It is not difficult to stoke up a controversy. Just draw up a list of 10 or 20 or 50 or 100 best something and make it public. The more popular the topic, the more passionate the arguments it will engender. A list of 50 landmark Hindi film songs for instance....
Vegetable imports by Kerala have fallen steeply, thanks to a growing number of people whose kitchen gardens have boosted vegetable production in the state....
On March 12, 1993, Mumbai was rocked by a series of 13 blasts, targeting business locations, five-star hotels, airline office and stock exchange etc., that left 257 people dead and 712 injured. The following are a few facts related to the the blasts:...
Once named as the best chartered accountant by the Memon community, Yaqub Abdul Razzak Memon, the most high-profile convict in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, will hang for acts of terror and mayhem after the Supreme Court rejected his curative plea on Tuesday....
Fiji-born Indian model Pooja Priyanka has been selected to represent Australia in the 2015 edition of "Miss Universal Peace and Humanity" pageant to be held in Dubai from August 18 to 30, a media report said on Tuesday....
A forensic expert has reconstructed, from bloodstains found at the site, the murder of an Indian-origin man in Britain in December last year, revealing the victim was stabbed and battered with a blunt object many times, a media report said on Monday....
This is one man's tryst with majestic mountains. Author Stephen Alter, an American passport holder, was born and raised in Mussoorie, an idyllic retreat in the foothills of the Himalayas. So he grew up with the mountains, fell in love with them, and embraced their myths and natural history. Alter was fascinated by Bandarpunch, or Monkey's Tail, in particular. ...
The coastal village of Pallithura, home to cricketer Sanju Samson near here, was on cloud nine when the news flashed that the 20-year-old will be playing in the second and final Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday....
A group of film buffs has come up with an online site which will enable people to watch the latest Malayalam movies on the digital platform legally at a download cost of Rs.180 for an ordinary print and Rs.300 for a high definition print....
The Bhagvad Gita has been a universal, all-time bestseller. But even its translated versions in a host of languages has been rather difficult for adults and the young alike to fathom in its true spirit, leave alone its original text in Sanskrit. ...
