A stampede in India killed 63 people and left 100 others injured Thursday. A 200,000 person pilgrimage intended worship Hindu beliefs ended tragically when gatherers at a community lunch at the Ram Janak temple sought the free food, utensils, and clothes the festivity offered. Hindu holy man,...
President Barack Obama's first foriegn trip since taking office in 2008 was upstaged by his wife Michelle. The First family is winding down their ten day stay in India with an itinery which included Obama's controversial address to the Indian Parliament, tours of local amenitites, and Michelle...
The Wildlife Conservation Society has offered its praise to the governments of India, Russia, and Thailand as their efforts have helped tigers and other big cats in "winning" their re-population. Despite habitat encroachment, poaching, loss of prey, and other imminent threats, the six endangered...
A massive inferno consumed the third floor of the Carlton Towers in Bangalore, India on Tuesday. The Carlton Towers Carlton Towers is on Old Airport Road and is a commercial building in a highly populated business section of Banaglore. The Carlton Towers housed the IT and other offices. Many...
A train crash in West Bengal, India kills passengers and leaves many wounded. A Sealdah bound Cooch Behar Uttarbanga Express train collided with a Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vanachal Express train near a station in Shantiniketan at 2:05 a.m. The Bhaglpur-Ranchi Vanachal Express train was bound...
Look, everyone hates their job. Everyone hates their boss. Everyone hates how it crushes their dreams, and destroys what little creativity they ever had. But things could be worse. How much worse? These 16 jobs throughout history are horrible, disgusting, tedious and foul. They'll have you kissing...
People around the world have been smoking marijuana for thousands of years while also using the hemp plant for everything from fabric and rope to ethanol fuel. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, a man with a bit of power and enough determination decided pot was wicked, evil and narcotic. He...
Bappi Lahiri is reaching new heights of fame when it comes to music. Success and popularity are nothing new to the Bollywood music director who was at the top in the 1980’s and is said to have pioneered the disco music in India. Performing at the Mirchi Nite Club in Dubai, Bappi Lahiri along with...
I've stayed in some pretty sketchy places in my time. In Vientiane, I stayed in the cheapest place the Lonely Planet listed, costing just $1 per night. It was basic, a bit sketch, but generally fine. I've stayed in falling apart hostels, weird backpackers, and gross hotels. But none of the places...
The 20th century was a time of great change, with devastating wars, the rise of two superpowers and the fall of one. Demonstrations have been used throughout history to change the world, both peacefully and violently, but in the 20th century activism came into its own in an age of protest. 1)...
