CDFI welcomes Bangladesh’s recognition of Chittagong Hill tracts as foreign affairs issueThe Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) commends Bangladesh's Interim Government for recognizing the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs...
15 Jan, 2025, 07.50 PM IST
Independence Day: India did not get 'complete' independence in 1947. Here's whyIndependence Day history: On August 15, 1947, India gained dominion status, not full independence. Jawaharlal Nehru became Prime Minister, ...
15 Aug, 2024, 11.39 PM IST
Celebrating Hyderabad Liberation Day a befitting tribute to freedom fighters: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has praised the decision to celebrate September 17 as 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' in India, stating that it wi...
13 Mar, 2024, 05.14 PM IST
Centre decides to celebrate Sept 17 every year as 'Hyderabad Liberation Day'September 17 is celebrated as 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' to commemorate the end of Nizam's rule and the annexation of Hyderabad into the Un...
13 Mar, 2024, 09.16 AM IST
Independence Day: How India & Pakistan divided money, assets, a buggy and a tromboneIndia and Pakistan were divided 76 years ago, but there remain outstanding financial claims between the two nations due to asset division. ...
14 Aug, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
View: Kashmir must be drawn away from the precipice, with humane and judicious calibrationA young Kashmiri told this writer a few months ago her birthplace was in the ‘stone age’. In terms of economic development, Kashmir was 200...
09 Aug, 2019, 11.19 AM IST
Instrument of Accession: From 1947 till dateThe IoA gave India’s Parliament the power to legislate in respect of J&K only on the matters of defence, external affairs and communications
06 Aug, 2019, 08.23 AM IST
How to exorcise the ghost of Nathuram Godse, which pops up every now and then?Godse murdered Gandhi on January 30, 1948, by firing three bullets from his semi-automatic Beretta pistol. The pistol recovered from him ha...
20 May, 2019, 10.46 AM IST
Pakistan says its jets crossed LoC to undertake strikes in IndiaIndian officials said Pakistani fighter jets on Wednesday violated Indian air space in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Nowshera sectors but ...
27 Feb, 2019, 12.28 PM IST
View: Pakistan’s Pulwama game planIt is obsessed with changing maps in Kashmir and retarding India’s global rise.
26 Feb, 2019, 04.16 PM IST
Former UK PM Attlee believed Bengal may opt to be separate country in 1947: Declassified documentsAttlee told Ambassador Douglas he wanted elected representatives from Punjab and Bengal to decide which of the two major dominions these pr...
28 Dec, 2018, 04.12 PM IST
J&K issue must be resolved as per Kashmiris' aspirations: Pakistan"We hope that we will resolve the issue but as per the aspirations of Kashmiris ('unki umangon ke mutabik ho')," he said.
23 Mar, 2017, 01.40 PM IST
Enemy Property Act won't apply to Jinnah House, here's whyThe house that Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, built is an "evacuee property" and not an "enemy property'' under law.
20 Mar, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
BJP slams Farooq Abdullah for his PoK remarks, seeks apologyBJP spokesperson said Maharaja Hari Singh while signing the Instrument of Accession made the whole of Jammu and Kashmir, under his control,...
28 Nov, 2015, 05.26 PM IST
Kashmiri Hindus mark Jammu & Kashmir's accession to India at UK ParliamentThe event brought together members of various regions of Jammu & Kashmir, primarily the Dogras and Kashmiri Pandits.
29 Oct, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
Slice of history: When India’s reserves were in ‘sterling’ healthIt’s the adequacy of our forex reserves that is the hot topic of discussion these days with the central bank announcing measures to increas...
02 Jul, 2014, 06.04 AM IST
How the Nizam contributed to the creation of Telangana"Gandhi has started his fast with the intention of unifying the Muslims but he is an old fool and his character is doubtful," the Nizam say...
02 Aug, 2013, 12.09 PM IST