SRINAGAR: As hundreds of people gathered in Leh to welcome environmental activist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk after his release from jail, he struck a conciliatory tone on Sunday, urging the Union govt to ensure that forthcoming talks with Ladakhi leaders are based on a “win-win” approach for both Ladakh and the…

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asserted that the “INDIA bloc is intact” amid ongoing calls for a leadership change within the alliance.While talking to reporters in Chandigarh, the SP chief slammed critics and said that those who talk about “divide-and-rule politics” must be dealt with very cautiously.“The INDIA alliance is intact…

Noted Leftist historian K N Panikkar, who critiqued colonial historiography’s simplistic view of culture and highlighted how indigenous intellectuals offered an alternative paradigm of modernity, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. He would have turned 90 next month.Panikkar, affectionately called KN by his colleagues, belonged to a select group of historians…