National Issue

Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, an organization of clerics, at its national convention at Deoband this week had endorsed an earlier fatwa issued by Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband.

Striking a balancing note, Chidambaram talked of a `golden rule' of majority Hindus protecting the Muslim minority elsewhere in the country. He also sought the support of Deoband ulema in the country's war on terror.

"The fatwa of Darul Uloom (opposing the recitation of Vande Mataram) is correct," stated one of the 25 resolutions passed by the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on Tuesday, in the presence of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.

New Delhi: Even as Navy and Coast Guard warships conduct patrols on the west coast amid a high terror alert, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor on Tuesday warned that the possibility of more 26/11-like terror attacks could not be ruled out.

The former Director General of Intelligence Bureau, Mr. Ajitkumar Dovhal has said that involvement of Hindu or pro-Hindu Organisations in destructive anti-national activities is not possible.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): BJP president Rajnath Singh has said that there is a strong need in the country for amending the constitution to check large scale religious conversions allegedly being carried out by foreign forces through inducements.

Last year, nearly 500 Maoists underwent training under the SIMI in the Vagamon hills on the Idukki-Kottayam border. This information is bound to worry the security forces.

The opposition parties alleged that the Gogoi government’s tenure had registered the highest number of incidents of murder (11,170), kidnapping and abduction (15,415) and rapes (9,687) in Assam.

New York: Indian Summer, the much-hyped Hollywood project about the alleged romance between Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru, has been cancelled due to pressure by Congress Government.

New Delhi: Exiled controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has alleged in her website that she had come to India in August to stay, but the government had refused permission, forcing her to leave the country.

Kolkata: After a surge of online patriotism about the missing tricolour in Facebook game FarmVille, its San Francisco-based developer says it will add the Indian flag in the popular game.

Mumbai: If Marathi people are not to invoke Shivaji Maharaj's name should they invoke that of Ottavio Quattrocchi, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said, flaying Congress president Sonia Gandhi's remarks at a recent rally in Maharashtra.

Mumbai: The naxals attacked and killed 18 policemen in Bhamragad, Gadchiroli. The Congress politicians are vigorously campaigning by traveling in helicopters, but there is not a single helicopter available to take our fallen heroes home.

New Delhi: In the past 5 years, Communal riots have taken place in Maharashtra almost once in every 20 days. During the period April 2004 to April 2009, 96 communal riots took place in various districts.

Mumbai: A case has been filed against Nabab Malik, the present Labour Minister and a leader of NCP for cheating and submitting fake papers with the intention of misguiding the World Bank and the Government.