Politics

A 25-year-old mechanic in Bangalore district was arrested after his 20-day-old daughter died of poisoned milk — allegedly because he wanted a son.

August 20, 2012 · 1 min read

What India's leaders said during the August 2012 panic exodus — from the Prime Minister's assurance to the Home Secretary's charge of a foreign hand.

August 19, 2012 · 1 min read

In August 2012, rumor-driven panic sent tens of thousands of Northeasterners fleeing southern cities on packed trains — India's first great social-media scare.

August 19, 2012 · 1 min read

In August 2012, the government widened financial scrutiny of Baba Ramdev's trusts — service tax, foreign funding, and income tax probes he called political

August 19, 2012 · 1 min read

For a third day, Northeasterners fled southern Indian cities over feared reprisals for Assam's ethnic violence — despite leaders' appeals for calm.

August 19, 2012 · 1 min read

After the August 2012 panic exodus, the first special trains from Bangalore reached Guwahati — and many Northeasterners said they would return.

August 19, 2012 · 1 min read

After the Oak Creek massacre, Elk Grove detectives probed whether the 2011 drive-by slayings of two Sikh grandfathers were linked to Wisconsin.

August 15, 2012 · 2 min read

After the Oak Creek gurudwara shooting, a look back: early Punjabi immigrants in California built lives under prejudice — and married across cultures.

August 15, 2012 · 2 min read

For the first time in 2012, Mitt Romney crossed 40% with 18–29-year-olds in a JZ Analytics poll — a warning sign for Obama’s youth-vote machine.

August 15, 2012 · 1 min read

Paul Ryan became Mitt Romney’s VP pick in August 2012 — and instantly a political sex symbol, as P90X fame and shirtless photos broke the internet.

August 12, 2012 · 1 min read

Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan as his 2012 running mate — energizing the GOP base while handing Democrats the potent attack line of the Ryan Budget.

August 12, 2012 · 1 min read

Around 60 Hindu families from Pakistan's Balochistan and Sindh arrived in India in August 2012, fleeing violence, kidnappings and forced conversions.

August 10, 2012 · 1 min read

Russian police found 70 members of the Fayzarahmanist sect — including 20 children — living in an underground bunker near Kazan for nearly a decade.

August 9, 2012 · 1 min read

Handwritten posters by Jharkhand Mukti Sangh in Ranchi threatened acid attacks on girls wearing jeans or without a dupatta from Aug 20, 2012.

August 7, 2012 · 1 min read

Anuradha Bali alias Fiza, the estranged second wife of former Haryana deputy CM Chander Mohan, was found dead in Mohali and cremated per Hindu rites.

August 7, 2012 · 2 min read

At least seven people, including the gunman, were killed in a shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on Aug. 5, 2012.

August 5, 2012 · 1 min read

Grids supplying half of India collapsed on July 31, 2012 — the world's biggest blackout — even as Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was promoted to Home

July 31, 2012 · 4 min read

The Romney campaign launched the 'Mitt's VP' app on July 31, 2012, letting supporters be the first to learn his vice presidential pick via push notification.

July 31, 2012 · 1 min read

CFSL scientist BK Mahapatra told a Ghaziabad court that blood on Aarushi's clothes and mattress was her own, and fingerprints of both Aarushi and Hemraj

July 31, 2012 · 1 min read

A Hindu boy named Sunil converted to Islam live on Pakistani TV during Ramazan 2012, sparking outrage and a threatened lawsuit from his employer Ansar Burney.

July 27, 2012 · 1 min read