New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday told the Centre the Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee’s report recommends schemes for Muslims and leaves out other minority communities.
Pachal (Maharashtra): In spite of the refusal by government, efforts were made to construct the building; but due to growing opposition from all quarters in the region to the unlawful madarassa, the police intervened and stopped the work right away.
Karnataka: Politicians cannot ignore Karnataka's Muslim population in forthcoming elections. Muslims comprise 13% of the state's population and will determine the outcome in 38 out of 224 assembly constituencies.
Kuala Lumpur: A Roman Catholic newspaper cleared its first legal hurdle on Monday in its fight against a Malaysian government ban on Christians using the word 'Allah' as a synonym for 'God'.
Islamabad: The Pakistani Taliban, which recently pulled out of peace talks with the government, have banned music from mobile phone ringtones and vehicles in tribal areas of the country.
Karachi: Speakers at a symposium held here on Sunday paid tribute to Tipu Sultan for his courage and valour for the dignity of Muslim community in the subcontinent.
Mumbai: The Hindu organizations should adopt the attitude of ‘Islamic Madarassa’ and ‘Darul Ulum Deoband’ and try to cement the rift in the two communities. This is the advice of Shri. Husain Dalwai, Congress.
Akola (Maharashtra): “SIMI indoctrinates terrorists’ school of thought in many schools in the district”, alleged the prominent activists of ‘Indian Muslim Association Noori’ while presenting a representation to the district police commissioner.
Islamabad: Muslim scientists and clerics have called for Mecca time to be adopted as a replacement for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), arguing that the Saudi city was the true centre of the earth.
New Delhi: Vijay Mallya's Kingefisher Airlines have found unexpected supporters in clerics of Deoband’s Dar-ul-Uloom, who have given a green signal to Muslims to board its flights.
London: Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie has confessed that he pretended to ‘embrace Islam’ hoping that it would reduce the threat of Muslims acting on the fatwa to kill him.
Chennai: TMMK is saying that Aurangzeb was a victim of distorted history. 'Aurangzeb was even-handed with Hindus, Muslims'. He razed Vishwanath Temple because one Tajput Rani was dishonoured & and robbed inside the temple.
New Delhi: The law prohibiting a person having more than two children from contesting panchayat elections was challenged in the Supreme Court on Friday by Samajwadi Party MP Abu Asim Azmi.
