Indian Hindu tried to raise money with video of killing of Muslim: police
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A Hindu man in India tried to raise money for a campaign against minority Muslims by issuing an appeal for donations with a video […]
The indignity of being Muslim in India
Source: Quartz BY Sahil Wajid My first name was chosen by my mother because it was, as she put it, a “secular” name. Being a mildly religious woman, that really […]
Hijab-clad girls dance on streets of India’s Kerala to take on trolls
Source: Reuters BY Roli Srivastava MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – “Flash mobs” of young women have taken to the streets in southern India to protest against the online trolling of […]
How people in India see Pakistan, 70 years after partition
Source: Pew Research Center BY HANYU CHWE Indian soldiers take up position at an outpost on the India-Pakistan border in R.S. Pora, southwest of Jammu, on Oct. 2, 2016. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty […]
The New Great Game moves from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific
Source: Asia Times In the context of the New Great Game in Eurasia, the New Silk Roads, known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), integrates all of China’s instruments of national power – political, economic, diplomatic, financial, intellectual and cultural – to shape the 21stcentury geopolitical/geoeconomic order. BRI is […]
Queen Victoria and Munshi Abdul Karim – a true story (in Urdu)
http://niazamana.com/2017/12/queen-victoria-and-munshi-abdul-karim/ By Zakaria Virk, Toronto ستمبر2017ء میں برطانیہ کینیڈا اور امریکہ میں ایک ڈاکو منٹری وکٹوریہ اینڈ عبدل کے نام سے ریلیز ہوئی تھی۔ اس ڈاکو منٹری کو ہندوستانی قلم کار مس شرابانی باسو کی کتاب وکٹوریہ اینڈ عبدل کی بنیاد پر بنا یا گیا تھا۔ یہ کتاب2010میں پہلی بار […]
How the Babri mosque destruction shaped India
Source: BBC News On this day, 25 years ago, right-wing Hindu mobs razed to the ground the 16th Century Babri mosque, claiming that it was built on the site of […]
Triple talaq: India considers jail for ‘instant divorce’
Source: BBC News Husbands who attempt “instant divorce” could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India. The traditional practice involves a Muslim man […]
Doctor mistakenly declares newborn dead in India
Source: CNN The parents were on their way to a cremation ground when they noticed “some movements” inside one of the polythene bags that the hospital gave them with the babies’ bodies. “When we opened the bag, we found the boy breathing. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe my eyes,” […]
Obama’s Town Hall with young leaders in India Today
The Obama Foundation hosts a Town Hall in New Delhi, India with President Barack Obama and hundreds of young Indian leaders from across the country. The Town Hall continues the […]
Adv: This woman is transforming lives through quality education
Source: The Times Of India “When I walk into a five star hotel today and know that the chef is a student of mine, I feel proud and satisfied”, says […]
India: Ivanka Trump to speak in Hyderabad Nov. 28
Hyderabad, November 26 Tribuneindia.com Newly-crowned Miss World Manushi Chhillar, star woman cricketer Mithali Raj and ace tennis player Sania Mirza will be among the speakers at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), beginning here on November 28.The summit, on the theme of ‘Women First, Prosperity for All’, will be inaugurated by […]
Bounty offered for beheadings of Bollywood director, actress
Source: Associated Press By MUNEEZA NAQVI NEW DELHI (AP) — A member of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party offered 100 million rupees ($1.5 million) to anyone who beheads the lead […]
Release of Bollywood epic postponed amid death threats sent to female lead
Source: CNN By Huizhong Wu, CNN New Delhi (CNN)Producers of a Bollywood movie have delayed its release amid fears for the safety of its female star, following death threats from […]
Video of Indian politician peeing in public goes viral
Source: ET An Indian ruling party politician has been left red-faced after a video of him urinating in public went viral on World Toilet Day, despite government efforts to stop people relieving themselves in the open. Ram Shinde, a minister for water conservation in the western state of Maharashtra, was filmed […]
India’s Manushi Chhillar is Miss World 2017
India’s Manushi Chhillar on Saturday won the coveted ‘Miss World 2017’ title at a glittering event here, ending 17 years of drought for India at the international pageant.India’s Manushi Chhillar won the coveted Miss World 2017 pageant.(AFP Photo) Manushi is the sixth Indian to win the title and the first since Priyanka Chopra won the crown […]
Big setback for Pakistan: US Congress clears tough conditions for military aid
Updated: Nov 17, 2017 | File image Washington: The US Congress Friday passed a nearly USD 700 billion defence budget for 2018 which imposes tougher conditions on Pakistan for military […]
Indian police arrest suspected cow vigilantes after Muslim killed
Source: Reuters By Rupam Jain 3 MIN READ NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police have arrested two Hindu farmers in connection with the killing of a Muslim man suspected of […]
Khawaja Muhammad Asif : India-Pakistan conflict taints Swiss honorary doctorate ceremony
This content was published on November 15, 2017 5:08 PMNov 15, 2017 – 17:08 Pakistan’s foreign minister was not diplomatic about India in his acceptance speech (Geneva School of Diplomacy) While accepting an honorary doctorate from the Geneva School of Diplomacy, Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif called India […]
‘It will help future generations’: Muslim schools in north India set to modernise
Source: The Guardian BY Amrit Dhillon in Rampur English, maths and science to be taught alongside traditional Islamic theology in Uttar Pradesh as state government seeks to improve students’ job prospects Boys […]