Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued an order banning its students from using mobile phones with cameras and seized 14 such devices from the hostel. ...
12:48 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat's ruling BJP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission seeking to bar ousted Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi from entering the state following his allegedly provocative utterances against chief minister Narendra Modi. Vastanvi was removed from the post of vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, the second largest Islamic seminary in the world, for praising Modi's development policy in January 2011. BJP's media cell...
12:36 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Mandvi: Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, who was sacked as the vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for allegedly praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday said it was a crime to praise a "zalim" (tyrant) and that he never praised Modi. "To praise a 'zalim' (tyrant) is a crime. I never praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi," Vastanvi said at a public rally organised by the minority cell of...
08:12 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Thrown out of the Darul Uloom Deoband for praising Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, the former vice chancellor of the seminary Ghulam Vastanvi is now campaigning for the Congress. On Sunday, he shared the dais and asked for votes to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party. "I never gave a clean chit to Modi and there is no question of doing that in future either," he said. ...
05:20 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Mumbai: Adding a new twist to the controversy over Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival, sources in Mumbai Police denied giving any inputs about paid assassins. The sources countered the Booker-winning author's claim that paid assassins were out to get him. The sources told CNN-IBN there were no intelligence inputs about a threat to Rushdie and that they gave no inputs regarding paid assassins eyeing Rushdie. BJP Leader...
12:23 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Jaipur: Outrage and resentment were the dominant emotions on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday as writers, intellectuals and fans cried foul over Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie calling off his visit in view of threat to his life following protests by Islamic groups opposed to his visit. Pakistan-based writer Mohammed Hanif, the author of "The Case of Exploding Mangoes" and "The Lady of Alice Bhatti",...
02:51 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: According to different reports, author Salman Rushdie may not actually be asked to stay away from India during the Jaipur Literature Festival. Although the Rajasthan government has raised concerns over security in the wake of the Darul Uloom Deobands demand that Rushdie be banned from India as he had hurt sentiments of Muslims in the past, the Central Government may not be inclined towards making an actual request...
10:43 AM, Jan 18, 2012
The Darul Uloom Deoband reiterated that there must be a ban on celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie from coming to India. ...
11:52 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Jaipur: Will Salman Rushdie make it to the Jaipur's Literature festival despite the raging controversy and threats of fierce protests? Amidst growing threats of protests, the organisers have taken the initially published schedule from their website, but they still maintain that his visit hasn't been called off as yet. "Every liberal person in India should stand up and be heard on this," said festival producer Sanjoy Roy. The controversy around...
09:39 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has expressed security concerns over Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie's visit to the Jaipur Literature festival from January 20 to 24. Gehlot met Home Minister P Chidambaram over the issue and acknowledges that there are security implications, saying they hope to come to an understanding with the festival organisers. Gehlot told the Home Minister that the people of Rajasthan "do not want" Rushdie to...
01:00 AM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: Salman Rushdie's proposed visit to Jaipur for the Literary Festival has come under a cloud as Darul Uloom Deoband, the Islamic Seminary, wants the government to cancel Rushdie's visa for hurting the sentiments of Muslims in the past. "Indian government should cancel his visa as Rushdie had annoyed the religious sentiments of Muslims in the past," Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani, the Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom, said in...
07:47 AM, Jan 10, 2012
In the backdrop of Ghulam Vastanvi's sacking, tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether Muslim institutions are resistant to change.
01:22 PM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: Sacked Vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband University Ghulam Vastanvi has expressed disappointment reiterating that he never praised Narendra Modi's work in Gujarat. CNN-IBN: Your reaction to the fact that you have been sacked. Ghulam Vastanvi: Sincerely speaking, it is sad, no doubt. The intentions of a man holding a high post are always noble and suddenly if a decision goes against him, then it is always disappointing....
07:52 AM, Jul 25, 2011
Deoband: The MBA maulana who dreamt of modernising Darul Uloom Deoband, Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi was removed as the Vice Chancellor of the university by the seminary's governing council. His removal came after he praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's developmental works. The enquiry committee which was set up to probe the charges against him failed to reach a consensus so a trust vote followed, the outcome of which was that...
09:37 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Deoband: Supporters of sacked Darul Uloom Deoband vice chancellor Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi said on Sunday they may go to the Supreme Court against the decision. The decision to remove Vastanvi over his comments in praise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's developmental policies was taken on Sunday by the powerful Majlis-e-Shoora. "There is no case against Vastanvi sahab. The three-member committee has given him a clean chit so there is...
06:49 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Deoband: Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi has been removed as the Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband University after getting eight votes against him at the Deoband meeting. Vastanvi, who refused to resign from the post of Vice Chancellor, got five votes in favour and eight against him. "I am bidding farewell to Darul Uloom. I told the committee that I will not step down but they can remove me if they...
12:11 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Deoband: Decision on the fate of Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, the vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, would be taken on Sunday by a three-member Majlis-e Shura. "The decision on Vastanvis's fate would be taken in Sunday's meet," acting vice-chancellor Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani said. The majlis-e-shoora or the governing council of the seminary on Saturday met and discussed various issues, but the subject of Vastanvi did not come up during the...
10:51 AM, Jul 24, 2011
Mulayam Singh met Darul Uloom chief Maulana Maghrubur Rehman on Thursday. ...
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