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Aizawl — The Border Security Force (BSF) is turning to yoga to keep its troopers fighting fit.

When A. Jayapaul, a former commandant of the Tripura-Cachar-Mizoram (TCM) frontier of BSF, saw his “boys” suffering from stress, he decided to opt …

Dharamsala — Twelve Tibetan export firms will display native products like beer, mineral water, textiles and daily needs commodities in the 26th Indian International Trade Exposition in New Delhi from Nov 14 to 27.

Tibetan beer is considered to be …

Shimla — Unusual autumn showers over the weekend have caused the temperature in the Himachal Pradesh capital to plummet to a record low Monday, making it the coldest October day in 33 years, an official said here Tuesday.

Shimla recorded …

ew Delhi — Even after weeks of concentrated efforts to control dengue in the capital, 69 new cases were reported here and a woman died of the deadly mosquito-borne virus Tuesday.

The identity of the woman was not immediately known. …

London — British actress Sienna Miller refused to go on a drastic diet for the movie “Factory Girl” because she felt she needed the energy to deal with the demanding shooting schedule.

According to contactmusic.com, Miller plays Edie Sedgwick, who …

Hamburg — Chelsea maintained their winning run in this season’s Champions League with a 1-0 win over defending champions Barcelona in a Group A match at Stamford Bridge.

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba scored the only goal of the game …

Bhubaneswar — The superintendent of a private hospital here was arrested for allegedly not supplying oxygen to a patient who died subsequently.

“Purna Chandra Mohanty was arrested Tuesday and a case of death due to negligence has been registered against …

Dubai — The Indian embassy in Bahrain will soon have a brand new building and more staff to handle increased workload.

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed, who made a one-hour stop in Bahrain on his way …

Wellington — An Indian student in Greymouth, New Zealand, is being sent back to India after he fell out with a commune that supported his visit.

Venkata Siva Rayavarapu, 22, was sponsored by the Gloriavale Christian community to study English …

Mumbai — A major rally in the shares of heavyweight stocks such as Infosys Technologies, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank led a key representative market index to surge to an all-time high during intra-day trading Friday.

The 30-share sensitive index …

The versatile singer-actor, who passed away on this day 19 years ago, sung the “Khaike paan Banaraswala” song complete with his imitation of a man talking with his mouth full of betel juice – without it sounding the least bit …