Tension in UP town after attack on Jain monks
byAgra, April 30 (IANS) There was tension in Uttar Pradesh’s Etmadpur town Tuesday after a group of Jain monks was attacked the night before,…
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UAE jewellers optimistic ahead of Akshaya Tritiya
byDubai, April 29 (IANS) Jewellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are looking forward to the Hindu festival of Akshaya Tritiya May 13 hoping…
Assam minister attacked for slamming Muslim leader
byGuwahati, April 28 (IANS) People hurled shoes, sandals and empty water bottles at Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain in Western Assam’s Chirang district Sunday…
Iraq suspends 10 TV channels over sectarianism
byBaghdad, April 28 (IANS) An Iraqi commission has suspended 10 satellite TV channels for allegedly inflaming sectarianism in their coverage of a Sunni Muslim…
Sectarian strife assisted by foreign plots: Iraqi PM
byBaghdad, April 28 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said the recent violence in the country’s Sunni province is a sign that sectarian…
Modi may have had the last laugh
byThiruvananthapuram, April 27 (IANS) For a week, the media eagerly lapped up the criticism hurled at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by Kerala’s rival…
SP, Muslim clerics slam Azam Khan’s frisking in US
byLucknow, April 26 (IANS) The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and Muslim groups in Uttar Pradesh Friday slammed reports of humiliation and extended frisking of…
NGO trying to stoke row over Surya Namaskar: Goa CM
byPanaji, April 26 (IANS) Surya Namaskar is a good exercise but a dubious non-government organisation (NGO) is trying to start a communal controversy by…
UP minister to cut short US visit
byLucknow, April 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has decided to cut short his US trip after his “long and humiliating frisking”…
Get more Haj quota for India: Maharashtra minister
byMumbai, April 25 (IANS) A Maharashtra minister Thursday urged the central government to demand an additional quota for Haj pilgrims for India based on…