By: Arshad Alam In many ways, the Batla House ‘encounter’ was a defining moment for the residents of the area and the larger Muslim community in India. For the migrant...

  By: Syed Badrul Ahsan Two incidents across Bangladesh’s border with India have led to consternation and raised questions in Dhaka. The West Bengal food and supplies minister, Jyotipriyo Mallick,...

By: Haroon Khalid Surrounded by thousands of others, there is nothing remarkable about the grave of Dulla Bhatti, on a raised platform, plastered with cement under the shade of an...

Jammu, March 01: Two soldiers were injured today when Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire and shells along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Rajouri districts, an official...

JAMMU, MARCH 01: Union Cabinet Secretary, Pradeep Kumar Sinha Thursday reviewed the status of implementation of the rural electrification programme with the concerned Union Secretaries and Chief Secretaries of Jammu...

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BY: Suhas Palshikar An army chief making headlines for the wrong reasons is a painful sight. Some months ago, it was about the incident of the human shield and the...

BY: JENNIFER SZALAI Steven Pinker doesn’t just want you to be happy; he wants you to be grateful too. His new book, “Enlightenment Now,” is a spirited and exasperated rebuke...

BY: Fazal Malik In a demographically young country, dominated by social media with high penetration of broadband connectivity and mobile phone penetration, it is rather surprising to learn that conventional...

KUPWARA, MARCH 01: The officials of District Information Centre Kupwara and other subordinate centres today accorded warm farewell to District Information Officer Kupwara Abdul Rashid Bhat. Bhat, who was recently...