It's 'treason': Giriraj wants Nitish to ban halal food

Union minister Giriraj Singh has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying halal business is 'treason' in a secular democracy and advocating an Uttar Pradesh like ban on the production,......

BRICS to admit 6 new countries from Jan 1, 2024

Top leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) nations on Thursday decided to admit Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as the full......

UK faith review warns of aggressive Khalistan extremism

A major independent review commissioned by the British government into engagement with faith groups on Wednesday warned against the "subversive, aggressive and sectarian” actions of some......

Kerala Muslim faces threats after remarrying wife under special marriages law

The Kerala police on Thursday said it intensified surveillance around the house of a Muslim lawyer, who remarried his wife under the Special Marriage Act to ensure their daughters' financial......

Forget China, let us be Indonesia instead

'While we may aspire to be a democratic if smaller version of China, we may only manage to become a larger, more accomplished Indonesia,' says T N Ninan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and......

Green concerns cloud govt's divestment drive

Some overseas investors refuse to be part of roadshows, citing environment risks   The central government, which is struggling to meet the divestment target, has to surmount one more......

What led BJP towards this harakiri?

'You want a steady, confident, self-assured and highly skilful hand at the till.''It is a pity that the BJP has decided to deprive itself of such a hand at this politically sensitive time.''It is......

Why is the world economy being shaky?

  New sources of financial and geo-strategic risk have caused the tremendous global shakiness, notes Claude Smadja What is going on? Stock and financial markets have been in turmoil since the......