For the first time, India’s fertility rate has fallen to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1 necessary for a population ...

In the last three months, the state government had forced 2,000 persons into that country, said Himanta Biswa Sarma.

When Kritika Pant and I were travelling to Sikkim earlier in the year, we visited Dzongu, a region dominated by the Lepcha ...

The House accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government of ‘taking away the right to guaranteed employment’ from ...

After receiving training under a government programme, they began making a range of devices, from solar power banks and bulbs to a model of an emergency device.

Ikkis is based on Arun Khetarpal, who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his actions during the 1971 war.

The ritual of putting the bari out to dry was inseparable from the nimona-making process itself: the late-morning winter sun, ...

Learning to make pittha was its own kind of education. The chana dal must be soaked for hours, then coarsely ground with ...

After work, we went to the place. In the huge Malviya Nagar market, there was a small stall with yellow lights in the corner.

A lot of Malayali food is reasonably well-known across the country. Appam and stew, porotta and beef, egg roast and Malabar ...

Thukpa is not for multitaskers. Born in the cold regions of eastern Tibet, this noodle soup was designed for survival. It ...

Kolkata has a vibrant food scene. There’s everything from street snacks such as spicy phuchkas, which leave you salivating, ...