Kerala varsity to host int’l seminar on Quran

Press Trust of India

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 25: Islamic scholars,writers and academics from different parts of the world will be attending a three-day International Seminar on the Quran, planned by the Arabic Department of Kerala University here from April 29. The focus of the seminar would be the status of Quranic Arabic More

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Med colleges approaching middlemen to face action: Azad

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Mar 25: Maintaining that he wanted “absolute transparency” in the functioning of his ministry, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has warned of stern action against medical colleges approaching persons claiming proximity to him for getting recognition for their institutions.In a letter to More

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SC allows AP’s Muslim quota order

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Mar 25: In a significant order, the Supreme Court today permitted Andhra Pradesh to provide four per cent reservation in jobs and education for backward members of the Muslims but referred to a special bench the issue of its Constitutional validity. Allowing the AP government to implement More

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'Delhi govt deliberately delaying Afzal petition'

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Mar 25: BJP today accused the Delhi Government of “deliberately delaying” clearance of a file pertaining to the mercy-petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and demanded completing the process “as soon as possible”. “The file has been pending with the Delhi Government for More

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JuD threatens suicide attacks

ROSHAN MUGHAL

Muzaffarabad, Mar 25: The Jamaat-ud-Dawa on Thursday threatened to send suicide squads to India and pledged to free Kashmir.“The squads are ready to attack India and we will free Kashmir,” said Jamaat-ud Dawa leader Yaqub Sheikh while addressing a seminar here.“We will take the revenge on More

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HM unwilling to relax verification process: Tharoor

Press Trust of India

Coimbatore, Mar 25: Despite several requests for simplification of police verification process while issuing passports, the Home Ministry is not willing to relax the same due to various security aspects, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said today.The External Affairs Ministry More

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Pakistan jets pound Taliban hideouts, 58 killed

Press Trust of India

Peshawar, Mar 25: At least 58 people, including militants and civilians, were killed in fierce clashes and artillery and air attacks by security forces on suspected militant positions in the troubled Aurakzai tribal region in northwest Pakistan today, sources said. Forty-eight people, including More

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Osama issues fresh threats to US if 9/11 mastermind executed

Press Trust of India

Dubai, Mar 25: World’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden today warned that al-Qaeda will kill American soldiers if the self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Muhammad is executed.“The day America will take such decision [to execute Khalid Muhammad and any others] it would have More

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