Govt bans Lebanon-based terror outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir

The government on Thursday banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a global pan-Islamic group set up in Jerusalem in 1953, saying the organisation aims to establish Islamic state and caliphate globally, including......

Plea filed in SC seeking statehood for J-K in 2 months

A plea was filed on Monday in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir within two months. IMAGE: With assembly elections over, will......

Centre tries to curtail powers of new J-K govt, CM, alleges Omar; MHA denies

The Union home ministry on Friday strongly rejected the suggestion that there is an attempt to curtail the powers of the soon-to-be-elected chief minister or the next elected government in Jammu......

What Will Israel Do Next?

In days of smart, networked technology and no shame over collateral damage, what will blow up next -- cars, mobile phones, TV sets, refrigerators? And where?, asks Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Smoke......