It was around 1.30 pm on August 5, when after consistent rains, the residents of Dharali, a picturesque village in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, began fearing the worst: a disastrous flash flood.

Four students from Calcutta University were allegedly assaulted near the Sealdah railway station in Kolkata and called “Bangladeshi” for speaking in Bengali on Wednesday, The Hindu reported. Two ...

Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh had cited the official’s statement to claim that Myanmarese citizens had been illegally crossing over into India.

As wood-fired ovens are replaced with electric ones, the pao could lose its signature flavour and affordability.

An excerpt from ‘Footnotes to the Mahabharata’, by K Srilata.