The authorities in Chennai had launched a crackdown against extremist cells in May and arrested six Hizb ut-Tahrir sympathisers along with ...

Khandakar Goulam Moula Naqshbandi, Chairman of the Religious Affairs Sub-Committee of the ruling Awami League and a member of the Advisory ...

He was acting as chief editor of Assamese daily 'Niyomiya Barta' at the time of his passing.

The 85,000 strong Indian Jewish community form a vital and important link between India and Israel.

Speaking at the launch of his book, Ansari said "correctives" were essential, and it was the duty of the citizens and of the civil society ...

I found Anupam exceptionally sensitive to any criticism about intolerance in India. It was as if criticism of any kind was tantamount to de...

Kher, who has just been honoured with Padma Bhushan by the Indian government, was to participate in at least two sessions and his name figu...

The actor claims that he has been singled out of the 18 delegates who applied for the visa.

Claiming that some Hindu groups are now behaving like Muslim fundamentalists, eminent lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has said barring s...

Playing the victim and sulking inside their own cocoons instead of making a debate out of their differences undermines the much larger deba...

Writers from 150 countries have expressed solidarity with Indian authors and artistes who have returned their prestigious awards.

My Hinduism is tolerant because I am a beef eater and also because I was allowed to eat beef by a deeply spiritual, upper caste, Sanskrit s...

In truth, the idea of India belongs to us. We, not any party, are its inheritors from parents who courageously loosened nooses of creed and...

Eminent academics, writers and lawyers have come out strongly against the withdrawal of American academic Wendy Doniger's book.

These three attributes — tolerance, talent and technology — indicate the economic potential of a region to succeed within a knowledge econo...

Anti-gay law in the country is an offshoot of British colonialism and the Indian society earlier was more tolerant towards homosexuality.

The banning of Salman Rushdie from appearing even via satellite link at the recent Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) showcases two ideas of ...