'Bakri Eid is a day away and there is such confusion'

'Why the restrictions for Bakri Eid?'Jyoti Punwani reports. IMAGE: A trader selects a goat for customers in Mumbai, July 29, 2020. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters   Some were angry,......

Pakistan hangs 4 militants linked to Peshawar school attack

Pakistan on Wednesday hanged four militants for involvement in a Taliban massacre at an army-run school in north-western city of Peshawar last year, the first executions in the country’s......

2 former Bangla ministers aided HuJI against India

Bangladesh's two former ministers, who aided banned extremist group the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami in its botched attempt to kill Premier Sheikh Hasina in 2004, also helped the outfit procure arms......

Bangla court sends HuJI chief police custody

A Bangaldesh court has remanded Sheikh Abdus Salam, founder of banned Harkatul Jihad al Islami, to six-day police custody after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the 2004 grenade......

Olympian and former India defender Salam passes away

Former India footballer and coach Syed Abdus Salam, who was awarded Best Defender in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died at his Salarjung Colony residence in Hyderabad on Saturday. The 77-year-old......

Bedridden Olympian and Dronacharya awardee Salam facing dire times

Former India footballer and hero of the 1956 Olympic team, Syed Abdus Salam is bed-ridden and facing a financial crisis. The 75-year-old has been bed-ridden for the last three years and is on......