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Uyghur men are seen outside Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang province. Id Kah is the main mosque in Kashgar and the largest in China; built around 1442, it can hold up to 20,000 worshippers. The region is inhabited by several ethnic minorities including Muslim Uyghurs that often clash with the central authorities. Photo: Asia Times
Apr 17,2018, 8:03
Protests loom in Pakistan over China’s jailing of men’s Uyghur wives
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid and Saikat Datta
Revenue Secretary Dr Hasmukh Adhia (centre), a key player in arbitration on the Vodafone tax case, talks at a press conference in New Delhi in July 2017. Photo: Wikipedia
Apr 11,2018, 3:14
Was Modi kept in the dark about moves in the Vodafone tax battle?
By Saikat Datta
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, greets the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, at his swearing-in in March last year. Photo: AFP/ Sanjay Kanojia
Mar 15,2018, 6:50
2019 election prospects begin to look shaky as BJP loses more ballots
By Saikat Datta
The Indian Army's Special Forces deployed in counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: Wikipedia
Mar 15,2018, 2:01
Indian Army says its equipment is obsolete and not ready for war
By Saikat Datta
Prof Lawrence Liang, the dean at the School of Law at Ambedkar University Delhi, was found guilty of sexual harassment last month. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Mar 13,2018, 3:10
India’s culture of silence around sexual harassment on campus
By Saikat Datta
Prof Lawrence Liang, Dean of the Law faculty at Ambedkar University Delhi, has been found guilty of sexual harassment by an internal committee. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Mar 08,2018, 2:36
Indian university finds top academic guilty of sexual harassment
By Saikat Datta
A Punjab National Bank branch in Kolkata. Photo: Reuters
Feb 22,2018, 5:59
10,000 bank clients hit by breach of credit card data
By Saikat Datta
Pakistani paramilitary troops take part in combat drills during a ceremony in connection with '53rd Frontier Corps Week' in Peshawar, Pakistan, November 19, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Feb 18,2018, 7:17
Pakistan’s Saudi deployment risks entanglement in Yemen
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid and Saikat Datta
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the World Economic Forum in Davos with key accused Nirav Modi.
Feb 16,2018, 12:42
Indian PM’s Office alerted to alleged bank scam in 2016
By Saikat Datta
Western powers want action against terrorist Hafiz Saeed and his groups. Photo: Reuters / Mohsin Raza
Feb 15,2018, 7:31
Hafiz Sayeed’s groups put on UN terror list
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid and Saikat Datta
A Dassault Rafale multi-role fighter takes off. Photo: public domain
Feb 08,2018, 12:57
Modi government in a muddle over deal for French fighter jets
By Saikat Datta
印度外交部长顧凱傑（右）与一名以色列外交官合照 相片： Twitter
Jan 04,2018, 10:36
「中国通」升任外交大臣 助印度走向全球
By Saikat Datta
India's foreign secretary designate Vijay Keshav Gokhale (right) with an Israeli diplomat Photo: Courtesy Twitter
Jan 03,2018, 12:17
Old China hand to guide India’s global path
By Saikat Datta
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embrace during a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in June. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Dec 18,2017, 8:48
Trump’s security strategy draws India closer, targets Pakistan and China
By Saikat Datta
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote outside a polling station during the last phase of the Gujarat State Assembly election in Ahmedabad on December 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Amit Dave
Dec 18,2017, 4:57
As BJP wins Gujarat, Himachal, it is Modi vs Modi in 2019
By Saikat Datta
The announcement on December 12 reverses the requirement for Indians to link their bank accounts to the Aadhaar system. Photo: AFP
Dec 13,2017, 8:17
Indian Govt postpones linking bank accounts to digital ID
By Saikat Datta
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) stands with chiefs of staff and defense ministers of a Saudi-led Islamic military counter terrorism coalition during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 26, 2017. Photo: Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout
Nov 28,2017, 6:39
Pakistan’s delicate position in Saudi-led military coalition
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid and Saikat Datta
Images widely circulated on social media showed Indian Army and the Air Force lack basic equipment to ferry home their dead comrades with dignity. (Image via Facebook/Saikat Datta)
Oct 11,2017, 5:40
For 17 years, 900 body bags lie unused as Indian Army frets
By Saikat Datta
India's President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, who breathed his last on September 17 in New Delhi. Photo: Courtesy Rashtrapati Bhawan
Sep 18,2017, 12:29
Arjan Singh, India’s sole Marshal of the Air Force, dies at 98
By Saikat Datta
Rohingya refugees stretch out their hands for food near Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept. 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Sep 11,2017, 11:31
Bangladesh raises Rohingyas with India, seeks intervention
By Saikat Datta
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