AP: Pregnant woman carried on pole to hospital, delivers midway

A tribal woman in labour pain and being carried on a makeshift 'dholi' down hill to a hospital due to lack of road connectivity delivered a baby girl on a slushy road in a forest area of Andhra......

Why PM invited Dhabalu Sisa and his wife to Republic Day parade

They live atop the Bonda hills in Odisha's Malkangiri district, segregated from the mainstream and have rarely stepped out of their environs. So an invitation to attend this year's Republic Day......

Maoists on rampage in Visakhapatnam

A group of armed Maoists went on a rampage in the tribal area of Visakhapatnam district destroying public properties late on Wednesday night. The police have launched combing operations against......

HC orders status quo, Kukis put off mass burial on Amit Shah's request

Hours before a planned mass burial of Kuki-Zomi people killed in Manipur's ethnic violence, the high court on Thursday ordered that the status quo be maintained at the proposed burial site in......

Rs 201 per day? Rs 277? How much welfare do Indians need?

Universal basic income or social security? Economist Nitin Desai feels we need a blueprint for universal health care and pensions to help the vulnerable section. IMAGE: All Indians need access to......

2012: Another annus horribilis, like the one before

Despite what the World Bank and IMF trained gnomes in North Block, South Block and Yojana Bhavan say, the numbers of the poor is rising alarmingly, says Mohan Guruswamy.A year ago, at about this......

Reason triumphs over Bt brinjal!

By embargoing Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh may have done a greater service to democracy than he intended, says Praful Bidwai. India has done something unusual in defying the......

Now, global recognition for Indian ads

What the Oscars are to the global film industry, the Cannes Lions are to the global advertising creative. There may be endless debates about the many cultural and social biases in the judging......

PIX: India's largest hockey stadium

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/Twitter Cranes lifting heavy material, dusty roads leading up to the site, people in safety jackets and helmets doing their work amid heaps of sand and......