Lucknow: Muslim religious leaders Sunday joined their Hindu counterparts in opposing any further postponement of the Allahabad High Court's verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi issue, noting both sides have reposed faith in the court's decision."Isn't the issue already pending for too long? Su

New Delhi: Renowned Islamic Scholar and General Secretary of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (Salim Group), Maulana Ameeduzzaman Keranawi passed away on Friday morning. He was 72 and suffering from brain tumor. He took his last breath at his residence in Jamia Nagar.Maulana Keranwi was also Wor

Muscat - Bhatkal Star Seeb defeated Sunshine, Ruwi at a kabaddi tournament organised by Seeb Bhatkal group held on Thursday night. Kabaddi tournament was held at a ground in Seeb by Bhatkal group after a long time in Oman. Some keenly fought matches entertained the crowd.Matches began at 11 PM and e

QATAR - A diverse and colourful extravanganza was belatedly orgainised jointly by the Indian Embassy and Indian Cultural Centre to mark the India`s 64th Independence Day celebration. The event was delayed due to the holy month of Ramadhan and Eid holidays. Among the presentations were patriotic, the

Bangalore - Karnataka Urdu Academy organized an award ceremony here at Unika Hall to felicitate the persons who have done extra-ordinary work in the field of Urdu literature and journalism (year 2009). On this occasion among others, Moulana Ilyas Nadvi, President of Moulana Abul Hassan Ali Nadvi Isl

Bengaluru, Sept. 24: The Indian Institutes of Management and Prometric have extended the registration period for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010 to October 7. The sale of CAT vouchers will be open till October 4 while registrations will be open till October 7.The decision to extend the registra

The Gujarat High Court on Friday constituted a new three-member Special Investigation Team for a fresh probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan in 2004. It will be headed by Joint Police Commissioner of Delhi Karnail Singh, and will have senior Gujarat cadre IPS officers Mohan J

Bangalore -Engineering colleges in the city are getting better employment offers for their pass-outs this year indicating the job market skies that were so far overcast with clouds of recession are slowly clearing.While big IT firms are yet to line up to the campuses, the total number of offers fres

New Delhi - A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia will on Tuesday decide the fate of the special leave petition seeking deferment of the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit.Besides the Chief Justice, the bench would include Justices Aftab Alam and K S Radhakrishn

New Delhi - Announcing a eight-point Kashmir formula, the Centre today said a Group of Interlocutors led by an eminent persons will hold ''sustained dialogue'' with all sections of Jammu and Kashmir and also review deployment of security forces in the Valley, especially in Srinagar.Unveiling a packa

Muscat - Aftab Kola, senior journalist with Oman's leading English Daily, Times of Oman, has written extensively on Islam and related aspects during the holy month of Ramadan. An entire page in Times of Oman was dedicated to Ramadan every day and was handled by Aftab who not only produced his own wr

Bhatkal - Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds and thunder-storm which started at around mid-night yesterday damaged several electric poles and many trees were uprooted at several places here in Bhatkal. A Mysore-Panaji Volvo came under a falling tree at NH 17 near Haneefabad and went off the roa

KOLKATA - Seven elephants of a herd died after being hit by a goods train in the Banarhat area of Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday night.While four were killed on the spot, the rest died on Thursday. The dead include a sub-adult and two juvenile elephants, Divisional Forest Officer (Wild Life II) Su

New Delhi - India's second largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) Thursday launched its hatchback car Next Gen i10 at a price ranging from Rs.3.49 lakh to Rs.5.91 lakh (ex-showroom in Delhi)."With the Next Gen i10, we hope to continue the legacy. That is why we have further boos

GENEVA: A report by three UN-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killing nine activists earlier this year.The UN Human Rights Council's fact-finding mission concluded that Israel's naval blockade of t

JERUSALEM: An Israeli security guard killed a Palestinian in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday, triggering clashes between police and rioters, including in the compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.Israeli police stormed the holy site to stop Palestinians from throwing stones at Jewish worship

The expansion of the northern courtyard is one of the major works initiated on the orders of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. The project, covering an area of 1.5 million square meters, reaches up to the circular road north of the Grand Mosque and Jabal Kaaba Road to the west.The thr

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been honoured with the 2010 World Statesman Award by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith coalition which promotes mutual understanding, tolerance and peace.India's ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, accepted the award on behalf of the prim