Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

Mahavir Jayanti, celebrating the birth of Lord Mahavir, is observed on April 10. Banks, the Indian stock market, schools, and ...

Indian City Sets Curfew After Hindu Groups Demand Demolition of 17th Century Muslim Ruler's Tomb NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city on ...

The city was earlier called Aurangabad, after the Mughal ruler. Aurangzeb is a loathed figure among India’s Hindu nationalists, who accuse him of persecuting Hindus during his rule in the 17th ...