Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field, state TV reported. He was speaking on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Tens of thousands of Iranians joined state-organised rallies across the country to mark the occasion. Demonstrators carrying Iranian flags and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America"....
07:32 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Islamabad, A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Thursday, killing four suspected militants, including a man who acted as a conduit between the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The unmanned spy plane fired two missiles at the compound in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency early on Thursday morning, officials said. The compound was being used by suspected militants and four...
11:52 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Azamgarh: Amid the mushrooming convent schools, mosques still continue to be popular centres of learning at least up to the primary class level in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district. The trend is more common in cities and towns where Islamic primary schools are rare. There are more than 100 mosques in Azamgarh city and around 40 per cent offer primary education. A majority of students in mosques come from the Muslim...
11:57 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Tehran: Iranians hoping to buy a doll replica of Homer Simpson and his family won't find them on store shelves anymore. That's because the Iranian Government has added the dolls based on the popular American cartoon series to a list of banned toys in the country as it believes they promote Western culture. An Iranian newspaper reported that the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults took...
10:46 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Islambad: A small parcel mailed to an office of the Pakistani prime minister in October contained a small amount of deadly anthrax spores, a spokesman said on Wednesday. "The security team became suspicious of the package," Akram Shahidi, a spokesman for Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said. "After lab testing, it was determined that this was anthrax," he said. There were no reported casualties. The parcel was mailed from the...
12:12 AM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie was forced to stay away from the Jaipur Literature Festival and his live video conference cancelled following protests by the Jaipur-based Milli Council. Several activists of the Milli Council arrived at the venue of the Festival at Diggi Palace demanding that the proposed video address by Rushdie be called off, claiming that it was an insult to the Muslims. Rushdie has faced repeated threats...
10:01 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Davos: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday refused to be drawn out on the issue of another Mumbai-like attack originating from Pakistani soil but said India should share any information it has on terrorist activities so that they can be countered by his government. Gilani described his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a "genuine person" who is desirous of resolving all issues with Pakistan, including the "core issue of...
09:03 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Amsterdam: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make the Netherlands, where 1 million out of 17 million people are Muslim, the second European Union country to ban the burqa after France, and would apply to face-covering veils if they were worn in public. "People should be able to...
09:52 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New York: Muslim groups are calling for New York's police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say paints their religion and its adherents in a bad light. About 20 activists held a news conference on the steps of City Hall on Thursday and criticised Ray Kelly for giving an interview to the producers of the movie 'The Third Jihad'. The movie uses dramatic footage...
09:31 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Islamabad: Former Pakistan's ambassador to US Husain Haqqani on Monday said that the right of Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz to depose before a judicial panel probing the memo scandal should be withdrawn if he failed to appear before the panel on Tuesday. In an application filed with the three-judge commission appointed by the Supreme Court, Haqqani said Ijaz should lose his right to testify on the memo issue if he...
07:50 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Jaipur: One of Pakistan's leading young voices and estranged scion of the Bhutto family, Fatima Bhutto on Sunday lamented the fact that the chasm between the people of her country and those in power was widening by the day. Speaking at a session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival to discuss Pakistan and its burning issues, Bhutto said while there is a huge gulf between the two sides of Pakistan,...
09:40 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: Bangladesh High Commissioner Tareq Karim accused the Bangaldesh Opposition of being involved in the coup attempt against the Sheikh Hasina government. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Karim also said that the attempt to remove the government was linked to the 1971 war crimes trial. He further praised the army for foiling the coup attempt saying, "Bangladesh army is turning professional. The entrenched political elements are being thrown out." "We ...
04:52 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Jaipur: While mystery still surrounds the visit of Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, the Jaipur Literature Festival will kick off on Friday with an array of international and Indian writers and global celebrities including TV mogul Oprah Winfrey. Rushdie's travel plans are up in the air courtesy protests planned by different Islamist groups - with some even promising a hefty reward if a shoe is thrown at him. "There should...
06:54 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Islamabad/New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court was adjourned till February 1 after Yousuf Raza Gilani completed his 20-minute-long defence submission on Thursday in a contempt case. The Supreme Court observed that if someone enjoys immunity then the court should be informed. The judge asked why did the Gilani government not bring up the President's immunity for two years. Gilani has been exempted from personal appearance now. Gilani, who pleaded not...
11:56 AM, Jan 19, 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
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