Muslim girls can marry after attaining puberty: Punjab and Haryana High Court
AGENCIES / CHANDIGARH The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that a minor Muslim girl who has attained puberty was at liberty to marry anyone as per the Muslim…
President Kovind pays homage to former President Dr Zakir Hussain
President Ram Nath Kovind today paid homage to former President Dr Zakir Hussain on the occasion of his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President and officials of Rashtrapati Bhavan…
Civil society group asks PM Modi to stop ‘coercive fund collection drive for Ram Temple construction’
WEB DESK / New Delhi A civil society group of activists, eminent citizens and leaders of prominent religious organisations has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding to…
Former judges, scholars raise concerns over rising communal polarisation in India
Term it serious threat to democracy AMN / New Delhi Former judges, scholars, legal experts and activists have raised serious concerns over rising communal polarisation in the country and called…
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan among recipient of Padma Vibhushan
AMN Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has been given Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award, for his exceptional contribution in the field of spiritualism. On the eve of 72nd Republic Day, the…
Bihar: BSP lone MLA Zama Khan joins JD(U), likely to be minister
AMN / PATNA The lone BSP MLA Mohammad Zama Khan joined Janata Dal (United) in Bihar. Mr Khan won the election from Chainpur Assembly Constituency. The number of JD(U) MLAs…
Those excluded from Assam NRC can exercise their voting rights in assembly polls: EC
AGENIES / GUWAHATI Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has said that as per the guidelines issued by the Union Home Ministry, those people whose names were not included in Assam’s…
No Need To Display Notice for Inter-faith Marriage: Allahabad HC
AGENCIES/ LUCKNOW In an order that would bring relief to inter-faith couples, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday ruled that mandatory publication of notices for inter-faith marriages will be optional…
‘Halal’ certificate no longer mandatory for Indian meat exports
Words like “halal”/“halal method” have been deleted in the manual and replaced with “slaughter as per requirement of importing countries”. The recently changed requirement is expected to end the domination…
Arrangements being made for vaccines to people going for Haj: Naqvi
AMN Union minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said, arrangements are being made to administer coronavirus vaccines to those who will be going for Haj later this year.…