Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule ended as he fled Damascus amidst a swift rebel advance. Rebels declared the capital free, m...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faced a major challenge to his family's 50-year rule. Rebels advanced despite Russian and Iranian backing....

Congress had given Khajuraho seat to Samajwadi Party as part of the INDIA bloc seat-sharing, possibly due to a sizable presence of Yadav vo...

Cities should have personalities, India's cities especially so, given our historic temple cities with an entire conurbation built around a ...

The gujiya has achieved a kind of perfection in Orchha.

Thanks to irrigation and District-in-charge minister MB Patil’s zealous role to get a separate religion status for the Lingayats, the inten...

When Rohingya militants in Myanmar staged their deadliest attack on the military in decades, in the last week of August, it reignited a mil...

Originating in the Nandi Hills, the river flows through Chikkaballapura, Hoskote, Malur, Kadugodi and then onto Sarjapura for about 100 km.

There was Baroque, Gothic, Renaissance, Romanesque and Classic, standing next to each other. Despite the contrasting styles, it formed a lo...

The castle itself was built in the early 13th century by the Rapperswil counts, powerful nobles who moved from across the river to settle h...

Here’s the good news for the rich. By making imported luxury “flauntables” more expensive, finance minister P Chidambaram has helped them.

Thankfully, I did not look anomalous; I melded with the baroque extravagance of a squat town that is so proud of its UNESCO World Heritage ...

The ancient fort of Jalore is a bit obscured by the overbearing pressure of illustrious neighbours such like Jodhpur and Jaisalmer to the w...

Given its antiquity, it is only logical that each village and town there has its own private legends and grandma’s tales.

Workers at the Absolut vodka factory in Aahus, Sweden, cracked jokes in their morning meeting on Monday about whether they’ll have to eat b...

Stuttgart has something to offer even if you aren’t either a car aficionado or a football freak. Vinod Advani waxes lyrical about its music...

The Riviera, that 100-km coastal region along the Mediterranean Sea, is a popular destination to head to during the summer.