A plane taking off from New Delhi’s main airport caught fire forcing all 241 passengers to escape through the emergency exit, according to media reports Friday.

Pakistan has slammed a possible agreement between India and the IAEA, regarding a controversial nuclear accord between the US and India. Pakistan, in a letter, warned...

It took the world by storm 40 years ago, but now, after four decades, the demise of the evolutionary computer mouse is very near, predicts a leading...

By Vincent Van Ross Votes are sacrosanct in a democratic nation like ours. It is with votes that the people elect or trounce stalwarts and political parties. The...

A suspected Islamic militant threw a hand grenade at a group of migrant laborers in Indian Kashmir, killing a woman and her four children Thursday in one of two attacks...

A youth, dejected after his marriage proposal was turned down, threw acid on four girls early Thursday in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur town, about 400 kms from here, the...

By Vincent Van Ross No other case in recent times has created so much of flutter and hogged so much of media highlight. The Central Bureau of Investigation has...

“Rezaul Islam and Zainal Abedin were near the barbed wire fencing in Panchpirtala border area around 5am. At the time, BSF members from Moshrumpur border opened...

The Shiv Sena claims the 17th century Taj Mahal is an ancient Shiva temple. On Monday, they tried to enter the marble mausoleum but were prevented.

Indian folk music is changing rhythm to please the global village. Boatman’s songs and Bihu festival tunes from Assam are being reset to the beats of techno-pop and...

The Department of Posts has started a pilot project, christened ”Arrow,” in which about 200 post offices would be e-enabled so that these can act as the ‘Window...

Assam has earned the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt State in the country, on the basis of corruption in 11 vital services. Corruption level was alarming...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that a proposed U.S.-India nuclear energy deal is good for both countries and for global efforts to reduce the spread...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. deal with India on nuclear energy cooperation will be good for both countries and for global efforts to prevent the...

Guwahati, July 24, 2008 Continuing their hunger strike for the last ten days, the All Assam Blind Students Union members today being arrested when came to the capital...

By Vincent Van Ross Who says miracles don’t happen? It happened here—in Delhi—on July 12 this year! Supratim Dutta, a 23-year old executive of HCL met with an...

I am bemused by varieties of reaction to the cash in the Parliament episode. I am not shocked. I am told by the media that this has happened before in our parliament...

Hindu women who prayed their husbands lived till the times water flowed in the Holy Ganga may no more sing the song–Ganga maiyya main jab tak ke pani rahe, mere...

This presents photographs (listed below) that show the Vedic influence found in such buildings as the Taj Mahal, Red Fort, and other structures in India. It also...

The government has had its cake and is eating it too. It’s staying in power and movement on the nuclear deal has also been put on a fast track. Not even 24 hours...