Hefner founded Playboy in 1953 and he quickly succeeded in making it an important cultural marker. He rebelled against his conservative Protestant parents, whom he called "very repressed," and set out to rectify the problem by targeting Christianity....
As Women's Studies Centres (WSCs) across India face an uncertain future -- with the continuance of on-going schemes beyond September 30 subject to a University Grants Commission (UGC) review -- researchers assert they should not and will not be abolished, come what may....
Laurence Graff said following successful negotiation with the Lucara Diamond Corp, his company has acquired the world's most valuable rough diamond, the Lesedi La Rona, weighing a record-breaking 1,109 carats....
BJP MP Varun Gandhi -- Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's first cousin -- has batted for asylum to Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Myanmar, sparking ire from a junior minister over national security concerns....
Houston, Texas and the entire state of Florida was inundated with hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, in August and September 2017, respectively. Millions of homes and other buildings experienced extensive water damage affecting as many people. ...
The idea of holding simultaneous polls to Parliament and the state assemblies -- for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others have been strongly pitching -- is good but has very low practicality in the real world, former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi has said. ...
Two weeks of a well-orchestrated tour of the US may not be enough to determine whether Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is a reflective and seriously analytical politician, as his supporters insist, or a privileged nincompoop, as social media so churlishly characterises him. ...
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Thursday admitted it was a reality that liquor was being consumed in the state despite a dry law in place....
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday lifted all the restrictions on Durga Puja immersion imposed by the West Bengal government, allowing it till 12 a.m. on all days including on 'Ashura', the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram....
With their less-than-an-acre rice field parched due to poor rains and elder son caught up in a court case, what led to Pehlu Khan's lynching has ironically turned into the only source of income for his family: Two cows....
