Delhi suffers toxic smog hangover after Diwali firework frenzy
AFP | Air pollution in New Delhi hit hazardous levels Thursday after a night of free-for-all Diwali fireworks, despite Supreme Court efforts to curb the...
Shah Rukh Khan’s “Zero” in trouble for hurting religious sentiments
News Desk | The trailer of Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film "Zero" has been landed in hot waters as Sikh Community has objected it for...
Targeting Gwadar? US exempts Chabahar from sanctions
AFP | The United States said Tuesday it would exempt Iran's Indian-backed port of Chabahar from new sanctions on Tehran, recognizing the value of the...
India and China nervous spectators in Sri Lanka crisis
AFP | Rival Asian giants India and China are anxiously watching the constitutional conflict between contending prime ministers in Sri Lanka to see whose interests...
Hindutva’s war on names
Aiza Azam | Recent renaming of the historic city of Allahabad, a metropolitan center in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, has stirred up...
Deepika Padukone bought her Mangalsutra for whopping Rs. 20 lakhs
News Desk | Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are getting ready for their 'D' day... Deepika after attending puja at her home in Bengaluru is...
Heavy police as flashpoint Indian shrine reopens
AFP | Authorities in southern India deployed 2,300 police on Monday to prevent a repeat of violent clashes last month around one of Hindu's holiest...
US to exempt China, India, Japan from Iran oil sanctions: Pompeo
AFP | The United States will exempt China, India and Japan from oil sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, while vowing...
Polluted Delhi air akin to death sentence, say doctors
AFP | Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his surgeons wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing...
Indian law college to teach Harry Potter
AFP | A die-hard Harry Potter fan has designed a spellbinding course for aspiring lawyers in India, offering classes on the legality of curses and...
Man-eating tiger shot dead in India after massive hunt
AFP | A man-eating tiger that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead in India, sparking controversy over the...
Oppressed Kashmiris and the right of self-determination
Abdul Rasool Syed | Like every year, the people of Kashmir marked 27th October as a black day. On this very fateful day in 1947,...