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بے محرم 88 خواتین شامل عازمین حج، مجموعی کوٹے میں اضافے کا امکان

نئی دہلی۔ (یو این آئی) ملک میں مسلم خواتین کو بااختیار بنانے کے رُخ پر مرتب کئے جانے والے نئے باب کے تحت آزادی کے بعد پہلی مرتبہ ہندوستانی مسلم خواتین اکیلے سفر حج پرروانہ ہونے جا رہی ہیں ۔2018 کی نئی حج پالیسی کے تحت اس تبدیلی نے ان میں اتنا زبردست جوش و خروش بھر دیا ہے کہ صرف ایک ہفتہ کے اندر اب ت

A family breaks its silence: Shocking details emerge in death of judge presiding over Sohrabuddin trial

On the morning of 1 December 2014, the family of 48-year-old Justice Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, the judge presiding over the Central Bureau of Investigation special court in Mumbai, was informed that he had died in Nagpur, where he had travelled for a colleague’s daughter’s wedding. Loya had been hea

Alwar lynching: Umar Mohammad’s two companions arrested on cow smuggling charges

Alwar: The two companions of murdered cow trader, Umar Mohammad, have been arrested by the police, on charges of cow smuggling, officials said on Monday. Umar was killed and his body was thrown on the railway tracks in Ramgarh area. However, his two associates, Tahir Khan and Javed Khan managed t

Shia Waqf Board bats for Ram temple in Ayodhya, mosque in Lucknow

Ghaziabad: The Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board has come up with a proposal wherein they suggested to buid Ram temple at disputed Ayodhya site and the mosque in Lucknow. Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Waseem Rizvi said that they have come up with the proposal following discussions with differ

Hyderabad bakery worker’s daughter flies high in Hijab

Hyderabad: “I want to become a pilot.” When she instinctively answered a question at an event over a decade ago, the dream of a humble bakery worker’s daughter had started growing wings. Hijab-wearing Syeda Salva Fatima is now all set to join an airline and is one of the four Muslim women in India w

Mr Jaitley, Moody’s was fined for ratings in the US & Europe

Was the Union Finance Minister too quick to welcome Moody’s upgrading India’s rating from the bottom to a rung just above it?  Moody’s, the global rating agency, has been fined in the US, in Europe and in Hong Kong for ‘rating fraud’, and all during the last year and a half. Regulat

Chidambaram mocks at government's sudden love for Moody's

MUMBAI: Mocking at government's elation over the sovereign rating upgrade by Moody's, ex-finance minister P Chidambaram said only a few months ago the regime had flayed the rating methodology. "Just some months ago, government had said the Moody's methodology was all wrong... A long letter was wr

PM Modi meets French foreign minister, discuss bilateral ties

New Delhi [India]: France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on recent developments in the bilateral relationship as follow-up to the latter’s visit to France in June.   India-France strategic partnership is not limited t

Bill Gates offers help to Yogi Adityanath and Chandrababu Naidu

In a meeting on Friday, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates offered help to Chief Ministers of UP and AP, Yogi Adityanath and Chandrababu Naidu respectively. Adityanath had posted on Twitter that Mr Gates expressed his willingness to tackle the medical issues. Mr Gates al

Drug racket busted in Hyderabad, 179 kg party drugs seized

Hyderabad: In an illegal drug racket, 179 kg of Ephedrine was seized by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in a raid that took place on Tuesday. The incident took place in Hyderabad’s Bollarum, IDA. While the media was informed on Wednesday. The value of the drugs in the international m

NIA arrests four with over Rs. 9 lakh fake currency

New Delhi, Nov 16 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that it has arrested four people from Kolkata and recovered Rs 9.1 lakh fake currency. The agency arrested all four from the vicinity of Howrah Railway Station in Kolkata on Tuesday night, the NIA said in a statement. T

Your SBI account can be suspended if not linked to Aadhaar – Know how to link online

Mumbai: The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) in a tweet made it clear that if any customer fails to submit Aadhaar number by 31st December, his/her account shall cease to be operational till the time it is submitted. Bank also mentioned the channels through which one can link A

BJP government “turning Assam into second Myanmar”: Maulana Arshad Madani

New Delhi: Expressing concern over the current situation in Assam, Jamiat Ulama-E-Hind President Maulana Syed Arshad Madani flayed BJP government saying it is trying to create Myanmar like situation in Assam, but it should bear in mind that it was the question of 2-4 lakh Rohingyas while in Assam 80

Gujarat polls: Survey shows Congress & Hardik have turned the battle on its head

The Congress party appears to have gained tremendous ground in Gujarat, if a recent pre-election survey conducted by ABP-CSDS is anything to go by. The difference in vote share between the two parties is just 6%. The data shows that BJP’s vote share is likely to be 47% as against the Congress’ 41%.

Ryan murder case: Arrested bus conductor’s wife cries foul, demands justice

Gurugram : Wife of bus conductor Ashok Kumar, the driver held by the Harayna police for murder of 7-year-old Pradyuman at the Ryan International School demanded justice and proper investigation, while accusing the school administration of hatching a conspiracy against her husband. “We have been a

Pehlu Khan II: Rajasthan Minister accepts inability to stop ‘every incident’

ALWAR: Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria has said that there is not enough manpower in the state to control every situation in all cities in time. Responding to the recent gruesome incident of cow vigilantism, Kataria said, “We don’t have enough manpower to control every situation in al

RSS activist killed in Kerala

Thrissur : An RSS activist was killed here on Sunday by CPI-M workers, the state Bharatiya Janata Party office has claimed. The incident occurred at around 1.30 p.m. when Anand, who was on a two-wheeler, was knocked down by a car. He was then hacked to death. Anand was pronounced dead in a hos

Congress wins MP by-election

Bhopal: Congress candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi was on Sunday declared elected to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly from Chitrakoot constituency, defeating the BJP by 14,133 votes. Chaturvedi led right from the start of vote count at 8 a.m. and kept increasing his winning lead, officials said. After 19