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Mind the Gap: Unshakeable: Nilam Katara’s fight for justice

Nilam Katara fought for 16 years to get justice to her son Nitish Katara(RAAJESSH KASHYAP/HT)

Published on Aug 25, 2025 12:45 PM IST

Mind the Gap: In her words: Urvashi Butalia

The 1947 Partition(The 1947 Partition Archive/HT file photo)

Published on Aug 18, 2025 06:00 AM IST

‘Congress divided the nation’: Amit Shah on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

Union Home Minister Amit Shah calls India’s partition a “tragedy,” blames Congress for division and violence.(HT File)

Published on Aug 14, 2025 09:09 AM IST

India needs new goals as the global order resets

The road ahead may be difficult, but not impossible. India is now one of largest economies in the world (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jun 08, 2025 08:04 PM IST

How 2 Indian, Pakistani army officers, also friends, set up Wagah check-post

Thanks to the friendship between the two army officers, the Punjab sector remained largely peaceful during the first India-Pakistan war, which broke out in Kashmir in October 1947. (PTI File Photo)

Updated on May 21, 2025 03:30 PM IST

What citizens in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh think 75 years post-partition

International Relations

Published on Jan 03, 2025 01:16 PM IST

Bapsi captured human foibles, spirit, writes Deepa Mehta

Bapsi captured human foibles, spirit, writes Deepa Mehta

Updated on Dec 27, 2024 09:14 AM IST

A gendered telling of Partition

Refugees leaving New Delhi for Pakistan in 1947. (HT Archive)

Published on Aug 20, 2024 06:26 PM IST

Remembrance as healing: Memorialising Partition

A detailed record of the Partition is essential for historical accuracy and understanding

Published on Aug 13, 2024 09:21 PM IST

Memory fights forgetting when old schoolboy revisits Lahore

Father and son at the Lahore railway station from where the Sarkars had left in July 1947. (Photos courtesy: Amit Sarkar)

Updated on May 05, 2024 07:50 AM IST

S Jaishankar reacts to US envoy's CAA remark: 'I have principles too'

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said other countries have also fast-tracked citizenship of religious groups. (File)

Updated on Mar 17, 2024 01:25 PM IST

Childhood friends separated by India-Pakistan partition reunite in US. Watch

The two friends, who were separated in the India-Pakistan partition, last met in October 2023 and are planning their next reunion in April 2024. (Instagram/@brownhistory)

Published on Mar 11, 2024 02:36 PM IST

Owaisi terms India's partition ‘historical mistake’; ‘shouldn’t have happened'

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi(ANI)

Published on Oct 16, 2023 05:08 PM IST

Playback to Partition: A Lahori princess, a ragpicker speaking through windows

Faisal Hayat, one of the three authors in conversation with his subjects for the book “The Speaking Window”. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 13, 2023 10:56 AM IST

Spotting Khalistan from North America

Who are these self-proclaimed Khalistanis? (HT_PRINT)

Published on Oct 04, 2023 05:25 PM IST

Ardas performed at Akal Takht in memory of Partition victims

Ardas being performed at the Akal Takht in Amritsar on Wednesday. (HT photo)

Updated on Aug 16, 2023 10:59 PM IST

Vivek Agnihotri on Mamata Banerjee, The Delhi Files, his Y-category security

Vivek Agnihotri has spoken about his security cover and his legal tussle with Mamata Banerjee.

Published on Aug 12, 2023 06:21 AM IST

'Indira Gandhi govt gave…': PM Modi in Lok Sabha blames Congress for partition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of No-Confidence in the Lok Sabha. (PTI Photo)

Published on Aug 10, 2023 10:34 PM IST

Just Like That | India mustn’t forget horrors of Partition

Partition is a story we must not forget.(Wikimedia Commons)

Published on Jun 04, 2023 10:48 AM IST

UP: No HC relief to Mukhtar Ansari’s sons in enemy property case

The land belonged to one Mohammad Waseem, who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of India. (For Representation)

Updated on Apr 14, 2023 10:47 PM IST

90-year-old woman crosses Wagah border to visit home in Pakistan after 75 years

Reena Chhibber Varma, who stays in Pune now, travelled to her ancestral home in Pakistan.(Facebook)

Published on Jul 17, 2022 02:34 PM IST

News updates from HT: Govt notifies Aug 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.

Published on Aug 14, 2021 09:00 PM IST

Nadda, BJP leaders thank PM for 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' announcement

BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda thanked PM Modi for his announcement about observing August 14 as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day'.(HT File Photo)

Published on Aug 14, 2021 03:57 PM IST

Summer reading list for young adults

Five books for the teenagers’ reading list

Updated on Jun 07, 2020 12:29 AM IST

India is not a nation-state, or a state-nation. It is a civilisational-state

During Partition, a section shifted to another civilisational narrative(Getty Images)

Published on Dec 19, 2019 06:45 PM IST

Blaming the Congress for Partition is a travesty

Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. From its inception in 1906, the Muslim League was a command performance with the sole purpose of acting as a counterweight to the nationalist demands of the Congress(Getty Images)

Updated on Dec 13, 2019 07:41 PM IST

Kartarpur corridor inauguration: A day of celebration and reflection | HT Analysis

A member of the sangat was known as bhai or brother. It became a melting pot for the high and the low, whose members mixed together without consideration of caste or status. A similar reiteration of this message came through the langar or community kitchen(REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 08, 2019 08:12 PM IST

Actor Dalip Tahil bats for peace between India and Pak

HT Image

Published on Aug 19, 2019 01:20 AM IST

Doctor Who fans loved its new episode on the Partition of India. Check out their reactions

Jodie Whittaker is getting a lot of love as the first woman Doctor on Doctor Who. The series’ two episodes have now made headlines for great stories.

Updated on Nov 12, 2018 04:48 PM IST

Review: India Moving by Chinmay Tumbe

Old ties; new roots: Supporters of Seewoosagur Ramgolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, before he spoke for Mauritian independence during a constitutional conference at Lancaster House, London, on July 19, 1965.(Corbis via Getty Images)

Updated on Sep 14, 2018 09:05 PM IST

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