New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The internet has brought people closer to each other but also needed is an “innernet” to make us feel our inter-connectedness inwardly too, Tibetan spiritual leader, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa,…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The government on Sunday denied any involvement of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) or the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in restricting foreign models from entering Taj Mahal wearing…
London, April 23 (IANS) The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has announced that it will include a pledge in its general election manifesto to ban the burqa or full-face veils worn by some Muslim women in…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A day after getting central assurance on blacklisted Sikh youths, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and suggested doing…
🔊 Listen to this Agra, April 22 (IANS) Even as preparations for the annual three-day Urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan beginning on Sunday go on apace, the controversy relating to the entry of visitors…
🔊 Listen to this By Mayank Chhaya In the midst of heightened posturing by North Korea over a potential thermonuclear war Saturday April 22 is the 113th birth anniversary of Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a father…
🔊 Listen to this Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Expressing concern over a suspected Islamic State sympathiser’s arrest in Mumbra town in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said the Muslim-dominated town should be cleansed of…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 22 (IANS) A young man accused of making a series of threatening phone calls to Jewish community centres across the US earlier this year was charged in two federal…
🔊 Listen to this Paris, April 22 (IANS) The deadly attack on a police bus in the French capital here has dramatically changed the course of the presidential poll campaign with the far-right candidate, Marine…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JeIH) on Friday said it would hold a fortnight-long pan-India campaign from Sunday to create awareness about Muslim Personal Law. JeIH President Syed Jalaluddin Umri said the campaign…
Somnath (Gujarat), April 21 (IANS) A two-day meeting of BJP’s Gujarat state executive began here on Friday with a political resolution to target victory on 150-plus seats out of 182 in the state assembly elections…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Opposing the idea of Uniform Civil Code, the West Bengal unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Friday once again argued in favour of the Muslim personal law and said the court should…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 21 (IANS) A day after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed strong displeasure at the removal of a ‘cross’ at a church near Munnar during an anti-encroachment drive, Revenue Minister E. Chandrasekharan on…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Md. Nooruddin, President of the West Bengal unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), on Friday said all communities should refrain from issuing “fatwas” or “announcements” that talk about hurting people or demeaning…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Centre has acceded to the Punjab government’s request to open a passport office in Nawanshahr town and also look into the issue of blacklisted Sikh youths settled abroad, official…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) A Pakistani man was attacked by a mob on Friday inside a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after he was accused of making blasphemous remarks following prayers, the media reported. The…
Karachi, April 21 (IANS) One reason why Muslims in the US are seen very negatively is that they dont assimilate in host societies, a French scholar said in comments published on Friday. Journalist and scholar…
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), April 21 (IANS) Former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti on Friday said it was he and not former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani who egged a frenzied mob to raze the Babri…
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Friday assured that she would take up the shortage of ‘kasturi’ (musk collected from a stag’s navel) with her country’s government. Kasturi, an aromatic substance,…
By Nury Vittachi An atheist friend got in my car the other day and I snapped him into prayer mode with a single line: “Put on your seat belt, I want to try something.” Heh…