The present moment in our contemporary history is riddled with paradoxes. The year, 2021, marks the commencement of our existence as an independent country for over seven decades. It naturally reminds...

The attack by Israel on the al-Jalaa building on May 15 where Al Jazeera’s office was located along with other offices has since been widely denounced by citizens, international agencies and med...

December 16, which marks the victory of India over Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, it is the day of “exodus” for the erstwhile underground outfit, the Mizo National Front (MNF), which s...

When war broke out between India and Pakistan on the eastern frontier in 1971, fighter pilot Bhupendra K. Bishnoi was sent to the front at short notice. He took with him a pair of pyjamas and his came...

Sasthi Charan Das moved to Talchua — a rather inaccessible part of Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary — with his parents as a toddler. He is now 70.He does not remember the exact year he came, but re...

On 13 June 1971, Anthony Mascarenhas, a reporter at the Sunday Times, exposed the scale of the Pakistan army’s brutality to suppress the uprising in East Pakistan. This was the biggest genocide in t...

Mizoram home minister Lalchamliana on Monday said the state government was giving priority to the welfare of ex-servicemen and would continue to stand by them. He was addressing the general assembly o...

Tripura and Mizoram observed the 49th Vijay Diwas on Monday with officials paying homage to the heroes.The day commemorates the anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistan War ...