Pope Francis held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi at the Vatican which centred on the rights of Christians and ethnic minorities in the Middle Eastern country, inter-faith dialogue and national reconciliation....
Facebook had cut off its Free Basics service for India three days after the country's telecom watchdog said no to discriminatory pricing of data content....
What do Charlie Chaplin, Elvis Presley and Pablo Picasso have in common? They all belong to the Roma community whose Indian roots will be discussed at the fifth Roma conference and cultural festival organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) here. ...
A tweet by Facebook board member Marc Andreessen implying that Facebook’s Free Basics is the same as colonialism created a storm on Twitter on Wednesday, with many Indians lashing out against him on Facebook as well as on Twitter. ...
The criticism of the decision of the BJP-led government in Goa to de-recognise the coconut palm as a tree was a result of a campaign by "vested interests", state BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said on Tuesday....
A dispute over a small plot of land in a Gurgaon village gave birth to two gangs and led to a dozen cold-blooded murders, with Haryana Police finally gunning down Sandeep Garauli, one of the gang leaders, in Mumbai over the weekend....
Former Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta, accused of passing on sensitive information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), will be charged under the Official Secrets Act, the Delhi High Court has ordered....
Emphasising that the Narendra Modi government wants a "smooth budget session" of parliament, Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said the government is "ready to discuss any issue" with the opposition to ensure "meaningful business in the house"....
On Monday afternoon, India's telecom regulator finally put to rest the fiery net neutrality debate in India -- by ruling against zero rating and differential tariffs....
George Bernard Shaw once rightly said "Whisky is like liquid sunshine" and these hallowed words were given a new meaning at Dramz Whisky Bar and Lounge which hosted 'Indulge' whisky and cigar festival here....
