The bill, which will make it possible to circumvent the imperial law that currently prevents the Emperor from abdicating, was approved during a cabinet meeting, Efe news reported....
Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave, who died on Thursday, was a man of varied interests -- the environment, social work, and flying -- with a preference for organic farming and an Indian way of life to deal with climate change....

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone let her hair loose - literally - as she stepped out in a jewel-toned maroon creation by Marchesa Notte for her red carpet appearance at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival here on Wednesday....
Tiger Woods enjoyed an unbelievable golf career and a colourful lifestyle to go with it. Yet, his philosophy of life is simple. For him there is no such thing as a setback. He believes in tomorrow, thinks he would be better than he was today, applying the lessons he learnt....
Bill Donohue of Catholic League comments on the upcoming meeting between Pope Francis and President Trump:...
Human reactions can be inconsistent. There was a time, if you were found reading a book in company, you could be shouted at by your parents or even have it snatched and flung away, but now if you are eagerly checking your smartphone, no one is likely to say anything -- for they might be doing the same too....

At a time when it's raining hat-tricks, can Michelin-starred celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna be far behind? The trailer of "Buried Seeds", a timeless story of passion, resilience, failure and rise as seen through Khanna's eyes and which follows the journey of an immigrant past overwhelming obstacles in achieving his dreams, is to make its debut at the...

With the Supreme Court refusing to fast-track it and pushing for out-of-court negotiations, it is evident no legal verdict can resolve the vexed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute....
Like the sun outshines other celestial bodies, literary figures are liable to find that their contribution to popular forms of mass media will obscure all their other work, no matter how much better they consider it. This Urdu poet, drawn into working in Bollywood, is a prominent example with his (extensive) filmy output better known th...

He has been named the "Hottest Chef of America" by People magazine and has won a Michelin star for his restaurant in New York, but Chef Vikas Khanna's roots remain in India -- and he now wants to take the country's regional cuisines to the world....