Sufficient prey in in the wild doesn't mean fewer attacks on livestock and a decline in man-animal conflicts, says a scientist who has been working on the highly elusive snow leopard in the Himalayas for nearly a decade....
In another two years, Narendra Modi may well enter the Guinness Book of Records for failing to hold a press conference. In that event, he will be the first Prime Minister of a democratic country who has avoided meeting the media at a large televised gathering....
Underage marriages, especially of girls, are rising in urban India and declining in rural India, according to a new analysis of census data, but while the immediate reasons are not clear, patriarchy and the continuing hold of tradition are implicated....
Whether it's a film documenting Arvind Kejriwal's journey from "aam aadmi" to controversial politician or a movie on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh -- the Indian film censor body now wants NOCs from top politicians for clearing movies based on real life figures, much to the dismay of filmmakers....
Undeterred by criticism from politicians and commentators, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat says use of human shield by the India Army is not a norm but individual officers are entitled to decide the tactic depending on circumstances....
In every age, when humanity becomes mired in gross materialism, ritualistic faith and religious antagonism, there appears an inspired figure seeking to bridge the divide, show a better path and revive relations with the divine. These are no strangers to the Indian subcontinent and, among them, one of the most profound was Na...
One of the most anticipated novels of 2017, "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" will hit the bookstands across India on Tuesday, June 6. The novel comes 20 years after the author's "The God of Small Things", which won the Booker Prize in 1997 and was a bestseller in more than 30 languages worldwide.) ...
Legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan delivered his Nobel Lecture to the Swedish Academy in the form of an audio file on Monday....
The heady profusion of modern gymnasiums, be it at home, office or elsewhere, has made workouts a rage, but exercising without a proper training regime and guidance can take a toll on your health, and even be fatal, warn experts. ...
How did a beautiful, doe-eyed woman of the 1970s become one of India's most charismatic politicians? What made a once-shy girl to take to the male-dominated world of politics? And just how did a single woman overcome deaths of people close to her, loneliness, humiliation and salacious rumour-mongering to emerge as the undisputed leader of...
