The United Progressive Muslim Front (UPMF) has identified around 100 Muslim students, mostly of madrasa background, who want to take vocational training courses, including courses in carpentry, BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) professions and retail sector, etc. across Chandigarh and submitted a list of these to the director of Social Welfare Department (DSW) in order to get relaxation in terms of loans for the students.
The demand was, however, put down by DSW and the Muslim aspira...

Renowned scientist Professor P.K. Abdul Azis assumed charge as Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University on June 11. Professor Azis was serving as the Vice Chancellor of Cochin University of Science & Technology (Kochi) before his new assignment at Aligarh.
Addressing a crowded press conference soon after assuming the charge, Professor Azis expressed concern over the declining academic standard of AMU and said that restoration of the University's academic excellence would be hi...

A city court in New Delhi on June 15 rejected bail plea of Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Gujarat Babubhai Katara who was caught in human trafficking, saying the offence was “grave”. The court observed that the elected members of Parliament are the ones who frame rules and they have to follow them.
The court said that it was a serious offence and the MP could not be let off. Katara had been caught at Indira Gandhi International Airport here on April 18 when he was trying to...