In an annual convention on “Globalisation and Communalism” organised by All India Youth Federation Ram Puniyani, a noted writer and human rights activist, likened communalism with a disease which is trying to gulp down the constitutional values of India. Puniyani further said that communalism is one of the most perilous diseases which have come out from the womb of globalisation and RSS today is trying to wipe out the democratic principles from all the departments in the country. ...

Constable Ishaq got the orders from the DCP of Maharashtra to shave off his beard within 15 days; however the State Home Minister has cancelled the order. The orders were taken off after Naseem Khan, president of state minority welfare, met with the State Home Minister RR Patil and pressed him to call off the undemocratic and non-secular order. Ishaq was given clear order that if he did not comply, strict actions will be taken against him. The irony is that earlier Supreme Court gave the perm...

In a meeting organised by All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat the issue of Muslims facing problems at national and international levels, was discussed. The meeting, presided over by Dr. Zafrul Islam Khan, President AIMMM, revolved extensively around the latest illegal arrests of the Muslim youths and declared the cases of arrest as a conspiracy to subdue them. The meeting ended up with many resolutions. One of the resolutions was that a “White Paper,” related to the illegal arres...

President of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind, Maulana Arshad Madani met with the Prime Minister in New Delhi on July 10 and discussed some of the core issues related to Muslims. He urged the PM to give compensation to the innocent Muslim youths who spent the best part of their life behind the bars and prosecute those who were responsible for making them spend their years in jails. He further demanded reservation for Muslims in other fields. In a memorandum handed over to the PM, Maulana Madani, besides p...

It is hard to imagine how innocuous firecrackers can be used to hurt the sentiments of Muslims. But the fact is that in Azamgarh district firecrackers have been used to escalate communal tensions. It so happened when some people of the locality found the Qur’ānic verses inscribed on the papers used to manufacture firecrackers. When the firecrackers blew, the half burnt papers had the verses of the Qur’ān. When the local shopkeeper was asked as to where he has brought the firecra...

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Gujarat government’s plea to review its order for a CBI probe into the alleged extra-judicial killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, an eyewitness to ‘fake encounter’ case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, allegedly involving state’s former home minister Amit Shah. A bench of Justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan found “no merit” in the state’s review petition, which had contended that no CBI probe could be ordered as the state police ...

Emulating the corrupt people as “Dracula,” the Jammu & Kashmir High Court has given the directives to the state government to come up with the laws which would have provision to withhold the properties and money of the people acquired through corrupt means. Acting on a writ petition, Justice Muzaffar Attar urged the government to make amendments in the present law and come up with something that would have a provision for seizing the properties and money.

Complicated calculations require a calculator; however Rashid and Hifza solve them in seconds. Their extra-ordinary talent of calculation got recognition when their names got registered in the Limca Book of World Records. Eight-year old Hifza and 9-year old Rashid live in Kushalia village in Dasna of Uttar Pradesh and solve complicated calculations without any paper or pencil. Rashid, of class 5, studies in DPSG International School while Hifza, of class 4, studies in an ordinary village scho...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has allegedly allowed the sale of ‘communal’ literature at the civic centre on July 13. It was holding a training programme for its councillors at one of the meeting halls when Congress leaders Farhad Suri and Mukesh Goel spotted a few RSS workers selling their magazines and signing up people for membership. The Congress leaders have accused BJP for misusing the government building and said they will hold demonstrations against it. However the BJP ...