Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any......
'Who has seen what Sharia is? Who knows what actual Sharia is?' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been posted for representational purposes. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff......
This election will be remembered for being the first election where the Election Commission failed to take action on gross violations involving the ruling party that repeatedly used religion,......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a verdict of the Madras high court which had granted bail to eight alleged Popular Front of India members and office bearers, saying national security is......
This time Modi has no emotive message to take to the stump. Muscular nationalism doesn't work against the backdrop of China's successive inroads into Indian territory. Rising prices is a sore point......
Oravel Stays, the parent company behind the travel tech brand Oyo, is eyeing to clock Rs 100 crore in Q4FY24 profit after tax (PAT) and a 20 per cent revenue growth for FY24, according to informed......
The interest money which is not claimed by people due to religious obligations is kept in suspended bank accounts. State Bank of India has declined to share the quantum of money lying in suspended......
The response from the finance ministry on a Reserve Bank of India report about the introduction of Sharia banking in India cannot be disclosed, the central bank has said. The RBI was asked to......
Some overseas investors refuse to be part of roadshows, citing environment risks The central government, which is struggling to meet the divestment target, has to surmount one more......
''I received many threatening calls and letters.''A fatwa was issued against me.' IMAGE: A young Salma Agha. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salma Agha/Instagram She became a household name in 1982,......
With the mad rush of celebrities, paparazzi, official photographers and influencers on red carpets and parties, people almost forget that the Cannes Film Festival is firstly, a celebration of world......
Eid-ul-Fitr has been celebrated in a big way in Hindi films. The films listed below, in fact, are those where the festival plays a pivotal plot point, observes Subhash K Jha. Chaudvin Ka......
IMAGE: Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan during her bout against Viktoriia Marchuk of Ukraine in the Women K44 -49kg Taekwondo quarter-final at the Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday.......
IMAGE: An explosive planted on a bus carrying football players in Somalia's port city of Kismayo killed at least five players. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images An explosive planted on a bus......
IMAGE: Afghan women exercise in a fitness gym in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photograph: Ismail Sameem/Reuters In Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a......
IMAGE: India's sports minister, Rajyavardhan Rathore greets Afghanistan's players before the match. Photograph: BCCI Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday the national cricket team......