With political backing, SC ignored as dahi-handi celebrated with protests,...
Mumbai : Despite a Supreme Court order on height restrictions, several organisations in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai celebrated the dahi-handi ritual on Janmashtmi with protests, black bands and black...
View ArticleFake video which claims that ‘Hari bhajan’ sung in masjid went viral
New Delhi: A viral video which claims that “Hari bhajan” sung in masjid is found to be a fake one. Video shows Muslim men and women singing “Hari bhajan”. According to the ABP news report, this video...
View ArticleNew rift on Rubath accommodation in Makkah
Hyderabad: Row over accommodation in Rubath of Makkah started when incharge of Rubath refused to accept the Hajj pilgrims who names are not found in the list sent earlier. The Wakf Committee of Nizam...
View Article‘Panel finding that Rohith was not Dalit totally wrong’
Barabanki (UP): NCSC Chairman P L Punia today rejected the reported finding of the Roopanwal Commission that Rohith Vemula did not belong to the SC community as “totally wrong”. The National Commission...
View ArticleFrench burkini bans face legal challenge as tension mounts
Paris: France’s highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns in the country and abroad about police forcing Muslim...
View ArticleWhy the case of an ‘eye-sniper’ officer in Egypt holds important lessons for...
It took more than six weeks – and a petition in court – for the Jammu & Kashmir government to officially make a statement about the number of people who sustained eye-injuries during various...
View Article21 dead as bus plunges into Nepal river
Kathmandu: A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early Friday in central Nepal, killing 21 people, a senior local official said. Rescuers struggled to recover bodies and help the injured to...
View ArticleDutch far-right party says it will ban Mosques, Quran
The Hague: The political party of Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, which is leading polls ahead of parliamentary elections next year, has vowed to close mosques and “ban the Quran” in its...
View ArticleBombay HC allows women in inner sanctum of Haji Ali dargah
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed women’s entry into Mumbai’s Haji Ali dargah and asked Maharashtra government to ensure their safety. The court said the ban imposed on women was contrary...
View ArticleBihar floods: NDRF help woman deliver baby on board
Patna: Working round-the-clock to help flood victims in Bihar, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel rendered timely help to three marooned pregnant women at separate places deliver their...
View ArticleHonour Killing: Watch woman recorded video before being murdered
Hathras: A Muslim woman has allegedly murdered by her father and brothers in Sikandrarau area of Hathras district. The deceased identified as 26-year-old Soni was murdered just days after a video made...
View ArticleAssam Bodos allot 1132-acre land to Ramdev to save it from Muslim migrants?
GUWAHATI: An autonomous tribal council in Assam has given unused agricultural land to Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali trust, primarily to prevent its encroachment by the illegal Bangladeshi migrants. The...
View ArticleOdisha again: Woman’s legs, hip broken for easy transport
Balasore: Two days after a video of a tribal man carrying body of his dead wife sent shock wave across the country, another horrifying incident from the state come into view as two hospital workers...
View ArticleHyderabad: Man killed for breaking slipper strap, accused arrested
Hyderabad: Charminar police arrested a man involved in the killing of a man after a row on broken slipper. According to police sources, 24-year-old, band worker Mohammed Abdus Sattar alias Rahman R/O...
View ArticleGood News for MBBS aspirants, MCI cleared Nimra, two other colleges in AP
Hyderabad: Nimra Institute of Medical Sciences of Vijayawada got Medical Council of India nod to start MBBS courses from the 2016-17 academic year. Nimra Institute of Medical Sciences established by...
View ArticleCan’t order establishment of ‘Ram Rajya’ in the country: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it cannot order the establishment of ‘Ram Rajya’ in the country and it cannot do several things it wanted to due to its “limited capacity”. “Do you think with...
View ArticlePolish Olympian sells Rio medal to save boy battling cancer
Warsaw: Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, said that he auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatment for a three-year-old boy struck with cancer. The...
View ArticleGerman Mayor fires Palestinian intern for wearing headscarf
Berlin: A 48-year-old Palestinian refugee, hired as an intern at a German mayor’s office, was fired on the first day of work because she refused to remove her headscarf. Mayor Elisabeth Herzog-von der...
View ArticleAllahabad HC stays arrest of Akhlaq’s family, except brother
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of six members of the family of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched in his native village Bisahda in Gautam Budh Nagar district in September...
View ArticleSet back for hate mongers as France’s top court suspends burkini ban
Paris (AFP) – France’s highest administrative court on Friday suspended a controversial ban on the burkini by a French Riviera town after it was challenged by rights groups. In a judgement expected to...
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