PM Modi asks NDA MPs to reach out to Muslim women, cites triple talaq banSome MPs present in the meeting said Modi emphasised the need to connect with every section of society and then noted his government's deci...
01 Aug, 2023, 07.08 PM IST
PM hails rise in no of women performing Haj without MehramThe NDA government has take several steps for the welfare of Muslim women in the last nine years. Passage of the Bill to ban triple talaq i...
30 Jul, 2023, 11.58 PM IST
Mann Ki Baat: 4,000 Indian women performed Haj without 'mehram', it's 'huge transformation', says PMPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said over 4,000 Muslim women performing Haj this year without 'mehram' was a "huge transformation" a...
30 Jul, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
How PFI raised funds clandestinely from overseasThe Popular Front Of India (PFI), which was banned by the government for five years on Wednesday, had been collecting funds using different...
29 Sep, 2022, 10.01 PM IST
Saudi Arabia considers barring overseas haj pilgrims for second year, sources saySuch a move would restrict the pilgrimage to Mecca, a once in a lifetime duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it, to Saudi nati...
05 May, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
Karnataka bans parties, rallies, for 15 days as coronavirus cases surgeThe government will write to the Centre seeking permission to inoculate teachers, Yediyurappa said after holding a two-hour review on the l...
29 Mar, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
China announces new rules for Muslims visiting Saudi Arabia for HajChina since last year faced severe international criticism, including from the UN and western countries, over allegations that it is holdin...
12 Oct, 2020, 06.46 PM IST
Saudi Arabia extends pilgrimage suspension to its own citizensSaudi nationals and residents can still visit Mecca and Medina and pray there, provided they do not go for the purpose of umrah, deputy haj...
05 Mar, 2020, 08.27 AM IST
India signs bilateral annual Haj agreement with Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage next yearAt the event, Naqvi said the Saudi government has always played an active and effective role to ensure safety and better facilities to Indi...
13 Dec, 2018, 07.42 PM IST
View: Why only Haj? End subsidies for all pilgrimsA subsidy for religious pilgrims amounts to discrimination against rationalists and atheists, violating Constitutional guarantees of equali...
21 Jan, 2018, 09.37 AM IST
Most Muslims favour ban on bad tradition of triple talaq: NaqviIn recently-concluded winter session of Parliament, Lok Sabha passed a landmark bill making talaq-e-biddat or instant triple talaq a "cogni...
08 Jan, 2018, 05.41 PM IST
Congress let Haj ban stay even when Saudi ended it: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviCongress on Tuesday accused Narendra Modi of lying that the government has removed the restriction and will now allow Muslim women to trave...
03 Jan, 2018, 07.32 AM IST
Move to allow women to go for Haj sans male companion giving positive results: NaqviMore than 2.63 lakh people have applied for undertaking the annual Haj pilgrimage till December 13. Out of this, 1.38 lakh applications hav...
14 Dec, 2017, 04.03 PM IST
Haj move shows government’s intent to empower women: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviClerics have opposed the government’s move by stating that the reform violates the rules of Sharia and that it is a form of “unwarrantable ...
11 Oct, 2017, 01.49 AM IST
No Chinese crackers will go off in Delhi this season: AAP govtKapil Mishra said teams will be formed to check Chinese firecrackers illegal trade and keep a tab. The teams will also conduct raids.
23 Sep, 2016, 10.24 PM IST
Is action against JuD and Hafiz Saeed a cosmetic one?Pakistan's move to freeze JuD's accounts and impose travel ban on its Saeed appears to be 'cosmetic' with official saying outfit has no ban...
25 Jan, 2015, 07.04 PM IST
- Darul-uloom issues fatwa against photography
Leading Islamic seminary Darul-uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa banning photography, terming it as unlawful and against Shariat laws.
06 Sep, 2007, 02.50 PM IST