STEEP RISE IN PETROL PRICES Austerity Required in Government Consumption

Since the government is the biggest user of petroleum products, Union Finance Minister should start its austerity drive by announcing stiff measures for a drastic cut in consumption of petrol and diesel in the government also to overcome deficit resu...

• STEEP RISE IN PETROL PRICES Govt. unaware of what is pain of penury

B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, signs MoU with Curtin University of Technology, Australia

B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Curtin University of Technology, Australia on May 21. Curtin University is a major technical university in Australia with over 40,000 students supported by over 3200 stron...

Benefits of Watermelon

Watermelon is nothing short of a blessing in scorching summers. They are soft, sweet and juicy and one of the best thirst quenchers in summers. However, besides awesome taste, watermelons have immense health benefits. It is an ideal health drink beca...

Dr. Anis Ansari Bags Spirit of Excellence Award

After 19 years of practising medicine as a board certified physician of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, my father, Dr. Anis Ansari, earned an honour among many nominations: the Spirit of Excellence Award.  Presented to him by Mercy Medical Cen...

Ibn Battuta’s Journey to Makkah and 1001 Inventions

Journey to Makkah - In the footsteps of Ibn Battuta, the IMAX film, returned to Los Angeles by popular demand, thanks to IslamiCity that made arrangements to show this film to the audience in Southern California on Dec 11 & 12, 2011 at the IMAX T...

• Ibn Battuta’s Journey to Makkah and 1001 Inventions
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IPL SHODDINESS What Else to Expect?

Here is a recipe! Start with a rave party in a five-star. Add blaring music. Add some serious alcohol (Vodka, Whisky, Beer, you name it!) Groove till 5 in the morning and then have men and women heading back to their rooms in groups. What do you get?...

Bilal Ibn Rabah (May Allah be pleased with him)

If anyone has ever stood for truth and justice and challenged the people of power, no matter in what age the person had been, he has faced brutal forms of repression and persecution. Similar is the case with Islam as its very inception was met with s...

Pharaoh vs. Moses in the Land of Egypt

Egypt is no ordinary place. It is the land where tyranny runs deep and Pharaohs claim to be God.
And yet, paradoxically, Egypt also is the place from where the clarion cry of freedom rang out when Moses (May God Bless Him!) demanded from Pharaoh: L...