'No fatwa to minister for dealing with liquor'

Imarat-e-Sharia, a Patna based Muslim organisation, has deniedissuingafatwa against Bihar's Excise Minister Jamshed Ashraf for being in charge of a department that deals with liquor and wine. "We......

Fatwa against Bihar excise minister upheld

A controversy has broken out over the appointment of Jamshed Ashraf as Bihar's new excise minister with a leading Islamic seminary holding that Islam does not allow Muslims to get involved in a......

Bihar: Nitish inducts 19 new ministers

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inducted19 new ministers into his cabinet on Sunday. The much awaited cabinet expansion, the first after the National Democratic Alliance government came to power......

BJP fields just 2 Muslim candidates in Bihar polls

Contrary to expectations abound in political circles in Bihar that the Bharatiya Janata Party would give tickets to more Muslim candidates to contest the upcoming assembly polls, the saffron party......

Ajmal makes up for ICC awards snub with Pakistan haul

Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal made up for his omission on the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Player of the Year shortlist when he won four honours at the Pakistan Cricket Board's first......

Akmal, Razzaq denied PCB central contracts

Experienced duo Kamran Akmal and Abdul Razzaq missed out on central contracts on Saturday when the Pakistan Cricket Board announced a list of 21 players who will receive pay increases. Players will......

Pak names separate Test, ODI, T20 squads for Lanka tour

The Pakistan selection committee had a bagful of surprises while announcing separate Test, ODI and T20 squads for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. After the PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf announced that......

Complacency, not Pakistan, India's main threat

Rampaging form and beleaguered opponents tilt the scale pretty much in India's favour but complacency, and not Pakistan, pose the most serious threat to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team in the final of......

Pakistan beat India in tri-series final

- Scorecard| Images from the final Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his teammates failed to climb the run-mountain, as Pakistan shoved a 25-run defeat down India's throat to win the tri-series in Dhaka on......