Nitish asks Muslims to focus on education
Anwarul Hoda / TIA Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that the educational backwardness of Muslims was a major challenge before the community.
Maulana Azmi is new chief of Fiqh Academy
Abdul Bari Masoud /TIANew Delhi: Maulana Mohammad Naimatullah Azmi of Darul Uloom Deoband was unanimously elected as the new president of the Islamic Fiqh Academy –India (IFA-India)
Goa to earmark 12% funds for ST welfare
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HI PANAJI (AMN) The government in Goa has decided to earmark 12 percent of it budget for the welfare of schedule tribe. Goa…
Noted Urdu journalist Dr.Rizwan is no more
TIA correspondentPATNA/ NEW DELHI: Renowned Urdu journalist and writer Dr. Rizwan Ahmad died here on Tuesday after prolong illness. He was 64 and survived by wife and a daughter. Dr…
Govt to protect STs’ rights
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The government on Monday said that it would protect every interest of Schedule Tribes (ST) while formulating the Land acquisition bill. Inaugurating a two day conference on…
CPM MLA Mostafa commits suicide
KOLKATA: (AMN) Six-time CPI(M) MLA and former Rajya Sabha Vice-Chairman Mostafa Bin Quasem has committed suicide by jumping to death from the fourth floor of the MLA hostel on Kyd…
Message of Quran is for all: Justice Verma
ABDUL BARI MASOUD / TIA NEW DELHI: Calling for spreading the message of Islam at wider level, former Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S. Verma on Sunday said that message…
Centre for CBI probe into Ansari death
NEW DELHI (AMN) The Union Rural Development Ministry has demanded for a CBI inquiry into the death of an RTI activist Niyamat Ansari in Jharkhand.
AMU gets CAG clean chit
ALIGARH (AMN): The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has given a clean chit to the audit account of the Aligarh Muslim University (AM) for the year 2009-2010.
Ulema express Concern over distortion of Sharia
ABDUL BARI MASOUD / TIANEW DELHI: Eminent Islamic jurists, Ulema and experts have expressed concern over the misinterpretation and distortion of Islamic laws by the courts.