She was married off when she was only an infant yet, but coming of age the 16-year-old Rajasthani girl now wants that marriage annulled and freedom of choice to be educated and working restored to her

A civil engineer from Punjab, employed in Lebanon and wanted by the Punjab police for polygamy, was detained at the Chennai airport on Saturday.

Immigration officials detained 44-year-old Sadam Varm

History and heritage lovers from TN who do not have the time or resources to visit all historical monumental and heritage sites in the state would soon be able to tour these places virtually.

The sta

Time magazine has listed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in its list for 2012, sharing space with the likes of US President Barack Oba

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she will demand that May 8 be declared a national holiday to mark the 150th birthday of Rabindranath Tagore.

"I will demand from the Centre

Crumbling road and rail networks, high rate of crime and rising taxes may force at least 500,000 wealthy Britons to leave the country in the next two years, a study has revealed.

More than half a mil

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has wished 'Shubho Nobo Borsho!' to Bengali communities around the world on 'Poila Boishakh', the Bengali New Year.

"Americans have been influenced by the strong

Close on the heels of the foundation laid recently for a gender park in Kozhikode, a second one is all set to come up at Kakkanad here.

The social welfare minister, Dr M K Muneer, said the park was e

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that life sentence can be a ground to grant divorce.

Rejecting a Miscellaneous First Appeal by a husband serving life in a murder case, a division bench, headed by

For the past few months, Gundalapatti, Mottangurichi and other villages in and around Dharmapuri of Tamil Nadu have been wearing a deserted look after 6 pm every day. People confine themselves indoors