Indian tycoon Ratan Tata is being praised on social media for traveling in one of the world's cheapest cars.
The Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group, Tata is known for his simplicity.
When he traveled in the Nano, which his firm launched in 2009 but (...)
Former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds has died aged 46 after being involved in a car crash.
The all-rounder played 26 Tests, 198 One-Day Internationals and 14 Twenty20s for Australia between 1998 and 2009.
A powerful batter, canny bowler and (...)
A 28-year-old Muslim woman's petition to a court, seeking to prevent her husband from taking another wife without her written consent, has put the spotlight on the practice of polygamy among Indian Muslims.
Reshma, who uses only one name, also wants (...)
Indian classical music legend Shiv Kumar Sharma has died at the age of 84.
Sharma was an exponent of santoor, a dulcimer-like instrument. He suffered a heart attack at his residence in Mumbai on Tuesday morning.
Sharma is credited with converting (...)
India and France on Wednesday called for "an immediate cessation of hostilities" in Ukraine, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi again stopping short of condemning Russia's invasion of its neighbor.
India, which imports much of its military (...)
An online conversation between two Indian actors from competing film industries has reignited the debate on Hindi as India's national language.
"Hindi will always be India's mother tongue and national language," Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn tweeted at (...)
India's mid-day meal scheme, the world's most ambitious free school feeding programme, resumed in April after a two-year hiatus during the pandemic. But re-starting the scheme is proving to be a challenge for many schools, reports Astha (...)
Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are set to tie the knot in what is being dubbed as one of the biggest weddings of the Indian film industry.
With many celebrities attending Thursday's events, the celebrations have been making headlines (...)
Award-winning actor, Rasika Dugal, has never had more work, or been recognized more often.
The Indian actor's star is rising — she will soon be seen in the second season of drama, Delhi Crime on Netflix and in the film, Lord Curzon Ki Haveli. She is (...)
Hafiz Saeed, the chief of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) and co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has been sentenced to 31 years in prison by an anti-terror court in Pakistan.
The 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind was sentenced (...)
Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, Saudi Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Film Commission concluded today his three-day visit to the Republic of India.
The Prince headed a delegation consisting of the Film (...)
A prominent Indian journalist and activist says she has been barred from boarding a flight to London where she was scheduled to address an event on targeting of journalists in the world's largest democracy.
Rana Ayyub, a vocal critic of Prime (...)
Juan Francisco Paladines knew there was something wrong when he started seeing double.
Doctors told him his symptoms - including double vision - which first appeared ten years ago, were being caused by a brain tumour.
"It was a very tough moment in (...)
The parents of Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui are seeking legal action against the Taliban over their son's death.
The 38-year-old Reuters journalist was killed last year after a Taliban ambush while reporting in (...)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday announced a 5 trillion yen ($42 billion) investment in India over the next five years after holding wide-ranging discussions with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday.
The two leaders were (...)
The resignation of a high-profile Indian entrepreneur from the company he co-founded has led to worry in the country's booming start-up sector.
Ashneer Grover, founder of at least two unicorns — tech start-ups valued at over $1bn — resigned last (...)
Nabeela Shaikh was 30 when she started wearing the hijab. She was the last of three sisters to take to it.
The eldest, Muzna, first wore it when she was eight, inspired by a cousin. She would then wear it depending on the company around her - until, (...)
Indian music composer Bappi Lahiri, who was known for his groovy disco tunes and eye-catching fashion style, has died at the age of 69.
Lahiri, who recovered from Covid in April last year, was in hospital for the past month. He died on Tuesday.
His (...)
The former chief executive of India's largest bourse made crucial decisions by consulting and sending confidential information to a yogi, regulators say.
Chitra Ramkrishna sought advice from a spiritual guru in the Himalayas while head of the (...)
Veteran industrialist Rahul Bajaj, synonymous with Bajaj Auto, died Saturday in Pune. He was 83. A statement from the Bajaj Group said that the industrialist died in the "presence of his closest family members".
Bajaj, who had pneumonia and also a (...)
In May last year, as Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr, several women in Pakistan got a shock.
Screenshots of photos they had posted of themselves, dressed up for the festival, were livestreamed without their permission on YouTube by (...)
India's Gautam Adani has overtaken his fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to become the wealthiest person in Asia, according to Bloomberg's list of the world's richest people.
The 59-year-old founder of Adani Group controls companies ranging from ports (...)
Lata Mangeshkar, the "nightingale of India" who gave her voice to Indian movies for more than 70 years, died Sunday in Mumbai, according to her doctor. She was 92.
"Lata Di died at 8:12 a.m. due to multi-organ failure after over 28 days of COVID-19 (...)
India's national carrier, Air India, has been officially handed over to the Tata Group, which bought the debt-ridden airline in October last year.
The Tatas paid nearly $2.4bn (£1.7bn) after the government made the terms of the debt less onerous for (...)
An Indian court has finally cleared Shilpa Shetty of obscenity charges 15 years after the Bollywood star was kissed on stage by actor Richard Gere.
Footage from 2007 showed the Hollywood star kissing Shetty's cheek at an AIDS awareness event in (...)
