The imam of Kolkata’s Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor-ur-Rehman Barkati, better known as the ‘fatwa imam’ for issuing fatwas against personalities ranging from Taslima Nasreen to Narendra Modi, has again sparked a controversy for refusing give up a red beacon on his car. Barkati, who loves to call himse

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to stay the income tax proceedings against Young India Ltd in the National Herald case, which involves Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Chander Shekhar asked the company to approach the Income T

NEW DELHI: As government is expanding the ambit of Aadhaar by compulsory linking it with various social welfare schemes, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea to restrain the centre from making Aadhaar mandatory till its constitutional validity is decided. A five judge constitution be

An all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission of India primarily to discuss the reliability of the electronic voting machine (EVM) — an issue flagged by Opposition parties — got under way in New Delhi on Friday. After a couple of days, the Commission will allow claimants to prove that

Five militants and a firefighter were killed in suicide blasts on Thursday during a security raid on a suspected militant hideout in Bangladesh's Rajshahi district, a police official said. According to local media reports, among the 5 killed militants 2 were women. The deceased fireman was identi

For the next month's parliamentary elections, French President-elect Emmanuel Macron on Thursday selected a list of 428 candidates including some from civil society and exactly half of all the candidates are women. Only 24 of those chosen are outgoing MPs from the current parliament, BBC reported

NEW DELHI: A special tribunal on Thursday upheld the Centre's ban on controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), saying there were sufficient reasons, including a threat to India's security, to outlaw it. The tribunal was set up under the Unlawful Activities Preve

WASHINGTON: The Donald Trump administration on Thursday blamed Pakistan for deteriorating India-Pak relations and warned that the ties might worsen further if there is another "high-profile" terrorist attack from across the border this year. "Islamabad's failure to curb support to anti-India militan

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court began on Thursday the first-ever judicial exercise to test the legality of a Muslim personal law provision, but restricted itself to examining the validity of the triple talaq mode of divorce, ruling out the scrutiny of nikah halala and polygamy. This sets the clock t

نئی دہلی: سپریم کورٹ نے آج واضح کر دیا کہ وہ مسلمانوں میں رائج طلاق بدعت(تین مرتبہ طلاق کہنے)اور حلالہ کی آئینی موزونیت پر ہی سماعت کرے گا،تعدد ازدواج پرفی الوقت غور نہیں کیا جائے گا۔ چیف جسٹس جگدیش سنگھ کیہر کی صدارت والی پانچ رکنی آئینی بنچ میں کیس کی سماعت شروع ہو چکی ہے۔ سماعت کے آغاز میں چی

نئی دہلی : سپریم کورٹ میں آج سے تین طلاق پر سماعت شروع ہو چکی ہے۔ پانچ ججوں کی رکنیت والی آئینی بینچ اس معاملہ کی سماعت کر رہی ہے ، جس کی صدارت چیف جسٹس جے ایس كیهر کر رہے ہیں۔ اس سماعت میں ہندوستان میں مسلم خواتین کے حقوق اور پرسنل لاء کی اتھارٹی پر بحث ہو گی۔ اسے لے کر كورٹروم میں کیا صورت حال ہ

جبل پور۔ مدھیہ پردیش کے جبل پور ضلع کے چرگواں تھانہ علاقے میں مزدوروں سے بھری ہوئی ایک پک اپ گاڑی بے قابو ہوکر پلٹ گئی، جس سے اس میں سوار گیارہ مزدوروں کی موت ہو گئی اور 15 دیگر زخمی ہو گئے، جنہیں اسپتال میں داخل کرایا گیا ہے ۔ ڈپٹی پولیس سپرنٹنڈنٹ ’برگی‘ منجیت چاولہ نے بتایا کہ مہاراشٹر کے گوديا ضل

Bengaluru: Karnataka Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) on Thursday announced second Pre-university course (PUC) or (Class 12) exam results. The result are available at http://www.pue.kar.nic.in from 3.30 pm onwards and the same are available at colleges from 11 am on Friday. “Much

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 11 May 2017:The Bhatkal Forest department officials today demolished an house here on Jali road which was reportedly built only 8 days earlier, charging the residents of the house with a case of illegally acquiring the forest land. The residents

Bhatkallys News Bureau Kumta 11 May 2017: Two of the five students who had come here on a picnic to Kumta beach from Haliyal died after drowning while the other three were rescued eventually by the locals on the tragic evening of Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Prajwal (18) and

Jamiat chief said that gau rakshaks are exploiting religion to loot and murder people. NEW DELHI, May 11,2017 (NDTV): The government should consider declaring the cow as the national animal, Jamiat Ulema-i- Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani suggested as he expressed concern over the "atmo

A four-member police team from West Bengal reached Chennai yesterday to arrest Justice CS Karnan. The 61-year-old is the first judge to be sentenced to jail by the Supreme Court. Chennai, May 11,2017 (NDTV): Justice CS Karnan, who has been sentenced to six months jail by the Supreme Court, has not