PM presented distorted version of history during his Assam visit, alleges GogoiAssam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit. Gogoi alleged the Prime Minister presented a ...
22 Dec, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
Amid 41 deaths in two bus fires, a look into why India’s private intercity buses continue to be death trapsRecent bus fires killing 41 have exposed critical safety lapses, including flammable interiors and blocked exits. Despite upgraded standard...
26 Oct, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
Sholay filmmaker was once homeless, sold carpets to survive and fell in love with movies while constructing house of an actressMeet GP Sippy, the legendary producer of Sholay, who faced displacement during the Partition. Although he passed away in 2007, his journey ...
06 Aug, 2025, 02.48 PM IST
Pahalgam Terror Attack: Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Kashmir, Indian army responds appropriatelyTensions have spiked between India and Pakistan following a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that killed 26 people. As New Del...
26 Apr, 2025, 07.46 AM IST
Manmohanomics is 'Make in India'Manmohan Singh's significant role in India's nation-building, through economic reforms and international engagements, laid a strong foundat...
27 Dec, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
Alone in the Dark: The nightmare of Bangladesh's secret underground prisonFor eight years, Mir Ahmad Quasem Arman was held in a secret Bangladeshi military prison known as the House of Mirrors. Released only after...
17 Oct, 2024, 03.50 PM IST
Manipur situation similar to turmoil following India's partition, says MPAkoijam stirs Lok Sabha with Manipur crisis parallels to 1947 Partition. Urges BJP to address nationalism, PM to acknowledge state. Researc...
03 Jul, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
India's forgotten 'Titanic': 1947 Ramdas ship disaster that killed 700 also marks 75 yearsAbout 700 passengers died in the 1947 Ramdas ship disaster. The incident shook India, but Independence was close at hand. Because of the ar...
13 Aug, 2022, 04.11 PM IST
Author Aanchal Malhotra's debut book 'Remnants of a Separation' is getting a sequel'In the Language of Remembering' is scheduled for release on May 10.
12 Apr, 2022, 08.35 AM IST
Train hits bus carrying Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan: 20 deadThe accident happened in the district of Sheikhupura in Punjab province, according to Raja Ijaz, an official at the state-run emergency ser...
03 Jul, 2020, 07.21 PM IST
Jinnah as victim of intolerance? That turns history on its headThe anti-Jinnah clamour would have soon petered out. What fanned the outcry was the perceived intellectual duplicity in presenting Jinnah i...
13 May, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
How Partition's grandchildren on both sides of the border are collecting memorabiliaOne of the first recordings of Partition’s oral histories was by 1947 Partition Archive, founded by Guneeta Singh Bhalla, then a research p...
13 Aug, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
First person: When aftershocks trembled through nature and human nature in NepalM J Akbar was in a touristy Kathmandu hotel trying to write his column when the quake struck.
29 Apr, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: Meet corporate honchos, actors, sportsmen who are set to make a splashThe academic and corporate honcho bring along intense strategies and analyses. The activist and ex-cop arrive armed with steely resolve. An...
18 Mar, 2014, 04.37 PM IST
Riot Survivors: Victims who retain the memoryInter-religious violent conflict not only leads to killing of innocent people and destruction of property, it leads to flight of those targ...
06 Dec, 2013, 10.09 AM IST
60 years of Independence and democracyWhen Nehru died, an earthquake rocked New Delhi. India kept Nehru's faith. There were no succession squabbles around his funeral pyre.
16 Aug, 2007, 09.37 PM IST