The Kashmir Valley has hogged newspaper headlines for nearly two months now for all the wrong reasons. Everyone wants a solution to the Kashmir problem but are phrases like Kashmiryaat,Insaniyat and composite Sufi culture the solution? The author first visited Kashmir Valley in 1988, followed by a 2,000 km drive through Jammu region and the Valley in 2014 and extensively Read More

November 2014, 13 years after the 9/11 attacks, the true spirit of America earned a new emblem when the felled Twin Towers were reincarnated as the impressive Freedom Tower. Today, two years later, the 1,776-foot glass and steel monolith, with its unique shining eight-isosceles triangle finish, adds magic to New York’s distinctive skyline. “It is good to see the gaping Read More

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, facing the allegation of ‘radicalising’ youths, on Saturday asked the government what exactly has he done to get the tag of ‘Dr Terror’ and sought ‘logical answers’ to charges levelled against him. In a four-page ‘open letter’ released in Mumbai, Naik posed five questions to the government as to what he has done to earn Read More

Though many of those left behind in the 9/11 tragedy have moved on, even married again, Narasimha Kumar Sattaluri remains an exception. He remains devoted to the memories of his wife Deepika, one of four Wipro employees who died that day. She was working as a Wipro consultant for Marsh McLennan when the plane hit the first tower, where she Read More

Former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammad ‘Saheb’ Shahabuddin on Saturday walked out of jail after 11 years, as the Patna high court granted him bail in the Rajiv Roshan murder case. Rajiv Roshan, an eyewitness in the acid attack case of Siwan, was gunned down allegedly by Shahabuddin’s sharp shooters in 2011. Roshan was the eyewitness in the murder of Read More

The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine in Punjab will create history again by winning the assembly elections for the third consecutive time next year on a development agenda, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said. The minister for food processing industries and SAD MP from Bathinda said the alliance will be voted back because it had worked hard for Read More

A policeman has died in an encounter that erupted early Sunday morning between militants and the security forces in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the security officials, one terrorist has also been killed in an ongoing encounter. Reports said that firing broke out near the Army’s 93 Brigade headquarters around 7.40 am. The encounter comes after Read More

Fifteen years ago on September 11, 19 terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and drove two into New York City’s World Trade Center and a third one into the Pentagon outside Washington. The fourth jetliner crashed onto an empty field in Pennsylvania. In the end, the terrorists had killed nearly 3,000 people in what was to be the deadliest terrorist attack Read More

the monsoon ends, it’s time you make a trip to the picture postcard hill station of Panchgani. While you’re there, ditch the touristy spots for these 8 experiences, which have rewards of their own. Read on… IMAGE: It’s here that serenity rules. All photographs: Anita Aikara/Rediff.com 1. Quaint homestays You don’t really need to splurge on an expensive hotel at Read More

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