Nishi Malhotra

Talgo has broken the record of India's fastest train, the recently launched Gatiman Express, by achieving a maximum speed of 180 km per hour on the Mathura-Palwal stretch.

A Muslim couple walked miles on deserted roads to deliver food to a Hindu family that had run out of supplies during the Srinagar curfew.

Move aside master chefs from India, Australia, USA and other parts of the world. Watch 6-year-old Nihal Raj aka Kicha cook, bake and make popsicles with aplomb and teach other adults and children to do the same.

New electronic sanitary napkin vending machines and an incinerator to dispose of used napkins have been installed at Chennai Central railway station for the convenience of women travellers.

The caste-based violence over Jat reservations in Haryana in February has so upset Jagdeep Singh of Rohtak that he has decided to include a new and progressive vow in his wedding ceremony this month.

Maneka Gandhi announced that women being harassed on Twitter should post complaints using the hashtag #IamTrolledHelp or mail grievances directly to her.

Arjun Kumar Thapa, a 34-year-old Havaldar in the Gorkha Regiment, has become the first Indian to successfully scale Mt. Everest, ascend he South Pole and finish two tours of duty at the Siachen glacier.

A Karnataka sarpanch is using a novel approach to persuade village folk in his district not to defecate in the open but build toilets instead.

What happens when dholak and dhantal from the heartland of India meet tassa drums and Soca beats on the shores of the Caribbean? A delectable fusion called Chutney music, of course!

A woman of limited means living on a pension in a remote village in Karanataka, used up her savings to dig a well so several households would have water to drink.