Auqaf says authorities denied Shab-e-Barat prayer permission at Jama Masjid in KashmirAuthorities have denied permission for Shab-e-Barat prayers at Srinagar's historic Jama Masjid. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's movement has also bee...
03 Feb, 2026, 07.15 PM IST
Sambhal violence: After clashes over Mosque survey, Samajwadi Party's MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq, son bookedAfter nearly four people lost their lives and several others were injured, the police have registered seven FIRs in connection with the vio...
25 Nov, 2024, 01.32 PM IST
Bandh in Varanasi areas over court order allowing puja in Gyanvapi cellar, police on alertAnjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which looks after the affairs of the Gyanvapi mosque, had called for a bandh on Friday in the town. The...
02 Feb, 2024, 02.20 PM IST
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch saysAuthorities have closed mosques in the northern Ningxia region as well as Gansu province, which are home to large populations of Hui Muslim...
22 Nov, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch saysChina’s mosque closures extend beyond Xinjiang, targeting regions like Ningxia and Gansu. The government’s "consolidation" process involves...
22 Nov, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
Baring Jumat ul Vida prayers at Jama Masjid attack on religious freedom in Kashmir: LocalsJumat ul Vida, is the last Friday of Ramadan, considered to be the holiest Friday of the Islamic calendar and is also celebrated as Yaum-al...
15 Apr, 2023, 06.13 AM IST
All religious places closed for public in BhubaneswarAfter consultations with management committees of religious institutions like temples/mosques/gurudwaras/ churches and others, the Bhubanes...
22 Apr, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
Babri masjid demolition case: Key figures among 32 accused, including LK AdvaniHere are the key figures among the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case who were on Wednesday acquitted by a special CBI court in...
30 Sep, 2020, 04.12 PM IST
Islam's holiest sites emptied by coronavirus crisis as Ramadan beginsIn a rare occurrence in Islam's 1,400 year history, Mecca's Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina - the religion's two holiest lo...
24 Apr, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
Pakistan clerics warn govt against ban on religious congregations amidst coronavirus outbreakA group of over 50 senior clerics in Pakistan has warned the government against the ban on religious congregations amidst the coronavirus o...
14 Apr, 2020, 02.11 PM IST
Saudi Arabia reopens area around sacred Kaaba amid virus measuresSaudi Arabia reopened Saturday the area around the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, reversing one of a series of...
07 Mar, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
View: How the Ayodhya verdict retains the secular fabric of the Indian stateThis diagnosis is not chiefly based on the Supreme Court’s explicit pronouncement of the crowning achievement of Advani’s movement, the dem...
10 Nov, 2019, 11.49 PM IST
View: After SC's pragmatic verdict, it's time for reconciliationIt is a moment of history for the Muslims to show magnanimity, open heartedness and work for national reconciliation made possible by the f...
09 Nov, 2019, 11.15 PM IST
NIA files closure report in 2008 Modasa bombing caseNIA has filed its closure report in the 2008 Modasa bombing case in Gujarat citing lack of evidence and inability to trace the main culprit.
07 Jul, 2015, 08.30 PM IST
- Delayed justice enough to wreck citizen’s confidence in the system
Mere notion that there might be any inefficiencies in the justice delivery system is enough to wreck citizen’s confidence in that system.
23 Mar, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Indian Muslims must use the opportunity to bring closure to a long-standing dispute
After the judicial verdict on September 30, 2010, the Muslims are generally saying that this verdict is contrary to their hopes and they wi...
12 Oct, 2010, 04.53 PM IST
- Crucial Babri title suit verdict on Sept 24
The Allahabad High Court will give its verdict on the ownership of the Babri site on September 24, in what will mark a big moment in the 60...
09 Sep, 2010, 02.05 AM IST