While the total number of children in the US has remained about the same since 2008, more children today are likely to live in families barely able to afford their most basic needs, stated the report “Basic Facts about Low-Income Children†from the National Centre for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman ...
With a fiery 31-minute animated taunt at the government, mixed with sarcasm and humour, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, long ridiculed for his drab speeches, on Wednesday appeared to have made a much desired shift in his oratory skills. ...
A Catholic priest on Monday opened a yoga and nature cure centre in the city's Dayalbagh area to "benefit the suffering humanity"....
Indian Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh's call earlier this month asking Indian companies to produce pulses and oilseeds in Africa to meet the country's production shortfall may have emphasised the need to diversify agriculture....
HRD Minister Smriti Irani's controversial comments on Durga and Mahishasur appear to ignore the varied folk traditions in which the latter is adulated as a king and an ancestor, experts say....
It may not sound as music to the ears of the powers that be, but catchy numbers are being thrown up amid the controversies surrounding student politics and concerns over growing intolerance in India....
Mehta, known for unconventional films like "Mirch Masala" and "Maya Memsaab, spoke to IANS on the sidelines of the third edition of the Taj Literature Festival, which ended on Sunday....
Title: Standing Guard - A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500...
Like any other youngster, 20-year-old Mohammad Aamir Khan too had a conventional dream of the future. He was however picked up by the Delhi Police one night and was falsely accused of being a terrorist. It took 14 long years for Aamir to get acquitted of the charge - and has now co-written a book on ...
Even as India's colonial era provision of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code -- that criminalises homosexuality -- continues to hang around like the Albatross on the LGBT community's neck, actor Manoj Bajpayee says that today, the majority has begun to "accept homosexuals", and it's the "minority" that needs to change their m...
