New Delhi, Oct 1 ——— Intolerance is indeed rising in society but it is not likely to last long as communal polarisation has been a cyclic phenomenon in the country and most Hindus are secular, former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi has said. He also stressed that hate-mongering is not likely to go very far…
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India Is Secular Because Most Hindus Are Secular: Former CEC Quraishi
Zanskar Muslims Face Starvation As Social Boycott By Buddhists Completes Three Years
News Desk Muslims in Zanaskar region of Ladakh region are facing starvation due to a social boycott enforced by majority community of Buddhists three years ago. The fresh appeals for help have fallen flat with the district administration of the mountainous region in Karil area of the province saying they are helpless. The Buddhists, on…
Why Non-Muslims Want To Convert To Islam After Snapchat’s #Mecca Live
Devotees at Makkah have given non-Muslims a unique and intimate insight into one of Islam’s holiest nights by sharing images from inside the city. Muslims were able to collaborate and share personal videos of Makkah using Snapchat’s Live Story feature, which collects submitted clips and splices them together before releasing the best footage to all…
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Five Myths Indians Have On Kashmir
By Maria Syed In the last decade, the voices claiming Kashmir as an integral part of India have not only grown shriller, but more pervasive too. It should, however, not come as a shocker as a country that aspires to become a superpower is supposed to be more assertive in terms of wielding its authority…
Judge’s Remark Premarital Sex is “Immoral” Raises Questions
A Delhi court decree saying that pre-marital sex is “immoral” and against the “tenets of every religion” has led to a heated debate on the social media with netizens questioning the invoking of religion in matters judicial. Holding that every act of sexual intercourse between two adults on the promise of marriage does not become…
Legless Indian Man Baffles Onlookers
A legless Indian man has become an overnight sensation for his incredible dancing skills. Vinod Thakur, 21, shot to fame after performing on reality show, India’s Got Talent, an offshoot of the popular Britain’s Got Talent. The mobile phone repairer, who taught himself over the Internet, baffles onlookers with his swiftness and deft dancing skills…
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Mob Tries To Immolate Mentally Challenged Person As Braid Chopper In Sopore
Srinagar, Oct 20 ——- A mentally challenged person was saved on Friday by police from the hands of a mob that tried to immolate him and run him over with a tractor on suspicion of being a braid chopper in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore. The police received information that a mob had got hold of an…
Investigation Into Braid-Chopping Initiated: District Magistrate Shopian
Appeals people not to panic Srinagar, Oct 1 —–Taking cognizance of an incident of braid chopping in the district, the District Magistrate (DM) Shopian, Mohammad Aijaz, has appealed the general public of the district not to panic. In a reply to an incident of hair chopping of Saima Jan of Batpora, the DM has said…
Chicken Came Before The Egg Scientifically Proven
The ultimate philosophical and scientific mystery for centuries has now been ‘cracked’. Scientists have claimed to prove that it was indeed the chicken that came first and not the egg. Researchers have found that the formation of eggshells relies on a protein found only in a chicken’s ovaries. Therefore the age old conundrum of…
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Man Kills 6-year-old Daughter After Her Dupatta Slipped From Her Head
In yet another ghastly act from Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim man allegedly beat his 6-year-old daughter to death after her head scarf slipped. The incident took place in Mamaura village in Agra district. According to reports, Zafar alias Chand Miyan was seen thrashing his young daughter so brutally, that the villagers were ‘terrified’ to stop…
American Singer Janet Jackson Converts To Islam
Janet Jackson has converted to Islam. The singer has followed in the footsteps of brother Jermaine by becoming a Muslim. The 49-year-old singer – who married Muslim billionaire, Wissam Al Mana, 40, in 2012 – is reportedly taking the religion so seriously that she has even toned down her raunchy costumes and dance moves for her…
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Hrithik Roshan Breaks Silence On Row With Kangana Ranaut
Mumbai, Oct 5 —- Actor Hrithik Roshan on Thursday broke his silence on the dragging row with actress Kangana Ranaut, questioning how two “high-profile celebrities” could have had a seven-year passionate affair without any evidence. But her sister countered his claim with a photograph. Hrithik, son of veteran actor-filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, said that “just like…
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Blue Whale: Underground, Unknown And Dangerous
New Delhi, Aug 6 ——-Despite demands for a ban on a game that is believed to have pushed a 14-year-old Mumbai boy to suicide, it may not be possible to bar the Blue Whale Challenge, an Internet expert said. The ban issue was recently raised in the Maharashtra assembly and in the Rajya Sabha by…
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Thousands Attend Funerals Of Hizb Militants In Shopian, Gun Salute Offered
‘Trio was behind militant recruitment, attacks on forces’ Srinagar, October 10 ————— Thousands of people on Tuesday attended the funerals of three militants including top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen in south Kashmir’s Shopian district amid gun-salute and shutdown. Last evening, three militants were killed in an encounter at Kellar area of Shopian district with government…