Aristotle, the legendary philosopher of ancient Greece, asserted that greatness is the result of purposeful action rather than mere luck. I...

West Bengal will vote today on a single issue: insiders versus outsiders. Mamata Banerjee is seeking to keep BJP out, fearing cultural and ...

Negotiations around a possible Iran–US ceasefire have shifted focus towards a Gulf state near the Strait of Hormuz, raising questions over ...

Iran's abrupt policy shifts over Strait of Hormuz have revealed internal power struggles, not just diplomatic confusion. The IRGC's coerciv...

China has created a new county named Cenling in Xinjiang. This area is strategically located near Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan...

The TMC, which has accused the BJP of trying to politicise a religious event by attempting to put up a "gimmick show" ahead of the Lok Sabh...

An interesting study of the first segment was made by American historian of science Charles Coulston Gillispie. He prepared the list of tho...

The girl couldn't be produced in court on Monday and the court fixed September 9 for the next hearing of the case, Pakistan media reports s...

The most populous country in Central Asia has also launched a community (makhallahs or mohallah) support programme aimed at preventing the ...

"It also asked the government to issue a simple executive order by way of notification," he said, adding Islamic banking is practised by 75...

Members of the group that is believed to have joined the IS mentioned to their relatives that they had a Markaz (centre) where they used to...

A body representing Sufi-Sunni Muslims today claimed that dreaded terror outfit Islamic State (ISIS) is "active" in the country under "diff...

Buddhism and Taoism, however, have the highest number of followers older than 60, with 54. 6 per cent and 53.8 per cent, respectively.

The government says mere social "backwardness" cannot put converts at par with dalits whose backwardness arises from the traditional practi...

China has funded over 70 Confucius Institutes in the US alone and hundreds globally, in addition to dozens of study centres and numerous Ch...

Muslim religious leaders have now come forward to extend a helping hand to sadhus and seers who are campaigning for conservation of river G...

The London School of Economics is investigating allegations that Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif el-Islam Gaddafi, plagiarized ...