New Delhi: Almost 10,000 devout from Shia and Sunni sects offered joint Eid prayers together – for the first time – at the congregation at Jamia Millia Islamia here on the occasion of Eid Ul Fitr on Saturday. The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat had extended its support for the event. “We

Bengaluru/Hyderabad/Coimbatore/Kolkata: In the holy month of Ramadan, various organisations including Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and others, came forward to distribute Ramadan kits to the poor and needy with a prayer. “In this blessed month of Ramadhan most of us, Alhamdulillah, have plenty to have in

NEW DELHI: The Centre has asked all the state governments to beef up the security of Art of Living chief Sri Sri Ravi Shankar whenever he visits their state as he is facing death threat from militant groups. In a communication, the home ministry told all states that Middle East terror group ISIS

CBI raids on Teesta's home and offices are payback for years of fearless advocacy for victims of Gujarat 2002 pogroms The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - www.iamc.com), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos,  has condemned the latest episode i

This act of 'justice' will further alienate Indian Muslims Yakub Memon - the only convict sentenced to death for his involvement in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai - is reportedly set to be hanged on 30 July. The serial bombings in Mumbai which lead to the deaths of 257 people were apparently in t

Pakistan army on Wednesday claimed to have shot down an Indian “spy” drone which it alleged was being used for aerial photography near the Line of Control. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a brief statement, said the Indian drone was brought down near the Line of Control in Bhimber

NEW DELHI:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a busy work schedule tomorrow which may prevent him from attending President Pranab Mukherjee's huge Iftar party, said sources. Last year, the PM had skipped the reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan because of an official engagement in Mumbai. Sources said

NEW DELHI: A school bus carrying children to a public school overturned near Kashmere Gate, ISBT on Tuesday morning. At least 10 children have been reportedly injured in the incident. The incident happened around 7.45am at a flyover near the bus terminus. The bus was heading towards Tis Hazari

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi today expressed shock over the loss of lives in a stampede at the Godavari Maha Pushkaram in Andhra Pradesh. Extending her condolences to the families of the deceased in the tragedy, the Congress chief hoped that the injured ar

BHOPAL:  Ignoring protocol and ignominy, Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has refused to resign despite being named"Accused No 10" in a case embedded in the Vyapam or jobs scam, now being investigated by the CBI. NDTV has today accessed exclusive information on how computer files that are

BAREILLY, UTTAR PRADESH:  A key witness in the rape case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district on Friday night. It was the ninth attack against witnesses in the case. 35-year-old Kripal Singh was shot at by two per

Ufa (Russia): Pitching for closer cooperation and coordination among BRICS nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday proposed a 10-point initiative that includes India hosting the first trade fair for the grouping and establishing research centres for railways and agriculture. Calling it

Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has supported abolition of the death penalty, saying that as President he felt pain in deciding mercy petitions of death row convicts since most of them had “social and economic bias”. Responding to a Law Commission of India consultation paper on capital punishm

In what could prove to be evidence of a cover-up in the Vyapam scam investigation, the report of the autopsy conducted on a 19-year-old medical student in 2012, which said she was strangled, was overturned two months later by a “forensic” report which indicated that she committed suicide. The bod

NEW DELHI: Government has spent Rs 94 crore on advertisements alone for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet Swachh Bharat Mission, which is a rechristened version of erstwhile UPA's Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan. An RTI response from the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, the nodal ministry for t

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the inheritance rights based on Sharia law in the Muslim community. The petition was dismissed by the Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A.M. Shaffique. The petition was

Mumbai: In controversial remarks, the Shiv Sena today said the increasing population of Muslims in the country will cause language and geographical imbalance and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that Muslims accept the necessity of family planning. The Sena said that increasing the Hi

Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said there was no need for a CBI probe into the Vyapam scam as the SIT investigating the scandal reported to the Madhya Pradesh High Court and not the state government. "SIT (Special Investigation Team) is probing it... the SIT is not