Dharavi, HarperCollins: Dharavi is arguably Mumbai's largest problem and its greatest opportunity. This collection demands attention as much for its topic as its contributors, who include Jerry Pinto, Sonia Faleiro, Hussain Zaidi and Anne Zaidi. ...
11:38 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty took a holy dip at the first day of the Maha Kumbh. ...
01:26 PM, Jan 16, 2013
A 31-year old woman, accused of shoving an Indian immigrant to his death in front of a subway train in December as she hated "Hindus and Muslims", has been found mentally fit to stand trial and was indicted on charges of murder as a hate crime by a US grand jury. Erika Menendez of Queens pushed Sunando Sen, 46, in front of an oncoming subway train on December 27, telling...
03:10 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Protesters from the Hindu Yuvak Sabah of Hindu Sena invaded the pitch and shouted anti-Pakistan slogans during the inaugural match of the HIL. ...
09:45 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested spiritual leader Swami Kamlananda Bharati for allegedly making a hate speech against Muslims. The police arrested him in Srisailam, about 250 km from here. He is being brought to Hyderabad, police said. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The biggest human gathering will congregate at Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad city to participate in the greatest show on earth - Maha Kumbh Mela. A whopping one crore people are estimated to take a dip on Monday in the confluence of three holy rivers - the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. In the next 56 days, over 10 crore pilgrims are expected in the city. ...
09:30 AM, Jan 13, 2013
On Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary, here's the full text of his famous Chicago speech through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago in 1893. ...
12:48 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Shares in Oil & Natural Gas Corp rose as much as 3.6 per cent on January 10 as part of a rally across oil companies after the oil ministry moved a proposal to raise diesel prices to the federal cabinet. ...
11:26 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Indian American physician from California, Ami Bera, and the young Iraq war veteran from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, created history on Friday after being sworn in as new members of the US House of Representatives. Bera is only the third Indian American - after Dalip Singh Saundh in 1950 and Bobby Jindal in 2005 - to have ever been elected to the House of Representatives. ...
07:33 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Days after its inauguration, one of the biggest Hindu temples in the US, built at a colossal cost of $100 million and designed to last 1,000 years has become a major draw for its grandeur and architecture. The 68th Swaminarayan temple built near the Hollywood city in Los Angeles has been carved out of traditional stone and marble and cutting edge technology to protect it from earthquakes. ...
03:19 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Almost 10 days after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi made an alleged hate speech against a community, state Congress has finally promised to take action against him, who, not for the first time, has been proved controversial. "Our government has taken cognizance of speech and we are collecting evidence to build a strong FIR and a water-tight case where we can book the person...
08:45 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Expressing shock and sorrow at the death of an Indian man Sunando Sen last week, Indian Americans have asked the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to separately track hate crimes against various religious communities in the country. ...
12:27 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Sunando Sen, the 46-year-old Indian immigrant who died after being pushed in front of a subway train here by a woman, will be cremated on Monday by his friends. Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao expressed her condolences on the death of Sen on micro-blogging site Twitter, describing it as a senseless and foul murder. ...
04:59 AM, Dec 31, 2012
A 31-year-old woman suspected of shoving an Indian immigrant in front of a subway train has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime after she told the police that she hated Hindus and Muslims since 9/11. Prosecutors Saturday identified the woman, who allegedly shoved India-born Sunando Sen of Queens, in front of a subway train Thursday as Erika Menendez of Bronx. ...
06:14 PM, Dec 30, 2012
One of the key accused in 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts case, Manohar Singh, has confessed to his role in the conspiracy, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Sunday claimed in a special court in Mumbai. Singh, arrested from Hatod in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, was produced before the special NIA court. ...
05:29 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Diesel prices may be hiked by Rs 10 per litre over a 10-month period and kerosene rates increased by same quantum over the next two years if a proposal of the Oil Ministry is accepted. The price hike is being considered as the government scrambles to find ways to meet an unprecedented Rs 160,000 crore deficit expected this fiscal on selling diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene below their production...
04:32 PM, Dec 27, 2012
A court on Wednesday directed Neredmet Police to investigate into allegations against suspended BJP MP Ram Jethmalani for outraging religious feelings by his controversial comments on Lord Ram. ...
12:24 AM, Dec 27, 2012
After leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to yet another win in Gujarat Assembly elections, Narendra Modi, a development-oriented and clean leader for his supporters and a despicable politician for his opponents, is clearly eyeing a bigger role in national politics. ...
08:22 PM, Dec 20, 2012
The countdown for Maha Kumbh 2013, beginning on Jan 14, has started, as hundreds of religious seers and followers of the Juna Akahada, Agni and Avahan Akahadas entered the Mela premises near the Sangam in Allahabad on Tuesday. ...
10:02 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday discussed the alleged atrocities on Hindus in Pakistan and the slow progress of 26/11 cases with Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik. ...
10:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
