How Black Magic Has Entered The Karnataka State Polls
MANGALORE -- "The big man is coming," said Narendra Nayak, as he turned his car towards the Nandigudda Graveyard in Mangalore city on Saturday.Nayak, a leading rationalist and a staunch critic of the...
View Article'Planet Earth' Parody Reads A Little Too Much Into Animal Behavior
David Attenborough’s soothing British voice is one of the highlights of the acclaimed nature series “Planet Earth.” Usually, his commentary focuses on the more fascinating ― and scientific ― aspects of...
View ArticleRanking The Best New Shows On Netflix You Can Stream Right Now
For the weekend of May 5, Streamline recommends “Dear White People” in the top Netflix spot for the first time. It’s a relief that a great show has finally come along to unseat “Collateral” from its...
View ArticleIndian Techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla's Killer Gets Life Term
A U.S. Navy veteran who reportedly told an Indian software engineer to "get out of my country" before shooting him dead and wounding two others in a bar in Kansas last year has been sentenced to life...
View ArticleThis Country’s Election Shows The Complicated Role Twitter Plays In Democracy
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ― When the date of the general election was revealed, the outcry was swift. Tradition in Malaysia is for elections to be held over the weekend, giving the many people who have...
View ArticleREVEALED: How Tamil Nadu Officials Made Up A Report To Aid Illegal Sand-Mining
A joint-inspection team from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and various departments of Tamil Nadu, including the mining department, prepared a report in four days to allegedly exonerate...
View ArticleA Generation Of Hungarians Is Leaving Viktor Orban's Far-Right Rule
BUDAPEST, Hungary ― Eszter Imrenyi is a 25-year-old student who has become increasingly worried about what’s happening to her country.Hungary is more divided, and public debate more polarized. The...
View Article5 Civilians Killed In Kashmir As Indian Troops Opened Fire On Protesters
SRINAGAR -- Five civilians were killed and more than 50 wounded when Indian troops opened fire on hundreds of people who pelted them with stones as they carried out an operation against militants in...
View ArticleAadhaar Linking PIL: The Lokniti Foundation Responds
On 28 April 2018, we carried a story on the Lokniti Foundation, the organisation behind the Public Interest Litigation that led to the government order on the linking of mobile SIM cards to Aadhaar...
View ArticleAmid Crisis Over Friday Prayers In Gurgaon, CM Manohar Lal Khattar's Remark...
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's remarks that Muslims should not use public places for their Friday prayers has added fuel to the fire of an ongoing problem where right-wing groups have...
View ArticleHawaii's Kilauea Volcano Destroys Dozens Of Homes, Shows 'No Sign Of Slowing...
Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed more than two dozen homes in the Big Island’s Puna district and forced the evacuation of more than 1,700 people since lava began spewing into residential...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Inside Sonam Kapoor's Dazzling Mehendi Ceremony
Sonam Kapoor, last seen in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Padman, is all set to tie the knot with beau Anand Ahuja.While earlier there were speculations about a wedding in Geneva, Switzerland, according to...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Inside Sonam Kapoor's Dazzling Mehendi Ceremony
Sonam Kapoor, last seen in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Padman, is all set to tie the knot with beau Anand Ahuja.While earlier there were speculations about a wedding in Geneva, Switzerland, according to...
View ArticleA 48-Year-Old Engineer Is Leading AAP's Campaign In Karnataka Elections
BENGALURU, Karnataka -- Prithvi Reddy is a man constantly on the move. Every morning, the 48-year-old wakes up at the crack of dawn to go meet morning walkers at 6.30 am and urge them to vote for him....
View ArticleThe Red Carpet Looks From The 2018 Met Gala
It’s the first Monday in May, and fashion fans know what that means: It’s time for the Met Gala. The annual event kicking off the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s fashion exhibition is considered one of...
View ArticleGroot’s Last Line In ‘Infinity War’ Has Been Revealed And It Will Wreck You
Spoilers ahead for “Avengers: Infinity War.”James Gunn, director of “Guardians of the Galaxy” decided to ruin everyone’s Sunday by interpreting Groot’s final line from “Avengers: Infinity War” — and...
View ArticleMelania Trump Is Forging Her Own Path As First Lady, In Spite Of Her Husband
WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump unveiled a new initiative focused on children on Monday in the White House Rose Garden.Called “Be Best,” the project is designed “to educate children about the...
View ArticleTrump Administration To Divide Immigrant Families To Prosecute Parents For...
In a sweeping enforcement change, Donald Trump’s administration will increasingly prosecute members of immigrant families who cross the border illegally, even if that means splitting children from...
View ArticleThis Country’s Election Shows The Complicated Role Twitter Plays In Democracy
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ― When the date of the general election was revealed, the outcry was swift. Tradition in Malaysia is for elections to be held over the weekend, giving the many people who have...
View ArticleI Always Thought I'd Return Home To India -- Until I Had A Daughter
When I moved to the United States 10 years ago, I was adamant that I would eventually return to India. I had heard that I wouldn't. I refused to concede. But I have run out of excuses for my country....
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