Modi inaugurates Mahakal corridor, unveils giant shivaling

Amid Vedic chants, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a large 'shivaling' covered in strands of sacred red threads placed below the grand gateway -- Nandi Dwar -- of 'Mahakal Lok' to mark the......

Som's right: Foreigners built the Taj

How much do you know about Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal and the Taj Mahal? Setting off a controversy comes naturally to Sangeet Som, the Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh.......

PM Modi offers prayers at Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid obeisance at Lingaraj Temple and responded warmly to the enthusiastic people who greeted him outside the 11th century Shiva shrine. Soon after his......

PHOTOS: What's left of Palmyra after Islamic State

On Sunday, the Syrian government said its forces had retaken the desert city of Palmyra, in the centre of Syria. The self-declared Islamic State seized the city in May of last year -- and soon......