Mumbai: Embattled Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya, who has been declared a proclaimed offender, was today arrested in London by Scotland Yard on India’s request for his extradition on fraud charges. However, three hours after his arrest, various TV channels stated …
Read More »Why are Muslims in Assam still seen as outsiders?
GUWAHATI,M REYAZ: At a panel discussion on Assam’s Char (river islands) inhabitants last month at the Jamia Millia Islamia, professor Sanjoy Hazarika, director of the Centre of Northeast Studies and Policy Research, made an interesting observation. He noted that till …
Read More »Bank deposits score big over equities, MFs in investment: SEBI survey
MUMBAI: More than 95 per cent Indian households prefer to park their money in bank deposits, while less than 10 per cent opt for investing in mutual funds or stocks, a new SEBI survey showed on Wednesday. The survey, conducted …
Read More »Attacks on Africans | ‘Painful and surprising’: Sushma Swaraj reacts to African envoys’ ‘Xenophobic’ remark
A day after the African envoys’ termed the recent attacks on African students as ‘xenophobic’ and ‘racial’, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said it cannot be called racist before probe is completed. Denouncing attacks on African nationals …
Read More »Supreme Court all but set to end BCCI’s game today
NEW DELHI, CHANDER SHEKHAR LUTHRA: Monday could be the day the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur would not like to remember. Whether the order from the three-member Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice …
Read More »East Bengal rooted Muslim or Miyah and Line System in Assam-1920
Main Uddin: Line System (in Assam), Line system was a system introduced in Kamrup and Nagaon District of Assam for the first time in 1920 under which the Muslim immigrants from East Bengal, more particularly from Mymensingh District, were required to …
Read More »Muslim personal laws can’t be re-written but Modi Govt to be opposed in SC
NEW DELHI: The Centre will be opposing in the Supreme Court the triple talaq practice on the grounds of women’s rights, terming it as “inalienable” and asserting that the issue should not be seen from the prism of uniform civil …
Read More »National security is not our business, that is the job of Centre, Army: SC
NEW DELHI,KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL: Noting that the Centre and the Army, and not the Supreme Court, are the best judges to decide matters of national security and threat perceptions to the country, the apex court on Wednesday refused to entertain a …
Read More »Miya, Muslim and Assamese Socio-Political History of Assam
Guwahati, Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Main Uddin: Bangladesh and Bangladeshi are words which became the hotbed for every politician in North East Indian State Assam in the Early 80’s. Bangladesh is a small country which officially known as ” People’s Republic …
Read More »AAP-rising may help Modi: Kejriwal might facilitate BJP’s win by spoiling chances of Congress
NEW DELHI,KAY BENEDICT: The public spat between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touched a shameful low in political morality. A few months back, the CM dubbed the PM a “psychopath” and a fortnight ago …
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