In a shocking case, two teachers at a madrassa allegedly burnt the feet of a 11-year-old student by pressing hot iron on them after the child tried to run away from the seminary in Rajouri district. The two teachers, Anwar-ul-Haq and Ahmed Jameel, allegedly pressed hot iron on the feet of Mohmmad Musharaf as "punishment" for trying to run away from the madrassa a few days ago, SSP, Rajouri, Mubassir...
01:21 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Sangareddy A 12-year-old boy was allegedly chained by authorities of a local madrassa to prevent him from escaping from the school, following which a case was registered against its management, police said on Sunday. According to Medak town police, the boy has been studying in 'Minhaj-ul-uloom' religious school for the past three years and had earlier made several attempts to run away from the madrassa, as he was not a...
11:26 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Bijnor: Vice-Chancellor of Darool Uloom Deoband seminary Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi has said Muslims must embrace modern education as it will solve the problem of poverty faced by the community. Speaking at Shehzadpur Nagal village in Najibabad here, Vastanvi said the government alone could not bring Muslims out of poverty and modern education was the only solution. He said though Muslims comprise over 20 per cent of the population of...
12:24 PM, May 09, 2011
Karari: Shortly after reciting 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' from the Holy Quran, hundreds of students at a madrassa here fall in line for their first lesson of the day - yoga taught by a Hindu teacher. Imdadul-Jamia-Uloom Madrassa in Karari town in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district has introduced yoga lessons for its 600-odd students. "The main objective behind starting the yoga class is to make our students mentally and physically fit,"...
03:20 PM, Dec 24, 2010
The move is basically to retain the
parda tradition of Islam. ...
06:01 PM, Feb 01, 2009
A bill in this regard will be introduced in the next session of Parliament. ...
07:03 PM, Jan 20, 2009
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board has set up a three-member committee to investigate the Zulqarnain Haider fiasco after the runaway wicket-keeper returned home from London last month. Haider had deserted the national team midway through an one-day series against South Africa the in Dubai last November and sought asylum in London, citing death threats from bookmakers. But the PCB today confirmed that it had got a response from Haider to...
12:03 PM, Jan 26, 2008
CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts talks about Kings XI Punjab match with Royal Challengers Bangalore. ...
07:01 PM, Jan 22, 2008
Mohali: India and Pakistan will come to an absolute standstill when 22 men - carrying the hopes of two emotionally charged-up nations - will put themselves in the line of fire for a place in the World Cup final. All roads will lead to the northern part of India, where the city of Mohali will host the second semifinal of the 2011 World Cup and the match-up couldn't have been...
09:32 PM, Jan 09, 2008
Chennai: Opening batsman Virender Sehwag is doubtful for India's final group match of the World Cup against the West Indies on Sunday as he has a knee injury.Viru (Sehwag) has got an allergic reaction in his right knee, so we will take that call (about whether to play him) either in the evening or on the morning of the game, said India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. If the dashing strokemaker...
09:08 AM, Jan 04, 2008
The police have already visited 10 leading madrassas seeking details of teachers and students. ...
11:39 PM, Aug 31, 2007
Clerics organisation will complain to the Chief Minister. ...
03:30 PM, Aug 31, 2007
The Govt has asked states to conduct survey on Urdu-speaking population. ...
12:04 PM, Jul 14, 2007
A video CD designed to incite youth to join the Taliban is being doing the rounds in the rural parts of Bihar. ...
08:35 AM, Apr 13, 2007
Lalu Prasad said that the UPA government must implement recommendations of Sachchar Committee "in toto". ...
02:19 AM, Mar 29, 2007
Female seminary students protest govt plans to demolish mosques and madrassas built without official permission. ...
11:27 AM, Feb 09, 2007
The Sachar Report says that the number of madrassa attending students is much less than commonly believed. ...
08:53 AM, Dec 05, 2006
Pak Foreign Minister Kasuri said joining US in its international war on terror was a compulsion not a choice. ...
03:36 PM, Nov 04, 2006
Islamic leaders have blamed the US for a military attack on a religious school on Monday that killed 80 people. ...
01:51 PM, Oct 31, 2006
Pak troops backed by missile-firing helicopters destroyed an al-Qaeda-linked madrassa near the Afghan border. ...
12:38 PM, Oct 30, 2006
