JAIPUR: Representatives of All India Muslim Personal Law Board today alleged here that the agenda of development on which Narendra Modi had contested election has been "left behind". They also accused RSS and other Hindu outfits of trying to force their agenda on Muslims. However, they said that

BIJNOR (UP): Muslims themselves are responsible for bringing a bad name to the community and creating the "Islam's image of terror", Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind general secretary Maulana Mehmood Madani today said and called for spreading education in the community to change this. "If Muslims for coming 2

BACHHRAWAN/ LUCKNOW: At least 30 persons were killed and around 150 others injured when the engine and two coaches of the Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailed near Bachrawan railway station in UP's Rae Bareli on Friday. According to preliminary reports, the locomotive driver apparently oversh

NAGPUR: Call it an attempt by the cash-strapped Indian Railways to mop up revenue or reduce rush inside the stations, the platform tickets will cost Rs10 from April 1. Till 2012, those entering railway platforms had to pay Rs3 but in 2012 railway budget, the then railway minister Dinesh Trivedi h

BENGALURU:  Amidst rising public anger over the mysterious death of Indian Administrative Service officer DK Ravi, several IAS officers in Karnataka have signed an online petition addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation. 13.58 lakh people

NEW DELHI: Plans are afoot to amend a criminal law that will allow compromise and settlement between husband and wife at the onset of trial in dowry harassment cases, a move that comes after frequent misuse of the provision to trouble men and their near relatives. Under the proposal, Section 498A

New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday reconstituted the party's national executive, but union ministers Smriti Irani and Najma Heptulla did not find a place in it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior party leader L.K. Advani were among the 111 members of the national executive. T

He had first made national headlines when he famously remarked that 90% Indians are idiots. He followed that up with his ‘gay marriages are unnatural’ remark and then his wish to see Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif as the next president of India. Justice Markandey Katju, known for his contentious tak

The ban on beef in Maharashtra was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, with some members saying it will affect the social fabric of the nation. Raising the issue during zero hour, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien said the Maharashtra Government has banned the “poor man’s protein”. “

DIMAPUR, NAGALAND:  A total of 42 arrests have been made, many through the night on Sunday, in connection with the lynching of a rape-accused in Nagaland's Dimapur last week by a large mob that broke into a jail and dragged the man out. Curfew has been lifted in the city from this morning but mar

Ban on bull and cow slaughter may have unintended consequences in the most unexpected places. One is the inflationary impact as it will raise the price of other meats, as TMC leader Derek O' Brien pointed out in his blog. The other bit of bad news: the price of leather, especially in Dhara

NEW DELHI: Swine flu deaths continued unabated as 51 more people died of the virus raising the toll to 1370 while the number of affected crossed the 25,000 mark on Sunday. According to data collated by the Union Health Ministry, the highest number of 322 deaths were in Gujarat where 5,521 people

Dimapur: A day after killing a rape accused Syed Sarif Uddin Khan in a most inhuman way by a mob lynching and hanging in Dimapur in India’s north-eastern state of Nagaland, people across the region have demanded justice for this barbaric act. Various civil society organisations have condemned the

New Delhi: The world today stands at a crossroads where peace is the most sough-after thing. However, we (Muslims) have miserably failed to convey the message of peace to the people. These views were expressed by Maulana Mohammad Asrarul Haque Qasmi in his concluding remarks at the 5th Annual Get To

A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed at Shahbad Markanda soon after take off on Thursday afternoon. The pilot, however, managed to eject safely. The aircraft, which took off from Ambala air force station, is learnt to have developed a technical snag and the pilot gave a distr

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today left for Bengaluru to undergo naturopathy treatment for ten days for high blood sugar and cough. Accompanied by his parents, Kejriwal left his house in Kausambhi area of Ghaziabad around 8 AM. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will take care of the

MUMBAI: Is the Fadnavis government determined to give Muslims in Maharashtra short shrift? It would appear so because it has not only not re-promulgated the lapsed ordinance providing for reservation for Muslims in government and aided educational institutions in the state, but also cancelled all go

NEW DELHI: An unusually potent storm system lashed India over the weekend, bringing copious rain across a large swathe of the country, from J&K to Karnataka, in what Met officials described as a rare occurrence for this time of the year. The system is expected to blow over by Tuesday morning,