Charles Martel was one man who in history saved Europe from Islam. European nations, England not excluded, perhaps would have been Muslim countries today but for this single man Charles Martel. Christianity could have vanished from Europe from the 8th...

The Kerala Government has asked the Director General of Police to probe the last-minute removal of two Muslim policemen from the security duty of Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani during his Kozhikode visit on Tuesday.

The last month has been a bad one for the police in India. The Noida double murder has underlined what we have suspected all along — that our police force is transparently inept when it comes to solving crimes.

Ajay is 16 and studies in Class X. But let him loose in cyberspace and he\’s a millionnaire, leaving hundreds of credit card holders broke across the globe.

Tom Werner, chief executive of SunPower (nasdaq: SPWR - news - people ), a leading manufacturer of high-performance solar energy technology, predicts that solar will account for about 10% to 20% of all new power plants in the U.S. by 2015. (Read my...

Belying the popular sayingit takes two hands to clap–a university student in Lucknow has developed a unique talent for clapping by just one hand!

Myanmar’s generals may have more than self-promoting propaganda in mind by commandeering aid provided by international donors and insisting that the military deliver it without the assistance and expertise of foreign disaster relief personnel. The...

An Indian seminary in the northern city of Deoband has rejected a proposal for the establishment of separate mosques for Muslim women. The Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic seminary reacted strongly to a proposal by the All-India Muslim Women’s Personal...

It’s been a good fortnight for rocket scientists. After the PSLV launched 10 satellites into space 10 days ago, India inched closer towards building a “minimum credible nuclear deterrent” against China by testing its longest-range...

Indonesia on Monday extradited four rebel soldiers from East Timor wanted for alleged involvement in attacks on the tiny nation’s president and prime minister in February. more stories like this Indonesian authorities handed over the four...