NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian Hindu nationalist group allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Wednesday for a ban on veils after Sri Lanka prohibited the garments worn by some Muslim ...

For his 73rd birthday last week. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was flooded with gifts ranging from cakes and garlands to gold dust and bank notes for national defense. Most welcome gift of all was ...

Indian students hold a protest in Chennai on March 16 against Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold a ban on girls wearing the hijab in classrooms. (Photo: AFP) For centuries, men have told women ...

Ninety per cent of Indian workers earn their livelihoods in the informal sector, lacking job security, pensions, paid leave and benefits. Precise estimates are unknown, but as many as 40–100 million ...

Mihir Sharma is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, he is author of “Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy.” India’s exporters ...

New Delhi: A science communicator and space enthusiast on social media under the pseudonym ‘Gareeb Scientist’ sat determined behind his keyboard Tuesday. As soon as the clock struck one, he hit enter ...

The controversy surroundin Straw's comment on the veil worn by Muslim women has Dateline Bombay wondering – “My sense is that more and more countries are going to question their policies of ...

Denying a Catholic nun entry to an examination hall because she was wearing her habit calls for a discussion on the right to practice religion in a secular nation, says the head of the Catholic Church ...

Veil is indeed the final adornment that completes a bridal ensemble and this wedding season, the humble veil has transformed from a traditional covering to the ultimate statement piece. From Manish ...