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Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said there was no truth about female parliamentarians being subjected to any kind of sexual or other harassment in Parliament as claimed. “On the basis of media reports, I conducted a fact-finding inquiry...

Tobacco companies won’t admit that smoking is an addiction but everyone knows it is so. And it is an addiction that’s powerful enough to keep millions smoking tobacco and jeopardizing their health. The tar in cigarette...

There are many advantages to eating fruit and vegetables raw. Water-soluble vitamins (such as vitamin C) are destroyed by heating, so there will be less vitamin C in a cooked carrot than in a similar raw...

More than twice as many Muslim soldiers supported Allied forces in World War One than was previously thought, according to new research into the Islamic contribution to the conflict.   Dr Islam Issa, Lecturer in English...

In the tiny hamlet of Mawlynnong in India’s far north east, plastic is banned and spotless paths are lined with flowers — but its reputation as Asia’s cleanest village has proved a mixed blessing. Until 2003...

In the wake of campaigns against rising intolerance in the country, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said everyone should accept people of different beliefs and ideologies to achieve the organisation’s motto of serving the nation selflessly to...

ZAYN Malik, formerly of boyband One Direction, turns 23 today. The Bradford-born singer (pictured) first found fame on The X Factor in 2010 and then shot to global fame as a member of the group. However,...

A chilling Islamic State manual has emerged online in which the dreaded outfit advised would-be jihadis from the West to trim their beards and wear western-style clothes to avoid being identified by security services while plotting...

Pranav Dhanawade, who has broken a century-old cricketing record, became the first batsman to score 1000-plus runs in an innings in any form of cricket. Batting against Arya Gurukul School in a Bhandari Cup match, Pranav...

More than 27,000 days of additional imprisonment were imposed on prisoners in the West Midlands region who were found to have broken prison rules last year, a report published by the Howard League for Penal Reform...