The Madras High Court will deliver its verdict on the controversy surrounding the content in Kamal Haasan's latest 'Vishwaroopam' on Monday. The movie ran into trouble after a few Muslim organisations alleged that certain parts of it hurt their religious sentiment. Following protests, the Tamil Nadu government had put its release on hold. ...
10:34 AM, Jan 25, 2013
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi was granted bail by the Sangareddy court on Thursday in the 2005 protest case. He has now been asked to appear in court on February 2. He had surrendered in connection with a 2005 case and had been given 14 days of judicial remand till February 2. ...
03:21 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Actor-director Kamal Haasan on Thursday said that he will take legal recourse against the ban on screening of his film 'Vishwaroopam'. Haasan said it was "cultural terrorism" and should stop. ...
10:54 AM, Jan 24, 2013
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday night banned the screening of Kamal Hasan's 'Vishwaroopam' following strong protests from various Muslim organisations over alleged depiction of their community in a negative light. Official sources said the state government has asked the respective district collectors to invoke necessary legal provisions to maintain law and order. ...
10:44 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A local court on January 22 directed the police to probe a complaint filed by Advocate Bethi Mahender Reddy against All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi for allegedly making objectionable remarks insulting Hindus and Hindu gods. ...
11:27 AM, Jan 23, 2013
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central and Maharashtra governments on a petition by a Muslim constable asking if he was entitled to grow a beard as a matter of religious belief and practice. ...
12:42 AM, Jan 23, 2013
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi's bail plea will be heard on Tuesday. He had surrendered in connection with a 2005 case and had been given 14 days of judicial remand till February 2. ...
10:53 AM, Jan 22, 2013
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi was on Monday remanded to judicial custody till February 2 after he surrendered before court in connection with the 2005 protest case. Owaisi moved for bail as soon as he surrendered. The hearing on his bail plea will be held on Tuesday. ...
03:40 PM, Jan 21, 2013
MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was shifted back to jail after a series of tests and treatment at a hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Adilabad district, police said. The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator was shifted back to district jail in Adilabad town, about 300 km from Hyderabad, after being earlier taken to government-run Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on complaining of severe stomach pain. ...
11:09 AM, Jan 19, 2013
An Islamic vigilante group has been confronting people in a London suburb asking women to cover up and to give up alcohol claiming they were living an 'unclean life', prompting authorities to clamp down. ...
04:56 PM, Jan 18, 2013
MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi on Wednesday denied that it was his voice in the hate speech CD, sources said. Owaisi was arrested for a hate speech made in December 2012 and the MIM leader has now said that the recording of that speech is that of someone else. The police has asked for the court's permission to get his voice sample. ...
08:29 PM, Jan 16, 2013
A 31-year old woman, accused of shoving an Indian immigrant to his death in front of a subway train in December as she hated "Hindus and Muslims", has been found mentally fit to stand trial and was indicted on charges of murder as a hate crime by a US grand jury. Erika Menendez of Queens pushed Sunando Sen, 46, in front of an oncoming subway train on December 27, telling...
03:10 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested spiritual leader Swami Kamlananda Bharati for allegedly making a hate speech against Muslims. The police arrested him in Srisailam, about 250 km from here. He is being brought to Hyderabad, police said. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The Pakistan government has imposed governor's rule in the troubled province of Baluchistan after dissolving the ruling provincial government. Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf made the announcement late Sunday night after prolonged talks with Hazara Shia leaders who were staging a sit-in to demand the dismissal of provincial government and the army control of Quetta. ...
07:40 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Police continued to question MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi for the second day on Sunday for his hate speech against Hindus. Investigating officers began questioning the legislator at 10 am on Sunday in Adilabad town, about 300 km from Hyderabad. ...
06:36 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Scores of Shiite Muslims took to the streets of Karachi, Pakistan to protest against the Quetta killings. More than a hundred people, predominantly of the Shiite sect, were killed after bomb attacks there earlier this week. ...
09:10 AM, Jan 13, 2013
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi has been sent to five-day police custody starting Saturday. ...
06:05 PM, Jan 11, 2013
It has been my experience that the best way to deal with political rabble rousers is to call their bluff and bluster. I have never ...
12:16 AM, Jan 11, 2013
After the khaps in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim community panchayat in Rajasthan on Thursday banned girls from using cell-phones and also from dancing and singing at weddings, ostensibly in an effort to prevent incidents like Delhi gang-rape. ...
01:48 PM, Jan 10, 2013
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, the brother of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, spoke to CNN IBN and said the media trial of Akbaruddin Owaisi should stop. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 10, 2013
