From pariah to demi-god: transgender leader a star at Kumbh

PRAYAGRAJ, India – In a desert tent guarded by armed police and a thick-set bouncer, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is blessing a constant stream of pilgrims, who garland her with marigolds and kneel to touch her feet.Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, chief of the “Kinnar Akhara” congregation for transgender people speaks […]

Government sacks PNB executives for lapses in $2 billion fraud in first firings: sources

NEW DELHI – The government has sacked two executives of the state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) for allegedly failing to prevent a $2 billion fraud, two sources said on Sunday, nearly a year after the country’s biggest bank scam came to light and also dragged the government into […]

2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 from 23-25 January, 2019 in Goa : Shripad Naik to inaugurate

open view news desk Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, will inaugurate the 2ndWorld Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 on the ‘Regulation of Homeopathic Medical Products; Advancing global collaboration’ being organized from 23-25 January, 2019 in Goa.  The organizers of the forum are […]

Suspected car bomb explodes in N. Ireland

A suspected car bomb exploded in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry on Saturday, police said, with leading politicians alleging the blast was terror-related. The Police Service of Northern Ireland tweeted a photograph of the scene outside a courthouse as it warned that evacuations were taking place due […]

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