India, EU hold human rights dialogue, agree to safeguard freedom of activists, journalists

After a fresh round of human rights dialogue, India and the European Union on Friday concurred on the importance of safeguarding freedom, independence and diversity of civil society actors,......

Zelenskyy would like to address G20 meet in India: Ukraine minister

Being with Russia means being on the wrong side of history and Kyiv wants closer and deeper relations with New Delhi, Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said on Tuesday while......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

US-India 2+2 meet, maritime security dialogue to be held in Delhi next week

A group of senior US officials will travel to India next week to attend the US-India 2+2 intersessional meeting and maritime security dialogue, according to the state department. The delegation......

Ford Foundation funding dries up as Modi clamps down on NGOs

A leading global charity has frozen $4 million in funding to India, squeezing aid to the poor, after a clampdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on donors deemed to be meddling in domestic politics......

Poverty: Politics should interact with policy

In the three decades of its existence, Council of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific has contributed immensely to the implementation of the outcome of the......

Get ready for Maharashtra's first 'aam-aadmi' Budget

'We will abolish Local Body Tax in this year's Budget' 'Our government will never think about money when helping needy farmers' 'Our next budget will be completely based on the feedback from the......

Get ready for Maharashtra's first 'aam-aadmi' Budget

'We will abolish Local Body Tax in this year's Budget' 'Our government will never think about money when helping needy farmers' 'Our next budget will be completely based on the feedback from the......

'I want to shed a new light on women'

'The show is about women taking ownership of their lives.' With the success of his Web series Churails, Pakistani-British Director Asim Abbasi has achieved the near-impossible: The series has......

The Bigil Review

Bigil packs in enough entertainment in its three-hour running time, feels A Ganesh Nadar. Vijay's latest film Bigil has *a lot* of action. The actor fights in every imaginable situation -- on......

Dangal trailer is like Sultan 2.0

Sultan trailer: 3.18 minutes Dangal trailer: 3:25 minutes Sultan dialogue: 'Agle Olympics mein main hi Hindustan ko medal dilaonga, aur woh bhi sone ka (I will bring a......

Why she brings tears to Shabana Azmi's eyes

'I've never been more nervous about any of my films.''I can't eat, sleep or speak.''I can barely breathe.' IMAGE: Aditi Subedi in Baba Azmi's Mee Raqsam. Baba Azmi turned director with the film,......