By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Gujarat Files; Author: Rana Ayyub; Publisher: Rana Ayyub; Pages: 204; Price: Rs 295. This is an explosive expose of the 2002 Gujarat riots, which rightly or wrongly made Narendra Modi…
By Mohit Dubey Moscow, June 4 (IANS) Comparisons between Lucknow – capital of India’s most populous state – and Moscow – capital of the world’s largest country – don’t come easy. Differences between the two…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Alok Kaushik used to take an hour and a half to reach his office in Dwarka from Noida on metro, but on Friday he had a nightmarish experience as his…
London, June 3 (IANS) Hikers out for a stroll on the Caribbean island of Montserrat found ancient stone carvings that archaeologists believe could offer valuable insight into the islands pre-colonial history. The petroglyphs — which…
Tokyo, June 3 (IANS) A missing seven-year-old boy was found alive and unharmed after searchers spent nearly a week combing dense forest in Japan’s Hokkaido island, officials said on Friday. Yamato Tanooka was discovered in…
Cairo, June 2 (IANS) A new research has showed that an iron dagger buried with King Tutankhamun, one of ancient Egypt’s most famous kings, was made from a meteorite. Researchers from Italy and the Egyptian…
London, June 2 (IANS) London’s world famous Tower Bridge will be shut for three months starting from October 1 for a major facelift, authorities announced on Thursday. The closure to all road traffic will enable…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Aiming to put an end to the fraudulence on the matrimonial sites, the government on Thursday approved an advisory on functioning of such websites and also made identity proof mandatory…
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The abandoned cluster of rickety and burned walls, which once was home to upper-middle-class Gujarati Muslims in the Hindu-dominated Chamanpura of Ahmedabad, bears a mute witness to…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Donning crisp aprons and trained by French volunteers, young adults from underprivileged backgrounds here are turning into entrepreneurs and taking charge of their life by serving up delectable European fare at…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, June 2 (IANS) The hate mail on social networking sites against the Buddhist monks and authorities managing Thailand’s famous Tiger Temple complex in Kanchanaburi province is increasing by the hour. As…
London, June 2 (IANS) After facing much criticism for temporarily suspending the parody accounts of famous politicians, including President Vladimir Putin in Russia, micro-blogging website Twitter has reinstated all the accounts, a media report said….
Chennai June 1 (IANS) A small tailor in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore has shown the way to the richie-rich in Tamil Nadu by voluntarily declining the 100 units of free power offered by the state government….
Devanik Saha Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years – 84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 percent Muslim – reveals an IndiaSpend analysis of recently released census…
Hyderabad, June 1 (IANS) Telangana is gearing up to celebrate its foundation day on Thursday. Elaborate arrangements have been made to mark the occasion across the state. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara…
Bern, June 1 (IANS) The world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel is to be officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work, a media report said on Wednesday. The 57 km twin-bore…
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) When it embarked on its maiden epic journey of 2,496 km on June 1, 1912, Punjab Mail was the fastest train of undivided India and snaked its way from Mumbai (then…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) As many as 22 boys working in restaurants and other eateries of South Delhi were rescued on Tuesday during a daylong operation and these nine business establishments were sealed, NGO…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 5 lakh to the parents of a 15-year-old boy, who died during a mysterious blast while working…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Thousands of Muslim women have sought support to abolish the “heinous” practice of ‘triple talaq’, which they have termed an “un-Quranic” practice. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) wrote to…