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Mama Wants Someone Out Of The Way: Vidhie Mukerjea Had Warned Rahul, Sheena
Despite severe discord between them, Sheena Bora probably never imagined that her own mother could kill her to secure her own future. However, Indrani Mukerjea's other daughter Vidhie had a hunch that...
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Censor Board Is Not A Government Mouthpiece, Says Rajyavardhan Rathore
PANAJI -- The Centre today sought to distance itself from the raging debate over Censor Board's moves, saying the Board is an autonomous body and its decisions do not reflect the government's...
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Sukhbir Singh Badal Accuses Congress Of Encouraging Separatists
New Delhi -- Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today accused Congress of fomenting trouble in the state by encouraging secessionist forces. Addressing a press conference here, Badal...
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Will French President François Hollande Attend The 2016 Republic Day Parade?
Republic Day, which has been turned into an opportunity to strengthen diplomatic ties by th Modi government, will be graced by another world leader in 2016. After last year's extensively publicised and...
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RK Pachauri Allowed To Enter TERI Headquarters In Delhi
NEW DELHI -- A Delhi court on Saturday allowed former United Nations climate panel chief and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) director general Rajendra K. Pachauri, facing sexual harassment...
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Anita Datar, The Only Indian-American Killed In Mali Attack, Ran An NGO In...
She dedicated her life to promoting healthcare and education in some of the poorest regions in the world, believing it will prevent violence and terrorism. But, as fate would have it-- Anita Datar...
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Bangladesh Hangs Two Top Opposition Leaders Over 1971 War Crimes
DHAKA -- Two top Bangladeshi opposition leaders were hanged yesterday for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan after the country's President rejected their...
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Why The Bihar Elections Were Not A Victory For 'Secularism'
In some intellectual circles, the Bihar verdict of 8 November 2015 marks the victory of the forces of secularism over communalism. In the annals of documented history, it will go down as the day in...
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Conversations With Cabbies: My Favourite Source Of Social Policy Insights
Cabbies and auto-rickshaw drivers, from Mumbai to Singapore, are the most politically aware and erudite socio-political commentators around as they truly have their ears to the heartbeat of the...
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I Revisited Satyajit Ray's 'Apu Trilogy' And Here's What I Discovered
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of re-watching Satyajit Ray's 'Apu trilogy' at the Film Forum in New York. I recall first watching these films in Delhi in the early '90s, and they continue to...
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Can't Wait To Be A Dad, Announces Two Month...
WASHINGTON -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he is planning to take two months of paternity leave upon his first child's birth, underlining the importance of family in the life of one of...
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Indian Cinema Should Not Have Any Boundaries, Feels Dev Patel
Actor Dev Patel plays mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan in his latest film, The Man Who Knew Infinity, but the 25-year-old can't solve an equation to save his life. "I was seriously, seriously...
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India Test-Fires Indigenously Developed Supersonic Interceptor Missile
BALASORE -- India today test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The interceptor, known as Advanced Air Defence (AAD)...
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What Will We Gain From This Rabid Islamophobia?
When was the last time you went to a party and someone asked you if you were a Hindu? I'd say never. Why then does the question, 'are you a Muslim?', get posed to so many of my friends with non-Hindu...
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Prakash Javadekar Interview: Developed World Should Vacate The Carbon Space
NEW DELHI -- Next week, negotiators from 196 countries will gather in Paris to reach an agreement on how to fend off the catastrophic consequences of climate change, and stop global temperatures from...
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The Morning Wrap: Daddy Lalu Wants To Shadow Minister Sons; Days After...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Over the...
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Prakash Javadekar Finally Explains Modi's Bizarre Remarks On Climate Change
NEW DELHI -- On his foreign visits over the past year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged terrorism and climate change as the gravest problems in the world. And in the run up to the climate...
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Poet Jayanta Mahapatra Returns Padma Shri As Protest Against Moral Asymmetry...
NEW DELHI -- Noted poet Jayanta Mahapatra returned his Padma Shri award on Sunday to vent his ire over what he called "the growing moral asymmetry in the country". "It is a personal decision. I have...
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Land Reforms Are Critical For Bihar, So Why The Silence During Polls?
Peter Bachrach and Morton Baratz define "nondecision-making" as a manifestation of power in decision-making. They argue that to identify power one needs to analyse decisions that were not made i.e....
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4 Inexpensive 'Superfoods' That Never Get The Limelight
In the last couple of years, the term "superfood" has gained increasing amounts of popularity. Trendy products like acai, wheatgrass, kefir and goji berries promise health, wellness and extreme weight...
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