22 years after 2002 riots, Gulbarg society witnesses wedding

More than 22 years after 69 persons lost their lives in Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society in one of the worst post-Godhra riots violence, a family residing there has found an occasion to celebrate with a......

'Challenges from Indian govt': Afghan embassy in Delhi shuts down

Afghanistan Embassy on Friday announced its permanent closure, citing 'persistent challenges from the Indian government', even as heads of its Mumbai and Hyderabad missions claimed to have assumed......

Guj ex-DGP granted bail in 2002 riots forgery case

The Gujarat high court has granted regular bail to ex-DGP RB Sreekumar in a case of fabricating evidence to frame people in connection with the 2002 riots, nearly two weeks after the Supreme Court......

Gujarat HC judge opts out of hearing Teesta's plea to quash FIR

Justice Samir Dave of the Gujarat high court on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking quashing of an FIR filed against her by the Ahmedabad......

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.......

Afghanistan's athletes arrive in Tokyo for Paralympics

IMAGE: Afghanistan's para athlete Zakia Khudadadi had made a video appeal for help to leave Kabul after the Taliban swept to power to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics. Photograph: Zakia Khudadadi......

Female Afghan athlete makes plea for help to get to Tokyo

IMAGE: In a video message from Kabul provided to Reuters by the APC's London-based Chef de Mission Arian Sadiqi, para-taekwondo athlete Zakia Khodadadi said that she felt "imprisoned", staying......

Disabled Indian-origin cricketer BEHEADED in South Africa

IMAGE: (Picture for representational purpose only) A physically disabled boy plays cricket. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters In a brutal incident, a young promising South African Indian......

PHOTOS: Women paragliders soar through Kabul's skies

‘When I went up to the sky, I thought I was a bird which had just been freed from a cage’ Afghan paraglider Leeda Ozori, 21, prepares to practice in Kabul. Photograph: Mohammad......