FTII Students Release Video To Counter Director Prashant Pathrabe's...
Even as the director of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) of Pune, who was on Monday night detained inside his office by a group of agitating students for over eight hours, told...
View ArticleDelhi Gangrape Convict Claims He Was Brutally Assaulted In Tihar By Jail Inmates
NEW DELHI—One of the four death row convicts in the 16 December gangrape and murder case on Thursday claimed in court that he was brutally assaulted by the inmates in Tihar Jail in New Delhi due to...
View ArticleGovernment-Appointed Panel Wants To Ban Sale Of Junk Food Near Schools
NEW DELHI—To deal with increasing obesity among children, a government-appointed committee has suggested a slew of measures including ban on sale of junk food in and around schools. The Committee on...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Glitch, Minutes Before I-Day, Doomed Modi OROP Plan;...
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 'One Touch...
View ArticlePakistan Cancels Commonwealth Conference To Highlight 'Kashmir Issue'
In further signs of escalating tension with India, Pakistan has pulled out of hosting a key conference which was to bring together speakers of Commonwealth nations, after India insisted that the...
View ArticleNarendra Modi's Hotline With Barack Obama Is Now Operational
The hotlines or secure lines of communication between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama and their national security advisors have recently become operational, though it has not...
View ArticleNarendra Modi's Hotline With Barack Obama Is Now Operational
WASHINGTON — The hotlines or secure lines of communication between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama and their national security advisors have recently become operational,...
View ArticlePHOTOS: This Amazing Tree Produces 40 Different Kinds Of Fruits
SYRACUSE -- Plums, peaches, nectarines and cherries all grow on just one of Sam Van Aken's fruit trees. The trees blossom in a riot of red, white and pink each spring. The artist calls his creations...
View ArticleWhat Delhi's only woman Uber driver can tell you about safety
"Today in the morning I dropped two young boys to Anand Vihar," says Zamarrud Parveen, a pleasant surprise in her black-and-white hijab and bright yellow salwar kameez behind the wheel during my last...
View Article92% Of Muslim Women In India Want A Total Ban On Oral Talaq, Survey Finds
Majority of Muslim women In India want a complete ban on oral and unilateral divorce, a survey by an NGO that fights for the rights of the community in India have revealed in a survey. 92.1% of women...
View ArticleOnion Prices Hit 2-Yr High Of Rs 80/kg, Govt Sends Teams To Check Hoarding,...
NEW DELHI — Rising onion prices can bring down governments, and both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress have experienced that the hard way since Delhi gained partial statehood. Now, Arvind...
View Article'Manjhi' Review: Ain't This Mountain High Enough? Not Really.
Dashrath ‘Mountain Man’ Manjhi, who passed away in 2007, had a life that deserved its own movie. Fittingly, the actor portraying him in this week’s release Manjhi – The Mountain Man, Nawazuddin...
View ArticleRBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Sounds Warning Of Tit-For-Tat Action After Yuan...
MUMBAI — Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said China's devaluation of the yuan was not a concern, but warned of the dangers of "tit-for-tat" actions by other countries if the move was part...
View ArticleIndia's Stock Markets Gain As Global Investors Flee China's Market Pain
SINGAPORE — China's recent stock market pain is proving to be India's gain, with share prices in the south Asian nation reviving as investors who cut their holdings earlier this year switch out of...
View Article'Lotus Blossoms' In Bengaluru Street Before Municipal Elections Bring...
After a crocodile and giant anaconda, now it's lotuses in Bengaluru's streets. On Thursday afternoon, residents of the Garden City woke up to find Lotus flowers on top of a dirty old road leading to...
View ArticleBJP President Amit Shah Trapped In A Lift For 40 Minutes
Master political organiser and BJP president Amit Shah bends to nobody. However, late on Thursday, the Machievellian politico was forced to genuflect and crawl out off an obdurate,...
View ArticlePakistan's Talks With Separatists A Dealbreaker Says India, But Wants NSA...
After a day of chaos over the house arrest of several prominent Hurriyat leaders, India finally seems to have got its act together, telling Pakistan in no uncertain terms that holding talks with...
View ArticleScrapdealer Teen Makes It To Kickboxing Nationals
Mohammad Iftekhar Khan, 19, a daily-wage labourer and who makes a living working for a scrap-dealer in Mumbai, will soon represent Maharashtra in the senior national kickboxing championship, set to...
View ArticleHow To Get Killer Curls At Home With Just A T-Shirt And A Leave-In Conditioner
On a good day, they can really turn heads. But on a bad day, curls can be quite a frizzy burden to bear. Let's face it though: you can't always get perfect salon-ready curls. Or can you? All you need...
View ArticleLap Of Luxury: Pet Hamster Refuses To Sleep Without Customary Pampering
There's a lot of people who'd want this hamster's life: Enoki, as she is known, refuses to sleep unless her owner -- Youtube user Jaiden Ace Shen -- tucks her in and massages her head gently till she...
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