NEW DELHI: Prime Ministers Office declared on Thursday that Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy died in an air crash. The helicopter carrying YSR Reddy, two of his staff and two pilots went…

Business tycoon Anil Ambani is rumoured to consult an astrologer before any major decision. Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has a fixation on the Number 23. And liquor baron Vijay Mallaya doesn’t ever forget…

Residents fearing they angered the village god, swore off meat and alcohol and held vigils after five unexpected deaths at regular intervals. Rationalists in India despair at such beliefs.  Reporting from Amloha Village, India -…

HYDERABAD: Police cracked the mystery behind the sudden appearance of a Hanuman idol in a garbage heap at Jiyaguda and arrested four people, who allegedly placed it there, on Tuesday.  On April 21, GHMC workers…

Bangalore: Political leaders worshipping Gods and Goddesses before filing their nomination papers to contest elections is common, but Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj and K Prabhakar Reddy, contesting the Lok Sabha elections from…

New Delhi, April 2: Thirty-five years ago, Hemalkasa village in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district had no power, no healthcare facilities and no road connection to the outside world.Today it has a hospital that serves 45,000 patients,…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 26: In a bizarre ritual, locals tied the nuptial knot of two monkeys in Balasore district of Orissa. Thousands of villagers took part in this unusual marriage with lots of enthusiasm and zeal.…

The Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh — a paramilitary group of khaki short-shorts-wearing radicals that number in the millions — has come up with yet another bright idea to combat the creeping influence of globalization,…