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Modi's Risky Gamble With The Taliban

Developing relations with the Taliban is needed, but plunging headlong into Afghanistan without due thought will be akin to the rooster entering a KFC outlet, warns Lieutenant General Prakash......

'Taliban Never Supported Pakistan On Kashmir'

'Pakistan wanted India out of Afghanistan to which again the Taliban told Pakistan to take a walk.''Six months after they came back to power in 2021 India was back in Afghanistan at the request of......

Gujarat ATS busts Al-Qaeda terror module, 4 held in raids

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad on Wednesday claimed to have busted a terror module after arresting four persons, who were allegedly promoting the ideology of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent,......

'Sharia Was Used To Deny Alimony'

'Who has seen what Sharia is? Who knows what actual Sharia is?' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been posted for representational purposes. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff......

'Inaccurate info circulating on Nimisha's Yemen pardon'

Information being circulated by the office of Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram AP Abubakker Musliyar regarding the Nimisha Priya case is inaccurate and does not reflect the current status of the......

IPO-bound Oyo eyes Rs 100 crore PAT in Q4, 20% revenue growth in FY24

Oravel Stays, the parent company behind the travel tech brand Oyo, is eyeing to clock Rs 100 crore in Q4FY24 profit after tax (PAT) and a 20 per cent revenue growth for FY24, according to informed......

Three men charged in Sharia-based Ponzi scheme

A US court has indicted three owners of a bankrupt Chicago-based real estate development firm for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors, including Indians and Pakistanis,......

SBI declines to share quantum of money in suspended accounts

The interest money which is not claimed by people due to religious obligations is kept in suspended bank accounts. State Bank of India has declined to share the quantum of money lying in suspended......

Politics, laws weigh on Islamic finance in India

India's tiny Islamic finance industry is hoping to expand by developing products that would work around the country's ban on sharia-compliant banking. But political and legal obstacles mean......

Haq Trailer Shows Hope Of A Good Film

The hope is that the film raises significant issues about the rights of women, and does not become a diatribe against a minority community that has happened with some recent films, points out Deepa......

Haq Review: An Important Watch

Made at a time when an insidious agenda can be read into it, Haq is an important film that deals with a contentious subject with maturity, observes Deepa Gahlot. The bitter legal battle that came......

The Diary Of West Bengal Review: Senseless!!

How can a film that has a character declare that secularism is an illness be taken seriously, asks Deepa Gahlot. The condition of West Bengal as well as Bangladesh is such at the moment that a......

'My Life Was In Danger'

''I received many threatening calls and letters.''A fatwa was issued against me.' IMAGE: A young Salma Agha. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salma Agha/Instagram She became a household name in 1982,......

10 STUNNING Films I Watched In Cannes

With the mad rush of celebrities, paparazzi, official photographers and influencers on red carpets and parties, people almost forget that the Cannes Film Festival is firstly, a celebration of world......

Shami is a criminal: Barelvi cleric

IMAGE: India pacer Mohammed Shami has attracted the ire of a Bareilvi cleric for not fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramzan. Kind Courtesy Mohammed Shami/Instagram The national......

'Illegal, un-Islamic': Cleric targets Shami again

A cleric who had claimed cricketer Mohammed Shami committed a sin by not fasting during Ramzan has described the Holi celebrations of the pacer's daughter as "illegal" and "against Shariat".......

Blast hits bus carrying football team in Somalia; 5 dead

IMAGE: An explosive planted on a bus carrying football players in Somalia's port city of Kismayo killed at least five players. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images An explosive planted on a bus......

Afghan Paralympian makes debut after top-secret evacuation

IMAGE: Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan during her bout against Viktoriia Marchuk of Ukraine in the Women K44 -49kg Taekwondo quarter-final at the Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday.......

PIX: New gym creates safe space for Afghan women

IMAGE: Afghan women exercise in a fitness gym in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photograph: Ismail Sameem/Reuters In Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a......