Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday the politics of appeasement, which led to the Partition, was the reason for the continuance of the “evil practice” of triple talaq for so long. Speaking at an event in the national capital, Shah defended the law criminalising triple talaq, saying it is going to benefit Muslims, […]

The Jammu and Kashmir police is maintaining pressure on terrorists to isolate them so that they cannot mislead the general public, DGP Dilbagh Singh has said. He said as a police force head it was his duty to ensure that a handful of terrorists, who are mainly from Pakistan, are not allowed to misguide the […]

Defence minister Rajnath Singh said that if New Delhi and Islamabad ever hold any talks in future, it will be only about ‘Pakistan occupied Kashmir.’ “Our neighbour is knocking doors of the international community and saying India has made a mistake. If talks are held with Pakistan, it will now be on PoK,” the defence […]

“One of the areas we concentrated on over the last two years was to blood as many youngsters as possible. Shreyas Iyer, for instance, he is going to stay at No. 4. There are more youngsters who will get a look-in,” Ravi Shastri said in an exclusive interview to TOI.

Most Indian diplomats can be excessively restrained in their conduct, and measured in their responses to a fault, but India’s Permanent Representative to UN Syed Akbaruddin was anything but that when he turned the UN press stakeout into an almost gladiatorial contest with hostile journalists, many of them Pakistanis raring to have a go at […]

The fact that the informal UNSC meeting on J&K had no minutes, no votes or show of hands, no resolution, no statements, and no outcome, showed China-Pakistan were isolated and was cause for satisfaction for India. Diplomats pointed out that barring China, not one among the 14 other UNSC members came out to speak on […]

A descendant of the Mughal dynasty living in Hyderabad has reiterated his offer to present the first brick to build Ram temple at Ayodhya, if he is given the Babri masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi land.

A path-breaking study on feeding habits of lions in Gujarat reveals that 75% of lion food inside the Gir sanctuary is hunted wildlife. However, outside the sanctuary 70% of their food consists of livestock. A bigger cause of concern is that only 20% of this livestock is hunted while about 50% is scavenged feed.

National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah is spending his time watching Hollywood films and working out at the gym while under detention at the government guesthouse at Hari Niwas Palace, on Srinagar’s Gupkar Road, sources said. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is spending her solitary days at a JKTDC-owned hut at Chashme Shahi reading books.