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A family left counting the cost of flames

India, Feb. 23 -- Five years on, the scars of the riots remain etched into the walls of Munni Devi and Naresh Chand's two-story home in Shiv Vihar. Thick black soot clings to every surface, charred ut... Read More


The long fight for compensation that never arrived

India, Feb. 23 -- On February 26, 2020, as riots engulfed Mustafabad, Mohsin and his family watched helplessly as their bakery was looted. The night before, sensing danger, they had fled to a relief c... Read More


18-month-old killed by car driven by 15-yr-old

New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- An 18-month-old child died allegedly after a speeding car being driven by a 15-year-old-boy hit him at Mukhmelpur village in Alipur in outer Delhi on Saturday morning, police sai... Read More


Atishi seeks meeting with CM on women aid scheme

New DElhi, Feb. 23 -- AAP leader Atishi on Saturday wrote to CM Rekha Gupta, seeking a meeting with the AAP's legislative group on Sunday to take "concrete action" in the implementation of the scheme ... Read More


Priest burns to death at Rohini temple: Cops

NEW DELHI, Feb. 23 -- A 65-year-old priest was charred to death after a fire broke out at the Surya Mandir in Prem Nagar in Rohini district, north Delhi on Saturday morning, police said. The victim w... Read More


'No one knows who blinded me'

India, Feb. 23 -- Mohammed Vakil Mansoori was born and raised in the narrow lanes of Shiv Vihar, northeast Delhi. It was here that he built a life - running a modest grocery shop, raising three childr... Read More


51 stab wounds and 5 years of pain

India, Feb. 23 -- On the morning of February 26, 2020, the body of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma was pulled from a drain in Chand Bagh. He had been stabbed 51 times before being dumped... Read More


Abrar, Pakistan's mystery spinner who can fox India

Dubai, Feb. 23 -- The story goes thus. When the then Pakistan National Cricket Academy coach Mushtaq Ahmed asked Abrar Ahmed about Abdul Qadir, the young man asked, "yeh kaun hai? (who is this)". The... Read More


Arch-rivals geared up for a Sunday Desert Classic

Dubai, Feb. 23 -- Shaheen Shah Afridi mingled freely with the fans. Haris Rauf gave selfie time to the Indian media. Pakistan's strenuous training session was over, and their pacemen had got over the ... Read More


Kerala cricket story: From the backwaters to first Ranji final

MUMBAI, Feb. 23 -- At the start of the Ranji Trophy season, few would have bet on Kerala making the final. They had grown from being South Zone's pushovers into a fighting squad, but going all the way... Read More