Bypolls: Voting picks up amid stone pelting in UP

An average voter turnout of 20 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of voting in the bypolls to 15 assembly seats spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Uttarakhand on Wednesday......

'Digital India Defeated Terrorism In Kashmir'

'PM Modi would have swept the elections in Kashmir after notebandi, but then he scrapped Article 370 so all his good work went down the drain.' IMAGE: A polling official with EVM and other polling......

'Should we send Lawrence Bishnoi': Salim Khan threatened

A man and a burqa-clad woman allegedly threatened noted screenwriter Salim Khan, father of Bollywood actor Salman Khan, citing jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's name in Mumbai's Bandra area,......

'How Can A 16 Year Old Be A BJP Agent?'

'I went to jail and met my father to convince him to join politics and believe in the Constitution.' IMAGE: A poster for Sarjan Barkati's election campaign. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sarjan......

Dharmaveer 2: Glorifying Eknath Shinde

From start to finish, Dharmaveer 2 feels less like a biopic and more like propaganda crafted for Eknath Shinde's political gain, observes Prasanna D Zore. IMAGE: Prasad Oak as Anand Dighe in......

The Great Indian Family Review: Vicky Bats For Secularism

The Great Indian Family, observes Sukanya Verma, is a cheerful fable that points out the absurdity of discrimination as a tool employed by power hungry opportunists. The Great Indian Family echoes......

Bollywood Brings House Down in Jeddah!

It was heartening to see so many women -- young and old, many in hijab and burqa shaking their bodies, raising their arms and singing with complete abandonment.Yes, this happened in Saudi Arabia,......

Burqa Boxers represents India at Locarno

The sole Indian representation at the ongoing Locarno film festival is a little known independent film called Burqa Boxers. It is a moving tale of three Muslim women, who take up boxing to......

MP Harbhajan helps rescue Punjab girl held in Oman

Kamaljeet, who is now back in her native place Barkandi village in Bathinda, and her father Sikandar Singh, explained their week-long ordeal and how travel and placement agents in Punjab are......

Afghan Paralympian makes debut after top-secret evacuation

IMAGE: Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan during her bout against Viktoriia Marchuk of Ukraine in the Women K44 -49kg Taekwondo quarter-final at the Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday.......

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,......

PIX: New gym creates safe space for Afghan women

IMAGE: Afghan women exercise in a fitness gym in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photograph: Ismail Sameem/Reuters In Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a......

PICS: Afghan girl takes up motocross, champions women's rights

'I tried to be one of the first women to take this path, and I hope we can encourage others as well.' IMAGE: Wearing a white helmet and black and red motorbike suit, Negin Afshar trains with male......