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Fatwa against Vande Mataram..
A top Muslim body on Tuesday asked members of the community not to recite Vande Mataram and supported seminary Darul Ulooms edict that opposes any prayer involving the song. The fatwa of Darul Uloom (opposing the recitation of Vande Mataram) is correct, stated one of the 25 resolutions passed by the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on Tuesday, at its 30th general session in Deoband, in the presence of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. Darul Uloom had issued the edict in 2006....
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Radical group wants the Queen to wear a burkha
Radical Muslims, who are seeking to introduce sharia laws in the United Kingdom, have said the British Queen will be forced to wear a burkha and cover up in public, according to a media report....
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"Sushma Swaraj is a better bet than CM Modi"
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BJP did a great favour by removing me: Jaswant
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Margao blast indicates intelligence failure, admit..
Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik on Monday admitted that the Margao blast, in which two members of a right-wing Hindu group were killed on October 16, indicated an intelligence failure. Sanatan Saunstha was under the police scanner after the Thane and Panvel blasts in Maharashtra, but despite this they (intelligence agencies) had no inkling of what is being conspired by its members, he said. Two Saunstha members -- Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik -- died in the blast....
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Babri demolition act of religious fanaticism, says..
Terming demolition of Babri Masjid as an act of religious fanaticism and extreme prejudice, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said communalism in all its forms was deplorable and asserted that it was the duty of the majority community to protect the minorities....
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Bear mauls terrorists in Kashmir
Two terrorists were mauled to death and another seriously wounded after a bear attacked their hideout in a forest area in south Kashmir, a senior police officer said....
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Mrs Gandhi: Fearlessness in the national interest
Fearlessness, courtesy, humour, wide interests and wisdom, deep commitment to science and technology, passion for the environment, objectivity and the ability to see many things through not only a national but also an international prism -- these were some aspects of her life and personality. R Rajamani fondly remembers Indira Gandhi on her 25th death anniversary....
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Destinies of India and Pak are interlinked: PM
To paraphrase Rabindra Tagore, we must not allow narrow domestic walls to confine us to the deadly sand of dead habits. Instead, we should dip into the clear stream of reason and walk forward into ever-widening thought and action so that we can build not just a new India by 2020 but a new South Asia, he said....
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I am ready to take the next flight home: MF Husain
His remarks came days after Home Ministry sources in New Delhi said cases filed against Husain across the country over his controversial paintings should be brought to a logical end and that the Centre was contemplating moving the Supreme Court for their expeditious disposal to ensure his early return....
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AP govt makes singing Telugu song mandatory
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday asked English medium convents in the state to render a song hailing Telugu culture without fail in the school assemblies in addition to the national anthem....
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Obama appoints Indian-American to key administrati..
Suresh Kumar, an Indian-American who served a special adviser to the Clinton foundation and was a news anchor in India from 1970 to 1985, was on Thursday appointed to a key administration post by President Barack Obama....
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Arrested American LeT op was targeting "Rahul"
A mysterious Rahul appears to have been the prime target of Chicago resident David Coleman Headley, nabbed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for planning to carry out a major terror attack in India this month at the behest of Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Tayiba....
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Indian-American charged with trying to aid terror ..
An Indian was among two people, who were charged in New York on Tuesday with attempting to provide material support to Lebanons Hazbollah -- a designated foreign terrorist group -- and for illegally possessing fire arms and ammunition....
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Watch out Nano, here comes the Shaastra
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