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Mission Majnu: Why India could not thwart Pakistan's nuclear aspiration

The Netflix action flick has glaring factual inconsistencies despite its claim of being based on real life incidents. Here's what transpired between the two archrivals in the decades of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Adani abandons $2.5 billion share sale in big blow to Indian tycoon

Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani calls off his flagship company's share sale after a tumultuous week saw his conglomerate shed tens of billions of dollars in market value after claims of fraud from US-based short-selling firm.

US-India alliance targets arms, artificial intelligence to challenge China

India has frustrated US by increasing crude oil purchase from Russia, a key source of funding for Moscow's war in Ukraine, and Washington has nudged New Delhi on Moscow while condoning India's hawkish stance on China.

India's Gautam Adani accused of pulling 'largest con in corporate history'

Asia's richest man Gautam Adani's group vehemently denies allegations of "stock manipulation and accounting fraud" by Hindenburg Research that plunged the group's shares and swiftly eroded $10.73 billion from Adani's wealth.

Polls begin in India's Gujarat where Modi's party expected to retain power

Five years ago the Hindu nationalist party BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, won 99 seats in the 182-member Gujarat assembly and current opinion polls suggest the party might increase their number to more than 130 seats.

India's top court frees killers of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi

Supreme Court releases six people based on their "satisfactory conduct" in prison, after decades of imprisonment for the 1991 assassination carried out by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a Sri Lankan armed separatist group.

India's top court demands action against anti-Muslim hate speeches

Supreme Court orders police chiefs of two states and capital New Delhi to take action against hate speeches, "irrespective of the religion that the maker of the speech or the person who commit such act belongs to."

India's opposition Congress gathers tens of thousands in Karnataka rally

Congress holds huge rally in southern state to mark first 1,000 km of its 3,500 km walking tour of its leaders in cities, towns and villages, in bid to draw support against ruling BJP it accuses of spreading communal hatred in the secular republic.

India police flogging Muslim men in public sparks outrage

Calls for justice grow after a video of policemen purportedly torturing nine Muslim men in western Gujarat state goes viral.

Modi’s India furthering colonial legacy, say historians from South Asia

Ibn Haldun University hosts the 4th International Suleymaniye Symposium to discuss new ideas and approaches concerning the Baburid (Mughal) empire, which ruled much of South Asia from 1526 to 1761.

Community leaders call for calm after Hindu-Muslim violence in UK city

Fresh round of clashes erupted amid heightened tension in Leicester since India-Pakistan cricket match on August 28.

Is Modi’s women’s rights narrative undermined by his party’s rank and file?

In about a fortnight, two cases concerning abuse of women have rattled India, raising questions about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s women empowerment rhetoric.