With just 18 days to go for the world's biggest sporting extravaganza -- the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janerio -- India's tennis star Sania Mirza on Sunday pointed out that though mixed doubles is the toughest event, there is no doubt that it is the country's best bet of winning a medal at the Games....
India would have faced far greater criticism of its handling of the outbreak in Kashmir if the international scene was calmer....
The head Muslim preacher of Jammu and Kashmir said there were "many factors", including the alleged RSS and BJP plans of enforcing demographic changes, that contributed to the current turmoil in the Kashmir Valley....
He began with talks on comparative religion, exhibiting a huge storehouse of knowledge that attracted a large number of Muslims and many non-Muslims too. But as his popularity grew, Zakir Naik turned Islamist, declaring non-Muslims as "disoriented", justifying sex with female slaves and calling upon Indian Muslims to refrain from saying "namaste"....
Journalism and Public Relations may have come a long way since the days of the town-criers. But the professionals in these respective fields have kept re-inventing themselves with the changing times, overcoming tough challenges....
Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) Rameswar Oraon on Wednesday said that security personnel did not follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) during the anti-Maoist operation which led to the death of six innocent tribals in Kandhamal district....
Abusive laws and poor enforcement of safeguards in Indian state-run coal mines is provoking local tribal communities into opposing expansion of these blocks, human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday....
A rare jewel-encrusted book that belonged to a 16th century French king is in danger of being exported from Britain unless $10.5 million can be raised to stop it going abroad, an official said on Tuesday....
Fans copy their favourite movie stars' hairstyles and this legendary actor also inspired such a craze -- even though he sported a clean shaven head. His unique bald look, intense gaze, deep, authoritative voice and indefinable accent made Yul Brynner, whose 96th birthday would have fallen on Mon...
The Supreme Court verdict saying the army should not use excessive force in its counter insurgency operations has not gone down well with the army veterans who feel that it does not reflect their operational principles under which they use minimum of force in operations against insurgents. ...
