‘We don’t need Haj subsidy’
TIA Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI: Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) across the party line have urged the government to remove subsidy on the Haj pilgrimage saying community don’t need such…
SC allows passive euthanasia, rejects Aruna’s plea
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed "passive euthanasia" of withdrawing life support to patients in permanently vegetative state(PVS) but rejected outright active euthanasia of ending life through administration…
BJP to field Muslims in Assam
TIA correspondent GUWAHATI: In a rare gesture, the BJP has decided to field Muslim candidates in the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam. The strategy is seen as both to appease…
Budget brings hope to handloom weavers
TIA correspondent NEW DELHI: Though the Pranab Mukherjee budget could not give much aspiration to the minority community through its allocation to the ministry that deal with them, yet he…
60 ITIs to be upgraded in minorities’ area
BY RAJEEV SHARMANEW DELHI: Government on Monday said that sixty Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) located in Minority Concentration Districts would be upgraded into Centres of Excellence by the Ministry of…
DMK holds resignations, gives time to Congress
TIA/ AMNNEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Hectic parley is going on between Congress and the DMK to sort out differences arising out of later threat to withdraw support from the UPA government.
Madarsas now at par with CBSE
AMNNEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday said that certificates issued by state Madrasa Boards would be treated at par with certificates of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council…
All Indians in Libya to be evacuated soon
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Government of India has said that all its citizen, stranded in Libya would be evacuated by Thursday. However, there is no cut-off date for this.
AMU Murshidabad campus begins classes
TIA correspondent KOLKATA: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Murshidabad campus formally started classes with the admission for two-year MBA and five-year BA LLB on Sunday.20 students in law and 55…
EC close vigil on money power in polls
NEW DELHI: Election Commission has asked Enforcement agencies like DRI to keep a close vigil on suspicious cash withdrawals and fake currency emanating both from inside and outside the country.