Ten alleged rapists from Noida in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, played a cricket match in Bulandshahr on January 5. On their return journey, six of them riding three motorbikes chased a Maruti car-borne MBA girl student in her twenties and...

According to records maintained by the US government, George Bush Jr and Laura Bush have been very gifted as the president and first lady of the nation! In fact, that’s part of their lifestyle. Bush received a marble table top with inlay work...

Speaking at a press conference organized by the Press Club of India, New Delhi on January 9, the Sikkim chief minister, Pawan Chamling, declared that Sikkim stands out as a peaceful state in northeastern India. That is in spite of being surrounded by...

We seem to have woken up to a bloody and violent 2009. Israel was pounding the Hamas stronghold of Gaza strip in the middle east. After a sustained air attack and bombing of Gaza, Israel has subsequently launched a ground attack in spite of a...

For those Delhites who complained of a late winter, it is finally here with biting cold that sent shivers down the spine. Yet, nobody could see it as it was accompanied by dense fog reducing the visibility level to near zero! The dense fog hogged the...

Pakistan is not at all serious about fighting terror if its posturing after 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks is any measure of its seriousness. The first reaction of the Pakistani Foreign Minister who happened to be in India at the time of the attack was...

Former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, pulled out a landslide victory for her Awami League-led alliance winning 262 seats of the 300-member parliament in the first general election in seven years. Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of the...

Following decisions taken at a meeting between the National Conference (NC) president Omar Abdullah and the president of the Indian National Congress (INC) Sonia Gandhi, the National Conference and the Congress party are all set to form a coalition...

Whether we are good or bad (Shakespeare may not have approved this statement) we all have an inner urge to improve ourselves. All of us want to be good but if we are bad, it is because the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak! New Year provides...

Negative attitude is the greatest disability in the world. There is nothing more damaging than the thought that one cannot do something. Any task we approach with a negative attitude is already half lost. So many difficult feats are credited to...