India’s Muslim meat traders plan legal action over new rules
Source: Reuters By Krishna N. Das | NEW DELHI Indian meat traders plan to take the government to court over new rules banning the trading of cattle including buffalo for […]
Indian rights lawyer to lead U.N. probe into Rohingya crackdown
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: A boy sit in a burnt area after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims in the western […]
Indian court orders suspension of ban on trade in cattle for slaughter
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: A cow walks past a closed slaughter house in Allahabad, India March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/File photo (reuters_tickers) NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in […]
India: first Indian to go into space could be a woman. ISRO monster rocket that could launch Indians into space
New Delhi, May 28 An indigenous rocket as heavy as 200 full-grown Asian elephants could well be the one taking “Indians into space from the Indian soil” as the country inches closer to joining the big boy’s space club. http://tribuneindia.com/news/nation/isro-braces-to-tame-monster-rocket-that-could-launch-indians-into-space/414012.html Standing tall on the rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra […]
In Southern India, The Spirit Of Ramadan Is Served In A Bowl Of Porridge
Source: NPR BY FEHMIDA ZAKEER Young Indian children sit with bowls of porridge (nombu kanji) as they prepare to break the fast with the Iftar meal during the Islamic month of Ramadan at The Wallajah Big Mosque in Chennai last July. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images As I hurry home battling the […]
Qadian, India: Punjab Ed Board declares Matriculation results; all Nusrat Girls High students achieve first division
Today student were jubilant for achieving this success and school principal, Mrs. Ghazala Parveen, greeted the students, their parents and school staff for the celebrations of this success. Clockwise from left: 1-Syed Rubina Aziz | 2-Arbia Tahir | 3-Maria Kousar Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int’l Desk Source/Credit: […]
India: Zakir Naik granted Saudi citizenship to avoid prosecution, arrest by Interpol
Indian Islamic preacher, Dr Zakir Naik, who is wanted by authorities in Delhi for alleged terrorist offences, has been granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia. Arab sources reported that King Salman had intervened to grant Naik Saudi citizenship to protect him from arrest by the International Police Organisation, Interpol. Last month, […]
USA: Missing Indian-origin Cornell student found dead in New York
New York, May 20 A 20-year-old Indian-origin Cornell University student was found dead here after going missing this week. Aalaap Narasipura, a senior electrical engineering student at Cornell’s College of Engineering, was reported missing since Wednesday. (Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd) Cornell University Police, working with the New York State Police, […]
India: World’s Lightest Satellite invented by Indian Muslim teen Rifath Sharook to be launched by NASA on 21st June
Source: India The 64-gram satellite has been named after the former Indian president, and a pioneer in aeronautical science in India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. By Aishwarya Krishnan | Published: May 15, 2017 2:53 PM IST India has been a pioneer in the field of science and an 18-year-old teen, […]
Why automation could be a threat to India’s growth
Source: BBC By Edd Gent Ravi is one of thousands of Indian IT workers who will lose their jobs this year, caught between a slump in India’s previously booming IT […]
India: Amritsar physician kidnapped after wife pays ransom
Tribune News Service, Amritsar, May 19 A doctor kidnapped on Thursday night by gangster Gopi Ghanshaypuria and his accomplices near Ajnala in Amritsar was released after his wife paid a ransom of Rs 7.5 lakh to the kidnappers.The gangster is reportedly linked to Vicky Goundar. (Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)http://tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/amritsar-doc-kidnapped-released-after-wife-pays-rs-7-5-lakh-in-ransom/409550.html The […]
India: Marriage of Muslim woman during ‘iddat’ not void, says Delhi Court
In Islamic law, a divorced woman has to wait during the ‘iddat’ period for about three months before she can remarry. By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: May 15, 2017 4:36 pm In Islamic law, a divorced woman has to wait during the ‘iddat’ period for about three months before […]
Studying the Koran, and also Einstein
Source: The Hindu BY Jyoti Shelar Jameas, community-run schools of Dawoodi Bohras, offer religious education that embraces and teaches secular worldview When it comes to Muslim religious schools, the word that […]
The Asian city that caters to everyone
Source: BBC By Lindsey Galloway 15 May 2017 With its 26 million people, Delhi has been described as a microcosm of India, with trappings from the country’s many cultures, religions […]
India: 24 youths who travelled from Kerala to Afghanistan to join the Islamic (IS) State were regulars at IRF’s office in Mumbai.
KUALA LUMPUR: A special judicial tribunal in India has upheld the government’s ban on Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). The tribunal found there were sufficient reasons, including a threat to India’s security, to outlaw it. The IRF had petitioned the judicial tribunal against the Nov 17, 2016 ban under […]
Indian Goverment shows Constitution to Supreme Court, says ‘your job is not to interpret Quran’
Epigraph: “But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
Shah Rukh Khan: India made me a Muslim, son of a broke freedom fighter, the king of romance
At the TED Conference 2017, Shah Rukh Khan delivered a fantastic speech where he shared his thoughts on humanity, fame and love. IndiaToday.in | Written by Devarsi Ghosh Last month, Shah Rukh Khan attended […]
India: A Muslim woman does the unthinkable, gives triple talaq to her husband
Source: The Guardian By Amrit Dhillon in Narhada, Meerut As India debates the validity of a law allowing men to divorce by uttering three words, one woman is blazing a trail […]
A Dalit community looks to escape the caste system by converting to Buddhism
Source: Religion News Service By Nicole Einbinder and Emily Churchill AHMEDABAD, India (RNS) Dosa vendor Sunil Gagnath Sabkale watches over a fragile Buddhist temple across the street from a market […]
India: Triple Talaq Case: 5 Supreme Court Judges of 5 Faiths Begin
Triple Talaq Case: 5 Supreme Court Judges of 5 Faiths Begin Hearings At hearing on triple talaq, Supreme Court said polygamy among Muslims may not be part of deliberations. —– – See more at: http://www.newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/triple-talaq-case–5-supreme-court-judges-of-5-faiths-begin-hearings/d/111111#sthash.qUyAthRp.dpuf Edited by Aloke Tikku | Updated: May 11, 2017 NEW DELHI: The country’s five seniormost […]