In 2003, when she was 17, Sonali Mukherjee had a bright future in front of her. She was the capital of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), the president of the Student Union and an honor student, wishing to pursue a degree in sociology.

New Delhi - India has become the fourth-- and most important-- nation to ban captive dolphin shows, describing them "morally unacceptable" and calling for the cetaceans to be recognized as "non-human persons."

Police in Norwich in the U.K. are looking into an incident where a driver knocked a cyclist off the road and into a hedge and then drove on. The driver later boasted about her deed in a tweet and police read it and began an investigation.

It may sound macabre but two microscope slides of deceased Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's blood will go up on auction in London on Tuesday. They're expected to fetch upwards of $22,000 U.S. and will be cherished by the winning bidder.

Kiruna - Secretary of State John Kerry was engaged in a different type of Cold War last week as he met with representatives of nations bordering the Arctic at the conclusion of Sweden’s two year chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

Lucknow - The world's oldest female prisoner, Ram Kali, 107, died in Bulandshahr jail on Sunday. She was one of hundreds of aged prisoners incarcerated in India's Uttar Pradesh region.

Chennai - They used to be snake charmers, until the government made it illegal. However, instead of crying over a lost livelihood, youths of the primitive tribe Irular in southern India are turning entrepreneurs, catching and breeding clams and .fish

Awareness advocates around the world are in full swing today when it comes to raising awareness of Ankylosing Spondylitis. Today, May 4th, is World AS Day.

Jenna Talackova, a male turned transgendered female, and former beauty pageant contestant as a female, is moving from Vancouver to Toronto to begin a career as a model. And you will be able to watch it all on reality TV.

Vancouver - It's arguable journalism is in decline, though it's also arguable it never really had a heyday. It's hard to deliver good journalism, given the owners of the news are subject to greed and those same owners, and their reporters, etc. are subject to bias.

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov narrowly escaped injuries after falling from a horse during a national horse racing event Sunday.

The newest edition to the Iron Man franchise gets personal. The third installment of the series reveals fears and demons of Tony Stark.

The movie industry of India will be a grand old man of 100 this year, and several movie personalities, right from superstar Amitabh Bachchan to hard-working film accountants such as Amol Gore have expressed their feelings about it.

An Indian man has been charged with endangering the life of a child, after the video of his nine-year-son driving a Ferrari F430 caused a sensation on YouTube.

Rawalpindi - The former President of Pakistan has been charged in the assassination death of Benazir Bhutto by an anti terrorism court.

Italian and American companies, Micoperi and Titan Salvage, continue working on refloating the Costa Concordia. Last week the first of 30 giant 'boxes' was attached to a side of the doomed cruise ship.

A fire in a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow has killed 36 residents and two doctors, Digital Journal has learned. The fire in the one-story brick-and-wood building spread rapidly and most of the deceased died in their beds.

Selena Gomez again wore a bindi on her forehead, the red dot that is a religious symbol in Hinduism, despite criticism. Gomez was taken to task for using it for "seductive effects" but it has been used in Bollywood movies as a comely adornment on women.

New Delhi - A new-born baby was sold on Facebook for Rs 800,000 (about $14,800) by his grandfather. Firoz Khan stole his grandson, sold him through a child trafficking ring and told his daughter, the mother of the child, that he had died.

Raipur - For years, communist ultras have been raging an anti-state war in India that has claimed thousands of lives. In the backdrop of this unrest, youths in a central Indian state are reviving a forgotten ritual that binds them into eternal friendship.