Agra's 'Living Goddess' Rubbishes 'Samadhi' Reports, Says She Wants To Go To...
A young Agra girl who had taken social media by a storm on Wednesday after it was reported that she was planning to go into samadhi - a term popularly used to describe the death of spiritual gurus in...
View ArticleFirst Yoga, Now Adventure Sports - The Modi Govt Is Resolved To Make Babus...
NEW DELHI -- The Narendra Modi government seems to be resolved to force babus out of their armchairs and nudge them towards a healthier lifestyle. After making them bend and twist on World Yoga Day,...
View ArticleJaved Abidi, Framer Of Guidelines For Disabled-Friendly Air Terminals, Forced...
Activist Javed Abidi, who'd helped frame rules to ensure that the disabled didn't face discrimination at India's airports, was forced to get off his wheelchair at the Indira Gandhi International...
View ArticleHere's How To Stop That Annoying Video AutoPlay Feature On Facebook
Facebook's new video autoplay feature appears to have temporarily stolen the hate thunder from Candy Crush updates. This (recently introduced) Facebook feature that enables videos to start playing the...
View ArticleSix Outrageous Things BJP Leaders Have Said About Dadri Murder Over Beef
Even as the brutal murder of a 52-year-old Muslim man by a Hindu mob in Uttar Pradesh's Bisada village has sparked outrage, leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party are already trivialising the...
View ArticleWhy India Needs To Read Nawaz Sharif's UNGA Speech More Closely
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s four specific proposals for peace with India in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly will put New Delhi in a quandary. The proposals reflect a great...
View ArticleWATCH: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan And His Sons Pay A Beautiful Music Tribute To...
This is not the first time Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, and his sons are paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi (the sarod maestro performed Gandhi's favourite bhajans at the UN two years ago, and also paid tribute...
View ArticleMoS Defence Asks Armed Forces To 'Prioritise' Their Needs Keeping With...
NEW DELHI -- Minister of State for Defence, Rao Inderjit Singh today asked the armed forces to "prioritise" their requirements in view of the limited budget and also spend the allocated money...
View ArticleAdvertising Watchdog Pulls Up Airtel For 'Misleading' 4G Ads
Airtel's sweeping 4G mobile services campaign, that promises " the fastest network ever" has come under the scrutiny of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). The ombudsman has asked the...
View ArticleChild Sexual Abuse Has Become An Epidemic, Says Delhi High Court
Terming child sexual abuse as an "epidemic", Delhi High Court has said that not only parents, but even trial courts dealing with such cases, should create an atmosphere where the victims can depose...
View ArticleTwo Indians Charged With Criminal Intimidation In Singapore
Two Indians were among seven men have been charged with criminal intimidation and assault on a Singaporean restaurant manager who was left with a permanent disfigured face, a media report said today....
View ArticleDon't Work Against The Govt, Says Junior Home Minister To Greenpeace And...
An Indian minister monitoring $1.8 billion of foreign aid has accused Greenpeace of inciting protests against industrial projects and warned global activists and aid organisations not to work against...
View ArticleSo, It Turns Out Asteroids Are Responsible For The Moon's Main 'Water Supply'
Water reserves found on the Moon are the result of asteroids acting as "delivery vehicles" and not of falling ice comets as was previously thought, a new study using computer simulation has found....
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: India Vows Big Cut In Emissions By 2030; Man Sneaks Gun And...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Activist...
View ArticleSon Of Lynched Dadri Villager Fighting For His Life As Political Blamegame...
As the 22-year-old son of Mohammed Akhlaq, a Muslim villager who was beaten to death by a mob on Monday night outside his home on suspiscion of killing and eating a cow, battled for his life, a bitter...
View ArticleGovernment Considers Panic Button In Cell Phones For Women's Safety
NEW DELHI -- For women's safety, the government is considering introduction of a panic button in cell phones and has asked all mobile phone manufacturers to work out the feasibility of such a feature,...
View ArticleMuslim Family's 300 Year Old Urdu Mahabharat Is UP's Only Good News This Week
Distressing as Uttar Pradesh's Dadri lynching maybe, bloodlust and hatred aren't the only marker of Hindu-Muslim relations in the state. An exquisitely-preserved copy of the Mahabharata, in Urdu, is an...
View ArticleNetaji's Family Wants To Unravel The Mystery Of Former Prime Minister Lal...
KOLKATA -- The family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose today pressed for declassification of files on former Prime Minister the late Lal Bahadur Shastri, kept in India and Russia to unravel the...
View ArticleNarendra Modi: 'Bihar Will Celebrate Two Diwalis This Year'
BANKA, Bihar -- Addressing his first rally in Bihar after declaration of the five-phase elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that people of the state will celebrate two Diwalis this...
View ArticleHow A Gun Made It Through Delhi Metro's Security Check
NEW DELHI -- The country-made pistol which was used by a man to shoot himself inside a Delhi Metro station was cleverly sneaked in the premises inside a bag from an unmanned area near a customer care...
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