Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass after historic election as Pope Francis' successorChicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, made history as the first North American pope, signaling potential continuity with Pope Fran...
09 May, 2025, 01.31 PM IST
How long can the alliance between tech titans and the MAGA faithful last?When Elon Musk endorsed Mr. Trump, putting a great deal of personal money and energy into the project of MAGA populism, he joined figures l...
19 Jan, 2025, 08.30 AM IST
How JD Vance found his way to the Catholic churchJD Vance's journey to Catholicism began in Cincinnati at St. Gertrude Church, culminating in his 2019 baptism. His faith aligned with tradi...
25 Aug, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95Benedict stunned the world on Feb. 11, 2013, when he announced, in his typical, soft-spoken Latin, that he no longer had the strength to ru...
31 Dec, 2022, 04.31 PM IST
UK assisted dying bill hopes to end 'inhumane' suicidesMeacher, 81, has drafted a law to legalise assisted dying in England for the terminally ill with less than six months to live, an act curre...
29 Jan, 2022, 01.41 PM IST
'I just couldn't be silent': How American women decided the 2020 presidential raceVadala, who lives in a suburb of Scranton, Pennsylvania, had been a Republican all her life. But she concluded Trump lacked the "integrity ...
08 Nov, 2020, 07.36 AM IST
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, moreTrump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out tax reductions and regulatory cuts as economic imperatives and frames himself as a conservat...
13 Oct, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
Centre asks states to stop mass exodus of migrant workers; Amit Shah speaks to CMsThe 21-day lockdown imposed from Tuesday midnight in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers...
27 Mar, 2020, 09.22 PM IST
AIADMK faces dual anti-incumbency as a result of its tie-up with BJPCash for votes was an issue in Vellore with election officials seizing Rs 11.53 crore from the premises of a DMK worker.
16 Apr, 2019, 06.01 PM IST
KM Mani: The man who dominated Kerala coalition politics for over 4 decadesKM Mani also had brief stint as a minister in the CPI(M)-led LDF ministry in early 1980s.
09 Apr, 2019, 06.04 PM IST
View: George Fernandes, a leader smaller than himselfHe was a self-made leader, a drop-out from a Catholic seminary who never held a formal degree. But he was one of India’s best read politica...
29 Jan, 2019, 09.40 PM IST
How churches in Arunachal Pradesh are facing resistance over conversion of tribalsThe church has over the decades reaped rich rewards by converting tribal souls of Arunachal, but now the indigenous communities — with some...
19 Nov, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
Moral policing rising in god’s own countryThe incidents of faux morality have been taking place in the state against the backdrop of a rash of genuine sexual assaults that have shak...
02 Apr, 2017, 12.05 PM IST
BJP has to counter rising AAP and RSS revolt as Goa assembly election nearsWhile winning UP will be the BJP’s top priority in 2017, letting Goa slip out of its hands will reflect poorly on Parrikar and will give a ...
11 Sep, 2016, 05.06 AM IST
Why a section of Kerala's Muslim youth is treading a radical pathKerala has so far had an indigenous version of Salafism, which is considered relatively progressive, with its emphasis on educating women.
31 Jul, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Aam Aadmi Party: Will lack of centralised leadership be a problem for it?But the pro-people party’s lack of a centralized leadership and a vision that extends beyond corruption may hamper its progress.
15 Dec, 2013, 10.45 AM IST
- 9/11's biggest impact was to make religion even more important for US politics
There is little doubt that the decade since 9/11 has seen a significant decline in both the reality and the image of American power.
11 Sep, 2011, 01.54 AM IST