The Amar Jawan Jyoti, the eternal flame in memory of soldiers killed in action, was put out on Friday five days short of its 50th anniversary, after it was “merged” with the one at the Nat...

The Opposition strongly hit out at the Centre for its decision to “extinguish” the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti as it is to be merged with the National War Memorial on F...

It was not surprising that China’s all-powerful president, Xi Jinping, devoted his online address to the World Economic Forum to attacking the new Cold War mentality that is impeding his country...

The younger element does not appear to share the fury or the anger of the older lot. One says this because the youth are no longer looking to Government to solve their problems. They prefer relying on...

One of them poignantly remarks, “We do not honour the memory of the people who became martyrs.” I am surprised as this is Liberation week, and the streets of Dhaka are festooned with huge ...

Angelina Gonsalves answered the doorbell to find her longtime letter carrier standing in front of her, with registered mail in his hand. “Hi, was your husband in the service?” Angelina, 89...

India on Friday delivered two tonnes of life-saving medicines to Afghanistan as part of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the supplies were handed ...

Surprising claims  The book is a tale well-told. It doesn’t have bombshell revelations but it has some surprising claims. Firstly, there’s his insistence that Mrs Gandhi’s pref...

Earlier this month, the Indian subcontinent marked the 50th anniversary of one of its most dramatic and pivotal moments: the 1971 war and the creation of Bangladesh. For many Indian politicians and mi...

Actor Naseeruddin Shah has said those calling for a genocide of Muslims are in effect calling for a full-scale civil war. In an interview to The Wire seeking his opinion on the genocide calls, Shah t...