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Doon Express derails near Gaya, 12 injured

Gaya (Bihar) July 10(ANI): At least 12 passengers were injured when two coaches of Dehradun bound 3009 Howrah-Dehradun, Doon Express derailed near Gaya early this morning.

According to East Central Railway sources, The SLR van and guard's coach were derailed near Bilwa station about 50 km from district place Gaya at about 3.55 am.

Some of the passengers received minor injuries, the train resumed journey at 6am,and there was no change in the railway schedule because of this mishap. (ANI)

Ancient Greeks and Romans used kissing to express deference, not for Valentines

Washington, February 14 (ANI): Kissing meant much more than physical attraction for the ancient Greeks and Romans, for the juicy gesture was used to express deference at the time, says an expert.Donald Lateiner, a humanities-classics professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, says that men kissed men on the cheek as a social greeting, while subjects of a king "abased" themselves by kissing the ground in front of him.While speaking at a press conference in Chicago, he said that people.....
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