Jnanpith winner: 'Right-wing groups have brought shame to India'

Image: Professor Bhalchandra Nemade, winner of the 2014 Jnanpith Award. Photograph: Sanjay Sawant/Rediff.com   'I stand by what I said. It is understandable that Rushdie got angry and called......

Stunning photos from the week gone by

Images of the events that shaped the world last week.    ‘Table Sculpture’ by artist Allen Jones is seen on display at Sotheby’s auction house in London. The work is......

Why bloggers pay with their lives for speaking up

People during a protest against the brutal killing of Bangladeshi- American blogger Avijit Roy in Bangladesh, in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI photo Cesar Vallejo is dead. They struck him,/all of them,......

UN warns against targeting of civilians as over 6,000 killed in Ukraine

Volunteers of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republican guard fire their weapons during shooting training in Donetsk. Photograph: Baz Ratner/ Reuters More than 6,000 people have......

High stakes for Putin at costly Sochi Games

The Sochi Winter Olympics are meant to be Vladimir Putin's crowning achievement as Russian leader but are in danger of becoming a symbol of his country's problems. When the Games open with great......