New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Protests over the entry of global retail chains such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour saw tens of thousands of shops down shutters across India Thursday, amid continued political stalemate, even as shoppers did not necessarily share the concerns. The protest was called by the Confederation of All India Trade Associations, backed  [ Read More ]

Imphal:Just days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s scheduled visit to Imphal, capital of Manipur, a powerful bomb explosion took place at the Sangai Festival. One person, a rickshaw-puller, died in the explosion caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) that he was reportedly carrying in his rickshaw. Police who interrogated the man just before he  [ Read More ]

London, Dec 1 (IANS) While many people may think it’s an activity which should be best learned behind closed doors, an enterprising Swedish schoolmistress thinks otherwise. Ylva-Maria Thompson has opened the world’s first international sex school for teaching the art of being better lovers, the Daily Mail reported. The Austrian International Sex School in Vienna  [ Read More ]