He began with talks on comparative religion, exhibiting a huge storehouse of knowledge that attracted a large number of Muslims and many non-Muslims too. But as his popularity grew, Zakir Naik turned Islamist, declaring non-Muslims as "disoriented", justifying sex with female slaves and calling upon Indian Muslims to refrain from saying "namaste"....
The Kerala government will offer a more attractive rehabilitation package to those who had to return from the Middle East because of economic downturn or other reasons, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday. Vijayan told the assembly that Keralites settled in the Middle East have not only been facing economic downturn due to...
A Japanese who survived the deadly terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka says he hid in the bushes of the cafe's lawn during the 12-hour siege that saw seven of his compatriots killed. Tamaoki Watanabe, who is currently recovering in a Tokyo hospital from a gunshot wound sustained in the attack, had an hour-long meeting with the Japan...
India's Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari during his visit to the world's financial capital has been pitching the investment potential in India's infrastructure as it embarks on its ambitious "Move in India" programme and opens its roads and ports to foreign cooperation. In a series of meetings with business le...
In a sharp rebuke to Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN, India has denounced it as a country that uses terrorists and provides them sanctuary and said Islamabad's cynical efforts to internationalise the dispute has fallen flat. Calling its reference to Kashmir an "attempt at misuse" of the UN platform, India's Perm...
Reform bill promotes jobs and reduces abuse of skilled non-American workers...
Theresa May devoted most of her first hours as Britain's Prime Minister on Wednesday to naming the key members of the team that will have the task of implementing voters' decision to leave the European Union. She appointed Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson as the country's new Foreign Secretary....
Curfew shall remain in force in all the major towns of the ten districts in the Valley and old city areas of Srinagar city," a senior official of the provincial administration told IANS....
It is very difficult to do a press conference. We will announce another conference soon. Naik himself is willing to come and share information with people," official spokesperson of Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) told IANS on Thursday....
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has overtaken his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, in the key states of Florida and Pennsylvania, according to a voter survey published on Wednesday by Quinnipiac University....