Hemant Karkare, the head of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) was midway through his dinner when he was informed around 9.45 p.m. of the attack on the Chhatrapti Shivaji Terminus (CST), one of the first targets of the 26/11 attackers. He switched on the TV as the first images came on about what would turn out out to be one of th...
The pope on Friday urged religious leaders to cooperate and foster mutual respect to face the complex challenges of today in a speech in a Thailand university....
"The Panama Papers" by Ritu Sarin, Jay Mazoomdaar & P. Vaidyanathan has just arrived at the stands. Presented below are exclusive extracts from the book. Excerpted with permission from Penguin Random House India...
Lately committing of suicide in higher places of learning has been in the news more often than before. Most of the victims belong to the dalits, Adivaisis in particular, while few others have also done so due to academic pressures. In case of Rohith Vemula, it was a case of caste discrimination and his activities as a Rohith was l...
It is over three months that the Article 370 has been abrogated. The procedure laid down by the law has been given a go bye and through a majority in Lok Sabha, bypassing the people of Kashmir the act has been done. While many a falsehood has been promoted, lately two such surfaced yet again. Paying tribute...
My Gods are Hindu, hatred has no place in my religion: Sunita Visvanath at IOC’s Nehru Jayanti ...
Statement by National Alliance of People’s Movements...
US President Donald Trump has sniped at India over climate change, claiming that garbage from India lands on the shores of the US and questioning why it should be paid to help fight climate change....
Sharp differences are emerging between various Hindu organizations, saints and Akharas over the construction of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya....
The Supreme Court’s verdict on the Babri Masjid title dispute will live in infamy. While spoken in the voice of India’s highest court, the verdict rings with the chants and slogans of far-right Hindutva mobilisations....
