Popular Front of India has blamed Hindutva forces for the violence erupted on January 1 when lakhs of Dalits had gathered in the city to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. Slamming RSS and BJP for the incident, PFI Chairman E Abu-Bakr alleged that the attacks were organised.

Saharanpur: The largest seminary in the country, Darul Uloom Deoband, has issued a fatwa asking Muslim women to not marry into a family whose members work in banks, citing that the income from banking jobs is considered ‘haram’ (forbidden) earnings. The edict was pronounced after a person asked D

Lucknow: The Yogi government has reduced discretionary holidays around Muslim festivals while making it compulsory for madrassas to remain closed on festivals of other faiths. In the annual calendar that was released on Tuesday seven new holidays have been added and 10 discretionary holidays that we

Should the triple talaq Bill be sent to a Select Committee or not? This question triggered a heated exchange of words in the Rajya Sabha, forcing an adjournment of the House for the day. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, popularly known as the triple talaq Bill, was

NEW DELHI: The quantum of sentence for Bihar's former chief minister Lalu Yadav and others in a fodder scam case will be pronounced tomorrow, reported ANI. The sentencing has not been pronounced today due to the passing away of advocate Vindeshwari Prasad. The RJD leader was expected to be sen

Maharashtra remained on edge after the anniversary of a battle fought 200 years ago brought to fore simmering caste tensions even as a statewide bandh called on Wednesday to protest the state government's alleged failure to stop violence witnessed stray protest by Dalits. Violence spilled over to

Chennai, Jan 2 (PTI) Top actor Rajinikanth today said it was his desire to create a political revolution in Tamil Nadu, a "historic" state that facilitated major changes. "Tamil Nadu is a very historic place...be it Gandhiji discarding his usual attire and going in for a loin cloth.. everything h

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday urged the Congress not to press for amendments to the triple talaq bill, which seeks to criminalise the practice of instant divorce among Muslims, when it comes up for consideration in the Rajya Sabha likely on Wednesday. The Lok Sabha has already cleared the

New Delhi : The Union Ministry is setting up a website on which registrars from states across the country will have to upload details related to NRI marriages, in a move aimed at tracking the issue of NRI husbands abandoning or abuse their wives. According to article publised in HT, On 20 Decembe

New Delhi: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, recently in a Conference, spoke on the original text of the Constitution of India and its essence. He said that “When the Indian constitution was being framed, a debate occurred whether it should be presented just like a book because India was gettin

MUZAFFARNAGAR: The leaders of both the Muslim community and Jat community of Muzaffarnagar agreed to take back cases registered during 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. The decision comes just five days after they met Mulayam Singh Yadav, the SP Supremo, at his Delhi residence. According to the news repo

KOLKATA: Ishrat Jahan, one of the petitioners in the triple talaq case, has joined the BJP, the party's state unit general secretary Sayantan Basu said today. "Ishrat Jahan joined the BJP at our Howrah office yesterday," Basu told PTI. Sources said Ishrat was felicitated by the Howrah BJP unit

Jaipur: Hours after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) approved the release of the movie ‘Padmavati’ with some changes, Rajput Karni Sena President Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi on Saturday threatened to vandalise all the cinema halls showing the flick. Claiming that the release of the movie

Hyderabad: Blue Whale Game takes another life of a BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus student. According to the report published in India Today, a 19-year-old student, T. Varun, resident of Maple Town Villas, Gandipet committed suicide by suffocating himself to death. He wrapped a plastic sheet around

NEW DELHI: Terming the policy of allowing Muslim women to perform Haj only in the company of a male guardian as “injustice”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has removed the restriction following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage. Accord

Hyderabad: H-Bots Robotics, a Hyderabad-based robotics technology company has developed a life-sized robot, equipped with cameras, and an array of sensors connected to GPS in its beta version. It is claimed to be the world’s first smart policing robot. The five-foot-seven-inch, suave looking bot cal

The year 2017 is year of hate crimes in India. The public lynching on suspicion of beef traders or eaters has only risen throughout the year and there is no impunity for those responsible for such hate crimes against Muslims. Have a chronological look at the hate crimes incidents reported in seve

Sarangpur (Gujarat): Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Saturday said Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel should join the Congress party, if he can manage to bring along 10 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs. The purported wooing has come in the backdrop of rumours that the deputy chief minister