The deadliest disaster to strike the annual Muslim pilgrimage at Mecca in a quarter-century.
Like any other year, this year too millions of Muslims flocked to Mecca in Saudi Arabia on the holy occasion of the religious pilg…
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Crane crash into Grand Mosque of Mecca kills many in the holy city.
The Grand Mosque in the holy city of Meccais the world's largest and houses the Kaaba, a multibillion-dollar project was going on …
Last date for filing Income Tax returns extended again in India.
So long the last date for filing income tax returns in India was July 31 every year. This year, the last date for filing income ta…
Today- it is ‘Teachers Day’ in India.
In India, 5th September is celebrated as Teachers Day as a mark of tribute to the contribution made by teachers to the society. 5t…
A touching instance of sibling love.
Kamaljeet Singh had died fighting Pakistani soldiers in the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Since then, her sister Amritpal Kaur in Gurdaspur v…
Today- it is Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan.
Today is Rakhi which is also known as or Raksha Bandhan. In Sanskrit Rakhiliterally means the tie or knot of protection. Rakhi is …
Antibiotics in childhood may increase juvenile arthritis risk.
A study conducted on roughly 450,000 children claims that taking antibiotics may double the risk of a child contracting juvenile a…
Onion robbery in Mumbai, India.
The wholesale onion prices on August 22 touched Rs 57 per kg at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra which is considered Asia's biggest onion …
Mumbai the costliest city among the key Indian cities.
A travel portal called TripAdvisor made an annual survey to compare the cost of living for travellers in different cities of India…
Today- it is the 71st birth anniversary of former India’s Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Rajiv Gandhi who served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989 and was assassinated by the LTTE on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in T…
