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29 Muslims to enter Assam State Assembly in 2016

The Assam 2016 elections will see 29 Muslim MLAs this year, compared to 28 in 2011, with 15 from Congress, 12 from AIUDF and two from Bhartiya Janata Party. Assam has the second-largest Muslim population After Jammu and Kashmir. As per the 2011 census, Muslims constitute 34% of the state’s popula

Zarina’s charity flows freely, in a Mumbai slum

The water mafia controls the area, but the woman of modest means is undeterred Mumbai , 12 May 2016: She is an unlikely saviour for the struggling, water-starved masses in Mumbai slums. But save them she does, and without any cash reward. Zarina, mother of ten and of low means herself, provides w

Haryana: 72-year-old woman becomes mother for the first time

New Delhi: An Indian woman has given birth at the age of 72 with the help of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in Hisar, Haryana. On April 19, Daljinder Kaur gave birth to a boy following two years of IVF treatment at a fertility clinic in of Haryana with her 79-year-old husband Mohinder Singh Gill.

World’s largest jet set for Hyderabad stopover

BENGALURU: A few minutes past midnight on Thursday, the deafening roar of six mighty engines on the Antonov An-225 Mriya could throw many out of their beds in Hyderabad. The An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian for ‘dream’) will halt at the GMR-owned R.G.I Shamshabad Airport, Hyderabad, for 20 hours for  refu

Soon, submit income tax return copy to get LPG subsidy

May 11, 2016 Soon you will have to submit a copy of your income tax return (ITR) every year to the LPG dealer to claim subsidy on cooking gas cylinders. With the voluntary GiveItUp scheme not making much progress, the Petroleum Ministry has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to inc

Rawat has won trust vote, admits Centre in Supreme Court

He is to be restored as Chief Minister the very moment President’s rule is revoked, it says NEW DELHI, May 11, 2016: Marking a graceful retreat from Uttarakhand, the Centre conceded on Wednesday in the Supreme Court that deposed Chief Minister Harish Rawat has won the trust vote conducted on May

Gujarat has over a third of India's Muslim detainees

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat accounts for over a third of the total Muslim detainees in the country, Union home ministry figures show. Of the country's 658 Muslim detainees, 240 are in PM Narendra Modi's home state. Tamil Nadu is a close second with 220. India has 82,190 Muslims in its jails and

India seeks Mallya's deportation from the UK

External Affairs Ministry also emphasised that India will continue pursuing Mallya's deportation matter with the UK authorities. Four days after MEA revoked the liquor baron's passport, ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, "The ministry has written to the High Commission of the UK in Delhi re

Hema Malini got Rs 70 cr land for Rs 1.75 lakh: RTI activist

Documents accessed by RTI activist Anil Galgali from the Suburban Collector's office shows the government has allotted a 2,000 square metre prime plot to the BJP Lok Sabha MP for Rs 1.75 lakh at a rate of Rs 87.50 per square metre for construction of a dance academy. An RTI plea filed earlier by

Heatwave prevails across country

Delhiites experienced another hot day with the mercury settling at 39.6 degrees Celsius, down by a notch from Tuesday’s 40.6 degrees Celsius. Wednesday’s maximum was, however, two notches above the season’s average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 26.3 degrees Celsius, five notches above

Modi at war with his own people: JNU Student Union leader

"China or Pakistan are (sic) tropes - to incite hatred against Indian citizens who may be culturally closer to China or Pakistan. We must ensure that this power (Modi government) must not last very long. The powerless must unite to fight the powerful,” the Kashmiri firebrand stated in a Facebook pos

'Saved' by Maharashtra beef ban, cattle are dying of thirst and hunger

Osmanabad: Over the last six months, Laxman Ritapure lost ten of his cattle. Four cows, four bullocks and two calves. As Marathwada's searing drought lengthened into a second year, he ran out of water and fodder to feed them. In this parched eight-district region where the drought has affected ev

Bombay HC asks Nagpur civic body: ‘Is India only for Hindus?’

The Bombay high court has rebuked the Nagpur civic body over plans to organise a mass recital of Hindu text ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at an AIDS awareness camp. The court asked the BJP-ruled municipal corporation on Tuesday if it thought that “India is for Hindus only” and wondered why authorities did not

NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed was shot more than two dozen times, investigators say

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: An officer of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), who was attacked while coming back from a wedding, was shot more than two dozen times, investigators have said. Tanzil Ahmed was with his wife and two children when the attack took place late on Saturday in Bijnor news Moradab

PM Modi's Saudi Visit To 'Win Hearts Of Pakistan's Allies'

Riyadh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday is part of a broader diplomatic offensive to put pressure on arch rival Pakistan by forging ties with some of Islamabad's closest allies, government officials have said, according to news agency Reuters. The PM is expected to

Abdul Qadeer’s release: A gesture of Minorities friendliness – Zahid Ali Khan

Hyderabad: Expressing his delight on the release of former Police Constable, Abdul Qadeer, Mr. Abdul Mukheet Chanda, General Secretary of TRS Minorities Cell told that Abdul Qadeer was in jail for the past 25 years. Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily was continuously pleading for his re

Owaisi visits Lucknow, meets several clerics

28 March, 2016 | Bhatkallys News Lucknow: Hyderabad MP and president of All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi visited Lucknow today. Though he did not address any public meeting, he met several leaders and clerics. At around 11.30 am he visited Islamic seminary Nadwatul

Grand Ram Mandir to be built by the year-end: Swamy (Milligazette Report)

New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) administration’s decision to permit a two-day seminar (9-10 January) on Ram Janmbhoomi temple by a VHP affiliate drew criticism from both the teachers and students of DU who accused the administration of vitiating the atmosphere of the university. BJP leader, Subrama