Digvijaya Singh To Surrender In Court For Madhya Pradesh Assembly Recruitment...
NEW DELHI -- Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for filing a case against him where there is no charge of corruption, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is set to surrender before a local court...
View ArticleI Was Kicked, Punched, Lost My Pants In Scuffle, Yet Police Let Attackers Go,...
The role of the Delhi police in the attack on journalists, students and members of faculty from the Jawaharlal Nehru University earlier this month has come under scrutiny after a video accessed by...
View ArticleWhat The Economic Survey Said And What It Means For Us
The Economic Survey runs along expected lines. However, it seems a little more realistic and conservative in its short-term projections than the previous year's document. Growth GDP growth is...
View Article5 Things Cancer Patients Wish You Didn't Take For Granted
We all tend to take a few things in life for granted- as if ‘it’s meant to be for us’. Often because of this ‘for granted’ attitude we forget to be humble and simply stop respecting things in life. Ask...
View ArticlePHOTO: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Visits The Golden Temple With Daughter Aaradhya
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is currently shooting for her upcoming film Sarabjit in Amristar, visited the the Golden Temple with her family. The 42-year-old actress was accompanied by...
View ArticleWATCH: Rampaging Temple Tusker In Kerala Tosses Around Pick-Up Van
Elephants are gentle creatures and an essential part of many Indian religious festivals. Which is why we often tend to forget the power these gentle giants pack. On Thursday, an elephant went on a...
View Article22 Images That Perfectly Capture Indian Mythology In The Digital Era
As our Parliament debates goddess Durga and demon god Mahishasura, a beautiful series of graphic art perfectly blends mythological characters with modern, digital times. Scroll Droll's set of hilarious...
View ArticleJNU Sedition Case Transferred To Special Cell: Bassi
Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said on Saturday that the sedition case in connection with the controversial JNU event has been transferred to the force's counter-terrorism unit Special Cell. "I...
View ArticleCourt Extends Custody Of Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya
A Delhi court today allowed the custodial interrogation of two JNU students, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested in a sedition case, by two more days. The court extended the police custody...
View ArticleModi Says He Has Become An "Eyesore" For Those Affected By Graft
BELAGAVI (KARNATAKA) -- For the second time this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that he has become an "eyesore" for those affected by his crusade to end black-marketing and...
View Article'Facebook Took Away My Right To Free Speech By Deleting Afzal Guru Cartoon'
By Abhimanyu Singh Mir Suhail Qadiri, a 26-year-old cartoonist with the Srinagar-based publication Rising Kashmir is disturbed over Facebook's removal of his cartoon on the hanging of alleged militant...
View ArticleTwo Rotis And A Penis: The Poisonous Truth About Kitchen Sexism
A few days ago I came across a picture on Facebook that compared rotis made by wives who had an arranged marriage versus those who had a love marriage. The arranged marriage wife's roti had the...
View ArticleIt's Sonam Season In Bollywood, And It Started Before 'Neerja'
The winds have been changing for a while now, but with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Neerja it's safe to say that it's finally Sonam season in Bollywood. With this film about...
View ArticleThe Problem With Being A 'Nice' Guy
At a recent congregation of fellow bloggers, writers and normal people I happened to overhear a conversation. I tend to not be very interactive at social events, and usually either hang out with the...
View ArticleIndia Is Being Shamed. Why Are We Allowing It?
I have watched the JNU drama play out for days. I have heard the students being called anti-national, seditious traitors and terrorists. I have seen the idiot BJP politicians parade their ignorance and...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: The Silent, Shadowy Women At Nizamuddin Dargah
As part of my continuing efforts to travel around India to explore questions of gender and space (including gender segregation of public spaces), and document my experience through photographs, I went...
View ArticleAsia Cup T20 2016: India Survives Mohammed Amir, Led To Victory By Virat...
Mirpur-- India recovered from three early jolts, inflicted by a devastating spell from Mohammed Amir, before notching up a five-wicket victory against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup T20...
View ArticleThane Man Murders 14 Members Of His Family, Including 7 Kids, Before Hanging...
Thane-- In a shocking incident of familicide, a 35-year-old man allegedly killed 14 of his family members and then committed suicide in the Kasarwadavli area. Police suspect a property dispute as the...
View ArticleMe? Single. You? Double? Okay!
The guard outside the Gordon House Hotel in Colaba hated my face. I don't think he'd even seen it. The way most of us casually blank out eyes of a beggar knocking on our tinted car-windows, this guard...
View ArticleI Have An Exam Tomorrow, PM Modi Says About Impending Budget
New Delhi--"I have an exam tomorrow," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today referring to presentation of General Budget in Parliament as he gave a pep talk to motivate students appearing for board...
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