Jammu and Kashmir – immensely popular as the paradise on earth, is abundantly blessed by nature. The scenic beauty of the Valley is simply mesmerising and one can’t help but go crazy raving about its gorgeousness. The Indian entertainment industry couldn’t ever resist the temptation of grabbing the magical beauty of Kashmir on celluloid. The iconic Dal Lake and the houseboats became symbols of the land of incredible exquisiteness. Tourists […]

A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists. Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on Dalori village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees, according to survivors and soldiers at […]

About 620 million Chinese, nearly half of the country’s population, had used mobile phones to access internet as of the end of 2015, an official report showed. The number of Chinese surfing the internet via phone increased by 63.03 million in 2015, accounting for 90.1 percent of the total 688 million internet users in the country, Xinhua cited the report released by China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) as saying […]

A superpower’s capital city that was brought to its knees with just an inch of snow midweek is gearing up for what meteorologists are predicting will be a epic winter storm that is expected to dump some 30 inches of snow in parts of the US northeast. Washington DC is shutting down metro and bus services for the weekend, and airlines are cancelling some 4,000 flights from several east coast […]

It was a horrific site in Puri as carcasses of hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles were washed ashore on Wednesday. The news has set off alarm bells among conservationists, more so because they fall under the endangered category.  Thousands of marine turtles swim towards the Odisha coast for nesting every winter. Illegal trawlers and fishing nets, however, act as a death trap for them in the seas despite a ban […]

The votes are in, America, and the best country in the world is… It’s Germany. Sorry, United States, you’re fourth – right behind third-ranked Britain and second-ranked Canada. But, hey, America beat Sweden! That’s according to the inaugural “Best Countries” ranking from U.S. News & World Report, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and global brand consultants BAV Consulting. The ranking was officially unveiled at the World Economic Forum in […]

The Pakistani Taliban first took and then denied responsibility for this morning’s deadly assault on a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan, in which 25 people died, according to a minister who briefed parliament. Here are the 10 latest developments in this story: A group of four terrorists, using the cover of thick, wintry fog, scaled the walls of the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. […]

Rajasthan is a majestic place. Its rich cultural heritage always mesmerises us and we long to go back to breathe in its breathtaking scenes. Its vibrancy is enough to make us space-travel to the royal land no matter where we live. And these new Rajasthan tourism ads are only making the travel itch run deeper. Introduced by Tourism Department of Rajasthan, each ad is seen through a traveller’s eyes. The […]

A petition challenging the practice of restricting the entry of women into the Sabrimala temple in Kerala has caught the attention of the entire country. The PIL has sought entry for all women and girls in the temple. The apex court, on January 11, had questioned the age-old tradition of banning entry of women of menstrual age group in the temple saying this cannot be done under the Constitution. The […]

Pakistan’s long forgotten Hindu temples.  After India gained independence, a large chunk of Hindus and Sikhs migrated from Pakistan to India. Similarly, nearly an equal number of Muslims left India to live in Pakistan. Today, only 26 out of Pakistan’s 428 Hindu temples exist. There are many examples of such ancient architecture; silent testimonies of our heritage, narrating tales of our past and stories of our land. Unfortunately, these exponents […]