9-Year-Old Bengaluru Boy, Friend Die After Mistakenly Drinking Acid Instead...
In a tragic incident, a 9-year-old boy and his friend died on Wednesday, 27 September, after they mistakenly drank sulphuric acid instead of cold drink during a birthday party in Bengaluru.According to...
View ArticleMeet The Farmers Behind Many Of Kolkata’s Grand Durga Puja Pandals
By Rajeshwari Sharma*, Purba Medinipur, West BengalIn the run up to Durga Puja, many farmers of Bengal swap their sickles with bamboos and ropes. The hands of the people who till land and sow crops...
View Article10 Films That Celebrate The Spirit Of Durga Puja For Nights When You Just...
It's the time of the year when the skies are flecked with cotton candy clouds, the fragrance of shiuli flowers hangs heavy in the air, and the familiar beats of the dhak announce Durga's arrival into...
View ArticleJain Couple’s Renouncing Of Their Wealth And Daughter For Monkhood Smacks Of...
Recently, a young Jain couple in Surat made the news for their decision to embrace monkhood and renounce not only their wealth of 100 crore but also their three-year-old daughter. This got me thinking...
View ArticleJagmeet Singh Battles Racism In Canadian Politics With Love
Ontario deputy NDP leader Jagmeet Singh launches his bid for the federal NDP leadership in Brampton, Ont., on May 15. Earlier this month, a racist heckler interrupted a campaign rally for NDP...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: The Fairness Epidemic; Bajrang Dal Interrupts Inter-Faith...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning.Essential HuffPostFrom...
View ArticleNow, All Held In Pehlu Khan Case Out On Bail As Lawyer Blames Botched...
Pehlu Khan was lynched to death by a a vigilante mob of self-proclaimed gau rakshaks and the entire incident was caught on camera. But now, because of alleged lack of evidence, all those accused of his...
View ArticleA 24-Year-Old From Gujarat Was Beaten Up All Because He Was A Dalit Who Kept...
Piyush Parmar and his cousin Digant Maheria were returning back home after enjoying garba at their village, about 15 kms from Gujarat's capital Gandhinagar, when a bunch of men attacked them. These men...
View ArticleStampede At Mumbai's Elphinstone Railway Station Kills 22, Injures Many
At least 22 persons were killed and over 20 injured in a stampede at the footbridge of the Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai on Friday morning.#UPDATE 22 people dead in the stampede at Elphinstone...
View ArticleSoha Ali Khan And Kunal Khemu Are Now Proud Parents To A Baby Girl
Bollywood stars Soha Ali Khan and husband Kunal Khemu were blessed with a beautiful baby girl on Friday morning and the couple is "over the moon."Sharing the news with his friends and fans, the new...
View ArticleDelhi Woman Alleges She Was Raped By 23 Men In A Vehicle Near Bikaner
In another horrific incident, a woman from Delhi has alleged that she was raped by 23 men after being kidnapped near Bikaner in the middle of the day.Reports suggest that the 28-year-old had gone to...
View Article50-Year-Old Photos Reveal The Inside Of Hugh Hefner's Notorious Home
In 1966, Magnum photographer Burt Glinn embarked on an assignment to chronicle the late Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner during a typical evening at his home. Of course, an average night for the young...
View ArticleLess Healthy Americans Were More Likely To Vote Trump, Research Finds
Parts of the U.S. where gains in life expectancy during recent decades fell below the national average were also areas where Donald Trump was more likely to outperform Hillary Clinton in the 2016...
View ArticleBajrang Dal Disrupts Hindu-Muslim Marriage In Meerut, Woman Denies Being...
Members of the firebrand Hindutva outfit Bajrang Dal stormed into a wedding of an inter-faith couple at a district court in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday. Their initial charge: the girl in...
View ArticleVigilantes Posing As Police Bully Boys In Mumbai Mall For Hanging Out With Girls
In an another incident of moral policing, vigilantes posing as policemen in Mumbai's Dombivali, made college students stand in a queue outside the Xperia Mall for roaming around with girls.A report in...
View Article'You Sold The Victim's Modesty In The Market': BHU's VC Caught On Camera...
Banaras Hindu University might now have a woman proctor to calm the storm that swept the university when a a visual arts student was allegedly harassed by men on a motorcycle while returning to her...
View ArticleThe Contradictory Feminist Legacy Of Playboy's Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner’s life and legacy are rife with contradictions. The founder of the Playboy empire, who died Wednesday at age 91, is hailed as a sexual revolutionary, a supporter of LGBTQ and abortion...
View Article22 killed, Over 39 Injured In Stampede At Mumbai's Elphinstone Railway Station
Twenty two people were killed and over 39 seriously got injured in a rush-hour stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone railway station's foot over bridge.The injured have been admitted to KEM Hospital and...
View Article8 Emmy-Winning Must-Watch Shows To Match Every Mood
There are few things as enjoyable as flopping down on the living room couch after a long day, to tune in to your favourite show. Or reserving an entire weekend to binge-watch that hilarious new series...
View ArticleTribal Groups In MP Threaten Legal Action Against Those Burning Effigies Of...
BHOPAL -- Tribal groups in Madhya Pradesh have opposed the practice of burning effigies of Ravana on Dussehra.Asserting that it hurts their sentiments as Ravana is their deity, these groups have warned...
View Article