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When an Indian Muslim soldier shot his younger brother in war against Pakistan

In my childhood days, there was a rumour in my hometown, Deoband, that Late Haji Mastan had approached the authorities of Darul Uloom Deoband for permission to shoot some scenes in the world-known Islamic…
Trump, legal team taking victory lap over dying subpoena of Jan 6 House Committee

Washington: US former President Donald Trump, under a litany of legal troubles, loves victory, even when it’s not there, but this time he is taking a victory lap with his legal team…

Avantages Partitiona: Patrons of Partition?

By Asma Anjum Khan Partition #MoinAkhtar #MarinaKhan#KingKhan #FawadKhan #OyeeAyesha #etc! #IndiaPakistan Once upon a time… No this is not a story with a beginning, middle and an end; rather this is a…
IVF earnings to double in five years

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) has become the most popular method of Artificial Reproduction. Technologies worldwide with IVF services are likely to grow globally from $17.37 billion in 2022 to $43.97 billion in…
Award Bharat Ratna to Dilip Kumar posthumously

One afternoon in 1999, I called up thespian Dilip Kumar at his Bandra Bungalow landline. His PA picked up the phone and was about to hang up after saying “Sahab is resting”…
Don’t malign Iqbal’s poetry; read his poem on Lord Ram

Do you know what the problem is to be a Muslim in today’s Uttar Pradesh? In fact, it is not one. They are multiple. The biggest fear is that you could be…
Who invaded Kashmir in 1947?

In India, military history has not been written, that’s why, more often than not we get distorted picture about the events and consequences. So is the case with Kashmir issue. Generally, we…

Pakistan underestimating threat of terrorism

Pakistan is committing a grave mistake. It is underestimating the threat that terrorism is posing it at the moment. Terrorism is the baby that it gave birth to and nurtured, in the…
Saudi-Iran ties on mend

Recent developments in Saudi Arabia and Iran seems to be on an upswing and may lead to a better understanding amongst two old foes besides unfolding a new regional and global security…
The Nizam and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Pandu Ranga Reddy In the wake of independence there were communal tensions in India. Hindu Mahasabha and pro-Hindu elements in the very Congress became vociferous. MIM was not lagging behind. No amount…
Kashmiri Pandits’ dilemma – life or livelihood

Yet another complex striation has arisen in Jammu and Kashmir after the Union territory administration warned the striking Kashmiri Pandit employees that they would not get salaries for sitting at home. This…
Japan announces big military push

After Germany, Japan becomes the second country to overhaul its military in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war and increasing Chinese belligerence. It seems as if the war indirectly and the Chinese…
Hyderabad: Subsidy loan scheme is not justice but joke with minorities

Hyderabad: The Government of Telangana for the first time in the last 8 years announced a bank-linked loan scheme for minorities and they hoped that the government would take a generous stance…
Can BJP decimate growing number of influential regional leaders?

The BJP has weakened Congress in the past eight years, but can it decimate the growing number of influential regional leaders who will be the primary challengers in the 2024 polls? In…
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Telangana party men are on ‘Congress Todo Yatra’

Hyderabad: Even as Congress MP and former president of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Rahul Gandhi is busy with Kanyakumari to Kashmir “Bharat Jodo Yatra” some of his senior teammates in Hyderabad…