Virender Sehwag Retires From All Forms Of International Cricket and IPL
Virender Sehwag announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket and the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. He made the announcement via Twitter. I hereby retire from all forms of...
View ArticleIntolerance Digest: Australian Man Harassed For Tattoo, Ghulam Ali Won't...
Are acts of intolerance on the rise in India? Perhaps it is hard to prove conclusively based on long-term data, given the gaps in reporting and lag in the availability of data. But if you keep an eye...
View ArticleCricketer Amit Mishra To Be Quizzed By Cops For Allegedly Assaulting Woman
The Bangalore police has asked cricketer Amit Mishra to be available for questioning after a woman alleged that he had assaulted her last month. In her complaint to the Ashok Nagar police filed on...
View ArticleThis July Indians Sent An Unusual Torrent Of Dollars To 'NRI Relatives' In...
Last year, India received nearly $70 billion as remittances, the highest in the world, according to a World Bank study. After the United Arab Emirates, the second biggest source of such funds for India...
View ArticleAircel's Anup Vikal Joins Snapdeal As Chief Financial Officer
Online marketplace Snapdeal today said it has appointed Anup Vikal as its Chief Financial Officer. With over 23 years of experience, Vikal joins Snapdeal from Aircel, where he served as the CFO,...
View ArticleMaggi's Bombay High Court Reprieve To Be Challenged By Maharashtra In Supreme...
Even as Nestle has said it is planning a big-bang relaunch of Maggi noodles ahead of Diwali, the Maharashtra government is gearing up to spoil the party. The Economic Times reports Maharashtra's food...
View ArticleHindu Sena Chief Justifies Ink Attack On J-K MLA, Says Their Goal Is 'Hindu...
NEW DELHI -- Justifying the act of splattering ink on Jammu and Kashmir MLA Engineer Rashid, the founder of the Hindu Sena, Vishnu Gupta, said his organisation works on the agenda of establishing a...
View ArticleAt Least 400 Mentally Ill Prisoners In Bengal Need Psychiatrists
KOLKATA -- Lack of psychiatrists in Bengal prisons is taking a toll on the mental health of 400 odd mentally ill prisoners lodged in various prisons across the state, according to jail officials....
View ArticleThis 15-Year-Old's Love For Photography Will Leave You Stunned
Fifteen-year-old Nittala Martin Deepak Manohar has been engaged in a serious pursuit of photography for the past two years. The Andhra teenager wrote to HuffPost India to share his story and his...
View ArticleHurt At Being Called Ugly, Agra Ramlila's Ravana Refuses To 'Die' At Rama's...
Lord Rama is called maryada purushottam (the ideal man) and his wife Sita is a role model for all women. But one of the central characters of Ramayana, antagonist Ravana, is known for his caprice,...
View ArticleTeenage Girl Gangraped By Two Youths In Uttar Pradesh
PRATAPGARH -- A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by two youths of her village in Raniganj area here, police said today. The girl was returning after attending Durga Puja when the youths,...
View ArticleShiv Sena Poster Showing Narendra Modi Bowing Before Bal Thackeray Mocks BJP
Shiv Sena seems to be testing the already strained relation with its alliance partner, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, in Maharashtra with a controversial poster that shows a smiling Narendra Modi...
View Article125-Feet-High Ravan Ready To Dazzle In Delhi's Dwarka
NEW DELHI -- Want to see 'Ravan Dahan' of awe-inspiring proportions this Dussehra, head to Dwarka in south Delhi where a 125-ft-high effigy of the mythical demon king is getting readied to go up in...
View ArticleThe Lightsabers From 'Star Wars' Are Now Officially Available In India
If you're a Star Wars fan, this piece of news should definitely get you excited: Disney India has introduced a range of lightsabers from the beloved film franchise that accurately simulate their light...
View ArticleMalala Always Welcome In India, Says Shiv Sena
MUMBAI -- The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said it will always welcome child activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousufzai to India as she has stood up to terrorists. "I want to tell all peace...
View ArticleNew iPhones Are 'Impossible' To Unlock, Says Apple Inc In Court
Apple Inc told a US judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be "impossible" with devices using its latest operating system, but the company has the "technical ability" to help law...
View ArticlePunjab Police Hint At 'Foreign Hand' In Guru Granth Sahib Desecration Incidents
In a disturbing twist to the recurrent incidents of Guru Granth Sahib desecration in Punjab, it has now been revealed that the country's intelligence agencies had alerted the state government against...
View ArticleWipro Reports Rise In Quarterly Profits But Warns Of Winter Chill
Wipro Ltd, India's third-biggest software services exporter, reported a 7.2 percent rise in quarterly profits on Wednesday but forecast a tepid quarter ahead due to fewer working days for its Western...
View ArticleBJP Minister Kiren Rijiju Concurs With Governor Khanna That 'North Indians'...
Delhi Chief Minister has generally minced no words in alleging that Delhi's Lieutanant Governor, Tejinder Khanna, is "influenced' by the Central, BJP leadership. However Minister of State for Home,...
View ArticleVIDEO: BJP Leader Caught Assaulting Woman Colleague
BJP Leader from Diu Naveen Patel was caught on camera physically assaulting a woman corporator, Simple Katela from Daman. "Navin Raman Patel was arrested for assaulting and intimidating a woman...
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