Bangladesh Jamaat chief to be executed over war crimes

IMAGE: Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami waves to his supporters during a rally. Photograph: Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters Top leader of Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami......

Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence of Jamaat chief for 1971 war crimes

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of a top leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for crimes committed by him during the 1971 liberation war against......

'An Egypt-like revolution not possible in India'

As people in some Arab nations rise in anger against their rulers, a cross section of Indian Muslims tell Ufaque Paikar that it is not time for such a revolution in India. After the downfall of......

Govt to fund maths and science in madrassas

The government will not fund religious instruction like Quranic interpretation and Islamic law at madrassas (religious schools) but financially support regular subjects like maths and science that......

India, South Africa joint winners

India and South Africa were declared joint winners of the TVS Cup triangular series after a heavy thunderstorm played spoilsport for the second successive day, forcing the organisers to abandon the......

Zaheer, Yuvraj to return for final

Undeterred by the defeat in the last match, India will tryto draw inspiration from their splendid World Cup campaign andgointo the TVS Cup tri-series final against South Africa, in Dhaka on Sunday,......