The supreme Shariat court led by grand mufti of Kashmir Bashir-ud-din has indicted Pastor Reverend CM Khanna and Father Jim Borst of converting Muslim youth into Christianity allegedly through “baits and inducements”. “Rev Khanna, his wife, his associate Gayoor Masih, Father Brost and Chandrakanta have been found guilty of misleading and converting Muslim boys and girls into Christianity through baits and inducements. Their activities have hurt the sentiments of entire Musli...

Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari expressed shock and utter disgust over the arrest of Professor Ghulam Azam, ex-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, and asked the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Ms. Sheikh Hasina to release Professor Azam and other members of Jamaat-e-Islami with immediate effect.

The Jamaat leader, in a press statement, said establishment of truth and justice and distancing away from injustice and oppression make the leaders earn respect among t...

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) stalwart VS Achuthanandan has assailed Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy for allegedly spying on some members of the Muslim community in the state. ”On its part, the Kerala government’s going out of its way to identify a particular party or community in a secret manner is very unfair,” Achuthanandan said. He even compared Oommen Chandy with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who has been accused in the past of having anti-mino...

The World Bank has estimated India’s growth for the current fiscal at 6.8 per cent, lower than the government projection, as the economy faces headwinds of high interest rates and “heightened” uncertainty of policy reforms. Without naming India, the World Bank in its Global Economic Prospects’ report has said that South Asia’s economies were also confronted with “domestic policy paralysis and uncertainty about regulatory reforms.” The Indian governmen...

Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has said websites like Facebook and Google should be ready to face legal action if they fail to remove objectionable content uploaded on them.

“I have seen the content on these sites and found it highly objectionable, and which may disrupt social harmony. If they fail to check this content, they should be ready to face legal action,” Katju said. He said he agreed with Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on the issue of regul...

The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis handed over the charge to Prof. S. Mehdi Abbas Rizvi, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, the senior most Dean among the members of the Executive Council under Statute 2(7) of the Statutes of the University.

While assuming the charge, Prof. Rizvi has said that the AMU Centres established in Murshidabad and Malappuram and up-gradation of University maintained schools projects as well as the phenomenal gro...

Government schools in Punjab have reportedly not received any money for mid-day meals for the past several months prompting some of them to stop serving food to children under the scheme. At a few schools teachers have been spending from their own pockets or buying rations on credit to feed the children. The State Education Department has attributed the delay in payment to non-release of funds by the Finance Department. Jagjit Singh Nouhra, a teacher at Patiala district school and convener of...