New Delhi: Barabanki-born scholar and one of the most respected experts on Urdu and other South Asian languages, professor C.M. Naim has died. He completed his Master’s in Lucknow University in 1955 ...

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US President Trump sent letters to several countries, including close allies Japan and South Korea, imposing tariffs starting ...

Lt Gen Rahul R. Singh’s revelations are the first public official acknowledgment of China’s real-time support to Pakistan and of Turkey’s direct involvement in Operation Sindoor.

The Quad statement's language closely followed the UN Security Council’s press statement, which had also avoided identifying ...

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In his Facebook post, Shah had called for people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan and supported Diljit Dosanjh.

“In Maharashtra the BJP cannot afford to take electoral risks,” says professor Alok Rai, academic and author who has taught ...

On the fourth anniversary of Father Stan's death due to alleged medical negligence in prison, his co-defendants in jail have vowed to lead a hunger strike.

Gyanesh Kumar is not without the company of some of his seniors like S.L. Shakdher and T.N. Seshan. But his actions still stand out.

Urdu's decline isn’t sudden; it has been a slow fade, not through censorship, but through substitution. And yet, as long as ...