An 80-member chess club functions beneath the busy 570-m long Gariahat flyover in Kolkata, with players hooked to the game unmindful of the traffic and crowds around them, says Anurag Dey

Indore girl, Himangini Singh Yadu, who represented India at the Miss Asia Pacific 2012, has won the international title. It was in 2000 that an Indian, Dia Mirza, had last won the title

At last, the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor, sandwiched between the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, will be transformed from a wasteland cum burial ground into the city's green lung

A growing clan of women professionals who specialise in candid wedding photography are enlivening those special nuptial moments for many couples these days, says Bula Devi

Animal rights group PETA while demanding a ban on horse drawn carriages in Mumbai citing cruelty to the animal has suggested that it be replaced with eco-friendly battery operated vehicles

A former head of a Japanese MNC recounts his nightmarish stint with the Organising Committee of the scam riddled 2010 Commonwealth Games in a just released book that he wrote, “to die in peace”

They pop up, and then vanish! Pop-up shops, a concept popular in countries like Canada and the US, has caught the fancy of Indian fashion designers and retail houses, says Nivedita Sharma

A gang of chain snatchers are on the prowl posing as police officers and targeting women in posh colonies using the ‘hanky trick.’ Women beware! Rajnish Singh has the story

The 165 km six-lane Yamuna Expressway which connects Delhi and Agra has become the favourite of enthusiastic riders and speedsters even before its official opening, says Brij Khandelwal

Billionaires Bill Gates, Ratan Tata and Azim Premji met in Bangalore along with other businessmen to discuss how they could contribute to societal development through philanthropic activities

From Big B to Bipasha, for most Bollywood stars, music is stress-buster. Of course, the tastes are different - from classical to contemporary, Irish to Sufi and Jimi Hendrix to Asha Bhosle

Tourists are flocking like never before to Kashmir – the beautiful land of meadows, streams and hills that was deserted just 2 years ago as tension reigned and bullets flew, says Sheikh Qayoom

Daughters get a grand welcome in Bihar’s Dharhara, which has tackled issues like low sex ratio, global warming and climate change in one go. The villagers plant at least 10 trees, traditionally mango, when a girl is born, says Saadia Azim

Sikh police officers in the American capital will be allowed to wear turbans, beards and other religious items while on the job, according to a new policy announced by Washington police chief

Kerala is unveiling the virgin land of Bekal for tourism. Talking to Arvind Padmanabhan, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy wondered where else beaches, backwaters, and hills coexist in such harmony