Israeli military officers said in Tel Aviv they were maintaining a careful watch over the alert of Arab armies during the tense holiday period in which the Muslim sacrificial feast of Al Adha coincides with Christmas for the first time in three decades.

Across the street, Def Col Social was also sealed. “Our landlord paid the conversion charges a long time ago, so we have no idea why Social has been sealed,” said Riyaaz Amlani, owner of the chain.

According to police, the 19-year-old boy was upset as the teacher had scolded him for “consuming drugs” during a school trip a few days earlier.

By voting for UN resolution against US move on Jerusalem, government abides by a principled, long-standing policy

Removing the natural resource from the ambit of a colonial-era law opens up a range of economic possibilities

The little vanities of ordinary people have bested the mighty Uttar Pradesh government

Pakistan’s Christmas gesture to Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family is a good augury

Verdict is a reminder that state incapacity may be a bigger issue than active political malfeasance

The six-member peace committee, or unity council, which consists of Swaran Singh, C. Subramaniam, V.P. Naik and others did a lot of spadework for the coming CWC meeting.

Acquittals in the 2G spectrum case underline that the country’s premier investigating agency has much to answer for

It would be absurd if Indian Science Congress session is moved out of Osmania University because of the fear of student protests

Indian cricket establishment needs to ask why efforts to free the game of corruption are making no headway

The peacemakers apparently think since a meeting between Mrs Gandhi and Mr Reddi defused the situation last time, a similar meet would resolve the present crisis as well.

In Gujarat, issues highlighted by new leaders, social movements informed the campaign

2G scam verdict: The trial court’s decision to exonerate all the accused in the 2G scam comes as a shock and recalls the “No one killed Jessica” headline.

Delhi must find ways to seize the opportunities, deal with the uncertainties of a new global order

To fulfil ambitions in Indo-Pacific and beyond, India must work for a cohesive South Asia

Facebook offers users greater control over use of their image online, triggers another privacy debate

We should celebrate that young people are choosing to get married later in life, but reject the notion that this delay has any bearing on when consenting adults choose to engage in romance or sex.

After months of dilly-dallying over the issue, the Cabinet is believed to have come to the conclusion that the government must live up to the ruling party’s election promise of scrapping MISA which was enacted by Mrs Gandhi’s regime

If schools read gender relations only in the language of reputation and shame, they cannot prepare children for life

With Ramaphosa’s election, ANC has an opportunity to leave behind the embarrassments of the Zuma era

Gap between global banks and Indian banks on bad loan recovery is set to narrow

The Congress Parliamentary Board will consider Mrs Gandhi’s resignation and the Congress president, Brahmananda Reddy’s letter to reply to the resignation letter