New Delhi, Feb 9,2011 (PTI):Delhi Police was left red-faced when a court in New Delhi ordered release of seven persons "branded as terrorists" and remarked that the encounter story plotted by the police in this regard was "carefully scripted in office". Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat acquit

Kozhikode, Feb 9m2011 (PTI): India's biggest mosque, capable of accommodating 25,000 people at a time, will come up on a 12-acre site at the sprawling 'Knowledge City' complex of an Islamic centre of learning near in Kozhikode.Estimated to cost Rs 40 crore, it will be one of India's important Islami

New Delhi,8 February 2011,(Reuters): India is probing two new cases involving the allocation of telecoms spectrum, increasing the pressure on the government already hit by a graft scandal, media reported on Tuesday.The granting of free broadband rights by a state-run telecom firm and the allocation

Bangalore, Feb 7, DHNS:Over 1.26 lakh enumerators will fan out across all 30 districts of the State for the second phase of census 2011 commencing on Wednesday.Personal data, including mother tongue and religion practised by each member of a household, will be among the 29 parameters for which the d

Bangalore, February 7 (Mid Day): Investigators say further questioning will be focussed on the organisation, and the remaining explosives that are yet to be tracedThe interrogation of 36-year-old Praveen Muthalik, who was arrested by the Mumbai ATS, has revealed that he is the one who planted the Im

Bangalore: Feb 7,2011 (Deccan Herald): When it comes to participation of Muslims in school education, Karnataka has earned a distinction in the country with the state recording a significant rise in their enrolment right from elementary to upper primary level during 2009-10.According to a government

NEW DELHI, Feb 5, 2011 (Arab News): A Saudi delegation headed by Sheikh Saleh Hassan Aalaid, general secretary of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, visited Indian Jamaat-e-Islami's headquarters here recently and commended the organization's activities to spread the message of Islam and uplift

NEW DELHI, Feb 7, 2011(TNN): A 30-year-old woman who arrived at the Noida District Hospital in advanced labour, with the head of the baby jutting out, has delivered a boy weighing 5.6kg. Baby Shaheen Iqbal, who is 60cm tall, is possibly the second heaviest newborn ever in India. Incredibly, it was a

Buckling under pressure from the Bajrang Dal and VHP, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh today ordered the re-arrest of five activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) who had been released under an amnesty scheme on January 26. Late tonight, police in Ujjain took the SIMI activi

New Delhi, Feb 3: There have been numerous rhetoric doing the rounds on the ill-effects of mobile radiation for a while. The results are out and they are not pleasing at all. It has been found that radiation from mobile towers pose grave health risks including memory loss, lack of concentration and

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Feb 3, 2011, (TNN): The secular republic of India is all set to have its first Islamic bank.The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed petitions challenging the Kerala government's decision to establish India's first Islamic Bank which will work on the principles of Shariah.The

NEW DELHI, Feb 02, 2011 (Reuters) : Abusive counter-terrorism tactics, such as torture, are routinely used by Indian police and may actually be boosting militancy in the country, a report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. According to the report, there is evidence of

New Delhi, January 28, 2011, (IANS): The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition by former Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Hindu ideologue Praful Goradia seeking the abolition of the subsidy given to Haj pilgrims."There is no force in this petition and it is dismissed," the court said.The court also

Ahmedabad: One of the three policemen in charge of studying the death of Ishrat Jehan says he believes she was killed in a fake encounter by the Gujarat police. Ahmedabad's Joint Commissioner of Police Satish Verma filed an affidavit in the High Court today stating that early evidence suggests 19-y

Bangalore - 28 Jan 2011:It's the worst piece of news for young cricket enthusiasts and their parents. The World Cup cricket and IPL-4 matches will coincide with the exam season between February and April this year, leaving parents with the difficult task of tearing their children away from televisio

NEW DELHI: Darul Uloom Deoband vice-chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi on Thursday refused to resign from his post, throwing down the gauntlet to those who have demanded his removal for allegedly praising Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Vastanvi said the issue of his continuation should be de

New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) :Colourful tableaux depicting the myriad hues of country's diversity, a vibrant performance by students and armed forces in full battle regalia -- the Republic Day parade today had 'mini-India' in itself.Marching down from the Raisina Hills to Red Fort, the parade showcased I

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS): Former national security advisor Brajesh Mishra, Wipro chief Azim Premji, Planning Commission head Montek Singh Ahluwalia, culture czarina Kapila Vatsyayan and nonagenarian photographer Homai Vyarawalla head the list of the 128 Padma awards announced by the government Tuesd