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Solidarity among Muslims necessary to defeat Takfiri movemen...
( India )
New Delhi:Senior Iranian cleric warned against dispersing moves saying and slammed Takfiri (excommunication) groups for their intention to block resolution of the Islamic community. Grand Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought met with the different delegation of scholars,intellectuals and other shades of society in Mumbai stressing solidarity as one of the major objectives of the prophets warning against Takfiri intentions to undermine...
No separate Pandit colonies in Jammu and Kashmir: Central Go...
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New Delhi:Putting all speculation to rest, the government today informed Parliament that there was no proposal for setting up separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir.
Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said this while replying to a written question from Ashwini Kumar of Congress in Lok Sabha.
The minister also made it clear there was no proposal for setting up Sainik Colonies in the state. This issue had become a political controversy in the Kashmir Valley...
India’s PM Modi says will cut water supply to Pakistan...
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New Delhi:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his administration is “committed” to cutting the water supply to Pakistan amid an escalation of tensions between the two nuclear neighbors. Modi said at the inauguration of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the city of Bathinda on Friday that the government was “committed” to getting “farmers their rights.” “Now every drop of this water will be stopped and I will give that to … Indian farmers....
Kashmir:Centre must act on recommendations of Yashwant Sinha...
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New Delhi:The report filed by a high-profile delegation led by former Union minister Yashwant Sinha hasn’t really offered any fresh roadmap for resolving the prevailing political crisis in Kashmir. However, the report talks frequently about diverse voices calling for finding a political solution to the crisis, but is New Delhi willing to listen to the voices on ground, acknowledge the reality and address the issues of ordinary people living in this landlocked Valley? The delegation, comprising...
Indian Shia and Sunni Muslims Celebrate Eid al-Adha in Show ...
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New Delhi:A number of Sunni and Shia Muslims in India’s capital city today offered Eid prayers behind a Shia Imam as a mark of unity. On the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, followers of both the sects performed prayers together in New Delhi’s Shia mosque of Shah-e-Mardan in Jor Bagh. The combined prayers were a part of the #ShouldertoShoulder movement launched last year by two alumni of Jamia Millia Islamia. This year’s joined prayers were organised by Ajuman e-Hadri, the trustee of Shah-e-Mardan. The...
Shankaracharya favours plebiscite on both side of Kashmir fo...
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New Delhi:Goverdhan Peethadhishwar Shankaracharya Adhokshjanand Devtirth today favoured “plebiscite” on both sides of the Kashmir for a “permanent solution” of the problem. “A plebiscite under the supervision of United Nations representative and guarded by forces of United Nations should be held in both sides of the Kashmir,” he said while talking to reporters in his Ashram here. “The government should not hesitate in talking with (separatist) Hurriyat for...
All party meeting on Kashmir concluded,Indian Home Ministry ...
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New Delhi:The all-party meeting concerning the turmoil in Kashmir has come to a conclusion. Sitaram Yechuri, senior CPI(M) leader on Friday, repeated his statement from Rajya Sabha and said that a system of trust must be built between the Kashmiris and the government.
Attending the All-party meeting in New Delhi, Yechuri stressed that the AFSPA needed to be withdrawn from all civilian areas in the region. He added that talks need to happen between all stakeholders as it has in the past.
Kashmir not an internal matter of India:Karan Singh...
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New Delhi:Emphasising that Jammu and Kashmir was not an “internal” matter, former governor of the state and Congress leader Karan Singh on Wednesday said India must not stop a dialogue with Pakistan and China. “We insist Jammu and Kashmir is an internal affair, I agree, but let us not forget that 50 percent of the original state of Jammu and Kashmir is not under our control. There is a very major international aspect to it. There is Pakistan, there is China,” Karan Singh...
Indian PM Modi breaks silence over growing unrest in Kashmir...
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New Delhi:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday broke his silence over Indian-controlled Kashmir, where over 60 people have been killed and thousands injured in unrest since the killing of 22-year-old militant Burhan Wani by security forces last month. In an address in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, Modi said that Indians love Kashmir and blamed a few people for creating unrest in the northern state. “India loves Kashmir. Only a handful of people have been misled and are hurting the...
Efforts of Late Sheikh Hussain Kargili for promoting islam ...
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New Delhi:Representative of Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamanei for Indian Sub-Continent Hojatul Islam Wal Muslimeen Haaj Aqai Mahdi Mahdavipour has expressed grief and shock over the sad demise of the Prominent Islamic Scholar of Kargil and Founder of Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT) Moulana Sheikh Mohammad Hussain Zakriri and has paid rich tributes to the deceased soul. Read the Condolence mesaage of Haaj Aqai Mahdi Mahdavipour over death of Sheikh Hussain Zakriri...