC) wing in Medchal-Malkajgiri district coll... Read More


Dumper crushes family sleeping outside amid power cut, four killed

LUCKNOW, May 24 -- A speeding dumper truck ran over five members of a family sleeping outside their home during a power outage in Barabanki district in the early hours of Saturday, killing a man and h... Read More


Azam Khan's sentence enhanced to 10 years

Meerut, May 24 -- The MP-MLA Sessions Court has enhanced the punishment awarded to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan while granting partial relief to his son Abdullah Azam, in a ruling in the tw... Read More


Reptile tried to feed on victim after dragging him into Saryu: PM report

LUCKNOW, May 24 -- The post-mortem examination of a 30-year-old man who was dragged into the Saryu by a crocodile during his mother-in-law's funeral in Gonda district confirmed multiple bite injuries,... Read More