George Floyd laid to rest amid call for racial justice in US

African-American George Floyd, whose custodial killing stoked widespread protests in the United States and other countries over racial injustice, was laid to rest following a funeral service at a......

'You are a Brahmin by karma, not by birth'

'The appointment of 60 priests from the Dalit community is a historic moment.''Imagine this is happening in Kerala when Dalits are not even allowed to enter temples in some states even today.'......

The Taj is Everybody's

'It is obvious that the lakhs who come to see it do not see it through the prism of religion,' says Jyoti Punwani. I first saw the Taj Mahal when I was in school. The sight of it literally took my......

The Murderers who terrorised Britain

What led them to mass murder? London, June 3Khuram 'Abz/s' Shazad ButtAge at death: 27Born: Probably in Jhelum, Pakistan.Origin: He and his parents were from Jhelum, Pakistan, very close to......

IIT alumnus named the next UC San Diego chancellor

Pradeep K Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, also known as the Carnegie Institute of Technology, has been selected as the eighth chancellor of the University of......

ITC in talks to buy RDB's cigarette biz

Cigarette-to-hospitality major ITC may buy the de-merged cigarette division of Kolkata-based RDB Industries in a deal worth Rs 300-350 crore (Rs 3-3.5 billion), according to sources close to the......

Teva to buy Regent Drugs

The government has permitted Teva Pharmaceuticals of Israel and its Dutch subsidiary to together invest $8 million to acquire Regent Drugs from J&K Drugs and Pharmaceuticals.The fresh approval by......

India's Baahubali Captain

His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing.He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to......

The king becomes a regent

Jagmohan Dalmiya may be relinquishing the top postin the Board of Control for Cricket in India, but behind the scenes he will still be pushing all the buttons.With his selection as patron-in-chief,......