Basis for UCC can't be opposition to Sharia: Sena-UBT

The Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Thursday said that mere opposition to 'Sharia' cannot be the basis for the Uniform Civil Code, asserting that Uniform Civil Code (UCC) also means having......

16 arrested in MP, Hyderabad as police bust Hizb-Ut-Tahrir terrorist module

The Madhya Pradesh police's Anti-Terrorism Squad on Tuesday arrested 11 persons from two cities in the state, while five others were nabbed from Hyderabad for their suspected links with the......

Delhi HC issues notice to husband in talaq-e-hasan case filed by wife

The Delhi high court has sought a response from the Delhi police and a Muslim man whose wife has sought to declare a notice of talaq-e-hasan sent to her as void and unconstitutional. IMAGE: Muslim......

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

The perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack, who shot dead 166 people, had confessed to details that should have been enough to hang him, but Pakistan enjoyed his anti-India rhetoric and let him......

Three men charged in Sharia-based Ponzi scheme

A US court has indicted three owners of a bankrupt Chicago-based real estate development firm for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors, including Indians and Pakistanis,......

RBI may permit Islamic NBFCs

The Reserve Bank on Thursday said it is considering the possibility of allowing Islamic financial institutions to function as NBFCs since Islamic banks are not permitted under the present laws.......

Brazil arrests 10 for 'amateur' terror plot against Rio Olympics

IMAGE: Brazilian marines take part in a simulated hostage situation during a security exercise ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, on July 21, 2016. Photograph: Ueslei......

Football star sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan

A Nigerian football star on Thursday said he has been sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan after being wrongly convicted of drunk driving in Khartoum. Stephen Worgu, who signed a reported multi-million......