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Muslims in India and elsewhere have a right to feel concerned for their co-religionists anywhere in the world if they are targeted and discriminated against – whether in Myanmar or Assam is immaterial. But the violence in Mumbai last Saturday, where the media and the police were at the receiving...

BAMAKO, Mali — Officials in Mali condemned Islamist militants on Friday for chopping off a man’s hand for allegedly stealing sheep, the punishment underscoring hardliners’ tightening control over northern Mali. The amputation of the 35-year-old man’s hand was carried out Wednesday in the...

Have you ever been so severely bullied in school that changing your section or your school seemed like the only way to escape the torture your peers had you under? If you haven’t, feel blessed. If you have, I guess I need not explain how humiliating and belittling the experience is. It...

Mumbai: Saturday, 5:30 PM - Protest against Assam riots near Mumbai's Azad Maidan turned violent on Saturday as protesters torched many buses with setting other vehicles on fire as well. Reportedly, several Muslim organisations on Saturday staged a protest at Mumbai's Azad Maidan to condemn...

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Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab on Thursday identified Abu Jundal at Arthur Road Jail as one of the conspirators of the attack, according to reports. Ajmal Kasab and Abu Jundal were reportedly brought face to face at Arthur Road Jail on Thursday and were interrogated for...

From smoke signals emanating over the last few weeks, one can see faint glimmers of the Congress strategy for the next elections — whether they happen in 2014 or even earlier. With this year being a drought year, the chances are that the party will opt to remain in power till 2014, since it may...

(Reuters) - Egypt branded Islamist gunmen who killed 16 police near the Israeli border as "infidels" and promised on Monday to launch a crackdown following the massacre that has strained Cairo's ties with both Israel and Palestinians. An Egyptian official said insurgents crossed into Egypt...

NEW DELHI: Holding illegal migration as being responsible for the recent ethnic violence in Assam claiming many lives, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today demanded that the border with Bangladesh be sealed. "The Congress has a tie-up with infiltrators from Bangladesh for its vote-bank politics...

Ahmedabad: Will Modi survive the fresh revolt by his bête noire Keshubhai Patel this time? If history is any indicator, it seems likely. There have been at least three serious attempts in the past to unseat the Gujarat chief minister. Each time he has not only survived adversities but also...

They claim to have escaped from the riotous mob in their hometown of Buthidaung It was no easy journey for Noor Mohammed to reach Hyderabad from Myanmar. The 22-year-old, along with his wife and a one-and-a-half year-old son, claim to have escaped from the riotous mob in their home town of...

Alleging persecution of Muslims in Myanmar, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today sought Union government intervention in safeguarding their interests. The news regarding killing of Muslims in Myanmar was very serious, he said in a statement here. The Centre should intervene...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Aflalul Ulama course run by the Calicut university has been given the same recognition as plus two humanities course at a meeting of the State Curriculum committee here the other day. There are 12 papers for plus two and 11 papers in Aflalul Ulama. In plus two English...

AHMEDABAD: A power surplus state with near 24 hour electricity supply not just in cities like Ahmedabad and Vadodara but in all the 18,000 villages. Now, the Gujarat government plans to further sharply increase power generation from 13,500 MW now to 18,000 MW by the end of the current year...

Among social media regulars, it is often said that the quickest and most foolproof way of becoming famous on social media is to ride on the coattails of Narendra Modi! Such is the power of the Gujarat Chief Minister that it has now become impossible to imagine social media without Modi. It is as...

AHMEDABAD: A special court on Monday held 21 guilty of rioting and attempt to murder in the Dipda Darwaza case in which 11 Muslims were killed during the post-Godhra riots in 2002. No murder and criminal conspiracy charges were proved in the case. All the accused were absolved of destruction...