Madrassas help students make sense of world

Mukul Kesavan is a well-known historian. He teaches at the Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

When I first came to Jamia Millia Islamia to teach, some 30 years ago, the madrassa in my mind was a quaint holdover from the past. In the course of studying colonial Indian history I had read about the Darul Uloom at Deoband and the Nadwa in Lucknow, but I didn't think of them as living institutions More

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Maoists kill 2 BJP workers

Raipur, Apr 20: Maoist guerrillas Friday carried out a deadly attack on the convoy of a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) triggering a powerful landmine blast in the troubled Bastar region in which three persons were killed, police said. According to police More

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PTI employees on 30-hour strike

New Delhi, Apr 20: Employees of the Press Trust of India (PTI), the largest news agency in the country, went on a 30-hour countrywide strike Friday demanding implementation of the wage board notified by the government over three months ago. "All employees of the PTI across the country are More

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No cap on Agni missile project: India

New Delhi, Apr 20: Bouyed by the success of its long-range Agni-V ballistic missile test, India Friday said it will not "cap" its three-decade-old programme and continue to develop more missiles in the series with modern, latest technologies. Defence Research and Development Organisation More

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Ex-army officer gets lifer for killing Chennai boy

Chennai, Apr 20: Retired army officer K. Ramaraj was sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court here Friday for last year's killing of a 13-year-old boy who had entered his residential premises to pick almonds. The court also levied a fine of Rs.60,000 on Lt. Col. (Retd) Ramaraj, 50 More

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Pastor held in Bangalore for ‘conversion bid’

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Bangalore: Mahadevapura police on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old trainee pastor for allegedly trying to convert 23 children, including 14 girls, during a summer camp here.  Victor Babu alias Victor, a native of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, was held following a complaint filed by a few More

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Cancer rising among India's youth

New Delhi, Apr 20: More youngsters are developing cancer in India, doctors said at a conference here Thursday. However, most of those affected by the disease remain ignorant about it, which leads to delays in diagnosis and treatment, they said. "We are seeing more cases of cancer among teenagers More

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