Dawn: A report released last week by the Pew Research Center predicting that India will overtake Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population has set off the usual suspects. In response, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Saturday asked Hindus to have more children to rectify this “demographic imbalance” […]
By Hasan Suroor Aug 19, 2015 A progressive Mumbai-based Muslim women’s group has published a survey whose findings are so stark that they should, finally, put an end to any […]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD AUG. 19, 2015 THE NEW YORK TIMES More than 50 years after India and Pakistan were created in the partition of the British colonial empire, the disputed region of Kashmir remains a dangerous flash point. Cross-border violence has surged in recent months, […]
President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife passes away Posted by: Reetu Sharma Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 12:54 [IST] Share this on your social network: FacebookTwitterGoogle+ Comments (1) Mail New Delhi, Aug 18: President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife, Suvra Mukherjee, who was admitted to the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), passed away on Tuesday at […]
Meerut, Aug 17: Uttar Pradesh is notoriously-known for crimes against women. On Thursday, Aug 13, an army soldier was beaten to death by six goons, who were involved in eve-teasing and molestation of a girl. The shocking incident happened around 6.30 pm at Rohta road near the cantonment area in Meerut. […]
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Hindu: Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad, the city of glass and bangles, will now be surveyed for air pollution caused by its glass units operating within the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) covering the Taj Mahal and 40 other protected monuments. The world famous glass industries which have been in news since 1990s […]
Source: The Hindu The last page bears the year in which it had been written. “It was written in 1050 of the Hijri calendar, which works out to 1605 AD, […]
Epigraph: Divorce may be pronounced twice; then, either retain them in a becoming manner or send them away with kindness. And it is not lawful for you that you take […]
August 8, 2015, 9:34 am by S Venkat Narayan Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, August 5: India is planning to grant citizenship to migrants who fled religious persecution in neighbouring Muslim countries Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the local media reported today. There is a proposal under Prime […]
New Dehli, Aug 10: Securing the Indo-Pak border is top priority for India today. India will deploy an additional 5,000 soldiers to man the troubled border of India and Pakistan. […]
Meet ISIS’ Cleaners; Indians are Not Good Enough to Fight Despite the Islamic State’s claim to accept all Muslims, ISIS’s Indian recruits are regarded as too frail to fight. Sun, August 9, 2015 The glamor portrayed in the Islamic State’s propaganda is not matched by the reality on the ground. […]
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Swiss sense and Indian sensibility spark art exchange By Anand Chandrasekhar AUG 9, 2015 – 11:00 Indian artist Hetal Chudasama is interested in myths and local folklore (Hetal Chudasama) Switzerland and India couldn’t be more different if they tried. A Swiss-funded exchange programme allows artists from both […]
The Hindu: Amid the perceived and possible dangers of the terror group like the Islamic State (IS) radicalising and recruiting Muslim youths, the Barelwi sect among Muslims has decided to include a chapter against terrorism in all madrassas functioning under its fold across the country. The Dargahe-Aala-Hazrat, the headquarters of […]
Our source: Huffington Post PATNA, India (AP) — Dozens of villagers in eastern India beat to death five women Saturday, accusing them of practicing witchcraft and blaming them for a […]
Source: dnaindia.com The question is: Does South Asia deserve its Nobel laureates? If the answer is ‘Yes’, then why are they treated in such a rotten manner, as if they are […]
The Logical Indian — Baby Halder, who chose to be a single parent and walked out on her marriage to escape her abusive husband is now a renowned name in the literary world. She spends her day as a domestic help and devotes her nights to writing. She was introduced […]
In mid-1940s 313 devotees came to Qadian to protect the holy sites on the call of the Ahmadiyya spiritual leader and they came to be known as Darweshan-e Qadian. Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in […]
The Logical Indian — Abdul Kalam will remain one of the finest human beings to have ever lived. He lived an illustrious and successful life, and his legacy will continue to inspire people around the world in the coming years. Below is a list that tries to do justice to […]
One of India’s most popular presidents, Abdul Kalam, died Monday after he collapsed during a lecture to business management graduate students in the northeastern city of Shillong. The 83-year-old Kalam, who was president from 2002 to 2007, was affectionately called the “missile man,” “scientist-patriot” and “people’s president” of India. Many […]