Govt bans Lebanon-based terror outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir

The government on Thursday banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a global pan-Islamic group set up in Jerusalem in 1953, saying the organisation aims to establish Islamic state and caliphate globally, including......

Govt extends ban on terror group SIMI for 5 years

The Centre on Monday extended the ban on terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for five years for its involvement in fomenting terrorism and disturbing peace and communal......

Iran plotted Oct 7 Hamas attacks because ...: Isaraeli Prez Herzog

Israel President Isaac Herzog on Thursday accused Iran of "orchestrating" the October 7 attacks by Hamas to "derail" the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor which was paving the way for......

It's 'treason': Giriraj wants Nitish to ban halal food

Union minister Giriraj Singh has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying halal business is 'treason' in a secular democracy and advocating an Uttar Pradesh like ban on the production,......

There's little proof that acche din has arrived for India

Because of India's weak fiscal position, the plethora of debt-burdened infrastructure companies and the poor asset quality of public sector banks, economic growth in 2015-16 may be limited to about......

The dark side of the Internet

Freedom has always been part of the American mythology. The Constitution's Bill of Rights bristles with freedoms. "Freedom of the Seas" was one of President Wilson's Fourteen Points at Versailles.......