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Egypt Sentences 3 Al-Jazeera Journalists To 3 Years In Prison
CAIRO—An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, the latest twist in a long-running trial criticized worldwide by press freedom advocates and...
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How A Villager Helped Police Locate Spot Where Sheena Bora's Body Was Buried
MUMBAI—The Mumbai police team, probing the mysterious Sheena Bora murder, have a lot to thank Ganesh Dhene, a village official in Pen tehsil of Raigad district, for helping them locate the spot where...
View ArticleCentre To Decide On Land Bill Ordinance Reissue In 48 Hours
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today kept up suspense on whether controversial land acquisition ordinance will be repromulgated, saying a decision will be taken in the next 48 hours. "Wait for next 48...
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Why The News Doesn't Scare Me
If ghost stories don't scare you anymore, your newspaper will. According to them, we are doomed. The rupee is flirting with 66 to a dollar, onions with Rs 80 to a kg and crude oil with $40 to a barrel....
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Fear Is Part of Your Intelligence
When fear comes, what to do? Why should you ask to do anything? When there is fear, be afraid! Why create a duality? When moments of fear come be fearful, tremble with fear, allow fear to take...
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How A Sewing Machine Can Stitch A New Story For Indian Women
By Aniruddh Naik My mother has been using a sewing machine since I was five years old. She learnt it while she was in college and found it enjoyable. But then times changed when I turned six and the...
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Podcast: Our Last Week's Anuvab Pal And Kunaal Roy Kapur Talk About Porn,...
1. Stand-up vs. Acting While in the audience at a stand-up show, Anuvab observes the level of heckling that a comedian faces. Kunaal, on the other hand, has to sit through hours of poking and...
View ArticleRahul Mukerjea Found Sheena's Passport But Didn't Go To Cops
Rahul Mukerjea, Peter Mukerjea's son with whom Sheena Bora had a live-in relationship, found her passport but didn't approach the police with it as he "had lost faith" in them, according to The Times...
View Article'Foreigner' Behind Bangkok Blasts, Say Thai Police
Thai authorities arrested a foreign man they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports, the first possible breakthrough in the deadly bombing at...
View ArticleRBI Governor Rajan Isn't Ruling Out Future Cuts
India's central bank has not said it is done with interest rate cuts and will keep a close eye on incoming data, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday. "We'll look at the...
View ArticleHONEY SING: In Facebook Sex Chats, Senior Army Officers Gave Away Strategic Info
Three Army officers are under investigation for divulging strategic information about the location of several battalion on a series of sex chats on Facebook Sources told the Times of India that a...
View ArticleHow A Professor And His Student Rescued Premchand's House
Ten years ago, Vinay Kumar Yadav had no idea that a classroom discussion he had with his students could today be considered as a real example of how love for language and literature could transcend...
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Cricketer Kambli, Wife Charged With Beating Domestic Help
Former cricketer Vinod Kambli and his wife Andrea have fallen foul of the law for allegedly beating up their maid. A case has been filed under at least three sections of the Indian Penal Code, after...
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KILL BILL: Bihar Polls, Anti Farmer Sentiment Force Government To Let Land...
In what would be a significant victory for the opposition and loss of face for the BJP government, PM Modi formally buried the version of the land bill his government had been championing for the last...
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Supreme Court Says Santhara The Jain Ritual Of Fasting Unto Death Can...
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of a Rajasthan High Court order terming as illegal the religious practice of santhara, a ritual of fasting until death prevalent among Jain...
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Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik Will Not Be Allowed To Enter Goa, Rules SC
India's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by Pramod Mutalik, the chief of the right wing, fringe outfit Sri Ram Sene party, and said the Bombay High Court was justified in restraining him and...
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Like 'The Voice' India's Winner Pawandeep Rajan? Here Are Some Of His Best...
Pawandeep Rajan, a member of Bollywood singer Shaan's team, was today declared the winner of the singing reality series, 'The Voice India', at the grand finale here. Rajan beat three other finalists,...
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OROP Row: Arun Jaitley Rules Out Annual Pension Revision Demanded By Ex...
NEW DELHI— Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today virtually ruled out annual revision of pension as demanded by agitating ex-servicemen under 'One rank, One pension' but said government will safeguard...
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Indian Celebrities Show Some Sibling Love On Social Media On Rakhi
Social media was awash with tweets, pictures and wishes this weekend as Bollywood celebrities wished their siblings a 'Happy Rakhi'. Arpita Khan Sharma proudly shared several pictures of tying a rakhi...
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Infant Death Toll Rises To 53 In Cuttack Hospital
CUTTACK -- With six more deaths, the toll at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Pediatrics Hospital in Cuttack, also known as the Sishu Bhawan, has risen to 53. Yesterday, the...
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