News for 'religious crime'

UK: Attacks on Muslims have soared

UK: Attacks on Muslims have soared

Rediff.com3 Aug 2005

Attacks on Muslims have soared in London after July 7 attacks

SP leader Kamaal Farooqi questions Bhatkal's arrest

SP leader Kamaal Farooqi questions Bhatkal's arrest

Rediff.com30 Aug 2013

Samjawadi Party leader Kamaal Farooqi on Friday kicked up a controversy over the arrest of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, asking whether it is based on the grounds of crime or religion.

Kanakamala IS module: Prime accused gets 14-yr jail

Kanakamala IS module: Prime accused gets 14-yr jail

Rediff.com28 Nov 2019

They were arrested by the National Invesitgation Agency in the Kanakamala IS terror plot case.

Pak SC orders Army, ISI to stay off politics, act within law

Pak SC orders Army, ISI to stay off politics, act within law

Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

The apex court ordered the government to act against those propagating 'hatred, extremism and terrorism'.

3 killed in grenade attack in Amritsar, cops say 'terrorist act'

3 killed in grenade attack in Amritsar, cops say 'terrorist act'

Rediff.com18 Nov 2018

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that the 'possibility of involvement of ISI-backed Khalistani/Kashmiri terror groups can't be ruled out'.

US Muslims' wages dropped post-9/11

US Muslims' wages dropped post-9/11

Rediff.com24 Aug 2006

'Building Ram Temple at earliest will end tension between Hindus, Muslims'

'Building Ram Temple at earliest will end tension between Hindus, Muslims'

Rediff.com19 Sep 2018

Bhagwat presented Sangh's views on a number of contentious issue while answering wide-ranging written questions on the last day of the three-day conclave, including on matters like inter-caste marriages, education policy, crimes against women, cow vigilantism.

Armyman is 5th to be arrested in ISI-linked spy case

Armyman is 5th to be arrested in ISI-linked spy case

Rediff.com6 Dec 2015

A serving army personnel was on Sunday arrested by Delhi Police from Siliguri in West Bengal in connection with the alleged ISI-linked espionage racket, taking to five the number of people taken into custody in the case.

UNDP is ignorant and insolent

UNDP is ignorant and insolent

Rediff.com28 Jul 2004

Priest in sex scandal to lose job

Priest in sex scandal to lose job

Rediff.com16 Feb 2005

The priest of a Swaminarayn temple in Junagadh in Gujarat and his three associates arrested on Tuesday in connection with a sex scandal will be dismissed from the sect.

Kansas recognises March 16 as Indian-American Appreciation Day

Kansas recognises March 16 as Indian-American Appreciation Day

Rediff.com17 Mar 2017

The move was taken to honour Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was killed when 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him at his friend at a bar.

Digvijaya booked for 'cops radicalising Muslim youth' remark

Digvijaya booked for 'cops radicalising Muslim youth' remark

Rediff.com4 May 2017

He had alleged that 'Telangana police has set up a bogus ISIS site which is radicalising Muslim youths'.

Babbar 'human bomb' caught

Babbar 'human bomb' caught

Rediff.com28 Jun 2005

While the plan had to be aborted the first time because Lal had arrived late for an election meeting in Hissar, the second attempt was to be made at a rally in Ambala in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present.

Is India ready to Legalize LGBTQ+ Marriage?

Is India ready to Legalize LGBTQ+ Marriage?

Rediff.com20 Aug 2021

A fascinating glimpse from Somak Ghoshal's 10 Indian Heroes Who Help People Live With Dignity.

Citizenship law isolates India from world: Ex-NSA

Citizenship law isolates India from world: Ex-NSA

Rediff.com3 Jan 2020

Shivshankar Menon said the government's amendment to the Citizenship Act was a "self-inflicted goal".

28 killed as blast hits Shia mosque in Kabul

28 killed as blast hits Shia mosque in Kabul

Rediff.com21 Nov 2016

It is not yet clear who was behind the blast but Afghanistan's Shia have faced a series of sectarian attacks in recent months claimed by the Islamic State Sunni Muslim militant group.

Triple talaq to stay; don't care about Pakistan: Muslim law board

Triple talaq to stay; don't care about Pakistan: Muslim law board

Rediff.com3 Sep 2015

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday said there was no scope of change in the triple talaq system and rejected the suggestion by some community outfits for building a consensus on making a three-month period mandatory before finalisation of divorce.

Remembering Gandhiji in critical times

Remembering Gandhiji in critical times

Rediff.com30 Jan 2021

'During my nearly three decades of military service, both in war and peace, I have usefully drawn upon Gandhiji's storehouse of wisdom.' 'When military intelligence jobs require tightrope walking on the edge of moral and ethical dilemmas, I have looked up to Gandhiji,' notes Colonel R Hariharan (retd).

Sikh man called 'terrorist' by NY driver who ran truck over him

Sikh man called 'terrorist' by NY driver who ran truck over him

Rediff.com6 Aug 2014

A Sikh man, critically injured after being hit by a truck, was called a "terrorist" by the attacker, victim's wife said, demanding justice for him and terming the assault as an attack on her community.

24 arrested for branding woman a witch, assaulting her

24 arrested for branding woman a witch, assaulting her

Rediff.com13 Nov 2019

Outrage in Himachal Pradesh over widow of ex-Army man being dragged out and assaulted in public after being accused of practising witchcraft.

Trial in 2008 Malegaon blast case begins

Trial in 2008 Malegaon blast case begins

Rediff.com2 Nov 2018

The court had on October 30 framed charges in the case against all the seven accused for terror activities, criminal conspiracy and murder, among others.

Azhar, Saeed, Dawood declared terrorists under amended UAPA

Azhar, Saeed, Dawood declared terrorists under amended UAPA

Rediff.com4 Sep 2019

They are the first to be declared terrorists under the new anti-law, a home ministry official said.

Narasimha Rao deserved Bharat Ratna: Sanjaya Baru

Narasimha Rao deserved Bharat Ratna: Sanjaya Baru

Rediff.com28 Sep 2016

Narasimha Rao's 'crime' was to end 'proprietary control' of Nehru-Gandhi family on the party, according to a new book.

Kathua victim's mother: I wanted her to be a doctor

Kathua victim's mother: I wanted her to be a doctor

Rediff.com14 Apr 2018

The grief-stricken mother wishes for death penalty for the guilty.

Sadhvi Pragya breaks down recalling 'torture' in custody

Sadhvi Pragya breaks down recalling 'torture' in custody

Rediff.com19 Apr 2019

Thakur, 48, also set the tone for her high-profile poll battle in Bhopal againt Congress candidate Digvijay Singh, whom she accused of using words like 'Hindu' and 'saffron' terror.

ED attaches Rs 18.37cr assets of Zakir Naik's NGO

ED attaches Rs 18.37cr assets of Zakir Naik's NGO

Rediff.com20 Mar 2017

The NIA has asked him to him to appear before it on March 30 in a case filed against him under an anti-terror law.

Why you don't admire SRK in Raees

Why you don't admire SRK in Raees

Rediff.com7 Feb 2017

Why you don't admire SRK in Raees

Terror threat to Gujarat, metros too on alert

Terror threat to Gujarat, metros too on alert

Rediff.com6 Mar 2016

Security was beefed up following a terror alert that said some terrorist have entered the state through Kutch. NSG teams have been sent to Gujarat from Delhi following intelligence inputs, police sources said.

Banned party activists turn violent in B'desh over HC verdict

Banned party activists turn violent in B'desh over HC verdict

Rediff.com3 Aug 2013

Fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists on Saturday held violent demonstrations, exploding several homemade bombs, to protest a Bangladeshi court ruling that barred it from contesting future polls.

'I'm being called a Pakistani whore'

'I'm being called a Pakistani whore'

Rediff.com14 Jan 2020

'If this is the India you're talking about, where there is no space for minorities, where you have hate, where people can enter universities and beat students up, let me be anti-national.' 'I'll carry that as a badge of honour.'

Lakhs of devotees attend Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath at Puri

Lakhs of devotees attend Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath at Puri

Rediff.com14 Jul 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other dignitaries greeted the people on Lord Jagannath's annual car festival.

Chinese cops gun down 13 mobsters in Xinjiang

Chinese cops gun down 13 mobsters in Xinjiang

Rediff.com21 Jun 2014

Thirteen assailants were shot dead on Saturday by Chinese police after they rammed their explosive- laden vehicle into a police station in a suicide attack that injured three officers in the restive Xinjiang province.

'The Indian State has abdicated its duties'

'The Indian State has abdicated its duties'

Rediff.com3 Mar 2021

'... of protecting the lives and property of a large section of society.' 'It may further deepen the communal divide which already exists in the country.'

What Mulk tells Muslims and Hindus

What Mulk tells Muslims and Hindus

Rediff.com8 Aug 2018

Mulk tells Indian Muslims they have to ensure that their children don't get involved in jihad, and at the same time tells Hindus not to doubt the patriotism of Indian Muslims, notes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

When MP minister told Russian woman he would teach her how to remove dhoti

When MP minister told Russian woman he would teach her how to remove dhoti

Rediff.com19 May 2015

Babulal Gaur told a Russian leader's wife that he can show her how to remove a dhoti.

Pakistan clerics declare suicide attacks 'un-Islamic'

Pakistan clerics declare suicide attacks 'un-Islamic'

Rediff.com18 May 2015

At least 200 religious scholars in Pakistan have issued a fatwa terming suicide attacks as "un-Islamic" and said the Islamic governments are bound to crush rebel groups like the Taliban, ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

Goa blast case: Court acquits 6 members of Sanatan Sanstha

Goa blast case: Court acquits 6 members of Sanatan Sanstha

Rediff.com1 Jan 2014

A special court in Margao, Goa, has acquitted all six accused in the 2009 bomb blast case.

Pope and Trump spar over who is more Christian

Pope and Trump spar over who is more Christian

Rediff.com19 Feb 2016

Pope's comment, which immediately drew sharp reaction from Trump, came in an interaction with reporters travelling on his plane on his way back to Vatican from Mexico where he visited this week.

'Centre's COVID misgovernance is a political liability'

'Centre's COVID misgovernance is a political liability'

Rediff.com6 May 2021

'Modi is still immensely popular and, therefore, he can sustain any number of policy failures.' 'Modi himself has worn multiple faces so it would be naive to think that the Modi of 2021 will be the same Modi that will be campaigning for re-election in 2024.'

In Gujarat, it will be life imprisonment for cow slaughter

In Gujarat, it will be life imprisonment for cow slaughter

Rediff.com31 Mar 2017

With the passing of the amendment Bill, Gujarat becomes the first state in the country to make cow slaughter punishable with life term. Cow slaughter has also been made a non-bailable offence.