None of the 2,600 workers had any clue about the suspension of work notice, put up on the gate of India's oldest automobile plant last Sunday.

A juvenile court on Monday ruled that a suspect in the fatal gang-rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month was a juvenile at the time of the attack, and may get off with a light sentence may have drawn sharp criticisms from all quarters, but child rights activists and defence counselors argue that the changing the law is not the answer. Priyanka reports.

The sixth accused in the Delhi gang-rape case has been declared as a juvenile. The Juvenile Justice Board, which was looking into the issue, stated that there is no doubt that the accused rapist's date of birth was June 4, 1995, as per his school records.

The school principal of the juvenile accused in the December 16 gang rape case on Tuesday submitted before a Juvenile Justice Board that as per the school records, he is 17 years and six months old.

The Hunger Games DVD is out, and it looks good, writes Arthur J Pais.

Give this fact that the middle class is not responsible in India and cannot be trusted to lead, it is remarkable that our legislature, even given all of its vulgar traits, has performed as superbly as it has, notes Aakar Patel. The first column in a series as India celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first sitting of the Joint House of Parliament on May 13.

The Hunger Games is creating al the right buzz ahead of its US release.

The ASI's role in marshalling dubious evidence in support of the existence of a Ram temple at Ayodhya is the right occasion to assess its activities as a handmaiden of Hindutva, says Omar Khalidi

Presenting an excerpt from The Immortals of Meluha, a mythological work on the Hindu god Shiva by Amish Tripathi.

Sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. There's all of that and more on the mind of 33-year-old author Palash Mehrotra, whose first collection of short stories, Eunuch Park: Fifteen Stories of Love and Destruction, was released in India earlier this year. Presenting an excerpt.

Want to become a billionaire? Up your chances by dropping out of college, working at Goldman Sachs or joining Skull & Bones.

Three British teenagers have pleaded guilty to the sensational killing of an Indian sailor in a racially motivated attack on a ship in the United Kingdom in October 2007. Gregory Fernandes, 32, was set upon by a group of teenagers who boasted that they wanted to 'beat a Paki' when they saw him and his colleague, Vinod P, return to their ship near Southamton after a drink in a local hotel in Fawley.

Even as the criticism against Chandni Chowk To China gathers momentum, our columnist, on the other hand has some very nice things to say about the film and it's protagonist.

As part of an ongoing series, we publish the fifth excerpt from Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan's first book, You Are Here, launched August 15 by Penguin India.

Unheralded Americans Justin Hicks and Kevin Streelman upstaged tournament favourites Tiger Woods at the US Open.

From SLAPPs to hiring professional protesters, industry's working overtime to find new ways to attack.

Valmiki knew Ram to be a human, a noble man, the best of his era and in his time wrote the Ramayana as both were contemporary. He has also shown Ram to possess human traits and emotions, just like any ordinary person. We, in our blind faith, have accentuated the question marks on the historicity of Ram and Ramayana by treating Ramayana like a fable and depicting its noble characters as birds and animals.

Angelina Jolie clears the air about the many controversies dodging her during the filming of A Mighty Heart, and after.

Tata Motors' plans would produce, in real terms, by far the cheapest car ever made.

If the anti-Congress trend continues from 2004, Congressmen will lay the blame at the prime minister's economic reforms.