India: Women win right to enter the sacred parts of temples and mosques
Throughout history, world religions have considered women as ritually unclean because of menstruation and the social beliefs surrounding it. This perception led to women being denied entry into religious...
Narendra Modi’s “Israeli Style Settlements” not acceptable in Kashmir: Yasin Malik
Israeli style settlements are not acceptable in Kashmir. Yasin Malik, Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) reiterated this while talking with...
Kashmir: A crisis the world wants to ignore
Julie Cooper This week Members of Parliament gathered in the House of Commons to debate the continued instability in Kashmir, the second time Parliament has...
Kashmir Day: Why Feb 5, 2017 becomes important?
What is Kashmir Day? Kashmir Solidarity Day, or Kashmir Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan and Pakistani administered part of Jammu & Kashmir (Azad...
Indian Education Minister ‘diseases can be cured by strolling near a cow’
The Indian cow is apparently omnipotent, or so it would seem from the latest comment made by the country's education minister, Vasudev Devnani. Earlier, according to him,...
Thousands of Indian farmers commit suicide each year due to India’s farming policy
By Rina Chandran and Suchitra Mohanty MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Only an overhaul of India's farming policy, including addressing the small size of...
India’s Modi poised to win state elections despite falling economy?
ADDRESSING a conference in his home state of Gujarat on January 10th, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, exuded confidence. India’s economy is the fastest-growing...
UAE Crown Prince arrives in New Dehli
Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE crown prince, arrived on Tuesday in Indian capital New Dehli as a chief guest to attend India’s...
Modi and Trump have their first call after his inauguration
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had his first conversation with the US President Donald Trump, after his inauguration, late Tuesday night. Prime Minister Modi later...
Why boundaries in music exist between India & Pakistan?
Laksmi Subramanian | At the end of September 2016, the Indian motion picture producer’s association, India’s largest organisation related to entertainment, announced a ban on...
South Asian weddings: display of ostentatious wealth and networking
Parul Bhandari | Indian weddings are most famously imagined as enormous spectacles. This image is surely real, though representative of a small segment of the...
Does Pakistan’s ISI have a ‘Dog attack’ planned against India?
Indian agencies have accused Pakistani spy agency, ISI, of having a 'Kutta plan' (Dog attack plan) against India. India's major news network, Z news, ran...