GEORGIA: An Indian student was killed in Georgia, United States by a homeless man, whom he had reportedly been feeding and sheltering, according to local media reports citing the police. Footage from a security camera showed Vivek Saini, 25, being repeatedly beaten with a hammer by
MUMBAI: A prominent Indian political figure declared that he wished to "liberate" Haji Malang Dargah, a Sufi shrine that is visited by Indians of all religions, just for Hindus. To learn more about the controversy, Cherylann Mollan of the BBC paid a visit to the shrine. Reaching
NEW DELHI: A powerful Hindu group said several mosques in India were built over demolished Hindu temples, apparently hardening its stance in a decades-long sectarian dispute just days after a huge temple was inaugurated on the site of a razed mosque. The comments from the Rashtriya
New Delhi: A prolonged dry spell is sweeping across Indian-controlled Kashmir this winter, taking away familiar scenes of deep powder snow from the resort town of Gulmarg and threatening the livelihoods of thousands of people dependent on tourism and farming in the region. At around 2,600
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reached out to the US and Canada over Indian role in orchestrating the assassinations of two Pakistani citizens within its borders last year. A senior Pakistani diplomat disclosed that this was done for sharing information with the two countries, who had also been
NEW DELHI: One of India's most well-known meals outside of the country is butter chicken, which is both tasty and controversial, with two Indian restaurant groups battling it out in court over who invented it. The Gujral family, owners of a famed Delhi restaurant brand, Moti
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the consecration of the "Ram Temple" on the site which once hosted Babri mosque — a centuries-old Mosque demolished by a Hindu extremist mob in December 1992. Islamabad's statement comes as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration ceremony
NEW DELHI: As Hindu devotees prepare to inaugurate a grand temple to one of their holiest deities, India's minority Muslims plan to begin building a new mosque in the same city later this year, hoping to make a fresh start after a bloody, decades-long dispute. Haji
LONDON: A leading pro-Khalistan activist in Italy has claimed that he has received a direct threat to kill from the Indian state agents asking him to stop his political activities for Khalistan or face consequences. Gurpal Singh, who is Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) coordinator in Italy
OTTAWA: The number of study permits Canada issued to Indian students fell sharply late last year after India ejected Canadian diplomats who would process the permits and fewer Indian students applied due to a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in