India abstains on UNSC resolution exempting aid from sanctions

India has abstained in the United Nations Security Council on a resolution establishing humanitarian exemption across all United Nations sanctions regimes, asserting that blacklisted terror groups,......

'Why would we want to go back to being untouchables?'

41 years ago, Dalits in Meenakshipuram converted to Islam, sending shockwaves through the nation.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com returns to the village to discover that past antagonisms lurk below the......

Will rebuild vandalised Hindu temple: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa CM

Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Friday that his government will rebuild a Hindu temple that was vandalised and set on fire by a mob in the province early this......

30 arrested over attack on Hindu temple in Pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested over 30 people, most of them belonging to a radical Islamist party, after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting its renovation in......

Review: Bioscopewala is a sweet film

'A movie to bring back memories of your innocent, carefree, childhood,' says Prasanna Zore. Debutant director Deb Medhekar's Bioscopewala, a contemporary adaptation of Tagore's Kabuliwala, is a......

Lamhaa: Lilting moments of heart & hurt

Following rave reviews and accolades for his hard-hitting Parzania, director Rahul Dholakia is back with another gritty offering. Only Lamhaa, which is set amidst the troubled milieu of Kashmir,......

WC Qualifier: Afghanistan beat West Indies

IMAGE: Mujeeb Ur Rahman celebrates the wicket of Chris Gayle. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Afghanistan kept their hopes alive for a place in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 when they defeated the West......

Kashmir's women cricketers pitch for equality -- in burqas and hijabs

IMAGE: Insha wants to live independent and without any fear. Photograph: PTI Her hijab firmly in place, she slings her bat across her shoulders and rides her Scooty to college and practice,......

Mohammad Amir feels blessed. Here's why...

IMAGE: Mohammad Amir with his bundle of joy. Photograph: Twitter Pakistan’s pacer Mohammad Amir and wife Narjis, on Tuesday, were blessed with a baby girl. The fast bowler took to Twitter......

Pak cricketer dies on pitch after getting hit on chest

All sports activities in the city of Sukkur in Pakistan’s Sindh province were suspended for three days after a promising young cricketer, Zulfiqar Bhatti, died after being hit on the chest by......

Indian wrestlers win Rustem-e-Indo-Pak title

Indian wrestlers on Sunday beat their Pakistani counterparts to clinch Mission Dosti Rustem-E-Indo-Pak Wrestling title at Katra in Jammu. Rehmat Ali of Punjab helped India retain the first Mission......