In a controversial decision, the Awadh Forest Department has requested the gun totting Nawab of Hyderabad to tranquilise a tiger in the outskirts of Lucknow. However, wildlife experts believe that the tiger could be eliminated on the pretext of self defence Akash Bisht Delhi
India's mammoth biometrics-based identification project gets a thumbs up from the home ministry, even as inconvenient questions haunting aspects of data collection and control still hang fire Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
'Not many imagined that a young girl who hated the upper castes would go so far in politics. We did not take her seriously then,' remarks a local who has seen Mayawati's rise
"Let's get the hell outta here" is the sentiment behind the exercise seeking negotiations to secure needed assurances and guarantees from sinister unholy characters SS Rao Sohoni Kabul
If Priyanka joins the campaign across UP, along with Rahul's consistent efforts, Congress might hope to push the electoral threshold beyond predictable limits Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
She was there, and so were a host of celebrities chased by autograph hunters. An inside peep into the great carnival of the glitterati and the litterati Sayan Bhattacharya Jaipur/Kolkata
The Right to Education Act which was championed as one of the most revolutionary and progressive legislations of modern India, appears to have failed the very idea of an 'education' Manisha Kaushik Delhi
Celebrate the delicious kaleidoscope of the eternal ‘madrasi’ dosa in a million reincarnations across the Indian landscape of taste, delicacy and insatiable elementary desires
Ratna Raman Delhi
What has electoral politics done to good old 'Lakhnawi Tehzeeb'? A very brief chronicle of election atmospherics in Lucknow since 1957 Ibrahim Khan Shishmahal Lucknow
A very Zen situation. A buddy wants to know if Jalaluddin Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet would participate in a literary festival financed by fat cat businesses in a five star hotel? Mehru Jaffer Vienna
Even the RSS has realised that the party cannot afford to raise many an eyebrows which might polarise the Muslim votes in favour of the SP or the Congress
Priyanka is hugely popular with voters of Amethi and Raebareli and seen as a better bet in reviving the fortunes of the Congress than her mother and brother Hardnews Bureau Delhi
'Narcopolis' has created a new benchmark in literary fiction. Kudos to Jeet Thayil for having made a neat transition from verse to prose Jaya Bhattacharji Rose Delhi
The books tell important stories, based on actual events couched in fiction, and yet slide out of the crevices of one's head, leaving little trace of memories Ratna Raman Delhi
India is home to the largest number of wild tigers in the world. Hardnews joins the campaign to protect the most magnificent and majestic creature in the animal kingdom.
