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…
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Zanskar Muslims Face Starvation As Social Boycott By Buddhists Completes Three Years
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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…
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…
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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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JKLF Chief Yasin Malik Detained on Way to Gaznavi Funeral in Chadoora
Srinagar, Aug 14 — Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was on Monday arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district. JKLF sources said Malik was on his way to Nagam in Badgam district to attend the funeral of slain Hizbul leader Yasin Yatoo alias Mehmood Ghaznavi when police intercepted him. “He…
Modi Breaks Silence, Says Dadri Lynching ‘Unfortunate”
Kolkata, Oct 14: Accusing the opposition of indulging in pseudo secularism and politics of polarisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the Dadri lynching incident and the cancellation of Ghulam Ali’s concert in Mumbai as “unfortunate” but said his government has nothing to do with them. He also charged that the opposition was using minorities…
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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HBO Reportedly Offered $250,000 to Hackers who Stole ‘Game of Thrones’ Script
San Francisco, Aug 12 – In a bid to contain further leaks from a group of hackers, HBO reportedly offered to pay $250,000 to those who stole nearly 1.5 TB data, including scripts of ‘Game of Thrones’ (GoT) and other employee information, from the TV network. A purported leaked email, sent to various media publications…
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Celebrating Independence In Kashmir
Faazil had a patriotic fervor and an unflinching faith in the democratic credentials of India. Born in a well-off family in Sonwar area of Srinagar, Faazil was just six when his father Mehraj-u-din, a businessman based in Delhi, admitted him in a premier educational institute there. Faazil was stepping up the academic ladder as years…
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Kashmiri Students Forced Out of Rajasthan University over Scholarship Issue
Jaipur, Aug 11 – Over 200 Kashmiri students in a private university here were allegedly forced to leave the varsity hostel as the institute did not receive the scholarship amount provided to them by the central government. The students, however, were allowed to avail the hostel facilities by the university management only after they protested…