The International Astronomical Union recognised the efforts of this group, based in Mumbai, and gave them a grant for their pioneering ‘Astronomers on Foot’ programme.

An interview with Vineet Kumar Maurya, whose petition seeking to bring recognition to the Buddhist antecedents of Ayodhya has been accepted by the Supreme Court and clubbed with the title suit.

The Muslim Muk Morcha, a protest by over a lakh Muslims in Pune on September 9 represented an important mobilisation of the community. But some are sceptical if it will have a favourable outcome.

In conversation with Shukla, who recently won a decade-long legal battle that led to five former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh vacating official bungalows they continued to occupy long after they had ceased to be in the CM’s chair.

Three years after Mohsin Shaikh was lynched by a Hindu Rashtra Sena mob in Pune, his family recalls memories of him.

Marine mammals have been studied by scientists in more detail than many fish found deeper in the ocean, and their acoustic behaviour has been a source of much fascination.

UP’s assembly elections will reveal voters’ ability to separate the truth from the fanfare of election rhetoric, number crunching and exit polls.

Instead of relying on emotive religious issues, the AIMIM's leaders use statistics and facts to drive home their point.

Under the programme, schoolchildren in Pune have been collecting plastic items from their homes for safe disposal, assisted by their teachers and community workers.

Tarun Souradeep on the LIGO India collaboration, and whether India can take a leading role in science and scientific discovery in the years to come.

Sanjeev Dhurandhar is one of the giants of gravitational wave physics research worldwide, and has been leading the Indian research and experimental efforts in the area for three decades

The solitary cyclist travels the Chambal valley through heat, dust and rain to meet and give voice to those who risk being forgotten in India's quest for development.

A visit to a secluded and well-protected rescue centre reveals how the approach to the rescue and rehabilitation of leopards has evolved considerably since efforts first began around 2000.

Richa Singh is the first ever woman President of the Allahabad University Students Union.

Changing fashions were already affecting this homegrown industry, the lack of leather will likely kill it