A picture that transformed a life
The photo inspired an award-winning movie & changed a 10-year-old's world
The photo inspired an award-winning movie & changed a 10-year-old's world
While over 95 per cent of the genes were found to be similar to the African elephant, there are 1,500 bases that are unique to the Asian elephant including those responsible for the heightened sense of smell.
Vijaykumar Rajbhar abandoned the car at Charkop Industrial Estate
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra on directing the film that left an indelible mark on his psyche
Aparna Sen’s new film Arshinagar, based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, carries on where Mr. and Mrs. Iyer left, portraying love across the Hindu-Muslim divide.
Two weeks ago, we had asked readers to write to us about an unusual patriotic song which spoke of the nation without jingoistic overtones. Most wrote back about the national anthem and the debate over...
The PIL alleged that the movie is a false and bogus representation of historic figures
Ukraine won’t make a $3 billion debt repayment due to Russia this weekend because Moscow refused to agree to terms already accepted by other international creditors, Ukraine’s Prime Minister said on ...
Russia’s deputy foreign minister said that the UN Security Council members have reached agreement on a resolution they plan to adopt on Friday endorsing the way forward on a possible end to Syria’s c...
Software glitch inadvertently makes voter data of Hillary’s campaign visible to others
The European Parliament has called upon the European Union (EU) and its member states to launch “targeted sanctions” against “certain members” of the Maldives government and their “leading supporters...
President Barack Obama and civil rights leaders have warned about anecdotal evidence of a recent Muslim backlash, particularly in California.
Texas student spends three days in a juvenile detention centre over bomb remarks
The saddest aspect of the political turmoil in Arunachal Pradesh is that its key actors have revived unedifying practices that one would have thought the Indian polity had left behind some years ago:...
The CBI is repeatedly charged with acting at the government's behest. Parliamentary oversight would be a good starting point towards giving the agency meaningful autonomy
The failure of Marine Le Pen’s Front National to win even a single region in this month’s elections in France demonstrates that the majority of French voters are not yet ready to let the far-right pa...
Last Christmas in Delhi was mired in controversies over cancelled holidays after the Central government declared December 25 as “Good Governance Day.” This year however, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Can’t issue order to continue detention, says Delhi High Court. High Court declines to issue any direction to continue the stay of the juvenile, who is now an adult, in the observation home beyond Dec. 20
Jurm jeet gaya, hum haar gaye (Crime has won and we have lost) was the immediate one-line reaction of the kin of the December 16 gang-rape victim, minutes after the Delhi High Court refused to stop t...
The Finance Ministry has invited public comments till December 31
Purpose of PPP model defeated due to slow progress in project implementation
Infosys Founder N. R. Narayana Murthy said the move by the U.S. Congress to increase the fee on popular H-1B and L-1 visas will not impact the growth of the Indian IT sector even as the industry body...
According to the post release plan prepared by the Management Committee of the Place of Safety, the juvenile in conflict with law in the December 16 gang-rape case, who is all set to walk free on comi...
The Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations will be an “unbearable burden” on Indian Railways’ finances and may have an impact of up to Rs 32,000 crore annually, Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu, sa...
Housing prices increased by 13.7 per cent during July-September of this fiscal compared with year-ago period but the annual growth rate has slowed down, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) r...