India Jat protests: Curfews after caste violence flares
Source: BBC Indian authorities have imposed curfews and shoot-to-kill orders in a northern state after two days of violent protests over caste rights. Three people have died and about 80 […]
Freedom 251: India firm launches ‘world’s cheapest’ smartphone
Source: BBC An Indian company has launched what is being billed as the world’s cheapest smartphone. Ringing Bells said their Freedom 251 phone would cost just 251 rupees ($3.67; £2.56), […]
Divisive politics return as Modi eyes make-or-break state vote
Source: Reuters At a campaign rally in a north Indian city, a visibly drunk election worker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist party climbs unsteadily onto the stage after being […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kolkata Organizes Bookstall in Kolkata Book Fair 2016
Thousands of pamphlets and leaflets were distributed in many languages by the Ahmadiyya members from the three main wings of the community, MajlisAusarullah (Ahmadi elders), LajnaImaillah (Ahmadi ladies), and Khuddamul […]
Indian Blind woman writes Hindi translation of Holy Qur’an in Braille / Photos
February 11, 2016 – News Code : 734443 Source : Agencies A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur’an in Braille language. A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur’an in Braille language. While pursuing her […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Kolkata Organizes Peace Symposium
On 13th Feb 2016 Saturday a Peace Symposium on the topic “The Devastating consequences of a nuclear war and the critical need for absolute justice” was organized by The Ahmadiyya […]
India: Karnataka Muslim Girl Tops Ramayana Exam With 93%
India: Karnataka Muslim Girl Tops Ramayana Exam With 93% Kevin Mendonsa | TNN | Feb 12, 2016 MANGALURU: Here’s a good example of religious tolerance in a district often troubled by the lack of it -Fathimath Rahila of Puttur has secured the first place in the Ramayana Exam. The class […]
Islam was a religion of love, and the Taj Mahal proves it
Source: The Washington Post By Haroon Moghul In the early 1630’s, right around the time the Puritans were beginning to build Boston, Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth. In those days, […]
India gets certified trained female Qaziz in Jaipur
Syed Intishab Ali | TNN | Feb 7, 2016, 08.32 AM IST JAIPUR: Solemnizing nikaah will no longer be a male bastion in Rajasthan, which got its first women Qazis on Friday in Jahan Ara and Afroz Begum, both 40.The Jaipur-based duo, who completed the two-year training from Mumbai-based Darul Uloom-i-Nisawan, […]
India’s Government Is Becoming Increasingly Antiscience
Scientific American: Three murders, a suicide and a rash of political appointments at universities have thrown Indian academia into an uproar against the conservative (right-wing) government. Prominent artists, writers, historians and scientists are speaking out against an intensifying climate of religious intolerance and political interference in academic affairs. “What’s going on […]
Premier of Ontario takes on legenday Flying Sikh
Source: The Star By: Robert Benzie Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Published on Wed Feb 03 2016 CHANDIGARH, INDIA—The octogenarian Flying Sikh gave Ontario’s most famous morning jogger a run for […]
Men can visit graveyards, why not us? ask Muslim women
Source: First post New Delhi: Even as the debate over access to women in the inner sanctum of Haji Ali Dargah rages, several members of the Muslim community have started questioning the practice of disallowing women in graves and graveyards. “No religious scripture bars women from visiting graves. Prophet Muhammad […]
Women In India Are Now Legally Allowed To Be Head Of Their Households
Source: Huffington Post India is slowly giving women the recognition they deserve. The Delhi high court ruled that the eldest female member of a family can now act as the […]
Indian Muslim Women Seek Supreme Court for Entry in All Mosques
Women at SC door for mosque gate-pass Source: Telegraph India New Delhi, Jan. 30: A group of Muslim women has decided to move the Supreme Court demanding entry into all […]
Premier of Ontario honoured at Sikh holy shrine
Kathleen Wynne honoured at holy Sikh shrine despite same-sex marriage media controversy Some of India’s major news outlets erroneously reported a snub that never happened as the Ontario premiere was presented with the “siropa” robe of honour at the Sikh faith’s most sacred site. TorontoStar Jan 31. AMRITSAR, INDIA—Premier Kathleen […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mumbai to host its first Peace Symposium on topic “Universal Peace & Brotherhood”
From Masarrat Ahmad Mundasgar, President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mumbai Times of India (Mumbai) published our news in today’s newspaper on page 9: Read it online here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Tiny-Ahmadiyya-sect-to-hold-peace-meet/articleshow/50788521.cms
Linking Terrorism With Religion Will Help Terror Groups: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Source: NDTV BENGALURU: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said linking terrorism with any particular religion would only help terror forces to succeed in their motives as they use “division […]
India: Will New Maternity Law Help Keep Indian Women in Work?
Will New Maternity Law Help Keep Indian Women in Work? By Yogita Limaye, Mumbai correspondent, BBC News, 25 January 2016 In a few weeks, it will be time for new mum Rashmi Sharma to go back to work as a teacher. Her daughter Arya is five months old and is […]
India: Ahmadi Muslims celebrating 67th Republic Day by serving the Poor
To celebrate the eve of “67th Republic Day of India” Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, Halqa Dar-us-Salam Qadian, India distributed warm clothes to poor families staying in and around the town. A total […]
India celebrates 67th Republic Day, military might displayed at Rajpath
Posted by: Oneindia Staff Writer Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 12:29 [IST] New Delhi, Jan 26: The historic Rajpath is all decked up to showcase India’s military might and other achievements on the occasion of 67th Republic Day celebrations on Tuesday. Here are the live updates of 67th Republic Day […]