International Mother Language Day: Bangladesh’s tryst with destiny73 years ago, Bengali people in East Pakistan protested against the imposition of Urdu as the national language, which led to the martyrdom...
BNP may approach interim Govt to secure release of ex-ministersThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and pro-Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami are reportedly planning to petition Bangladesh's interim government...
Djinns and miraculous 'murgas': How bigotry scuppered Pakistan's space programmePakistan's space program has fallen behind India's due to a combination of factors, including the military-theocratic state and the focus o...
Many Muslims in eastern UP say AIMIM's time may not have come in this poll but is option for futureMuslims in Uttar Pradesh have traditionally oscillated between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and that is unlik...
Meghalaya produces only 50% of its total fish consumption: CM Conrad K SangmaHe urged the youths to take to fishing in a big way as it is a 'very lucrative business'. He said the youths must come forward to avail the...
Mullah Hasan to head proposed Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar to serve as his deputy: ReportMullah Hasan is presently head of the Taliban's powerful decision-making body - Rehbari Shura or leadership council - which serves much lik...
Pakistan court jails spokesperson of Hafiz Saeed-led JuD for 32 years in terror financing casesThe Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here on Wednesday also convicted two other JuD leaders, including the brother-in-law of Saeed, in terror fin...
Prosecutors seek death for Zia's son in grenade attack caseZia's son is accused in two cases of murder and blasts for planning the attack in which grenades were thrown during a rally organised by Ha...
Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi kills Pakistan Nobel laureate's relativeThe killing of Saleem puts the spotlight back on Pakistan's problem of Ahmadi persecution. The issue is deep-rooted and dates back to pre-P...
The ignoble AQ Khan on the noble Abdul KalamIn his death, Kalam in being mourned in India and beyond as a great teacher who ennobled a country and its people with his wisdom and humil...
10 newborn die mysteriously within 12 hours in Bangla hospitalVictims' families, meanwhile, blamed "doctors' negligence" for the deaths, TV reports showed.
Bangladesh HC bans media coverage of Zia's sonThe two-member bench comprising justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman issued the order, responding to a writ fi...
Nobel Peace Prize makes a political statementMalala Yousufzai, who received her much deserved Nobel exactly two years after she was shot in the head by the Taliban while travelling to ...
- Mangalore air crash: SC issues notice to govt, Air India on Rs 75 lakh compensation
The SC has issued notices seeking direction to enhance the minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh to each of the victims of the Mangalore air c...
- Pakistani song pokes fun at Kasab, netas, goes viral
Over the weekend, Lahore-based band Beyghairat Brigade (The Dishonor Brigade) unveiled its first single " Aloo Anday" - a sad commentary on...
The Unshod 'Hermes'Artist Maqbool Fida Husain’s departure to the Great Studio in the Sky brings back memories of a day your columnist spent in the company the...
- Ex-Cong MLA admits to helping IM men, albeit unknowingly
In a major embarrassment for Congress, its former Azamgarh MLA Abdus Salam on Thursday admitted that he provided monetary help to two suspe...