New Delhi: Barabanki-born scholar and one of the most respected experts on Urdu and other South Asian languages, professor C.M. Naim has died. He completed his Master’s in Lucknow University in 1955 ...

US President Trump sent letters to several countries, including close allies Japan and South Korea, imposing tariffs starting ...

How come 35% of children under 5 years are stunted and 18.5% wasted when extreme poverty is only 4.9%? The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest ...

Lt Gen Rahul R. Singh’s revelations are the first public official acknowledgment of China’s real-time support to Pakistan and of Turkey’s direct involvement in Operation Sindoor.

The Quad statement's language closely followed the UN Security Council’s press statement, which had also avoided identifying ...

In his Facebook post, Shah had called for people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan and supported Diljit Dosanjh.

Urdu's decline isn’t sudden; it has been a slow fade, not through censorship, but through substitution. And yet, as long as ...

The kidnapping took place on July 1 when armed assailants attacked the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, in western Mali. The ...

Gyanesh Kumar is not without the company of some of his seniors like S.L. Shakdher and T.N. Seshan. But his actions still stand out.

On the fourth anniversary of Father Stan's death due to alleged medical negligence in prison, his co-defendants in jail have vowed to lead a hunger strike.

The concept or the idea of secularism is under attack. This time the 50th anniversary of the Emergency became the occasion for this assault. The sequence of events started with a senior functionary of ...

“In Maharashtra the BJP cannot afford to take electoral risks,” says professor Alok Rai.