7 decades ago, a line was drawn across the Indian subcontinent, dividing the inviolable Indian nation into Hindu and Muslim dominated parts. As a consequence of this partition, Chittagong Hill tracts, which was...

There has been a brutal murder in Bengaluru. A woman was fired at by assailants as she parked her vehicle and was approaching her residence. Of the seven rounds fired, three hit the...

Ages ago, a certain Mohammad Yousuf Khan had to change his name to Dilip Kumar to gain greater acceptance in India. And a certain Mumtaz Khan Begum Dehalvi gained great fame in the...

Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met each other at the BRICS Conference in Xiamen City, China today. The meeting between the two leaders was expected to be awkward as their two...

Among the people joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, there is one from Kerala, the state where BJP has expended lot of efforts in gaining respectable presence. As of now, in the state...

Shashi Tharoor has kicked a hornet's nest with his comments at Thimphu's Mountain Echoes Literary festival. In remarks that reeked of political undertones, Tharoor said he believed India was colonised under the British...

This is not the first time that Babas and their Chelas have wreaked havoc in our country. Not so long ago, one Rampal Baba and his supporters had rioted en masse when Police...

The Reserve Bank of India deserves accolades in its decision to put the Hampi chariot on the reverse of the new Rupees 50 notes slated to be launched soon. Hampi, ancient Pampa-kshetra, named...

In the millennia long history of Santana Dharma, great reformers have risen from time to time to tackle challenges faced by the society. Almost all reformers aimed to return the society to the...

On this day in 1947, Radcliffe line was drawn across Akhand Bharat, dividing to into Hindu majority India and Muslim majority Pakistan. It is a well-known fact that Radcliffe line was drawn by...

The Quit India Movement, whose 70th anniversary was celebrated a couple of days ago, is frequently held up as the last nail in the coffin of British imperialism. It is often claimed that...

Dear Mohammad Hamid Ansari Ji, It is not without an overwhelming sense of joy and elation that one sees you finally packing your bags and moving out of the office that you've occupied...