National

• Beef-eating and Hindus

  May 15, 2013

  Did Hindus never eat beef? To the question whether the Hindus ever ate beef, every Touchable Hindu, whether he is a Brahmin or a non-Brahmin, will say ‘no, never’. In a certain sense, he is right. From times no Hindu has eaten bee...

• Sarai Meer Thana’s cruelty makes the victim critical

  May 14, 2013

  Azamgarh: Thirty-year old Asif was picked up by police and after being mercilessly beaten in police station, was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. According to available news, Thana incharge of Sarai Meer (Azamgarh District) Police ...

• Sikhs demand fresh probe of Chattisinghpora

  May 14, 2013

  Srinagar: Accusing successive governments of discrimination, All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has reiterated its demand for the reinvestigation of the Chattisinghpora massacre and the implementation of the NCM Act 1992 across the...

• Shibli Academy launches Hindi translation of Rahmat-i-Alam

  May 14, 2013

  Shibli Academy Launches Hindi translation of Rahmat-i Alam -  Biography of the Prophet (pbuh), his companions and the celebrated personalities of Islam which became the main field of the specialization of Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy si...

• Communal riot in Agra

  May 14, 2013

  Agra: Communal riot erupted in Agra on 25 April. Its origin had in fact started a couple of days ago where there were cases of teasing of women and hafta wasooli from thelawalas (pushcart operators). Minor violence because of these incidents ha...

• Gadkari wants to keep both Muslims & Hindutva

  By Mohammad Naushad Khan

  May 14, 2013

  Once again the new BJP chief is attempting an image makeover exercise. In a bid to get Muslim support, Nitin Gadkari now wants to build Muslim BJP cadre all over India with the responsibility to change the age-old perception of the Muslims towa...

• Demand for qabrastan in Margao remains buried in files

  By Mohammad Naushad Khan

  May 14, 2013

  Decade-long demand for an appropriate burial ground in Margao by the Muslim community remains unnoticed by the concerned authorities leaving Muslims of the area running from pillar to post without any result. Muslims had been demanding an alter...

• Modi’s brave policemen killed Parjapati with his hands tied

  May 14, 2013

  Ahmedabad: Gujarat CID (Crime) has revealed that Tulsiram Prajapati, the lone eyewitness in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, was killed in a planned manner while his hands were tied to his back. This came to light during the interrogation of th...

• 26/11 verdict brings solace to Indian Muslims

  May 14, 2013

  By S.R.Darapuri IPS (Retd) srdarapuri@yahoo.co.in The Recent verdict pronounced by a Mumbai court in  the 26/11 terrorist attack case has brought a solace to the Indians Muslims. Whereas the verdict has convicted Kasab and his opera...

• INL protests against UPA’s policies

  By Haider Abbas

  May 14, 2013

  Lucknow: Despite the scorching sun, on the premises of the makeshift protest venue -- the Shaheed Smarak here -- the Indian National League (INL) led by its national president Muhammed Sulieman sat on a day-long dharna. Previously, the protest ...

• Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram: the twain shall not part

  May 14, 2013

  There is no doubt about the good relationship which existed between Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his friend Tulsiram Prajapati. The police in Gujarat are so wily that they still feel that they could cover up the matter of the fake encounter to save N...

• West Bengal Muslim League seeks alliance with Trinamool

  May 14, 2013

  Kolkata: Indian Union Muslim League and Trinamool Congress have come together to jointly fight the forthcoming municipal elections in West Bengal. On 6 May, Shahanshah Jehangir, President of the IUML West Bengal, wrote Mamata Banerjee, Chairper...

• Under-trial prisoners of Kashmir recruitment case are being tortured

  May 14, 2013

  Relatives of the under-trial prisoners of Kashmir recruitment case in Kerala lodged a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission alleging the prisoners are being tortured in the Viyoor Central Jail in Trichur of Kerala. They alleged th...

• Chargesheet filed in Batla House case

  May 14, 2013

  New Delhi: In the first official document from the police detailing the sequence of events leading to the controversial Batla House encounter in September 2008, the Delhi Police on 28 April filed a chargesheet in the case in a Delhi court. ...

• ATS knew of Purohit’s role in Hyd blast and sat on it...

  May 14, 2013

  Mumbai: Investigations into the 2007 blast in Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid are now pointing to the involvement of right-wing Hindu outfits. However, Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) had in November 2008 discovered the link between Lt Co...

• Kerala supports new ban on SIMI

  May 14, 2013

  The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, headed by Sanjiv Khanna of Delhi High Court,  held its last sitting in Kerala on 5 May. The Kerala government, in its statement to the tribunal, again supported continuing the ban. According t...

• SIMI finds it futile to fight new ban

  May 14, 2013

  New Delhi: Burying his desire to legally fight the case of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the last president of the organisation, Dr. Shahid Badar Falahi has said that he would not fight for lifting the new fifth two-year...

• Demand for ban on RSS

  May 14, 2013

  Jaipur: With the startling dimensions of a new terror plot unfolding in the Ajmer dargah blast probe, civil rights groups here on 3 May have  demanded an immediate ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh under the Unlawful Activities (Preventio...

• IPS Officer Anju Gupta’s testimony on Babri demolition

  By NA Ansari

  May 14, 2013

  Senior IPS officer Mrs. Anju Gupta who has stated while deposing in Rae Bareily Court for the first time in Babri Masjid demolition case on 26 March that Advani’s fiery speech on 6 December 1992 had enthused kar sevaks and that after demo...

• Minority Ministry fails to utilize funds

  May 14, 2013

  New Delhi: The UPA government claims great concern for the minorities but its ministry of minority affairs (MoMA) was unable to spend the money allocated to it both under the Plan and non-Plan heads for 2009-2010. This came to light when the pa...