NEW DELHI: If you are an account holder of SBI then your cheque books will become invalid from December 31. Earlier, a notification was issued asking the account-holders of SBI’s former associate banks to apply for new SBI Cheque books ‘as soon as possible’. In October, the country’s largest b

New Delhi: Ten Muslim students of Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University were allegedly thrown out of National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp for refusing to shave beard. They spent a day and night starving outside the camp as punishment. After returning to camps, cadets began strike before NCC office lawn

NEW DELHI: Maulana Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, vice-chancellor, (mohtamin) of Darul Uloom Deoband strongly reacted to the bill criminalising the triple talaq practice, stating that the law which says about justice and respect and for women is against the welfare of Muslim women. Speaking to Economic

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government kicked up a political storm on Wednesday with the process of withdrawal of 20,000 ‘political cases’ being initiated, including eight against present Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. According to sources, Governor Ram Naik has okayed the withdrawal of “many cas

Muzaffarnagar: After a long fight between Jats and Muslims, post Muzaffarnagar riots violence in 2013, both the communities now seek to settle down the dispute with Samajwadi Party leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s help. During the riots in 2013, 63 people were killed and 50,000 were displaced. Howev

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today passed the contentious bill making instant triple illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband, a development hailed by the government as “historic”. The bill was passed after the House rejected a string of amendments moved by various opposition members.

A special NIA court in Mumbai on Wednesday dropped all charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, Lt Colonel Purohit and two others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. However, both Sadhvi Pragya and Purohit will will face trial under an

NEW DELHI: The finance ministry has asked public sector banks (PSBs) to look at rationalising their domestic and overseas branches as part of the reform process to strengthen their financials. The National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW) on Tuesday opposed the decision that closure of oversea

JAIPUR: There has now been a new turn in the brutal murder case of Muslim laborer Mohammed Afrazul in Rajsamand district of Udaipur division. According to Times Of India reports, it has been revealed that the ‘hate’ killer Shambhalal Regar used the love jihad tag to hide his illicit relationship.

Unnao, Uttar Pradesh: After being in severe bad light due to Gorakhpur’s BRD hospital tragedy, another medical disaster has taken place in Unnao of Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh. Where Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh on Tuesday had to remove Chief Medical Officer, Rajendra Prasad, after doc

NEW DELHI: Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian sentenced to death in Pakistan, Jadhav met his wife and mother for around 45 minutes across a glass screen, more than a year after he was arrested by the Pakistani army and accused of spying. Pakistan’s foreign office tweeted photos of the meeting at the Mini

Mumbai: A private school in Thane, Maharashtra has taken a decision to ban Muslim female students from wearing hijab citing security on the premises. This decision was resented by parents and they protested against the school management. Going into the details, Symbiosis Convent High School in Mu

In a first such uproar by resident doctors of AIIMS over poor infrastructure and degrading healthcare system, the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “live” their life for a day to understand their stress. The move comes after several doctors in Rajasthan

Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday said that it will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withhold and withdraw the proposed bill that criminalises the practice of instant divorce. Criticising The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, AIMP

New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday denounced the governments move to oppose the United States decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital at the United Nations, saying India has made a “huge mistake”. India joined 127 other countries to vote in the United Nations General Asse

New Delhi [India]: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for insinuating that former vice-president Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were colluding with Pakistan to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Par

New Delhi: At least 207 people had died in Delhi because of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in 2016, the year the city witnessed its most severe episodes of air pollution, compared to the situations in previous years. The data was submitted to the Lok Sabha on Friday by the Ministry of Environ

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Assembly will have three Muslim members this time. Three Muslim candidates fielded by the Congress emerged victorious in the just-concluded Assembly elections. In 2012, two candidates from the minority community had made it to the Assembly on Congress’ ticket. The Congres