Top Stories  •  Renting a cot and quilt as winter chill continues (Feature)  •  Century on, end of a bullock cart saga in Mumbai (With Images)  • Uttar Pradesh mosques double up as primary schools  • Nagpur man aims to unite lonely elders  • Role reversal: Kalandars turn angels for sloth bears (Feature)

 »  Renting a cot and quilt as winter chill continues (Feature)
New Delhi |Thursday, 2012 4:35:05 PM IST
Behind the 17th century Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, an auto-parts market thrives by day, but on winter nights, the area is thronged by thousands of homeless who rent a quilt or a cot. ...

 »  Century on, end of a bullock cart saga in Mumbai (With Images)
Mumbai |Wednesday, 2012 12:35:06 PM IST
Rain or shine, they would deliver their ware. But, following a sustained campaign by an animal rights group and celebrities, Maharashtra has finally brought the curtains down on 465 bullock carts that were being used since 1906 for transporting kerosene i ...

 » Uttar Pradesh mosques double up as primary schools
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) |Tuesday, 2012 11:35:05 AM IST
Amid the mushrooming convent schools, mosques still continue to be popular centres of learning at least up to the primary class level in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district. The trend is more common in cities and towns where Islamic primary schools are rare ...

 » Nagpur man aims to unite lonely elders
Nagpur |Monday, 2012 9:35:05 AM IST
Advocating the need for companionship in the autumn of life, a Nagpur octogenarian has taken up the task of mooting live-in relationships for senior citizens who are leading a lonely life after outliving their spouses. ...

 » Role reversal: Kalandars turn angels for sloth bears (Feature)
Agra |Sunday, 2012 11:05:05 AM IST
"Rani was ours", says Aashiq Miyan, fondly looking at the sloth bear. But there is no remorse in the voice of this former 'kalandar' or bear entertainer whose family once roamed the dusty roads of Rajasthan making the animal "dance" to earn a living. ...