Marriage registration bill faces road block
5 Jun 2012 7:12 AM ISTShoaib Iqbal, Rashtriya Lok Dal MLA from Matia Mahal, stated that the historic bill of the city, Delhi Mandatory Registration of Marriages Bill 2012,...
‘Satanic Verses not for the mullahs’
5 Jun 2012 7:06 AM ISTOver two decades after Satanic Verses sparked a never-ending controversy and provoked a fatwa for his head, the author Salman Rushdie has only one...
Turkish women protest plans to curb abortion
4 Jun 2012 8:02 AM ISTHundreds of abortion rights demonstrators on Sunday staged the largest protest yet against plans by Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government to curb...
Transit camp for Urs pilgrims in Delhi
18 May 2012 8:16 AM ISTChief Minister Sheila Dikshit, on Thursday, inaugurated a 20-day transit camp here for pilgrims going to attend the 800th annual 'Urs' of Sufi saint...
UP wants Centre to increase Haj quota
16 May 2012 12:13 PM ISTThe Uttar Pradesh government is going to ask the central government to increase the quota of Haj pilgrims from the state, Chief Minister Akhilesh...
Keep off personal laws: Muslim leaders
12 May 2012 10:28 AM ISTMuslim leaders Friday came down heavily on governments and courts for what they termed as 'interference' in the Muslim personal law, a spokesperson...
Redefining ‘missionary position’
5 May 2012 8:38 PM ISTAt 9.30 in the morning, silence could be sliced at the sprawling Jawaharlal Nehru University [JNU] campus, even on a weekday. As you wait in the thick...
