India does not have a single active hangman today. Which should not be surprising; 300 prisoners are awaiting death.

Why is the famous port city that once opened itself to the world turning increasingly petty?

Suddenly there is a huge demand for earthworms, and people who are producing them are getting rich.

For urban Indians and NRIs who want a slice of their rural past, Pradeep Lokhade brings their villages to them.

If Ajmal Kasab has changed his mind about being a martyr and hopes to live, tough luck. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has secured the highest number of death sentences in the country, 37.

A succession of bulls have been visiting two cloth shops in Varanasi for over 25 years

An association is helping market the works of disabled artists who paint using their mouth and feet

A man who played politics by frequently staging his own suicide and lived to tell the tale.

At Manora, the 16-storey MLA hostel in south Mumbai, legislators quarrel over getting sea-facing quarters.

Nitin Gadkari is set to take over a party that desperately needs someone who can shape victories. A look at what his vote-pulling formula might be

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