Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the 23rd edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, said that when the world is fragmented, India stands as a bridge builder.

In what could pass for a political comedy of errors, the Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s Winter Session, scheduled till December 5, ended with a whimper after lawmakers across party lines vanished from the House en masse to attend weddings.

For the past two years all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. 

​For the past two years all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.