Modi's fast melodramatic; pray for divine retribution: Clerics

Condemning Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's much-hyped three-day fast as a "melodrama", leading Islamic scholars and clerics have called upon both Muslims and Hindus to pray for divine......

'Anna not forcing Muslims to chant Vande Mataram'

Prominent maulanas and Islamic scholars of Uttar Pradesh have reacted strongly to Delhi Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari's diktat to Muslims to keep off Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign......

Shia leaders turn down VHP chief's offer for talks

Representatives of the Shia community on Wednesday flatly rejected Vishwa Hindu Parishad chief Ashok Singhal's offer to hold talks on the Ayodhya issue.In a statement issued earlier, Singhal had......

Britons may be forced to abandon trip to 1857 reli

The proposed visit by a 42-member British delegation to pay homage to their kin who laid down their lives in the 1857 Indian war of independence (referred to by the British as sepoy mutiny) may be......