Mumbai : Renowned Islamic scholar, progressive thinker, author and Dawoodi Bohra reformist leader Asghar Ali Engineer passed away here Tuesday after a prolonged illness, family members said. He was 74.
Engineer, a widower, is survived his son Irfaan and daughter Seema Indorewala. He was ailing for several...
Hyderabad, April 27:In a letter written to the Chief Minister of Andhra Padesh today the Editor Siasat, Mr. Zahid Ali Khan demanded the CM to grant 500 Cr package for Gulf returnees to settle them into small scale businesses and getting them employment in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Khan said, more than 8 lakh...
The real face of indian secularism, ganga jamuni tahzeeb of hyderabad.
Foster Hindu parents bring up Farzana in Islamic traditions religion and beliefs islamic values
When they marry off their daughter Farzana on Sunday, Madhava Reddy and Lakshmi Reddy will have set a new benchmark for secularism. The...
Published on Apr 18 2013
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In a step towards greater transparency, the government has started a unique facility of submitting RTI applications and fees online.
The portal–www.rtionline.gov.in– has been created with an aim to help people exercise their right to seek information through online medium, said officials...
India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. (AFP)The Kingdom’s Nitaqat drive targeting illegals has received support from India.
India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the new Saudi labor policy would affect only illegal immigrants and not genuine workers employed in the...
Published on Apr 09 2013
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MUMBAI: In her delightfully decorated flat off a leafy lane in Bandra (West), Kausar Kazi shuffles through a well-thumbed, thick diary. It carries postcard-size photographs and brief bios, written in long hand, of bachelor boys and girls. Look carefully at the CVs and a stark truth becomes evident: There...
Published on Apr 04 2013
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NEW DELHI — An acid attack left four sisters in north India with burns in a particularly brutal example of what is a growing problem in South Asia, police said Wednesday.
The youngest sister, 19, was admitted to hospital with severe injuries after two men on a motorbike splashed them with acid on Tuesday...
Published on Mar 27 2013
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New Delhi, (IANS) India and Kuwait Monday discussed opportunities for Kuwaiti investment in refineries in India and also matters relating to the welfare of the large Indian diaspora in Kuwait.
The talks were held between External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and visiting Kuwaiti Minister of Amiri...
Published on Mar 27 2013
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New Delhi,(IANS) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is visiting India from March 18 to 21 at the head of a high-level delegation of ministers and business leaders, at a time when trade between the two sides has witnessed a record 30 percent jump.
The new Egyptian government headed by Morsi is “looking...
Published on Mar 27 2013
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..New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Betting big on Asia’s third-largest economy, Saudi Arabia’s government-backed fund and private companies plan to invest heavily in a host of areas in India, the kingdom’s ambassador here, Saud Mohammed Al-Sati, has said.
“Saudi Basic Industries Corp...