The Indian armed forces have been given instructions to ‘deal strongly’ with any more violations, the foreign secretary said.

An interview with Amogh Dhar Sharma, author of ‘The Backstage of Democracy’.

Subedar Major Pawan Kumar was killed in an artillery shell explosion, while BSF Sub-Inspector Mohammed Imteyaz was killed in cross-border firing.

B3C is among Mumbai’s longest-running literary communities.

The government’s opaque online censorship threatens free speech and hinders the flow of information, experts say.

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh also sought an all-party meeting, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi could take parties into confidence.

Four poems by K Satchidanandan, who writes in English and Malayalam.

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‘All forms of reasoning or dialogue or critical thought are not only seen as negative but are actively discouraged,’ says peace advocate Lalita Ramdas.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said pushing such persons back into Bangladesh, instead of arresting and bringing them into the Indian legal system, was a new approach.

Sunetra Gupta’s novella was originally published in 1992. It was her debut work of fiction.

Arunima Tenzin Tara’s debut novel is a haunting exploration of power, gender, and impunity.

In Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that two more persons were arrested in the government’s ‘crackdown against traitors’.

The timeless dance between creation and destruction finds its place in Tansy Troy’s poetry.

Angered at the announcement of an agreement to halt firing, some users made public his phone number and also the contact details of his family members.

All our pilots are back home, said New Delhi.

We never targeted their civilians, said the Union defence minister, adding that Operation Sindoor was a symbol of New Delhi’s ‘social and strategic willpower’.

Fifteen persons died in Poonch district, which came under heavy artillery firing from the Pakistan Army.

Modi has boxed himself him when dealing with Pakistan, argues defence expert Sushant Singh.

There is anger over the Hindutva party’s ‘surrender’ and disappointment that the ‘strongman’ prime minister did not deliver.