Suspect Captured In 'Terror-Related' Explosion Near New York's Port Authority...
NEW YORK ― City police captured an injured suspect in what they called a “terror-related incident” after a pipe bomb strapped to his body exploded in the transit system near Times Square during...
View ArticleWhite House Calls CNN 'Fake News' After Outlet Mixed Up 2 Indian-Americans
The White House laid into CNN after the news outlet mixed up the photos of two men named Shah on Friday. While displaying a quote from Raj Shah, who serves as President Donald Trump’s principal deputy...
View ArticleWhy A New Yorker Short Story About Bad Sex Went Viral
We’ve developed a pretty clear idea, by the Year of Our Lord 2017, of what should go viral on social media. Body-positive clapbacks. Video clips of hamsters eating tiny burritos. Bizarre optical...
View ArticleChristian Priest Who Sang Carols In MP Village Arrested After Complaint From...
Police arrested a Christian priest and were questioning members of a seminary after a hardline Hindu group accused them of trying to convert villagers to Christianity by distributing Bibles and singing...
View ArticleFox News Women Furious Over Rupert Murdoch Comments On Sexual Misconduct
Current and former female Fox News employees say they are “stunned,” “disgusted” and “hungry for justice” after media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Thursday dismissed allegations of sexual misconduct at the...
View ArticleRanking The Best New Shows You Can Stream Online Right Now
You’ve got free time to kill, and you want to spend these rare moments with a TV show, but you’ve got a ton of options on a handful of streaming platforms. In an era when keeping up with contemporary...
View ArticleIt's Hard To Know Exactly What's Happening To Myanmar's Rohingya. So They...
Rohan Royal first contacted me around dinnertime on Oct. 26. The profile picture that came with his Facebook message request showed two armed men holding guns. “Hello,” was all he wrote.According to...
View ArticleJignesh Mevani Interview: 'Fascism Is Fascism. It Will Ruin Our Country If We...
VADGAM, Gujarat -- As far as "youthquakes" go, it is no exaggeration to say that Gujarat has witnessed one in the form of Jignesh Mevani, Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor -- three young leaders who have...
View ArticleGujarat Assembly Elections 2017 Results: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Claims...
5:52 pm: BJP has won 85 seats, is projected to win in 14 others. It needs seven more seats to form government in Gujarat. Congress has won 71 seats, and is leading in six other constituencies.5:17 pm:...
View ArticleCongress Can Never Hijack Hindutva From The BJP, Says Gujarat's Deputy CM
GANDHINAGAR, Gujarat — If the exit polls are to be believed, the Bharatiya Janata Party has prevailed over its rivals, old and new, and will emerge victorious in the 2017 Assembly election today.But no...
View ArticleGujarat Elections 2017: CM Vijay Rupani To Retain His Rajkot (West) Seat
Gujarat Chief Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Rupani is leading his Congress rival Indranil Rajguru from Rajkot (West) by over 20,000 votes, three hours after counting...
View ArticleHimachal Pradesh Election Results 2017: BJP Set To Form Government In Another...
Even as the BJP is in a neck and neck battle with the Congress in Gujarat, things look much smoother for them in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls, where trends show that the party is sent to...
View ArticleDalit Leader Jignesh Mevani Wins By A Landslide In Gujarat's Vadgam
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani has arrived with a bang. The independent candidate is swept the elections in Vadgam constituency with a huge victory over Bharatiya Janata Party rival Vijaykumar Harkhabhai....
View ArticleAmit Shah Says It's Victory Against Caste Politics, Rahul Gandhi Concedes...
After a neck and neck battle with the Congress in Gujarat, the BJP seems to be coming to power in both Himachal Pradesh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state. After the initial struggle that...
View ArticleOBC Leader Alpesh Thakor Sweeps BJP Bastion Radhanpur In Gujarat
A 40-year-old leader from the OBC (Other Backward Classes) community, Alpesh Thakor, won in Radhanpur constituency in Gujarat, beating his Bharatiya Janata Party rival by around 15,000 votes. Thakor...
View ArticleBJP Set For Twin Win In Gujarat And Himachal Pradesh Despite Close Congress...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form governments in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, leading to further consolidation of the saffron party's fortunes in northern parts of the country, even...
View ArticleBJP May Have Won Gujarat And Himachal Pradesh, But Congress Has Every Reason...
With both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in its kitty, the BJP has cleared its toughest political hurdle, created by demonetisation, GST, and unkept promises, since it came to power at the Centre three...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling Finally Breaks Silence Over 'Fantastic Beasts' Johnny Depp...
J.K. Rowling has finally spoken out about the decision to cast Johnny Depp as Grindelwald in the ‘Harry Potter’ spin-off series, ‘Fantastic Beasts’.The author has previously come under fire for her...
View ArticleThe Response To The GD Birla Child Sexual Abuse Case Shows We're Asking The...
Till about a few years ago, conversations around child sexual abuse at average Indian homes were inevitably doused in staggering amounts of disbelief. The eyes-widening, jaw-dropping kind I saw on my...
View ArticleThe Urban Poor Created Ingenious Coping Methods After Demonetisation
A fierce attack on India's large informal market a year ago, and its resilience in gaining back its conventional character right now are two common themes in the slew of analysis a year after...
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