SHIMLA: The All-Himachal Muslims’ Organisation (AHMO) has announced it will challenge the Shimla municipal commissioner court’s Oct 5 order to demolish the top three illegally built floors of the five-storey Sanjauli mosque, despite the masjid committee’s undertaking to bring down the unauthorised portions.AHMO spokesperson Nazakat Hashmi said after a meeting in Shimla Wednesday that those…
No political party in power took this short step despite SC goadingNEW DELHI: When the Constitution was just a year-old, law minister B R Ambedkar had stoically met the charge that the Hindu Code Bill, 1951, was communal in nature as it aimed to codify the personal law of one religious community leaving aside the…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed sharp exchanges between the government and the opposition as Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill to “correct the wrongs done by the Congress in the past.” The government justified the proposed amendments and said it aimed to empower the marginalised groups within…
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi NEW DELHI: Former minority affairs minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has urged the Waqf system to move beyond its “touch-me-not” syndrome, following the government’s plan to introduce a Bill to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards. This amendment aims to ensure more accountability and transparency in…
Sunderland, a city in northeast England, witnessed a surge of rioting late Friday night, with police officers facing “serious violence” from a mob of several hundred people rampaging through the city centre. The mob attacked police and set fire to at least one car, as captured in footage shared on social media. This unrest follows…
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) on Thursday said that it would be summoning Karnataka chief secretary over “blanket reservation” given to the Muslim community which makes them eligible for reservations in educational institutions and jobs in the state.“All castes/communities of Muslim religion in Karnataka are considered socially and educationally backward classes…
