Bangalore

We always like meeting two kinds of people in life. Those who inspire us, and those who get inspired by us. Recently, Abhinav Bajpai got a chance to meet one from the first category - a guy who inspired him to work harder towards the cause that he has taken up. This is his story.

Vindhya E Infomedia, a BPO in Bangalore, is known for it its quality and deliverability. But what’s special about it? The organization was started with the vision of employing differently abled people, and has been doing so very successfully for the past 10 years now.

From being given food by students who saw him standing hungry and tired at a street corner, to being threatened with being beaten up if he was ever seen again, Tarun Gidwani has seen people at their best and worst. His message to all, however, is: "You're perfect."

Everybody in Bangalore whines and moans about the traffic. Tell us something new, you say? Well, now there is something new to tell actually — about a man who thanks and rewards traffic cops instead of complaining about them.

When 23-year-old Devina Singh found out about Narendra Modi's visit to Bengaluru, she stood on the road with a placard to ask him a crucial question. This is what it was.

A team of students from Indian Institute of Science bagged a coveted award at the Student Design Competition conducted by American Helicopter Society International. This is what the students had designed.

Their day starts with cooking. Proceeds to their full-time jobs in multinational companies. And ends after midnight. What’s special? Well, it’s after midnight that they go out to feed the 120 street dogs for whom they cooked in the morning. Meet Anil Prasad and Bismi Anil, a couple whose love for dogs is not just inspiring, it is even helping people in the Whitefield area of Bangalore live in harmony with strays.

The QS World University Rankings for 2015 are out, and for the first time, two Indian institutes have made it to the top 200 list of the world's best universities.

Keeping in mind the safety of school going girls, CBSE has asked all it affiliated schools to conduct self-defence lessons for girl studying in class I to X. They hope that this move will inculcate a sense of self confidence among the students.

A 4,818-year-old man, people who are 120 years old, numerous citizens aged less than 18 years, and several women listed as males – these are just some of the many errors PG Bhat has found in the country’s electoral rolls. But he’s also created the software to fix them!