Former separatist Sajjad Lone takes oath as J&K minister

Sajjad Gani Lone, younger son of People's Conference leader Abdul Gani Lone who was assassinated in 2002 in Srinagar, has crossed yet another threshold with his swearing in as a minister in Peoples......

Imran Khan says Pak military plans to jail wife Bushra Begum

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan claimed on Monday that the country's powerful military establishment has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years under sedition charges. In a......

Pakistan snooped on 6,856 phone calls in May

Pakistan’s spy agency Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence tapped nearly 7,000 phones in the month of May, a little higher than the number of calls it recorded in April. The......

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any......

Revisiting 1857: Satyajit Ray's vision

With the release of Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Ketan Mehta's historical epic exploring India's First War of Independence in 1857, it's rewind time for Bollywood. So we decided to look back at......

Pehle aap, tehzeeb and Bollywood

From Pakeezah to Ishaqzaade, from Shatranj ki Khilari to Umrao Jaan, the great city of Lucknow has made its way to the wonderful world of Hindi films. The tinkle of the ghungroo, bright......