Dogs maul girl to death in Sitapur; 7th death in May

A pack of ferocious dogs on Sunday mauled a 12-year-old girl to death in a village in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll in fatal attacks by feral hounds in the district to 13 in the last six......

In the name of the cow: What motivates gau rakshaks?

'It's not only holy reverence that drives them to such vigilantism -- there is adventure too.''Some of the younger gau rakshaks enjoy the thrill of the chase: Stopping vehicles, wielding weapons,......

We still receive threats, need security: Karma's family

The family members of Congress leader Mahendra Karma, who was killed by Maoists in an attack in Chhattisgarh in May, on Friday said they continue to receive threats from the extremists and demanded......

Five of a family killed in Bihar

Five persons of a family were on Thursday night killed in Bihar's Sheikhpura district, police said on Friday.Assailants slit the throats of Devki Prasad Singh, his wife Shakunti Devi, and their......

The art and craft of Nitin Desai

Straight from the art. That is how Nitin Chandrakant Desai's work can be best described. He has been active independently for over a decade. But it was after 1942 -- A Love Story in 1994......

Dhoni's parents test positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's parents Pan and Devki Singh. Photograph: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff/Files Former India skipper and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's parents have......

Biography traces Dhoni's life from TC to World Cup-winning captain

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's image of holding the World Cup trophy at Wankhede has been immortalised in cricketing folklore but not many know that Indian cricket's poster boy was once a ticket collector......

Dhoni@30: The boy from Ranchi

*From our archives Jharkhand has very few celebrities. Now. Or ever. It is not surprising then that the day Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns to Ranchi, Jharkhand's capital, it goes dizzy with......

Dhoni's dad: 'Achcha laga'

It has been a busy, exciting two days at the sleepy Shyamali Colony in Doranda, north Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. Cameramen and journalists have been impatiently swarming about a modest......