A minor accused in the killing of a 33-year-old business consultant in a hit-and-run case is likely to be produced before a juvenile board while his father has been granted bail after a city court's order here on Sunday....
Khuzaima Qutbuddin, the claimant to the title of Syedna, or the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, who passed away in California on March 31, was on Sunday laid to rest here....
Like in the past, this time too quite a few interesting poll battles are lined up - more than a dozen in fact - for May 16 when the Kerala voters queue up to cast their vote. This time there are film stars pitted against one another, political veterans taking on one another, one-time friends battling against one another; and there are two TV journ...
Polarized politics is what pundits were expecting from the party and its principal leader with an eye on polls in key states. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised people by turning up in Riyadh to meet the custodian of Islam’s two holiest shrines, King Salman bin Abdulaziz....
The Left Front may be huffing and puffing but the BJP, desperate to make a mark in West Bengal, is realising that Bengali votes may be culturally and intellectually "essentially pro-Left"....
For William Dalrymple, the author of books like "City of Djiins", "In Xanadu" and "White Mughals", writing is an intellectual art while photography is emotional. The author, who recently published his first book of photographs, "The Writer's Eye", says that it's a medium to express beauty....
Considered one of the most sought-after books in the world, it would fetch millions of dollars if sold, Xinhua reported....
On the fateful day of March 17, Martin John Chalissery, frontman of popular music and theatre ensemble Oorali, was arrested and assaulted by the police in Thrissur, Kerala, for allegedly being a drug peddler. His crime? He looked "different" and "suspicious" due to his long hair, a reason, he says, was enough for the pol...
From all accounts a driven, idealistic man, Karun, 32, had written stories about a particularly dangerous business - illegal mining. Mafia hit-men first came for Karun after he refused bribes and ignored threats, said the friend. On February 5, “he got information that something was going to happen to him on either the 11th or...
t was on his day 120 years ago that the "greates show on earth", the modern Olympics, opened in Athens to a ringing cry from Baron Pierre de Coubertin that the important thing in the games was not winning but participating. That might seem a misnomer in today's day and age, but the spirit still endures....
