Popular Indian blogger Arnab Ray has entertained thousands of readers on his blog ‘Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind” (http://greatbong.net) for over four years. Ray, who lives in the U.S., talks to Reuters about blogging and being fascinated by...

Moment ‘Mumbai Gunman’ Was Captured Sky News has obtained mobile phone footage of alleged terrorist Ajmal Qasab being captured and beaten following the attacks that killed more than 170 people in Mumbai. It is thought he was the only...

Much of the reporting from Mumbai the last few days has been informative, gripping and often moving. Some of the commentary, on the other hand, has been not just uninformative but counterinformative — if that’s a term, and if it’s not, I say it...

Mere hours into the horrific attacks in Mumbai, CNN/Newsweek bloviator Fareed Zakaria inaugurated the typical “root causes” debate by “explaining” away the terrorists’ motivation:

Former Indian prime minister and Janta Dal leader Vishwanath Pratap Singh died today. He was 77 and suffered from a prolonged illness. Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in June 25, 1931, he led the National Front alliance to victory in the 1989 general...

Everyone loves a joke, doesn’t he? Either to hear, read or crack. If I asked you what your best joke is, chances are that you won’t be able to come out with an answer. Well, I know the answer to this question is very difficult because...

The Times of India Delhi edition on Thursday, October 9, 2008 published an article on Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Somnath Chatterjee’s refusal to visit Britain because the British government couldn’t give him a security clearance at the airport where he...

Ishmeet Singh, the first Voice of India champion in 2007 has died in a drowning accident in Maldives today. Ishmeet hailed from Ludhiana in Punjab. A couple of months back I was invited in Guru Tegh Bahadur Insitute of Technology in Rajouri Gardens,...

Veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Harkrishen Singh Surjit passed away in a NOIDA hospital a few minutes back after a prolonged illness. He was 92. He had been recently hospitalized again following respiratory problems. He was the...

Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins Olympic bronze medal for India at Beijing Olympics. Sushil beat Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan in 66 kg freestyle repechage in a heart-stopping bout. This is India’s second medal in the Beijing Olympics following...