'Kya ab koi bhi festival roads pe nahi hoga?': Munawar Faruqui questions Meerut Police's namaz ban orderComedian Munawar Faruqui criticized Meerut Police's order against Eid prayers on public highways. The directive threatens legal consequence...
29 Mar, 2025, 11.07 AM IST
Songs that launch a thousand memesFrom Taher Shah's 'Eye to Eye' to Dhinchak Pooja's 'Selfie Maine Leli Aaj', the Subcontinent, along with the West, has mastered the art of ...
16 Nov, 2024, 11.08 PM IST
Film-maker & author Kenneth Anger, who made short films like 'Scorpio Rising' & 'Fireworks', passes away at 96Artist, filmmaker, and author Kenneth Anger has died at the age of 96. Known for his provocative, avant-garde films, including “Scorpio Ris...
26 May, 2023, 04.16 PM IST
Al Jaffee, longtime Mad Magazine cartoonist, deadJaffee died Monday in Manhattan from multiple organ failure, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson. He had retired at the age of 99....
12 Apr, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Kuwait supermarket pulls Indian products as row grows over BJP spokesperson's Prophet remarksWorkers at the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society store piled Indian tea and other products into trolleys in a protest against comments denounc...
07 Jun, 2022, 11.17 AM IST
Why a growing number of comedians are turning to legal counsellingOver the last few years, there has been a growing number of comedians running their standup videos by lawyers associated with their agencie...
01 May, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
Here's how you can get your Twitter blue tickThe approval process for a Twitter blue tick would look holistically at user behaviour such as harassment or posting content that promoted ...
21 May, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
AP explains: Why does France spark such anger in the Muslim worldBut the country's efforts to integrate Muslim immigrants have faltered. The official French doctrine of colorblindness is intended to ignor...
01 Nov, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
New arrest after France church attack, security tightenedTunisian anti-terrorism authorities opened an investigation Friday into an online claim of responsibility by a person who said the attack o...
31 Oct, 2020, 12.15 AM IST
UN official expresses 'deep concern' over Mohammed cartoon tensionsThe statement by Miguel Angel Moratinos -- who heads the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations -- follows growing anger in the Muslim wo...
29 Oct, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
Why it requires more than simple bans to stop plastic menacePlastic has few fans, yet its history shows that is unlikely to stop in. It is a product that has succeeded despite much overt opposition, ...
30 Mar, 2018, 11.59 PM IST
How a WhatsApp message can get you arrestedAcross Indian states, citizens like Tyagi are being picked up by the police for unguarded comments on social media, and the arbitrariness o...
20 Nov, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
Saudi revolution from the top has no place for criticsPrince Mohammed’s bold departures on economic and social matters are matched by a newly assertive foreign policy.
12 Oct, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
I drew the Peace for Paris symbol as a sign of solidarity: Jean JullienFrench illustrator Jean Jullien on how he combined the Peace sign with the Eiffel Tower to show solicitude for people affected by the trage...
04 Dec, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
Barack Obama cites good work by Muslims in India; says image distortedUS President Barack Obama admitted that many in the US have a "distorted" impression of the community.
20 Feb, 2015, 05.57 PM IST
Editor held for reprinting Prophet Mohammed's offensive image"The court has granted her bail. She was held on charges of hurting religious sentiments by reprinting the controversial cartoon of Prophet...
29 Jan, 2015, 05.14 PM IST
Bollywood 2012: Small budgets fight it out among 100cr club'Kahaani', directed by Sujoy Ghosh and starring Vidya Balan, became a huge hit as a suspense thriller. The film was everything but a typica...
21 Dec, 2012, 07.35 PM IST