The Prison Which Is A National Pilgrimage

The long queue outside the Cellular Jail is a testimony to its place in India's national consciousness.The Andamans is also where the only British viceroy was assassinated and where Netaji unfurled......

Freedom of religion doesn't include right to convert: Gujarat in SC

The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, and requested the top court to vacate a high court stay on the provision of......

'Government wants to turn us into goats and sheep'

'Silencing citizens has become a major institutional process under this regime.''The anti-Indian argument is a bogey -- meant to silence independent thinking people in India and turn us into goats......

Orissa HC allows 24-yr-old to live-in with same-sex partner

The Orissa high court has allowed a same-sex couple to continue a live-in relationship, stating that human beings, irrespective of gender identities, are entitled to full enjoyment of their rights.......

Minister Dharmendra Pradhan: 'Benefits of falling oil prices passed on to consumers'

‘If the benefit of falling oil prices was not passed on to the consumers, would inflation have come down to zero?’ ‘I haven't met a single family in the last 10 months that......

Post-protest: Challenges of building local economy

Farmers who opposed the Special Economic Zone at Raigad seem to have won, for now.In mid-February the Government of Maharashtra announced that it would return, to farmers, land that had been marked......

PNGRB puts Reliance on notice on gas pipeline

Oil regulator PNGRB has virtually put Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on notice by inviting bids for sections of two natural gas pipelines that were previously awarded to the Mukesh Ambani-run......

Vedanta chief's Emperor Ashoka inspiration?

Rajni Bakshi argues that if people don't struggle for fair and equitable prosperity right now, they might lose the chance of doing so in the future. Sometime last year a non-governmental......

Will Priyanka's bikini lure in crowds for Agyaat?

Priyanka Kothari returns to the marquee this Friday after a long spell. Her last release was the dismal Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, way back in 2007, where she tried to pull off Hema Malini's Basanti.......

Nandita Das talks Firaaq and more with her fans

After wowing us with her acting, Nandita Dasdecided to try her hand at direction withFiraaq.The film, which releases in theatres this Friday,isnow getting rave reviewsin international film......

Meet the 1st woman to win Rs 1 cr in Paanchvi Pass

Pragjyoti Samal, a 24-year-old computer engineer from Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, is the first person to win Rs one crore on Star Plus' Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain. Pragjyoti talks to Rajul Hegde......