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  BJP hits out at Shiv Sena for demanding revocation of voting rights of Muslims

  Politics | April 13, 2015 14:53 IST

  New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today lashed out at its key ally Shiv Sena for demanding the withdrawal of voting rights from the Muslim community.Party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said that participation in an electoral

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  Muslims, Christians uncomfortable in Modi regime: Muslim Personal Law Board

  Politics | March 22, 2015 20:47 IST

  Jaipur: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday launched a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi government and announced a nationwide campaign to counter right wing forces, accusing Hindu organisations like the RSS

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  Muslims responsible for bringing bad name to their community: Madani

  Politics | March 21, 2015 18:50 IST

  BIJNOR : Muslims themselves are responsible for bringing a bad name to the community and creating the "Islam's image of terror", Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind general secretary Maulana Mehmood Madani today said and called for spreading education

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  Another Kejriwal audio tape surfaces, claims AAP only option for Muslims

  Politics | March 13, 2015 11:37 IST

  New Delhi: A day after a tape surfaced in which Arvind Kejriwal is purportedly talking of poaching on Congress MLAs to form government in Delhi, another audio tape emerged on Thursday in which he allegedly

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  Indian Muslims 'vital players' in advancing shared vision: US

  India | March 05, 2015 7:59 IST

  New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Richard Verma on Wednesday described Indian Muslims as ‘vital players' in advancing India and America's shared value and vision.Verma was addressing a town hall at the India Islamic Cultural

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  Shiv Sena tells Muslims: For special treatment, go to Pakistan

  Politics | March 03, 2015 12:29 IST

  Mumbai: "If the Muslim community in India want any special treatment as Muslims, they should go to Pakistan," the Shiv Sena warned here Tuesday."If they (Muslims) want anything from this country, they must first accept

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  Muslims-Christian can live in India under our laws: Subramaniyam Swamy

  India | March 01, 2015 17:19 IST

  New Delhi: Janta Party leader Subramaniyam  Swamy said only under our laws Muslims and Christian can live in this country. He was speaking at Virat Hindu Sammelan here on Sinday.Swamy  said wherever Muslims are in

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  Reward of Rs 1,00,786 for beheading Mufti Iliyas for his controversial Lord Shiva remark

  India | February 24, 2015 11:48 IST

  New Delhi: All India Faizan-e-madina Council chief Moin Siddiqui announced a cash reward of Rs 1,00,786 for beheading Jamiat Ulema's Mufti Muhammad Ilyas for his remark that Lord Shiva was Muslims' first prophet.Siddiqui said that

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  Citing India, Obama calls for correcting distorted impression of Muslims

  World | February 20, 2015 11:11 IST

  Washington: Citing the good work by Muslims around the world including India, with one of the world's largest Muslim populations, US President Barack Obama acknowledged that many in the US have a distorted impression of

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  This Konkan village drafts a 100-year pact to maintain communal harmony

  India | February 11, 2015 11:37 IST

  Mumbai: To maintain the communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims, a 100-year pact has been signed in Burondi village of Ratnagiri district. The notarised pact lays down a code of conduct for members of both

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  Pigs, pork to be kept out of Oxford University textbooks to avoid offending Jews and Muslims

  World | January 15, 2015 11:28 IST

  New Delhi: To avoid offending Muslims and Jews, textbook writers have been asked to refrain from using references to pigs, sausages and other pork- related items by Oxford University Press (OUP). This new development came to

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  Aiyar Calls Paris Attack 'Backlash' by Muslims, Cong Distances

  Politics | January 09, 2015 9:10 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today described the terror attack in a satirical magazine office in Paris as a "backlash", noting that Muslims were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan without any discrimination

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  Pakistani journo irks MJ Akbar, what happened next is commendable!

  Mouthful | January 15, 2015 15:59 IST

  MJ Akbar's befitting reply to Pakistani journalist on ‘India being a Hindu Nation' is a must watch!Where India is proud of its ‘Unity in Diversity' and is scaling new highs of development with each passing

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  Muslim quota row: MIM to launch agitation from today

  Politics | January 06, 2015 12:28 IST

  New Delhi: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has asked all MIM units to submit a memorandum to the district collectors or tehsildars in their respective districts from today to register their protest against the state government's indifferent

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  Muslim quota row: MIM to launch stir on Jan 6 against Maharashtra govt

  Politics | January 02, 2015 13:07 IST

  Mumbai:  Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) will launch an agitation against Maharashtra government's decision to scrap job reservations for Muslims.  The party will hold a rally in Beed on January 6, to be addressed by party President

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  Break silence on conversions, Agnivesh tells Modi

  Politics | December 31, 2014 12:51 IST

  New Delhi: Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the issue of religious conversions and reassert his agenda of development and said Hindu chauvinists "should fix

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  Several injured in clash with cops at disputed Karbala site

  India | December 31, 2014 6:43 IST

  New Delhi: Several people were injured here Tuesday evening in South Delhi's Karbala area after locals clashed with police when they were stopped by the cops from entering a disputed site during a religious procession. 

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  Muslims, Christians in India were Hindus: Pravin Togadia

  India | December 17, 2014 16:50 IST

  Ahmedabad: Adding fuel to fire in the recent conversion-row, working president of right-wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Pravin Togadia said ancestors of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus.  “The ancestors of Indian Muslims were

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  Rajya Sabha to discuss issue of forced conversions today

  Politics | December 17, 2014 9:01 IST

  New Delhi: The issue of alleged forced conversion in Agra has been creating ruckus in parliament over the past few days. The Rajya Sabha will discuss the issue today even as the opposition demands Prime

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  Mehdi's 60 per cent followers non-Muslims, most Muslims from UK: Govt

  India | December 15, 2014 17:21 IST

  New Delhi: More than 60 per cent followers of Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the Bengaluru-based executive, who was running a pro-ISIS twitter account, were non-Muslims and a majority of his Muslim followers were from western countries,