That spoonful of “guaranteed pure” sweetness may be hiding a bitter secret. Branded honey sold in India is likely to be contaminated with harmful antibiotics, according to a new study by the Centre for Science and Environment. CSE’s Pollution...

Manoj Mahato, secretary of the Maoist-led People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA), has gone missing. His parents allege that police picked him up from his ancestral home in Birkanr village, near Lalgarh, early on Friday. Police,...

Maoists on Friday called for a 48-hour bandh in five states from May 18 to protest against a slew of decisions taken by the Central Government including those concerning some PSUs. The bandh call has been given in Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa...

The government will be purchasing plastic waste from the public at the rate of Rs 3 per kg through municipal and urban local bodies to save the environment from the ill-effects of plastic waste. Announcing this at the state-level function of Earth Day...

“India belongs to Indians. That is my view,” he said, adding that he is not bothered about what Sena leaders like Bal Thackerey or Raj Thackerey think. “They are entitled to their views. But every part of India belongs to every...

Mumbai’s famous resident, Sachin Tendulkar, has stopped taking a shower. In a bid to contribute to the city’s urgent need to save water, he bathes using a bucket of water and so do his wife and children.

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan is set to host the third edition of reality TV show ‘Bigg Boss’ replacing Shilpa Shetty. Bachchan, currently in Singapore, told PTI that he would be hosting the show.

Nagesh Kukunoor has undergone a role-reversal at the ongoing 10th Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival by being a judge at the 11-day gala here, but the Indian actor-filmmaker does not like his films to be “judged by others”.

An Indian-origin woman is believed to have become Britain’s youngster doctor, preparing to start work at the age of 22, a newspaper reported.

When a group of school students here asked him about his marriage plans, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi smiled and said he was not averse to the idea. “I don’t know when I am getting married. I am looking for an open-minded girl,” was all that he...