FM hints at Islamic banking
KOLKATA: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has assured Muslims that their demand for Islamic banking would be addressed soon. Interacting with a delegation of Indian Centre for Islamic Finance (ICIF) headed…
Violence probe delay dismays Christians
BANGALORE: Christians in Karnataka are disappointed over the extension given to a commission enquiring into the attacks on Christians in the southern Indian state. “The government does not seem to…
SIT worked as B team of Gujarat police: Ex- DGP
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) R B Sreekumar has alleged the SIT headed by former CBI chief R K Raghavan probing Gujarat riots has actually functioned as…
Nation pays homage to B R Ambedkar
NEW DELHI: The nation on Monday paid homage to the Father of Indian Constitution and Bharat Ratna, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his 54th death anniversary. In a function organised…
Indian madarsas to get American education
NEW DELHI: (AMN) In a latest revelation that could create another tremor in the Muslim community, particularly those associated with the madarsas in the country, the United States wants American…
UPA not sincere for minority welfare: Minister
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education Minister Dr Abdus Sattar has alleged that the UPA government is not sincere with regard to minority welfare. He said that…
AMU suspends five students
ALIGARH: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Saturday suspended five students with immediate effect and banned their entry in the campus. The students are Mohd. Ibraheem, Adeel Ahmad, Mohd. Osama…
Ex CJI asks civil society to protect law
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India Justice AM Ahmadi on Saturday urged the civil society to wake up from the deep slumber to save the constitution and rule of…
Modi gets SIT clean chit
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has cleared Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi of the charges of failure to discharge his constitutional duty of swiftly intervening to…
Omar Khalidi demise widely mourned
NEW DELHI: The untimely demise of renowned scholar and votary of India minority rights, Dr. Omar Khalidi is being widely mourned across the globe. Special prayers are being done for…