This UPA government was more or less an extension of the previous one, but its election was greeted with an audible sigh of relief.
The current panic over swine flu took me back to an incident from my early days in school.
Viswanathan Anand is coming from an unexpected loss in Mainz where he is known to be the king. In an interview to DNA, the world champion dwelt on a range of things.
Imagine a Mumbai that is not just the world’s most densely populated city, but the most eco- and people-friendly one. Is this a pre-industrial pipe-dream?
There is a widespread feeling that the Taliban has become a serious menace which must be rooted out at the earliest.
Though jittery to begin with, it did not take long for me as an Indian to walk with sure steps on the Pakistan land carrying a Pakistan flag and a candle in hands and raise slogans.
Ranged on one side is the nation’s LGBT community, and on the other, a motley group of godmen, right-wing political parties, the moral brigade and even some social commentators.
Section 377 no longer hangs over them, much to the relief of Mumbai’s LGBT community, which will be out in strength at the celebratory Queer Azaadi March today.
The Malabar Hill police arrested a 17-year-old on Friday for allegedly stealing a Honda Civic from the residence of a doctor to show off to his friends.
Confirming her death, officers of the Mulund police station said that the teenager decided to end her life following a brawl with her parents on Thursday night.