Kartarpur: India sees it as a passage for terror

India doesn’t believe it is reading too much in the designs of arch-rivals Pakistan in opening up its doors for Sikh pilgrims to visit the resting place of their...

Sunni Waqf Board is still to clarify stance on 5-acre land

A new twist to the Ayodhya saga could still come about if the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board or other prominent Muslim bodies refuse the offer of a 5-acre land for a...

India joins the perception war in Kashmir in earnest

Liberals are aghast that a largely right-wing group of Members of European Parliament (MEP) were recently in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir to form a first-hand...

Prince Salman rolls out red carpet for “elder brother” Modi

Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has called India’s prime minister Narendra Modi his elder brother, though such bonds are easily forged when big...

NAM adrift as helmsman India has better views on horizon

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) with 120-member countries is second only to the United Nations (UN) in size yet its’ two-day 18th Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday...

New India beefs up Mahatma Gandhi in a formidable armour

India is abuzz with Mahatma Gandhi in the year of his 150th birth anniversary but there is a new version to his message of “ahimsa” (non-violence) which...

Hail India’s war against poverty but don’t overlook the dangers ahead

Every coin has two sides but let’s first flip the one which is justifiably being feted across the globe: In mere 10 years, India has halved its poverty from 55 to...