National

• Swine flu in Gujarat irks HC

  May 11, 2013

  Ahmedabad: Taking cognisance of widespread swine flue in the state the High Court passed strong strictures against the state government. Holding it responsible for deaths in adivasi districts, because of poor disposal of garbage and apathy towa...

• Corruption rampant under BJP

  May 11, 2013

  Ahmedabad / Bhopal / Indore: The louder the BJP pitch against corruption; deeper its own states are caught in the mire of corruption. Citing the CAG report the Congress alleged that the Gujarat government had squandered money to the tune of Rs....

• Rights activists meet Mirwaiz

  May 11, 2013

  Srinagar: A 30-member human rights activists group belonging to various Indian states called upon APHC Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq here on 20 April. The delegation was led by noted rights defender Gautam Naulakha. The delegation included the a...

• White Paper on Terrorism — Indian Muslims

  May 11, 2013

  The issue of fake terrorism charges and the unjust arrests and defamation of our community, especially since 2001, is the biggest challenge facing the community ever since. A grand conspiracy hatched by the powers that be, IB, Police and media,...

• Lt. Gen. appoints Maj. Gen. in AMU

  May 11, 2013

  Aligarh: According to a press release issued by the PRO of the Aligarh Muslim University on 20 April, the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt Gen (retd) Zameeruddin Shah, has appointed Major General G. G. Dwivedi, SM, VSM and Bar (...

• Kashmiris in Delhi — Police commits four crimes in a row today

  May 03, 2013

  Delhi police sabotages hunger strike, arrests Yasin Malik, cancels press conference and forcibly prevents 150 Kashmiri from protesting

• Delhi police is forcibly preventing 150 Kashmiris from protesting

  May 03, 2013

  Delhi police is forcibly preventing 150 Kashmiri men, women and children from proceeding to the Press Club of India to protest.

• Discrimination against Muslims going on in Gujarat

  Apr 27, 2013

  New Delhi: Challenging the national media which does not feel tired of projecting Gujarat as the fast developing state and presenting it as a role model for other states of the country, ANHAD’s Shabnam Hashmi claimed while speaking at the...

• Mirwaiz group reiterates position

  By Afsana Rashid

  Apr 27, 2013

  Reiterating its political stand to resolve the Kashmir issue through right to self-determination or tripartite dialogue, Awami Action Committee headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, here, March 31, passed a six-point resolution including condemning se...

• Feedback date for Police bill extended

  By Afsana Rashid

  Apr 27, 2013

  J&K state government has extended the date on seeking feedback over Jammu and Kashmir Police Bill 2013, by one month. A notice No Home/PB-Ill/20/2013 dated 03 -04-2013 issued by Additional Secretary of State Home department says date fo...

• Liaqat Shah case stirs Valley

  By Afsana Rashid

  Apr 27, 2013

  With Syed Liyaqat Ali Shah, a former militant’s arrest by Delhi police on Indo-Nepal border generating conflicting versions from Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir police, the Centre referred the case to National Investigation Agency (NIA). Delh...

• No-state subjects get fake certificates

  Apr 27, 2013

  The issue of non-state subjects securing fake Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) rocked the Legislative Council at Jammu. Members cutting across party lines demanded stern action against it. The issue stirred a heated debate, March 20, after...

• Political uncertainty in J&K feeding alienation

  By Afsana Rashid

  Apr 27, 2013

  Political uncertainty has rendered most of the youth here, disillusioned and alienated. Torture, extra-judicial executions, disappearances, AFSPA, PSA and others have kept them, at bay. No serious efforts have been made by the government or any...

• Prison diaries: we were abused, handcuffed, packed in tiny, dirty cells…

  Apr 27, 2013

  As told to Vandana Kamath Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, who was a reporter with Deccan Herald at the time of his arrest for alleged terror links, gives a first-hand account of his experience behind bars - from Aug 29, 2012 till it was found th...

• Hindu Temple adjacent to Charminar is illegal: ASI

  Apr 27, 2013

  Hyderabad: Archaeological Survey of India has clearly declared that the new Hindu temple adjacent to Charminar is illegal. ASI has rejected the claim of the communal elements which had claimed it was “ancient” and legitimate. A ...

• Asafia Kutubkhana of Hyderabad

  Apr 27, 2013

  By Syed Ali Hashmi Demolition of Bamiyan Buddha by Taliban in 2001 was witnessed and widely publicised world over. But slowly and silently, signs of archaeological remains of Muslim era are being obliterated in India in general and Hyderab...

• Liaqat’s arrest is not the only issue

  Apr 27, 2013

  By Majid Jahangir Srinagar: The latest catch of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, Liaqat Shah, has not gone according to Police plan. Hours after the arrest, Police story was blasted first by the Shah family itself. Later JK Police and th...

• Access to Food, Healthcare and Shelter should be a right of all citizens: JIH

  Apr 27, 2013

  New Delhi, April 8: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has demanded the Union Government to make access to food and healthcare a right of every citizen of the country without any discrimination. Welcoming the National Food Security Bill 2013 in principle, JI...

• “We do not have any identity even after being cleared of all charges”

  Apr 27, 2013

  By Tariq Abdul Muhaimin Bangalore: Even after walking out free, three youths who were arrested last year on terror charges, remain deprived of identity since the intelligence agencies have failed to return their identity cards and other be...

• Muslims caught between devil and the deep sea

  Apr 27, 2013

  By Mohammad Shahid Lucknow: Another election is in sight. Political parties are busy devising their strategies to attract, rather befool the voters. Soon they will come up with dream plans that will end all the sufferings of the people and...