Eleven members of a family in Delhi’s Burari killed themselves and initial investigations suggest that they were part of a deadly cult that promised them salvation. What does the Bhatia family have in common with the Jonestown Massacre?

The morbid visual of a huge metal object plummeting from the sky commands a grim fascination. From the hair-raising footage of a plane crashing into a bridge in Taiwan to a miraculous river landing in New York, here’s what happens when planes and cities cross paths.

On this day, 74 years ago, Mumbai witnessed one of its darkest days. A blast aboard the British cargo ship, Fort Stikine, left the docks in ruins. Mumbai’s busiest commercial district, Nariman Point, is built on the debris of that incident.

Woodstock ended on 18 August, 1969, but its legacy has lasted much longer, extending to India's hippie haven, Goa. Is India's sunshine state losing its Woodstock vibe?

India's long fight for #Independence is rife with mini revolutions that went undocumented. The burning bungalow of Kanpur is one of them. #IndependenceIndia #IndiaAt70

Five hundred and twenty years ago, Vasco da Gama embarked on a journey to discover a sea route to India. It set the ball rolling for our eventual colonisation, but we did get tomatoes out of the bargain.

What has Mumbai's grande dame, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, which turned 129 years this week, witnessed in the last three centuries?