MUMBAI: Many men at the packed hall in Mira Road heard Indian-British Islamic scholar Mohammad Akram Nadwi with amazement. Citing instances from early Islam, Nadwi said that stopping women from visiting mosques and offering namaz there is against Prophet Muhammad’s traditions.Contrary to what the Prophet and many of his companions did, most mosques in the…
SLUG: CONG D’GERE QUAGMIRE Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah removed his political secretary Naseer Ahmed and pulled up cabinet colleague B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan amid allegations of anti-party activities in the run-up to the April 9 Davanagere South assembly bypoll. A notification from Siddaramaiah’s office Monday night stated Ahmed, a member of the legislative council,…
Chennai: A series of burglaries at Tiruttani created panic after unidentified miscreants broke into multiple locked houses and decamped with gold jewellery, cash and around 6kg of silver articles on Monday night.According to police, the incident took place at Thomur village in Tiruvallur district. Residents including Ramesh, Shanmugam, Ezhumalai and Viji had locked their houses…
Hyderabad: A man allegedly posing as a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer was caught inside the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Monday night while taking photographs in uniform, raising serious security concerns.The incident surfaced when quick reaction team (QRT) personnel noticed his suspicious movement near a washroom at the airport’s C-level. The accused, identified…
Gurgaon: A 60-year-old truck driver died after battling injuries for 11 days following a head-on collision between two heavy vehicles in Bilaspur.Shiv Mohan, a resident of Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, succumbed to injuries on April 12 after the accident near the Mitsuba company area on April 1. He was employed as a driver with a…
Kolkata/Malda/Behrampore: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Trinamool of ushering in a “dictatorship raj” in Bengal and paving the way for BJP, saying people in the state were “stuck” between an “anti-people” TMC and a “hate-spreading” BJP.Addressing a rally at Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, the Congress neta alleged governance failure under CM Mamata Banerjee. “There is complete…
Protests over minimum wage implementation intensified across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh FARIDABAD: Protests over minimum wage implementation intensified across parts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, with factory workers blocking roads, clashing with police, and triggering a wider law-and-order response across industrial hubs.In Faridabad’s Sarai Khawaja area, employees of an automotive components unit staged demonstrations for…
Panaji: The Bombay high court has granted bail to five people arrested last year in connection with the daylight abduction of a businessman, Sandeep Chowdhary, from Ponda.Chowdhary was allegedly forced into a car, taken across the Goa-Karnataka border, and wrongfully confined in Bengaluru, from where he later escaped and was rescued by Goa police. He…
Varanasi: Rani Ki Sarai police in Azamgarh busted a gang of criminals who targeted youths seeking jobs abroad for smuggling drugs and other articles by arresting two members. The gang came on police radar after one of its victims lodged a complaint.Azamgarh SP Anil Kumar said that Sunil Yadav, a native of Shrinagar Siyarha village,…
Gandhinagar: The state’s shipbuilding and repair policy, which is expected to be announced next month, will offer a slew of incentives to industries, including interest subvention for reducing interest rates on financing, electricity and water subsidy, and dredging support for the shipbuilding ecosystem.Beyond fiscal support, the proposed policy will ensure long-term waterfront access, single-window clearances,…
