One of the most famous followers of the Church of Scientology, actor Tom Cruise dreamt of being a Catholic priest when he was younger though his plans were cut-short over an alcohol stealing incident. ...
12:41 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Bangalore: Participants at a discussion claimed alcohol was the main reason for the recent attack at the Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore. Kannada thinker M Chidananda Murthy, senior advocate Pramila Nesargi, Womens Commission head C Manjula and KSTB chairperson Sacchinanda Hegde said the victims were under the influence of alcohol. During a seminar on the Role of Alcohol and Drugs in the Mangalore Attack that was jointly organised by the...
01:05 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Chennai: When litterateur Ka Na Subramaniam " during his Delhi sojourn " called on the Hindi writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan, he had asked his son Amitabh what his profession was. When the latter, who was then riding high on the success of the then released Deewar, replied that he was an actor, Ka Na Su remarked in jest to the writer that he hopes that Amitabh can manage to make...
02:10 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Kathmandu: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and wished peace and prosperity for his country. Singh, who is in Nepal to attend the three-day Regional Seminar on Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, called on President Yadav at the Rastrapati Bhawan in the capital. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayant Prasad was also present at the meeting. Singh during the brief meeting wished "for...
09:51 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Karachi: Around 50 children, locked up in chains, were rescued by Pakistani police following a raid on a religious seminary, which officials fear was forcing militant training on them. Senior police officials said the children apparently were being prepared for some illegal and extremist activities at the seminary. During the raid in the notorious Sohrab Goth area of Karachi on Monday, police personnel recovered the children from a basement where...
09:49 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Jabalpur: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar day escaped unhurt in Jabalpur after the ceiling fan on the dais from where he was addressing a seminar, fell, police said. Pawar was speaking at the programme organised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) when the incident occurred, Inspector General (IG) Jabalpur range, Madhu Kumar said. "The ceiling fan which was not properly fit above the dais suddenly fell about 4-5...
03:24 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: Describing the sacking of Darul Uloom Vice Chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi as a disappointment for all 'secular forces', the BJP on Sunday said he has been 'tormented and victimised' for speaking the 'truth' about Gujarat's growth under Narendra Modi. "Removal of Vastanvi is a great disappointment for all secular forces. Though this is an internal matter of an organisation, it assumes serious connotations as the action taken is...
07:52 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Lahore/Karachi: Pakistani intelligence operatives claimed to have arrested five people, including a prayer leader of a seminary at Faisalabad, on Friday for alleged links to the terrorist attack on a naval airbase in Karachi that killed 10 security personnel. The operatives of intelligence agencies raided the Deobandi madrassa at Siana Chak village in Faisalabad district of Punjab province and nabbed Qari Qaisar, the prayer leader, sources told PTI. The arrest...
07:21 AM, May 28, 2011
Deoband: The three-member committee, formed by Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom, to look into the allegations against it's controversial Vice-Chancellor Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi would soon be questioning him. "We are looking into the matter and will question Vastanvi on the issue very soon," the convenor of the committee, Mufti Ismail said. The committee will submit it's report to Majlis-e-Shura, the governing council of Dar-ul-Uloom, in the month of July, when the...
07:32 PM, May 15, 2011
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...
12:21 PM, May 09, 2011
Faizabad: A 'madrassa' (seminary) teacher here has been arrested for allegedly sodomising a 13-year-old student after holding him captive for three days, police said on Wednesday. Shakib Khan, 28, employed at the Islamia Ahle-Sunnat seminary in Inayatnagar locality, was arrested late on Tuesday after the student managed to escape and approach the locals, who informed police about the teacher's misdeeds. "Acting on the compliant of the student, who hails from...
11:48 AM, Mar 23, 2011
Deoband (UP): The top clergy of Darul Uloom will meet at Deoband on Wednesday to decide the fate of seminary's Vice-Chancellor Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, who stirred a controversy by praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, amid speculation that he may be asked to quit. The faction-ridden Majlis-e-Soora or governing council of Darul Uloom will hold the meeting to decide on the key post following the controversy, the first of...
01:07 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Chidambaram said that India cannot view Islam as an "alien faith". ...
02:31 PM, Nov 03, 2009
They also demanded that the seminar be immediately wrapped up. ...
05:38 PM, Apr 15, 2009
Antony was addressing the International Seminar on Aerospace. ...
12:10 AM, Feb 10, 2009
New Delhi: After being whitewashed in the recently concluded Test series against England, it's time for Team India to take a redemption path. And though the drubbing will be difficult to forget, the blue brigade would like to bring the withering Indian campaign back on track with the limited-overs series, starting with a one-off Twenty20 international from August 31. The visitors can take heart from the fact that the squad...
05:30 PM, Feb 25, 2008
Colombo: Usman Khawaja hit an impressive century ahead of a three-Test series against Sri Lanka as Australia gained the upper hand in a warm-up match on Friday. The Pakistan-born batsman made 101 before retiring as the tourists reached 311-5 in their first innings in reply to a Sri Lanka Board XI's 258 at stumps on the penultimate day of the three-day game. Opener Phillip Hughes (76) and skipper Michael Clarke...
03:09 PM, Feb 25, 2008
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board is trying to put aside the global focus on Abbottabad where Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a US assault, by scheduling a match of the Afghanistan team on May 29 in the sleepy town. Until the May 2 assault in which Osama was killed in his sprawling compound complex, Abbottabad was just one of the many small holiday resorts in Pakistan. The...
10:18 AM, Jan 27, 2008
Female seminary students protest govt plans to demolish mosques and madrassas built without official permission. ...
11:27 AM, Feb 09, 2007
Islamic scholars are organising a seminar that aims to get rid of the terrorist stigma attached to Muslims. ...
08:02 AM, Aug 18, 2006
