India's New Silk Route

The enduring legacy of trade routes lies in shared stories and religious diversity. Can the India-Middle East-Europe Economic corridor harness this legacy to empower nations, asks Arundhuti......

Taliban publicly cut off hands of 4 people over theft charges

The Taliban on Tuesday publicly flogged nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy" in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar. IMAGE: Talibanis outside the Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul.......

US warns Taliban over decision to ban women from universities

The United States has strongly condemned the Taliban's 'indefensible decision' to ban women from universities and keep secondary schools closed to girls, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken......

Era of classifying terrorists as 'bad' or 'good' must end: India at UN

The era of classifying terrorists as "bad" or "good" on the basis of "political convenience" must end immediately, a concept note circulated by India in the United States Security Council has said,......

'Modi will give economic growth a priority'

India's Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is a "pragmatist" and will not be hung up about US' denial of a visa to him, but it will take "more careful management and attention" to overcome the......

Pathaan Is About Shah Rukh's Life

More than anything else, Pathaan is a silent and subtle statement of Shah Rukh Khan about his place, his commitment to cinema and, if one can say, his politics, observes Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.......

Aishwarya, Aamir, Salman: Bollywood's OLDEST college students

In the Bollywood scheme of things, age is as irrelevant as logic. Acting is all about pretending to be someone else. And in Bollywood, it's not just limited to personality. No matter how old an......

'I was trying to do something new but it went wrong'

'I told Ibrahim that people are interested in him today because of his family.''If Sara wants to act, I will support it. But sometimes, it’s nice to have a stable job with normal......

How Bajrangi Bhaijaan subverts ideology

'The most important aspect of Bajrangi Bhaijaan is the use of humour to touch some sensitive and potentially explosive political-religious and cultural subjects,' says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. If......

Afghanistan's cricketers to train in Noida after MoU with BCCI

- 'Greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid might not travel to Kabul but can certainly give these players a tip or two when they are in India.' IMAGE: Afghanistan's players......

PHOTOS: Women paragliders soar through Kabul's skies

‘When I went up to the sky, I thought I was a bird which had just been freed from a cage’ Afghan paraglider Leeda Ozori, 21, prepares to practice in Kabul. Photograph: Mohammad......

Afghan beach volleyball team miss out on medal, car but attract attention

Habibullah Sadat, left, of Afghanistan and Dashti Abdulaziz of Kuwait vie for the ball during the Men's Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Asian Games match. Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty......