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The sameness of the ‘other’: India has an enduring Islamic legacy; confluence of art, culture make Muslims innate part of Indian history

At a time when the fault lines are becoming starker, how corrosive and baffling it would be to define the boundaries of an accepted Indian-ness along lines of Hindu and Muslim otherness?

At least 14 people wounded after man stabs passengers in bus in Germany; assailant arrested

The packed German bus was heading in the direction of Travemuende, a popular beach close to the city of Luebeck.

British-Iranian aid worker Narges Ashtari acquitted by Odisha court of involvement in child's death

A British-Iranian woman convicted in 2014 for causing the death of a child has been acquitted by an appeals court, according to media reports.

Istanbul airport attack: One of 13 detained attackers could be foreign national

Six killed, 129 injured in Beirut twin bombings

Beirut, Feb 20 (IANS) The toll in the twin bombings that targetted the Iranian cultural mission in this Lebanese capital city Wednesday reached six, with 129 people being injured, health ministry said. Earlier in the day, Health Minister Wael Abou Faour put the casualties at five and 103 injured

The 'triple package' myth: Why Amy Chua has it all wrong

What's not to like about a book that claims we desis are culturally programmed for success -- and in a way that White Americans are not. Except Amy Chua's latest book has very little basis in fact.

Indians among Tiger Mother Amy Chua's list of six 'superior' people

In her new book, The Triple Package, which she has written with her Jewish husband, Amy Chua names the six 'cultural groups' which she believes to be exceptional: Chinese, Jewish, Indian, Iranian, Lebanese-Americans, Nigerians, Cuban exiles and Mormons

'Iran n-deal to be implemented in late January'

Tehran, Jan 1 (IANS) Iran and the six world powers have agreed to start implementing their interim deal on the Islamic republic's nuclear programme in late January, an Iranian negotiator has said. The statement came as Iran and the P5+1 group -- Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany -- concluded two-day expert-level talks in Geneva Tuesday, following signing of the landmark deal in the same city last month.

France's Hollande assures Israel on Iran nuclear deal

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande assured Israel on Sunday that France would continue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against Iran until it was convinced Tehran had ended a pursuit of nuclear weapons. Hollande's pledge, at the start of a three-day visit to Israel, could help underpin an intensive campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convince world powers to toughen terms of a proposed nuclear deal with Iran ahead of negotiations reconvening this week in Geneva. "France will not give way on nuclear proliferation," Hollande said at a welcoming ceremony at Tel Aviv airport.

Iran announces uranium mining after nuclear talks fail

DUBAI/VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday operations had begun at two uranium mines and a milling plant and that Western opposition would not slow its nuclear work, days after talks with world powers made no breakthrough. Marking its annual National Nuclear Technology Day, Iran also said it would continue to need higher-grade enriched uranium - the part of its atomic activity that most worries the West - to fuel additional research reactors it plans to build.