Local MP and chief of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has once again questioned the logic of sending Muslims to gallows while leaving right wing extremists with imprisonment. Asaduddin, reacting after the hanging of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, on Thursday morning told reporters at party

The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged in Nagpur this morning for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, was handed over to his family which flew it to Mumbai for last rites amid tight security with city police disallowing any procession. Security has been stepped up in Mumbai, especial

NEW DELHI: Yakub Memon, facing gallows in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, is all set to be executed tomorrow with the Supreme Court today clearing all legal hurdles by holding that there was "no legal fallacy" and "fault" in the death warrant issued against him. Yet-another last-ditch attempt by the

Every year more than a hundred thousand Muslims from India go for Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam and mandatory for those who can afford it. During 1970s more than a thousand-year old preferred mode of travel for Indian hajis, the ships were discontinued and Air India was given the monopoly o

Shillong, Jul 27 (IANS): Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, who won popular acclaim as India's president from 2002 to 2007, died here on Monday evening after collapsing during a lecture at the IIM-Shillong. "Kalam is no more," Meghalaya Chief Secretary P.B.O. Warjri told IANS, shortly after the 8

In a suspected Fidayeen attack, terrorists in army uniforms resorted to indiscriminate firing in Punjab's Dinanagar town, leaving at least one person dead and seven injured, including police officials. The town is close to the border of Jammu and Kashmir state. It is about 235 km from Chandigarh.

A fire broke out at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) installation in the early hours in Delhi on Saturday, killing a force personnel and damaging numerous official records and goods. Officials said the incident occurred about 3 am when a fire was reported from the 4th floor of the Electronic

Triggering controversy over capital punishment to Yakub Memon in Mumbai blasts case, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday sought to know whether the perpetrators of demolition of disputed structure in Ayodhya, communal riots of Mumbai and Gujarat and other such sensational cases would get a si

Yakub Memon, the lone death-row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking an immediate stay on the execution of his death sentence, scheduled for July 30. In his criminal writ petition, Memon said that his death warrant was issued by a TADA court i

In June, the internet was on fire, as it is wont to be about things of great importance, when a search for 'Top 10 criminals in the world' showed pictures of Narendra Modi along with criminals like Dawood Ibrahim and Al Capone. This particularly disturbed the right-wing leaning denizens of the inter

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday alleged that Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon is being hanged only because he belongs to a particular religion. “The killers of Rajiv Gandhi and Beant Singh have the backing of political parties in Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Which political party is ba

Today is day 2 of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Congress has planned to disrupt parliamentary proceedings in view of senior BJP leaders being embroiled in the Lalit Modi furore and the Vyapam scam. The BJP has said that it is ready for a debate on any issue at any time. Both Lok Sabha an

New Delhi: A combative Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass on Wednesday rallied behind Union minister Sushma Swaraj and two state chief ministers who are under Opposition attack over Lalit Modi row and Vyapam scam, asserting that they have done no wrong and there will be no resignations. Party l

Yakub Memon, the lone death-row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, is set to be hanged on July 30, with the Supreme Court Tuesday refusing to entertain his plea against the death penalty. A bench led by Chief Justice H L Dattu dismissed Memon’s curative petition, which had urged the c

Serial killer Ravinder Kumar has admitted to murdering and raping over 30 children in and around Delhi. Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikramjit Singh was left "deeply shaken" after the shocking revelations of the killer. Kumar confessed that he snuffed out the lives of the children in and around

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha paid tributes to a sitting member and 13 former MPs who died in the recent past on the first day of the Monsoon session today, following which the House was adjourned without transacting any business. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan also informed the House that TRS 

Cheraman Juma Masjid, as it stands now (Photo Courtesy: TCN) Kodungallur (Kerala) : One will find nothing unusual about this place of worship for Muslims as one drives past this town in central Kerala, just 30 km north of Kochi. But it's when you go in and chat up with the volunteers and office-b

New Delhi: From Gujarat to Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala, Eid festivity gripped areas with sizeable Muslim populations and across cities in India as Eid-ul-Fitr – which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan – was celebrated on Saturday. Prayers at mosques, greeting each other and relishing the