The extension of Sonia Gandhi's term as Congress president by another year in her 17th year in the position is an admission of the party's failure to be a living, evolving, dynamic entity rather than an acknowledgement of her staying power and acceptability within the organization....
Contradicting reports of being forced to stop writing after threats from right wing groups, Malayalam literary critic M.M. Basheer said he does not succumb to such pressures....
Poor dietary habits and high blood pressure have replaced child and maternal malnutrition, unsafe water, sanitation and lack of hand washing as leading risks for death globally, a significant study has revealed....
The death of Kannada rationalist and literary scholar M.M. Kalburgi has sparked protests among people of all spheres in Karnataka. Many political leaders have drawn parallels between his death and those of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare....
Archaeologists have pieced together how the crew of the wrecked 19th century Russian-American Company sailing ship named Neva survived the harsh sub-arctic winter in Alaska....
At a time when religious discourse is coming under friction, a new book by a Stanford University historian has revealed a cultural alliance between Muslims and Hindus in early Sanskrit texts, a finding that may help ease relationships between the two religion's followers....
A Dubai-based Indian woman allegedly recruiting youth for terror outfit ISIS in Syria and Iraq has been extradited, police said....
With "Talvar", filmmaker Meghna Gulzar has attempted a retelling of three investigation theories behind the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj murder case. And its "glaring" parallels with the equally 'scandalous' whodunit Sheena Bora case, has left her mulling over the "extreme degradation of society". She says her movie just may "begin the jou...
According to researchers, those who believe that weight is outside of their control have less healthy body mass index (BMI), make poorer food choices and report lower levels of personal wellbeing than those who do not....
Spread across the dusty old Khajuraho town in Madhya Pradesh, its temples don't just represent architectural finesse and stand as chronicles of time, but also contribute to a large extent to the way India is perceived by the rest of the world - as the land of the Kamasutra, although the book was w...
